Ares

[Marcus 17,295]

 

He promised to arrive, he arrived.

We are witnessing a historical Tanki Online event.

 

Please welcome! The «Ares» hull is in the game!

 

Our developers did an insane job. Hundreds of blueprints, calculations and unconventional decisions were made.

In the end we got the heavy, multi-tone machine to hover. Yes-yes, Ares is a heavy hull.

 

Hovering

 

Thanks to the never-ending work of its engines the Ares hull can hover over the ground with a small altitude.

When Ares is placed under enemy fire, it tries to return itself to a stable position. If the roll limit exceeds a certain maximum, the engines will fail and Ares will flip. 

 

Movement mechanics  

 

The uniquity of the hull movement is that it does not turn, but “strafes” in the given direction. 

The hull will perfectly fit mobile gameplay. It is stable, has a lot of armour, and controlling it on the touch-screen is a pleasure.

There are two different possibilities to control the hull on the PC: keyboard + mouse and only keyboard.  

 

• Keyboard + Mouse:

  • Hull moves forwards, backwards and to the side;

  • Strafing instead of turning the hull;

  • Strafe direction depends on the current camera position;

  • Forwards, backwards, left and right are always controlled by the camera position;

  • The hull turns with the camera.

 

• Keyboard only:

  • The hull is controlled like a usual tank.

 

Important: to switch to keyboard control, you need to disable mouse controls in the game settings.

Without disabling mouse controls, you cannot rotate the hull.

 

Spoiler

Spoiler

For those of you who don’t have a mouse — now is the perfect time to buy one!

 

BFG

 

BFG is the name of Ares’s unique Overdrive.

Remember the gun integrated into the hull? Here it is!

 

This overdrive shoots a plasma ball that looks just like a ball of lightning. It flies slowly and finally explodes when it hits a static obstacle, dealing splash damage.

 

The lightning ball strikes tanks that are within a certain distance of the ball. It heals allied tanks and deals damage to enemy tanks, ignoring their modules.

 

Ares’s Overdrive’s interactions with other Overdrives

 

The ball of plasma:

• might be shot down by Hunter’s electromagnetic pulse;

• explodes when contacting an enemy plasma ball;

• neutralizes itself when the protective shield generator is activated;

• can not be deactivated with Wasp’s N2-bomb.

 

Answer to the main question

 

Ares floats. What about mines? What about supply drops?

It’s simple. Ares’s hull is just like a magnet - it detonates mines and picks up supply drops just like any other hull.

 

Are you interested? Come into the Garage and get this masterpiece of technology!

By the way, especially for this occasion we have launched some interesting events. You can check them out here.

 

Ares ХТ + ultra containers = Happy tanker

 

Great news! The elite-XT skin for Ares will be in the updated ultra containers.

In the creation of this elite XT skin for Ares, the latest technology, an unknown alloy with classified chemical composition, and a lot of pure gold were used in order to make this skin even more exclusive and elegant.

 

 

Wanna get it? Don’t miss the special missions available in the game to get ultracontainers or you can also get them in the Shop.

[iFros 1,891]

Insane! Beautiful design I must say. Can't wait to try it out in the battlefield.

Edited August 13, 2020 by iFros

[Adab 2,896]

Ow-em-gee! It's here!

[Towns 574]

Finally after countless weeks of being in development (and after info being released since January 2019), Ares is here

Looks cool (and beefy) can't wait to add it to my selection of hulls

Edited August 13, 2020 by Towns

[Spinister 1,192]

OMG finally

[ALEX22THEBEST 789]

Finally Ares hull is in the game after 1 year and half of waiting ... welcome!

[Unravel 1,486]

The long waiting is finally over. Looks great!

[GG_reg 1,521]

Gl with this one parkourists

[fghjkl54 1,517]

NEW patch note

 

[F.I.N.I.S.H.E.R 2,397]

Welcome to the community, Ares 

[fghjkl54 1,517]

a small question is there a kit with the new hull in the shop

2 hours ago, Marcus said:

Wanna get it? Don’t miss the special missions available in the game to get ultracontainers or you can also get them in the Shop.

please fix this typo mistake!

[Sacrifice 2,278]

FeRb! I kNoW wHaT wE aRe GoInG tO dO tOdAy! 

Weee cant waittt!

[Destroyer_5000 0]

Finally the Ares Hull is going to be released!!! It looks really nice, and looks even better with the XT Skin!!! I am looking forward to trying out the BFG Overdrive on it!!! ::D

Edited August 13, 2020 by Destroyer_5000

[brainhoo 735]

How will Ares work with lightweight construction?

[fghjkl54 1,517]

will this XT skin drop in normal containers and skin containers or it will follow gauss XT?

Edited August 13, 2020 by fghjkl54

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

2 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

How will Ares work with lightweight construction?

Will go in space.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

newbies will have this hull for free according to  mobile patch note

 

[Signal 329]

Can't lie, the XT on this looks pretty cool

[Tokamak 1,021]

3 hours ago, Marcus said:

Hovering

Thanks to the never-ending work of its engines the Ares hull can hover over the ground with a small altitude.

When Ares is placed under enemy fire, it tries to return itself to a stable position. If the roll limit exceeds a certain maximum, the engines will fail and Ares will flip. 

haha, players are so scared of the un-flippable flying OP hull. Urban legend...
 

16 minutes ago, Destroyer_5000 said:

Finally the Ares Hull is going to be released!!! It looks really nice, and looks even better with the XT Skin!!! I am looking forward to trying out the BFG Overdrive on it!!! ::D

Player will be ban by using this acronym with profanity 

[Viking4s 10,791]

3 hours ago, Marcus said:

Ares’s Overdrive’s interactions with other Overdrives

The ball of plasma:

• might be shot down by Hunter’s electromagnetic pulse;

• explodes when contacting an enemy plasma ball;

• neutralizes itself when the protective shield generator is activated;

• can not be deactivated with Wasp’s N2-bomb.

Good to see that Titan's OD got a buff, but not happy with Hunter getting a buff from that.

 

Does this mean it will available in the garage for buying with Crystals? wow, if this is the case then that is good news, ty.

Edited August 13, 2020 by Viking4s

[Viking4s 10,791]

20 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

How will Ares work with lightweight construction?

It will be the same as any other hull with a weight of 1000. See it has a normal tank with invisible caterpillar tracks.

[Cleric 1,385]

So the turret still turns? For turrets with slow turning speed (e.g. Vulcan and Shaft), does the rotation of hull help?

[Cleric 1,385]

When I first saw the overdrive, I'm screaming "MOIRA" hard.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

will this new hull be avaible as product kit so i get Mk4 (or Mk5) also i heard that it was a name of map or something like this!

[Pseudonym 1,157]

Can't wait to drive it