«Early Access» prolonged

[Marcus 17,295]

 

Tankers, we have some cool news for you!

 

We have prolonged the «Early Access» bundle until September 28th at 02:00 UTC.

 

This bundle comes with:

• Hopper Mk1

• 100 updated Ultra Containers

• “Heat Resistance” Augment for Hopper

• “Cold Resistance” Augment for Hopper

 

If you didn’t manage to purchase it earlier, during our special Hopper release event, don't miss the chance to check out the new Hopper hull earlier than others!

With this purchase, you also receive two Augments for Hopper, as well as Ultra Containers, which you can open to get your favourite skins, paints, augments, and lots more. You can also receive the new XT skin for Hopper.

Good luck in battles!

[Bydo 20,118]

refuse to buy when in due time it will be placed in the garage at a low price of ???

this item is over priced and not worth it. seeing players seem to be hacking it to do fly hacking on top of buildings in regular battles. plus some shots such as ricochet goes under the hull and not hitting it..

[Cleric 1,385]

So, they extends the bundle availability, without doing the same for the special missions, while the latter is supposed to be affected by the recent service impact in greater extends.

Not to mention quite a few players mention some of their containers are "missing" or giving no rewards when opening it. I'm wondering what is the current progress of handling these issues, or whether it is being handling at all.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Aegis

[moshkinstein 25]

Tanki Management thinks so little of us players and think we are a bunch of mugs, they have prolonged the opportunity to rip us off on the €129.99 / $139.99 Hopper bundle.

They laugh at us, especially when the same bundle costs approx €40 on the Russian server. 

As per steamcharts website, the amount of active players on Tankionline is rapidly declining. I am so not surprised. 

Makes you think, Tanki Management are trying to cash in while they can. 

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

3 minutes ago, moshkinstein said:

As per steamcharts website, the amount of active players on Tankionline is rapidly declining.

Steamcharts is not a good source for determining player count, because very few people play Tanki through Steam. You can find accurate player counts for the past five days at https://en.tankionline.com/s/statistics.txt

[Attack-Minded 155]

Fact: This extended decision means that they could not sell Hopper bundles than their expectation.

Me: I wonder why they could not kept a tight lid on their pocket.

TO: Because we really want to sell this bundle more for a money no less.

Edited September 24, 2020 by newcastle529

[Okami 3,041]

Tanki made the bundle last even longer. WHY???

I think it's a perfectly reasonable assumption that if someone is going to buy the Hopper bundle, they would have done it already.

Nobody asked for this. Nobody said "Hey! I want this bundle to last longer! I want to buy Hopper, but I haven't yet for some reason!". Nobody has said that, whether in the Hopper thread, or in I&S, or ANYWHERE else. Heck, people weren't super excited for Hopper to begin with. As far as I can tell, nobody except for people who bought the bundle (and RIDDLER_8) are excited about Hopper. Nobody was all sunshine and rainbows about Hopper either (except for RIDDLER_8); everyone had something to gripe about it, whether it being too unbalanced, the fact that it's paywalled, or flat-out UNNECESSARY.

The developers, in their IIIIINFIIIIIINIIIIIITE wisdom, saw it a MARVELOUS, WONDERFUL, SUPERB idea to make the overpriced bundle for this unnecessary hull last even longer than reasonable. They thought it was the BEST idea to do THIS. Instead of, oh I DUNNO:

• Trying to BALANCE THE GAME?
• Fixing the Matchmaking system?

Edited September 24, 2020 by GrayWolf8733

[Marcus 17,295]

2 hours ago, moshkinstein said:

Tanki Management thinks so little of us players and think we are a bunch of mugs, they have prolonged the opportunity to rip us off on the €129.99 / $139.99 Hopper bundle.

They laugh at us, especially when the same bundle costs approx €40 on the Russian server. 

I would like you to take a look on something called Big Mac index.

It may help you to understand the price difference.

"the opportunity to rip us off" Are you serious? Just don't buy it if you do not want to check it earlier than others... 

[Snafu 139]

9 hours ago, Marcus said:

Tankers, we have some cool news for you!

[Gauss-Hornet 489]

9 hours ago, Marcus said:

Don't miss the chance to check out the new Hopper hull earlier than others!

You gotta realize buyers aren't going to cheque out the new stuff unless you fix the old stuff first.

[TheRealHZFJ 707]

4 hours ago, Aegis said:

So, they extends the bundle availability, without doing the same for the special missions, while the latter is supposed to be affected by the recent service impact in greater extends.

