Boosting funds and experience for the whole summer

[TaffyTank 1,890]

1 hour ago, von_Cronberg said:

No, we do not. As Legends, we hope that this disgraceful dead road of making Tanki achievements cheap ends soon.

IF the whole idea of the extended exp boosts is to get a bunch of guys that benefited from the mk update to rank out of the range of newer players, then perhaps last weeks events & some decent challenge rewards will have enticed some of them to play and rank-up.

Anyone happy to rank-up fast would have done so by now. Can't force anyone that doesn't like these boosts to play and rank-up. Besides, logical way to fix the inbalance MK update caused was through matchmaking.

I have gained from these boosts but sometimes u gotta take a look at the bigger picture. All the boost seems to do is discourage too many from playing ....If too many guys are discouraged to play the game, they have plenty of time to do other stuff, will they come back?...very risky strategy from Tanki IMO. User numbers weren't that impressive in the 1st place, now they're much worse.

Actually surprised Devs haven't pulled the trigger on these boosts yet.

[Russty 368]

I get 1000 EXP in one battle without trying. I'm ranking dangerously fast. Legends are coming at me and I'm getting killed continuously by Mk7 and Mk8 tanks. I really want to finish these challenges but I may have to opt out.

[Viking_Thunder_EN 120]

I'm gassed:

https://prnt.sc/tct53q

[cosmic666 1,055]

2 hours ago, Russty said:

I get 1000 EXP in one battle without trying. I'm ranking dangerously fast. Legends are coming at me and I'm getting killed continuously by Mk7 and Mk8 tanks. I really want to finish these challenges but I may have to opt out.

I opted out from the start, going up against ranks way above my brig account was never gonna happen.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

47 minutes ago, cosmic666 said:

I opted out from the start, going up against ranks way above my brig account was never gonna happen.

I've kept my accounts ticking over in the sense of only playing enough to complete 10 missions a week (was going to stop doing 20 missions a week anyway because it was taking too much time), but now I'm avoiding missions that earn lots of XP or completing them over several days, and often earning more XP per week for 10 missions than I used to get for 20.

Two of my accounts (including this one) could probably cope with fast ranking and get to Lieutenant General / Mk7 kits for crystals with enough funds, but I'm holding back for now. Not the others though.

This experiment has turned me in to a passive player, which is really boring, and I'm worried about the possible reasons for it, like accelerating new players' progress through the ranks so that some of them can make it to Legend before the game dies from lack of players.

Edited July 6, 2020 by SporkZilla

[wolverine848 13,097]

7 minutes ago, SporkZilla said:

I've kept my accounts ticking overr in the sense of only playing enough to complete 10 missions a week (was going to stop doing 20 missions a week anyway because it was taking too much time), but now I'm avoiding missions that earn lots of XP or completing them over several days, and often earning more XP per week for 10 missions than I used to get for 20.

Two of my accounts (including this one) could probably cope with fast ranking and get to Lieutenant General / Mk7 kits for crystals with enough funds, but I'm holding back for now. Not the others though.

This experiment has turned me in to a passive player, which is really boring, and I'm worried about the possible reasons for it, like accelerating new players' progress through the ranks so that some of them can make it to Legend before the game dies from lack of players.

If you are below Legend the only missions worth doing are "complete # missions in [battle-mode]"  or "use # X supplies".

Certainly promotes multing.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

1 minute ago, wolverine848 said:

If you are below Legend the only missions worth doing are "complete # missions in [battle-mode]"  or "use # X supplies".

Certainly promotes multing.

Absolutely

If those missions were removed (something I might have supported before this experiment), I would stop playing

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

7 hours ago, TaffyTank said:

Actually surprised Devs haven't pulled the trigger on these boosts yet.

Are you now? I'm not, because how often do they listen to players feedback back? Almost never.

Only "player feedback" they listen to is ponytail boy, and that's because he's the boss of the team.

[TricksterRick 18]

Sounds great

[Levi 611]

2 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

Are you now? I'm not, because how often do they listen to players feedback back? Almost never.

