3D bushes, turret changes, and mobile version

[Joeguy 941]

So it begins anew.  I was just about to start a topic about a new wave of buffs and nerfs...The Buff/Nerf Cycle, but I couldn't think of how to start it as a topic without it getting merged so I put it off till later.

Well, I think it has started.  The buff to Magnum is OK, I guess...it kind of goes along with the new movement maybe.  But it may very well be a portent of a new iteration of Tanki's obnoxious Buff/Nerf Cycle marketing.  They have laid off changing turret/hull parameters for quite awhile, but now I'm afraid it will start up again in earnest.  In the bogus name of "balance", they will start to change everything around again to get the churn going.  What has been OP will get trashed because many people have owned and upgraded their piece of equipment.  Over the course of the next six months or so, Tanki will turn several popular turrets into trash and turn several current dogs into OP monsters.  Everybody and his dog will start buying the new "darling" turret (turrets), buy protections, and start the upgrade process all over again while the fully upgraded turret they are using today just sits in the garage gathering dust.  ...Tanki's lazy, abusive way of marketing.

I hope I'm wrong and they leave the parameters alone for the most part.  Let's wait and see. 

 

Edited September 16, 2020 by Joeguy

[TheRealHZFJ 707]

4 hours ago, Skills_My said:

@MarcusNow what's actually left to make the HTML loved by old school players will be Shaft mechanism reworking, and i guess latency with precise shots, I mean by that that XP/BP is almost impossible to play because it's tough to be precise on the HTML, maybe it's just me, but Maybe reworking those mentionned above would attract more people into HTML

Honestly.... probably just you  
I feel like i have more control over my aim on HTML but okay

[Skills_My 70]

1 minute ago, TheRealHZFJ said:

Honestly.... probably just you  
I feel like i have more control over my aim on HTML but okay

If it was just me, why don't i see ANYONE playing Xp/Bp on HTML if there waws better controls on it? Or even All the people complaining About shaft, i don't think i'm the only one having such issues. Apart form you Mr HTML lover

[mafia_king 10]

Wait so are 3D Bushes coming to mobile version I hope its a yes... 

[TheRealHZFJ 707]

Just now, mafia_king said:

Wait so are 3D Bushes coming to mobile version I hope its a yes... 

Probably, it would be stupid if not

[Marcus 17,295]

4 hours ago, yyang_tanki said:

Marcus, I have a question, please answer! So with this update, whats the difference between normal Magnum and Reinforce Gun Carriage Augment?

Normal magnum:

• fixed angle of elevation, not able to rotate the turret vertically
• able to rotate turret to left and right, able to rotate the turret horizontally

Magnum with Reinforce Gun Carriage:

• able to change an angle of elevation, able to rotate the turret vertically
• not able to rotate turret to left and right, not able to rotate the turret horizontally

[wolverine848 13,097]

12 minutes ago, Marcus said:

Normal magnum:

• fixed angle of elevation, not able to rotate the turret vertically
• able to rotate turret to left and right, able to rotate the turret horizontally

Magnum with Reinforce Gun Carriage:

• able to change an angle of elevation, able to rotate the turret vertically
• not able to rotate turret to left and right, not able to rotate the turret horizontally

Why on earth would they take away elevation from stock magnum?  It's the opposite of what players have already.

It's akin to the Viking-Hunter parameters switch they pulled a few years ago.  Ridiculous.  

[mjmj5558 2,346]

22 minutes ago, Skills_My said:

Apart form you Mr HTML lover

And you are the other side.... You hate HTML just because itvs different from flash. Fixing shaft and xp/bp format should be done, i agree with that (before you think i like HTML, i will tell to you that i don't use it, only in some rare occasions. )

[lssimo 1,559]

10 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Why on earth would they take away elevation from stock magnum?  It's the opposite of what players have already.

It's akin to the Viking-Hunter parameters switch they pulled a few years ago.  Ridiculous.  

Because of limited controls, we only have 3 buttons to control and fire the turret.

The options are:

1. Rotate left and right with 2 buttons, then charge and fire with SPACE.

2. Rotate up and down with 2 buttons, then charge and fire with SPACE.

3. Rotate left and right with 2 buttons, then rotate up and down with SPACE (autoreverse) and fire a projectile of fixed charge/speed by releasing SPACE... but who wants that? (Devs don't implement this, it's just a joke)

Edited September 16, 2020 by lssimo

[Skills_My 70]

4 minutes ago, mjmj5558 said:

And you are the other side.... You hate HTML just because itvs different from flash. Fixing shaft and xp/bp format should be done, i agree with that (before you think i like HTML, i will tell to you that i don't use it, only in some rare occasions. )

Who said i hate it? I don't love it, and i odn't hate it either, saying that since i know the person very well, So stop getting involved in stuff you shouldn't get involved in, please.

