challenge October Challenge II

[Joeguy 941]

This new star system is the biggest improvement to the game in a very long time.  Not only does it allow Freebies to generate income more easily, it may have a big impact on the cooperation aspect of the game.  Players need to no longer be totally selfish and looking only for stars since stars now come to them via missions.  i think eventually this might even promote teamwork again.

Sadly, Hopper is now the cause of chaos in battles because of it's squirrely, bar-of-soap drive control.  All the Hoppers are smashing into everything and everybody since it is fast and difficult to control.  This causes a complete breakdown of team members trying to be courteous or thoughtful...it's just bash your way through to your own objective regardless if you push a teammate or knock off his aim.  This mindset happens because, if there isn't a Hopper (or Ares) mashing through and fouling up your teamie, there will be one fouling him up in another second or so, so why should you try to be courteous or thoughtful?  This annoying behavior will start to heal as Hopper's popularity and newness wears off.  They may give Hopper a good nerfing also...as soon as they sell a zillion hulls, upgrades, alts of course...and that would thin the Hopper Herd nicely.

 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Joeguy

[Joeguy 941]

So the Small caliber charging machine augment is on the Silver Tier for the back half of Oct's Challenge.  I looked around for some opinions regarding this augment, but found none.

From it's description, it sounds like this augment turns Thunder into Smoky with some splash damage.  What do you think about this augment and is it worth going for?

 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Joeguy

[Venerable 2,968]

3 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

This might not be the case as I had heard from someone in the forum that all modifications of hopper reach the same height from the activation of its overdrive.

So, a 1600 kg hopper rises to the same height as 2600 kg hooper. 

This would mean that the overdrive force depends upon hopper's weight. So, a 1000 kg hopper (lightweight augment equipped ) would still reach the same height. 

Same is the case with the speed of BFG and Ares. The speed of BFG is always the same as Ares with Speed boost activated. So, no matter what modification of Ares, it will always be able to run with the BFG if it has activated a speed boost.

I think the crisis drone has the power to increase BFG speed to the maximum speed of Ares. I not sure of this as I have seen this happen only one time and the Ares+Crisis user was running too fast.

Yeah, this might be how Tanki physics works...

You guys should try it all out on the test server, it'll be fun! 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Venerable

[Noghtfly 114]

Good way to start the new challenge:

Above and 3 daily missions is 600 stars 

 

[wolverine848 13,097]

15 hours ago, Volturo said:

daily and weekly missions are like the bare minimum. it’s not supposed to take a super long time to do them and most of them are easy enough to complete. sure, there are a few that take a few more rounds but most are doable. as for challenges, you can’t expect them to just give free stuff away. there has to be some effort put into it, and after the update, it’s requires a lot less effort than before.

As I said, not all players can do their daily missions in the time you suggest.

I'm an average player with (if profile is anything close to accurate) 4.4 hours of drone usage.  You on the other hand, have around 123 hrs of drone usage.  You don't think that might alter your perspective on how easy things might be in the game? Drones, as most players understand, are game-changers.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

@Volturo @wolverine848

When I used to do 20 missions per week / 3 missions most days, sometimes it would take 10 battles (no overlapping missions)

Today I completed 3 missions on one of my accounts in just 2 battles, but it's rarely that easy

I like the new system and could probably complete the challenges by just doing 3 missions every day, even if I didn't finish a top 3 x 15 weekly mission in time, but I'm not doing that because I'd earn too much XP, especially with every Friday + the weekend being double XP now

I've settled for doing at least 8 missions every week and definitely getting to Tier 20, sometimes Tier 30 if I'm lucky

That's an extra 4-6 containers per month v getting none from challenges since the XP boost started

Edited October 16, 2020 by SporkZilla

[Volturo 181]

1 hour ago, wolverine848 said:

As I said, not all players can do their daily missions in the time you suggest.

I'm an average player with (if profile is anything close to accurate) 4.4 hours of drone usage.  You on the other hand, have around 123 hrs of drone usage.  You don't think that might alter your perspective on how easy things might be in the game? Drones, as most players understand, are game-changers.

yeah ok my account is not representative of an “average player.” still, remember that missions and challenges are a bonus to the crystals u already get from battles so it’s really ur choice whether to do them or not. if u don’t wanna spend the time, then don’t and miss out on the rewards. that’s fine. to some people, getting containers is very important so they make an effort to do missions every day. if ur not one of them, then just don’t do them :/ it’s your choice in the end.

