My problem with tanki - it's a chore, not a game

[BigCar 54]

My problem is where tanki seems to be going.

This is a pattern i have seen for a while but really saw pointed out with the updated daily mission rewards. Tanki has turned from a regular ''go wild, play as much as you want'' shooter to something closer to a lot of mobile games these days - a game where you are limited the ammount of time you can play. Something like clash royale for example, where the game can be played but not worth after you fill up the ammount of chests you have. 

This would be fine, but it limits their own playerbase. The only people who can really go wild are the people who are already legends and the people who can pay to fix their gap in power if they powerlevel. This was not a problem a while ago, but with many of the updates that have been introduced (Daily missions, Weekly missions, Challenges rework, experience boost) it's now apparent that actually playing the game puts you at a serious disadvantage.

It all started with the missions.

Previously it was simple. Play the game as much as you want - the time you spend directly corresponds to the ammount you earn. You get a daily reward and that's it. 

With the introduction of missions,there's more to get daily. Now you have an incentive to play daily, but you could also take the game slower and just play to finish the missions. It doesn't make the game too unbalanced yet though. You just know when you log in you want to do them.

Weekly missions and Containers come into play. Now the rewards are a lot higher. A lot of players just finish missions and that's it. But wait - there is a reason to play the game more, challenges. Win battles to get stars! It almost completely destroyed teamwork and strategy in the game, replacing it with ''run straight into the enemy and kill as many people as fast as possible'' but it sorta helps the problem. But now that the ammount of stars you need skyrocketed, what's the point of playing the game? All i need is to do tasks. Leveling up does nothing for me.

I would not be suprised if playerbase drops even lower, since the need to actually play is decreasing as well. Do your missions, leave, repeat tommorow. Makes the game more mundane and forgettable too, making more people leave. Games are shorter and less exciting, making it feel like a grindfest.

The new tasks exist now but i don't think they really are worth it compared to simply doing missions, especially with the XP boost. You could do some tasks and get a few containers (if that's even the reward lol) but you will be virgin 10 container warrant officer 4 vs chad 100 container warrant officer 3 who just does daily missions.

And here is what i fear could happen in the future that would completely kill the game:

Gut tells me tanki will implement some sort of energy/fuel system. With the experience boost, you need a lot less time to play the game. Most of the time you just need like 1 hour max playtime daily and you are good. You are the most efficient by playing less. The last bastion of any reason to grind the game has fallen.

Something like 10 fuel that refills by 1 every hour. Mandatory limit on the player. Want to play more? Spend 49 tankoins. On mobile? Want to reduce time by 30 minutes? Watch an AD.

Scary. And sadly this problem of mine can't be fixed.

Idk. Just kinda wanted to ramble. I love the game as it gave me many good memories. But i'm not as passionate about it when i realise that all im doing is logging in every now and then and playing 4 or 5 battles just because it's not worth to do more than that. PRO Battles are cool and all but very mundane after a bit. And kinda dead especially in lower ranks.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

Before they started messing around with XP this year and settled on X4, I used to play the game for fun often, usually doing 20 missions every week even though the extra containers & weekly containers were not worth two or even three times the effort of doing 20 missions instead of 10

Now I'm only doing 8 missions per week and trying to earn as little XP as possible whilst trying not to play too passively, and I'm thinking about just rushing on to Lieutenant General > Marshall > getting my GS above 9000 and then quitting instead of continuing to play like this

(I have nearly 3 million crystals once I add gold boxes & weekly containers to my crystals)

I'd love to play a few more battles just for fun this evening, but I'm not because I don't want to earn 1000+ XP per battle if I play hard

I've adapted to most of the updates I've disliked since I started playing (March / April 2018), but this one is the worst

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

This game used to be good until the devs decided to stop listening to players feedback and started being selfish, greedy and playing favorites.

 

I remember when I used to do daily and weekly missions that 75% of the time I'd be in a bad mood when I finished because the battles would be that frustrating. They were that stressful TBH.

 

Now that a month has gone by without me playing a single MM battle, I feel like I've become a better person.

 

Only good things about this game now are parkour battles and chat (that is if I didn't have to play 3 MM battle to access it).

 

Anyway my advice to you, if you don't want stress in your life then I seriously would avoid most of the things in this game.