[Eithern 412]

Soo... I need to buy an augment for magnum now? Give me the crystals for that!

[lssimo 1,559]

9 minutes ago, Eithern said:

Soo... I need to buy an augment for magnum now? Give me the crystals for that!

They need to make this change/switch.

But I understand your point, you paid for something and now that something works very differently.

[XP_Coffee 18]

This is the kind of stuff I love to see.  For me, I like to analyze the game balance, and these changes should fit in nicely (for magnum).  3D bushes are cool, they'll probably get some more people to try out the HTML5 version.

[wolverine848 13,097]

2 hours ago, lssimo said:

Because of limited controls, we only have 3 buttons to control and fire the turret.

The options are:

1. Rotate left and right with 2 buttons, then charge and fire with SPACE.

2. Rotate up and down with 2 buttons, then charge and fire with SPACE.

3. Rotate left and right with 2 buttons, then rotate up and down with SPACE (autoreverse) and fire a projectile of fixed charge/speed by releasing SPACE... but who wants that? (Devs don't implement this, it's just a joke)

I already understand this.

Does not answer my question - why make stock magnum the one with rotation when RGC already has that?

All they've done is switch the parameters on stock and RGC - just like they did with Hunter-Viking.  Mostly to sell more items so players can get back what they already had.  VERY CHEESY methodology.

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

2 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Does not answer my question - why make stock magnum the one with rotation when RGC already has that?

To make stock Magnum easier to use for mobile players, apparently.

[Cleric 1,385]

Isn't there enough close range Magnum Hornet in the game already?

[lssimo 1,559]

49 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

I already understand this.

Does not answer my question - why make stock magnum the one with rotation when RGC already has that?

All they've done is switch the parameters on stock and RGC - just like they did with Hunter-Viking.  Mostly to sell more items so players can get back what they already had.  VERY CHEESY methodology.

Sorry, I thought you meantL 'why not make the new default also have the other rotation'.

And to answer your question, I think they want the default to be the one that's easier to use because default is accesible to more players.

[Dagron 10]

9 hours ago, Marcus said:

 

You can disable automatic shooting in the settings.

 

10/10, all I needed to hear.

[Person_Random 4,991]

Oh great...

Why didn't my Tanki Horoscope tell me to buy Magnum on sales? Now I can't even play "3D Angry Birds" on Tanki

Alternatively, text CRYSTALS to 858585 to raise funds for Person_Random to buy Mk5 Magnum we better be getting 1 million crystals in 1 week or else

[cosmic666 1,055]

1 minute ago, Person_Random said:

Oh great...

Why didn't my Tanki Horoscope tell me to buy Magnum on sales? Now I can't even play "3D Angry Birds" on Tanki

Alternatively, text CRYSTALS to 858585 to raise funds for Person_Random to buy Mk5 Magnum we better be getting 1 million crystals in 1 week or else

Tell you what, i will donate 1 mine to your cause....it's a start.

[ReptilianTroll 236]

You've been updating turrets and hulls for 10 years now, are you ever going to stop once and for all? You keep going back and forth. Also I came back after 5 years of quitting, this game is not the same anymore, it is Pay To Win now. You can start by nerfing firebird and buffing freeze.

[cosmic666 1,055]

3 minutes ago, ReptilianTroll said:

You've been updating turrets and hulls for 10 years now, are you ever going to stop once and for all? You keep going back and forth. Also I came back after 5 years of quitting, this game is not the same anymore, it is Pay To Win now. You can start by nerfing firebird and buffing freeze.

Whoa there cowboy, get in line. Any nerfing and hornet is first on the list. And yeah your right it is and always shall be P2W. 

[cosmic666 1,055]

@Person_Random A mod with a sense of humour, nice 1....i need a lie down now.

Don't worry i wont tell hazel--our little secret 

[Cleric 1,385]

So they essentially make the default magnum more of a close range turret. Hmm... what could possibly go wrong?

 

 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

My favourite part of this dazzling update are the 3D bushes. I have been waiting for 3D bushes since they were first announced. Thanks for having them instead of the old outdated bushes. 3D bushes looks so much better.