[Tokamak 1,021]

dang, heck this weekly mission finish top 3 x15  

3 done yesterday, 7 today, and the last 5 for tomorrow  

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I wish challenges had more Tankions on the silver tier on Level 50 for all this hard effort reaching the end.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

4 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I wish challenges had more Tankions on the silver tier on Level 50 for all this hard effort reaching the end.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I wish I could make a wish somewhere.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

11 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I wish I could make a wish somewhere.

I wish you become head CM of tanki. 

[E_polypterus 2,374]

17 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I wish I could make a wish somewhere.

You already did. 

[Tokamak 1,021]

dang, this heck weekly mission finish top 3 x15  

Job done!!!!!! and a heck of rank up too.
Tiers 14, Irbis paint here I come!
one ultra container and i am 125 mines heavier, gee thanks

Edited October 18, 2020 by Tokamak

[E_polypterus 2,374]

37 minutes ago, Tokamak said:

dang, this heck weekly mission finish top 3 x15  

Job done!!!!!! and a heck of rank up too.
Tiers 14, Irbis paint here I come!
one ultra container and i am 125 mines heavier, gee thanks

Is there Irbris paint for Tier 14??? Sad : ( I’ve always wanted that paint, looks so good on Freeze

Edited October 18, 2020 by E_polypterus

[E_polypterus 2,374]

1 minute ago, At_Shin said:

poly, you should try completing a few easy missions everyday.  You will get that paint easily. 

U mean from conts?

[Venerable 2,968]

5 minutes ago, E_polypterus said:

U mean from conts?

Completing missions will give you stars, which in turn will help you complete the levels of the Challenge... and hopefully you'll get the Irbis paint...

[E_polypterus 2,374]

10 minutes ago, Venerable said:

Completing missions will give you stars, which in turn will help you complete the levels of the Challenge... and hopefully you'll get the Irbis paint...

9 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

no, from the challenge. Say, you complete 8 missions each week. you will get 240 + 150 = 390 stars in a week. In two weeks you will get 780 stars + 200 stars from the rightmost weekly mission. 

In two weeks you will have 980 stars.

(OK,  so maybe you will need to complete a few more missions to get to the iris paint tier)

But you will be able to do it with ease. 

 

I see. Thanks a lot for the replies but  my supply count is veryyyyy low and since I’d have to play MM for that... I think I’d be better off without Irbris. My main sources of income now are rewards from Forum contests ( if I win tho xD) and PRO battle funds.

[Tokamak 1,021]

On 10/18/2020 at 6:02 PM, E_polypterus said:

Is there Irbris paint for Tier 14??? Sad : ( I’ve always wanted that paint, looks so good on Freeze

No it is further down the line (tiers 18 [1080 stars], I am just getting closer, it is in my sight  ...There is more winter them map with MM, so I love changing to something white (like Vertigo), i will have soon 2 options.

Completing daily mission is 150 stars and completing weekly missions is 450, it is quite easy to get stars now, by playing 30 minutes everyday. That's about 35k xp per week. Before the x4 xp boost I used to do 10K, so it is not different from before but now I have access to the coins and the Skin container every 3-4 challenges. 
They should have done this long time ago, it is like f2p get 1/4th of what buyers get, while before they got 1/50th to 1/100th which was a deterrent. Sealing away skins was not a good idea.

Edited October 20, 2020 by Tokamak

[Iron_Man 2,376]

Buckle Up Folks!! There will be Carnage!!!

Edited October 19, 2020 by Ironmantonystark

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Halloween is less than two weeks time. What will we have for Halloween? Will we have 50% off on hulls? I hope so, so that I can buy Hopper at 50% off.

[Devoid 2,601]

I'm so bored of earning the same Skin Container every challenge...

Please create a new skin or something, this game will eventually die off even faster due to people no longer needing to complete Challenges because they already have a full collection of skins

[wolverine848 13,097]

On 10/18/2020 at 1:32 PM, Tokamak said:

Sealing away skins hull augments was not a good idea.

Fixed it for ya... 

[wolverine848 13,097]

2 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

Halloween is less than two weeks time. What will we have for Halloween? Will we have 50% off on hulls? I hope so, so that I can buy Hopper at 50% off.

Highly unlikely.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I will only buy Hopper at 50% off.