Only "player feedback" they listen to is ponytail boy, and that's because he's the boss of the team.

They always listen to players and take their feedback on what they like and not then they discuss what can be done to make players happier, not everytime someone says I don't like this update, remove it, you will find developers removing it next day, no matter what can be done there will always be some players who are not satisfied with the update because everyone has their point of view, they know what is better for the game and how it works more than anyone.

I saw many times Developers, jCMs and CMs checking updates and celebrations topics and collecting feedback so they can discuss what should be improved, maybe it seems like they don't because you never see them talking or saying anything but believe me they check every reply and try to take them into consideration.

[georgiaboy_61 46]

Does the Event Administrator,  Event Planner,  Contest Administrator,  Content  Administrator  work at the Perm or St Petersburg locations?

[TaffyTank 1,890]

3 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

Are you now? I'm not, because how often do they listen to players feedback back? Almost never.

Only "player feedback" they listen to is ponytail boy, and that's because he's the boss of the team.

Here's a post of mine on a N&A topic from 2 years ago. Last paragraph says my opinion on this, which hasn't changed.

https://en.tankiforum.com/topic/373804-xt-skins-drones-balance-update/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-6546934

But in this case the drop in user numbers was so obviously cos of this exp boost you'd expect them to do something about it from that info alone.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

4 hours ago, Levi said:

They always listen to players and take their feedback on what they like and not then they discuss what can be done to make players happier, not everytime someone says I don't like this update, remove it, you will find developers removing it next day, no matter what can be done there will always be some players who are not satisfied with the update because everyone has their point of view, they know what is better for the game and how it works more than anyone.

I saw many times Developers, jCMs and CMs checking updates and celebrations topics and collecting feedback so they can discuss what should be improved, maybe it seems like they don't because you never see them talking or saying anything but believe me they check every reply and try to take them into consideration.

If that was the case then why haven't they changed this ridiculous boost event for the better?

Why haven't they properly nerfed Gauss, hornet, and incendiary alts.

Why did they add the toxic immunity alts?

Why did they make almost every alt an upgrade from their stock counter parts?

Why haven't they improved the challenges system? Still the same grindfests from January 2019.

Why are they hiding the game balance updates in the patch notes?

[wolverine848 13,097]

10 minutes ago, DieselPlatinum said:

If that was the case then why haven't they changed this ridiculous boost event for the better?

Why haven't they properly nerfed Gauss, hornet, and incendiary alts.

Why did they add the toxic immunity alts?

Why did they make almost every alt an upgrade from their stock counter parts?

Why haven't they improved the challenges system? Still the same grindfests from January 2019.

Why are they hiding the game balance updates in the patch notes?

Levi had a typo when posting that paragraph...   Corrected version below.

 

"They always listen to players buyers and take their feedback on what they like and not then they discuss what can be done to make players buyers happier"

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

5 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Levi had a typo when posting that paragraph...   Corrected version below.

 

"They always listen to players buyers and take their feedback on what they like and not then they discuss what can be done to make players buyers happier"

To be honest with you, I don't think they want to make anyone happy, except maybe themselves. They just release updates that they think (key word: think) will please their buyers. But really they just want the moolah, after all they are money sucking leeches.

This was pretty evident when they moved all alterations into containers and then later the new crisis drone. Sure, the buyers could spend their money on so many of them, but after awhile and many failed attempts, they'll just get sick of it and stop buying those things.

I think the statement below is most correct.

7 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

Only "player feedback" they listen to is ponytail boy, and that's because he's the boss of the team.

 

[13HATTI 17]

This game is so trash , it doesnt even give you crystals and stars after battle. smh 

[Burning.Desire 400]

2 hours ago, 13HATTI said:

This game is so trash , it doesnt even give you crystals and stars after battle. smh 

It's a bug, but actually they're added to your stars and crystals

[Russty 368]

Buyers will eventually get sick and tired of buying. I have many friends who were big buyers but they quit because they couldn't take it anymore. Tanki may lose buyers but as long as they can create new ones, they won't be stopping anytime soon.