 

[ghost-guns 1,486]

I haven't been keeping up with the game over the summer but yeah the missions became a source of stress. I just logged onto the forum now and the announcement is that daily missions are harder than before... so... why bother.

[ReptilianTroll 236]

29 minutes ago, krish123_super said:

yeah , but something has to be done to pro battles also 

we can't find good battles .. and developers says - go play mm { MM }

but mm is a game of supplies , alterations and drones 

without supplies i never play MM , if i play i know i will be the last no matter which combination i use 

I agree, once I run out of supplies, which is often, It becomes difficult to survive.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

13 hours ago, ReptilianTroll said:

I agree, once I run out of supplies, which is often, It becomes difficult to survive.

I rarely use my manual supplies (I still pick up the airdrop counterpart though) whenever play Tanki. Sometime I can perform decent without spamming my manuals..... And other time, getting crushed even with supplies enabled.

[E_polypterus 2,374]

19 hours ago, ReptilianTroll said:

I agree, once I run out of supplies, which is often, It becomes difficult to survive.

To get supplies is not that hard. Weekly and daily missions provide a lot of them. What our job is to be thrifty. 

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 minute ago, krish123_super said:

no ... ofc they provide supplies in such a way to complete next missions and get some more supplies

but i play parkor until my all supplies are over and my crystals for buying supplies are over ...then i come to mm and play some matches and earn supplies and again sleep in parkor fighting with buyers 

They give more than enough if you complete your daily missions.  You need to exhibit some restraint on usage.

This account has more than 29k of each except for RKs - only have 1600 of those.  And 2700 batteries.

[Iron_Man 2,376]

On 10/7/2020 at 11:41 AM, krish123_super said:

yeah , but something has to be done to pro battles also 

we can't find good battles .. and developers says - go play mm { MM }

but mm is a game of supplies , alterations and drones 

without supplies i never play MM , if i play i know i will be the last no matter which combination i use 

I do completely agree with your point. But that does not stop you from being skilled in using supplies efficiently. Or else try using only your skills[Like a PRO]. I usually save my supplies[basically so that I can use them freely with booster or such good drones] and I just use my favorite combo[railgun+hornet] and I am practically getting into top 3. To get into top 3 in my opinion use railgun+hornet, railgun+viking or else hammer+viking.

[Iron_Man 2,376]

1 minute ago, krish123_super said:

cool , getting top 3 is okay , and i get into it with ease with or without supplies

the problem comes when it is losing team and opposite uses drugs like hungry pigs feeding on meal

when no supplies , my railgun shot damage is 98 

yeah "98" i think u can guess why  , nvm well lets see 

Well that does not happen to me!! I am pretty good with my railgun.

 

[Iron_Man 2,376]

2 minutes ago, krish123_super said:

about which rank are you talking 

playing with legend 10 and 15 

these buyers play with ur railgun

I understand. But you need not use your railgun against newly spawned tanks. Use it against the ones which are already worn out and are being attacked by your teammates[or others].

[Iron_Man 2,376]

Just now, krish123_super said:

cool man , if my team is getting dominated ...that means they come to our place and kill us instantly after spawning 

ofcourse every game does not end like that 

some battles are played by lower ranks also , at that time i play with there turrets XD 

Try using firebird with trooper. Your rank is General. So you must be rolling in crystals. Don't have trooper, then buy it!

[Iron_Man 2,376]

Just now, krish123_super said:

omg , cool man 

 i play damn #$@# well , i just talking about about some situations where we want to quit ...that's it 

i understand , its good you to give suggestion 

but .. i'm playing from 5 years , i know statictics 

I could see that!

[Mend 35]

Thats true. Playing more puts you at a disadvantage, completely agree. All these xp boosts + special event boosts make you earn xp too quick. A normal player might think its good and it is good if you're already legend rank or close to legend rank, but for low ranks, this is very dangerous. You earn xp quick and crystals too but then you realize u ranked up too fast with underpowered equipment and then MM matches u against buyers and those  who took advantage of the MK update and have mk7 at low ranks(yes, 9999 gs at wo3 is now possible). And so you keep losing but earn more exp anyway but with weak equipment hence making MM unproductive.