Not to mention quite a few players mention some of their containers are "missing" or giving no rewards when opening it. I'm wondering what is the current progress of handling these issues, or whether it is being handling at all.

From what i understood, you get your rewards the moment u press "open", it's just that it takes a long time for the opening sequence to begin.

[AVENGERSFORINDIA 3]

10 hours ago, Marcus said:

 

Tankers, we have some cool news for you!

 

We have prolonged the «Early Access» bundle until September 28th at 02:00 UTC.

 

This bundle comes with:

• Hopper Mk1

• 100 updated Ultra Containers

• “Heat Resistance” Augment for Hopper

• “Cold Resistance” Augment for Hopper

 

If you didn’t manage to purchase it earlier, during our special Hopper release event, don't miss the chance to check out the new Hopper hull earlier than others!

With this purchase, you also receive two Augments for Hopper, as well as Ultra Containers, which you can open to get your favourite skins, paints, augments, and lots more. You can also receive the new XT skin for Hopper.

Good luck in battles!

Thank you for extending the event.

Regards,

AVENGERSFORINDIA

[AVENGERSFORINDIA 3]

@At_Shin Same doubt pal!

[Cleric 1,385]

54 minutes ago, TheRealHZFJ said:

From what i understood, you get your rewards the moment u press "open", it's just that it takes a long time for the opening sequence to begin.

This is what happen when the game works normally, it may not be necessary the case when the server is unhealthy.

[Marcus 17,295]

1 hour ago, Gauss-Hornet said:

You gotta realize buyers aren't going to cheque out the new stuff unless you fix the old stuff first.

What if numbers say that they do? 

[Snafu 139]

15 minutes ago, Marcus said:

What if numbers say that they do? 

Share the stats or we call your BS.

[Crip 4,735]

Haha, clearly you didn't sell enough bundles to begin with. Stay classy, Tanki.

[Bydo 20,118]

3 hours ago, Marcus said:

What if numbers say that they do? 

the numbers might be up cause the Russians get it for way cheaper in cost then other parts of the world. its a well know fact that Canadians have to pay 50% more then Russians.

also it looks like your saying this is a promo item for now and is costing players money. but over time it will be removed and placed into the garage for crystals.. please clarify to make sure I'm understanding your comments correctly ??

[Viking4s 10,791]

lol, I guess some players are very keen to get it from the garage soon and can't cope with the excruciating wait  wich mean that To is more compelled to exacerbate that wait.

Anyway all in due time, let TO sale more bundle (it doesn't take developers times away ).

Edited September 24, 2020 by Viking4s

[krish123-super 11]

Just now, Bydo said:

the numbers might be up cause the Russians get it for way cheaper in cost then other parts of the world. its a well know fact that Canadians have to pay 50% more then Russians.

also it looks like your saying this is a promo item for now and is costing players money. but over time it will be removed and placed into the garage for crystals.. please clarify to make sure I'm understanding your comments correctly ??

yeah your understanding correctly.... marcus our beloved cm is saying that the numbers { no of players playing and buying them} proove that updates with new stuff are improving this game { in both money and in players 

[krish123-super 11]

anyone explain me this please ...i will follow you as thankfullness

[Cleric 1,385]

8 minutes ago, krish123-super said:

anyone explain me this please ...i will follow you as thankfullness

This chart shows the pricing of a Big Mac in different regions and countries. e.g.  In Russia, the price tag of a Big Mac is 66% less than that of the US.

 

@Marcus used this chart to justify why micro transactions have different price tags depend on player's in-game region setting

Edited September 24, 2020 by Aegis

[krish123-super 11]

Just now, Aegis said:

This chart shows the pricing of a Big Mac in different regions and countries. @Marcus used this chart to justify why micro transactions have different price tag depends on your in-game region setting

oh thanks 

[NumberSix 40]

Now, if globalization was really for the people, we could all buy the Hopper thing at a Russian price. 

[Bydo 20,118]

21 minutes ago, krish123-super said:

yeah your understanding correctly.... Marcus our beloved cm is saying that the numbers { no of players playing and buying them} prove that updates with new stuff are improving this game { in both money and in players 

The funny thing is the big mac is a item in real life . tanki is only a imaginary tank which is found in a game system. for players joining would like to see the numbers cause for what I see when I can see at my old age -- the numbers have been going down for players joining. for the sales only he would know