[Chemistry 28]

https://imgur.com/a/4gm9ecO

This happened only recently. 

Firstly, how is it possible that people at these ranks can face Legends?

Secondly, seeing as this can happen, do you think boosting experience (with more boosts during 'special' events) will help prepare them with appropriate equipment for when they should actually face higher ranks?

Please remove this update, it's absurd.

Updates that are made are supposed to appeal to the whole playerbase, but this one clearly benefits a minority.

[wolverine848 13,097]

55 minutes ago, Chemistry said:

https://imgur.com/a/4gm9ecO

This happened only recently. 

Firstly, how is it possible that people at these ranks can face Legends?

Secondly, seeing as this can happen, do you think boosting experience (with more boosts during 'special' events) will help prepare them with appropriate equipment for when they should actually face higher ranks?

Please remove this update, it's absurd.

Updates that are made are supposed to appeal to the whole playerbase, but this one clearly benefits a minority.

Off peak hours - 1-3 hours after server re-start is when that happens - MM widens the rank-spreads to slot players into battles.  And yes - it is just a stupid way to run MM.  PLUS - many low to mid-rank players are not even playing during the summer - it's just not worth it.

You were lucky - it's usually the other way around - MM has trouble slotting in lower ranks and puts them into Legend battles.

Absolutely hated it when I was mid-rank and and MM put 2-4 legends in my battles.  They come in halfway through and still grab the top-3 spots - shafting lower-ranked players who deserved those final positions.

Edited July 9, 2020 by wolverine848

[Chemistry 28]

14 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Off peak hours - 1-3 hours after server re-start is when that happens - MM widens the rank-spreads to slot players into battles.

Oh I guess player count after server restart isn't that high so it might do something like this. This was a few hours before server restart, which is also a time that has a low player count too I guess (like 2-3k players max).

16 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Absolutely hated it when I was mid-rank and and MM put 2-4 legends in my battles.  They come in halfway through and still grab the top-3 spots - shafting lower-ranked players who deserved those final positions.

Yeah I did feel bad, I joined at the start with all of them too. I had a nice chat with them though, hope I didn't go too hard on them.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

4 hours ago, At_Shin said:

Now look at our crystal rewards. Notice any big difference?

k\d ratio different

[wolverine848 13,097]

This experiment is just dumb.

Hardly any players below Legend actually playing now.

MM keeps putting my Marshall account into Legend games, or into battles that are 3-0 and defenders being spawn-killed.

And last battle (which I quickly exited) was Marshals and F. Marshals against a bunch of Legends. Hugely unbalanced.

And ANOTHER.  Not even worth trying to play right now.

It's just ridiculous.

Edited July 11, 2020 by wolverine848

[TWICE 798]

On 7/10/2020 at 5:29 AM, At_Shin said:

That's not it. The fact that I got 105 crystals more than the enemy top player although our battle scores were similar troubles me. Without the xp boost, this would have been fine, but while it is being imposed upon us, the loser team players are clearly getting even less crystals for the same amounts of xp than winners.

The difference between you and that player in the losing team would be 53 if the fund is not doubled.

[Noghtfly 114]

Stop this experiment, it's very bad for the low ranks. Normally it wouldn't be a problem to MU my equipment only during sales (I do this for several years now). There was plenty of time to finish the 10 MU steps, before I would reach the rank to unlock the higher Mk version in the garage. Now, there is no time at all. You just rank too fast now, you can't keep it up MUing. I have a Hunter Mk5-9 which I now have to MU for full price before I hit the rank to unlock the Mk6 version (which is just 11k EXP away). If I don't do that I can pay full price for the next Mk, which is a waste of CRY. I also have a Freeze which I've stopped MUing as I don't think there's enough time to fully MU it before I hit the rank to unlock the next version.

Right now I just do the missions. As soon as they are finished, I stop playing. Is this what you want, Tanki?