[Iron_Man 2,376]

1 hour ago, krish123_super said:

omg , cool man 

 i play damn #$@# well , i just talking about about some situations where we want to quit ...that's it 

i understand , its good you to give suggestion 

but .. i'm playing from 5 years , i know statictics 

Man, now don't you start. Then why do you talk about some rare situations though you can rock in those rare situations. Now, don't you tell that you are just mentioning on the behalf of common and newbie tanker. No offense! Just kidding. You are good enough, if what I know is true, then why don't you enjoy the game! Enjoy and Chill dude!!!

[ghost-guns 1,486]

To be fair the weekly missions are easier to complete now, but there isn't much of a game left.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

5 hours ago, ghost-guns said:

To be fair the weekly missions are easier to complete now, but there isn't much of a game left.

Never checked it out for myself. I don't even bother logging onto the game anymore these days.

[Merovingian 656]

5 hours ago, ghost-guns said:

To be fair the weekly missions are easier to complete now, but there isn't much of a game left.

[ghost-guns 1,486]

On 10/19/2020 at 8:51 PM, DieselPlatinum said:

Never checked it out for myself. I don't even bother logging onto the game anymore these days.

Actually I logged in yesterday, saw that I had been given the "finish 15 times in the top 3" mission and then logged out straight away.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

1 hour ago, ghost-guns said:

Actually I logged in yesterday, saw that I had been given the "finish 15 times in the top 3" mission and then logged out straight away.

So that mission still exists eh? Just another reason to not play this game.

[E_polypterus 2,374]

37 minutes ago, DieselPlatinum said:

So that mission still exists eh? Just another reason to not play this game.

It’s not that bad as you think it is. A bit harder than the others tho yes. 

[wolverine848 13,097]

2 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

So that mission still exists eh? Just another reason to not play this game.

It's still a pain in the a$$.

1 hour ago, E_polypterus said:

It’s not that bad as you think it is. A bit harder than the others tho yes. 

Yes, it is as bad as he thinks.  I NEVER get it done in a week and I have mk7.20 equipment and (useless) modules at 47%.  You have to play a minimum of 60 battles to complete that stupid mission.  That's > 8 battles every day.

1 hour ago, At_Shin said:

I managed to complete it in 6 days this week. You need to change your equipment to best suit the map and the mode that you have been entered by MM to complete this mission. 

Like, ares or hopper for rugby. Twins for Control points, striker or thunder for juggernaut, Gauss or death rail with hornet/dictator for siege....and so on.

hopper - the "cheat" hull...

Before you acquired hopper how often did you complete that mission in 6 days?

Guess what hull was capping flags in the first minute of my last two CTF battles... and that team when on to win both times of course.

[Viking4s 10,791]

1 hour ago, At_Shin said:

I managed to complete it in 6 days this week. You need to change your equipment to best suit the map and the mode that you have been entered by MM to complete this mission. 

Like, ares or hopper for rugby. Twins for Control points, striker or thunder for juggernaut, Gauss or death rail with hornet/dictator for siege....and so on.

well said!

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

2 hours ago, E_polypterus said:

It’s not that bad as you think it is. A bit harder than the others tho yes. 

 

2 hours ago, At_Shin said:

I managed to complete it in 6 days this week. You need to change your equipment to best suit the map and the mode that you have been entered by MM to complete this mission. 

Try getting top 3 in winners team 15 times in one week but only play 5 mm battles a day max.

That's how many battles I played I played at most each day.

 

Don't have mission? Then just record it on paper or some other software.

 

Maybe. Just maybe you guys will understand the casual players side of this.

[cosmic666 1,055]

On 10/19/2020 at 6:32 AM, Mend said:

Thats true. Playing more puts you at a disadvantage, completely agree. All these xp boosts + special event boosts make you earn xp too quick. A normal player might think its good and it is good if you're already legend rank or close to legend rank, but for low ranks, this is very dangerous. You earn xp quick and crystals too but then you realize u ranked up too fast with underpowered equipment and then MM matches u against buyers and those  who took advantage of the MK update and have mk7 at low ranks(yes, 9999 gs at wo3 is now possible). And so you keep losing but earn more exp anyway but with weak equipment hence making MM unproductive.

Here is a player who says what he sees. absolutely spot on with your appraisal of TO. It makes those players who want to play very weak, because they just can't keep up with the upgrades when this annoying xp boost is on. Only legends like riddler and alex 22 think this awesome.