v-log Episode 285 of the V-LOG is live!

[Marcus 17,295]

In today’s episode, we will be testing Smoky HD. We’ll also be announcing changes to the eSports system and giving some advice.

 

 

 

• TankiSport 2021: Season I announcement
• Qualifiers to TankiSport 2021: Season I
• Russian Content Helpers YouTube channel with EN videos
• Tanki Online eSports YouTube channel
• Create an eSports team
• Tanki Online Discord
• Become a helper today!
• Wannabe Youtuber Submissions
• Question of the Week Submissions

 

Made with by Tanki and 

[Towns 574]

Another week, another V-Log. Thanks for it!

[LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH 1,921]

Amazing work with Smoky HD! I absolutely LOVE the extra recoil and cartridge ejection! Really excited to try it out! This skin is similar to Ultra skins, which are by far and away my favourite in the game so I'm THRILLED by Smoky HD.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

Is the Smoky conversion finally happening? 

[SporkZilla 1,775]

Skin looks nice, but I'll miss insta-Smoky

(I have 1583 hours on it)

Maybe Smokonuts won't be a huge nerf, but I'm not optimistic 

Edited January 22, 2021 by SporkZilla

[Tokamak 1,021]

haha, poor smoky cursed like Thunder now.

long-rang critical hit is is completely nerfed now because of the shell speed added.

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tokamak

[Spy 14,687]

The new HD skin looks really cool, but I am going to miss the skin we got now. 

[Spy 14,687]

2 minutes ago, krish123_super said:

@Spy  is it nerfed ? 

You can say so, the same thing that happened to Thunder (the bullet doesn't hit instantly)

[zek 31]

They took away the essence of what made Smoky unique. Railgun is now the only unique turret with its penetration. Shaft should have the same type of penetration as well. Or are they biased with railgun?

[Tokamak 1,021]

3 minutes ago, zek said:

They took away the essence of what made Smoky unique. Railgun is now the only unique turret with its penetration. Shaft should have the same type of penetration as well. Or are they biased with railgun?

Shaft used to have penetration ability...

[Spy 14,687]

4 minutes ago, krish123_super said:

noo! why they nerfed ? it is know for to hit instantly ! it is famous for it ! come on ..i have only hornet and smoky mk6 and all both are nerfed ? what should i do now ? how will they be replaced ? no compensation ? agh? @Spy

Changes to turrets/hulls may happen at any time and usually the developers do not give compensation to players. However, it's not a huge nerf, we should wait and see.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, zek said:

They took away the essence of what made Smoky unique.

What did they take away?

[Tokamak 1,021]

35 minutes ago, zek said:

They took away the essence of what made Smoky unique. Railgun is now the only unique turret with its penetration. Shaft should have the same type of penetration as well. Or are they biased with railgun?

The essence of what makes smoky unique is the critical hit systems. Not the instant hit which is still available for railgun, shaft and Gauss secondary mode.

Edited January 22, 2021 by Tokamak

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, krish123_super said:

instant shots 

now it takes time make it reach the tank .... like thunder ..

Oh, I knew about that, I was wondering what Zek meant by "unique". 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I do like this new V-Log series with the new format, but I would be more happy and pleased if V-Log makers added back the same old legacy V-Log intro music they we were used to hear at the first 15 seconds of the V-Log's introduction. For example, like on V-Log 100: (9) Tanki Online V-LOG: Episode 100 - YouTube

I miss that good musical intro so much. Please add it back.

[wolverine848 13,097]

3 hours ago, Marcus said:

In today’s episode, we will be testing Smoky HD. We’ll also be announcing changes to the eSports system and giving some advice.

 

 

 

• TankiSport 2021: Season I announcement
• Qualifiers to TankiSport 2021: Season I
• Russian Content Helpers YouTube channel with EN videos
• Tanki Online eSports YouTube channel
• Create an eSports team
• Tanki Online Discord
• Become a helper today!
• Wannabe Youtuber Submissions
• Question of the Week Submissions

 

Made with by Tanki and 

So smoky getting nerfed with no instant hit - will definitely affect criticals which are important at long range.

 

No news on fixing Matchmaker rank-spreads?  You know - when a player ends up against enemies 8 or even 10 ranks above?   DURING PEAK HOURS no less...

[alkyng 3,080]

"If you usually skip the Esports section of the V-Log"

Lol how did you know that

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

I miss that good musical intro so much. Please add it back.

1,000,0000% agree with you.

[Cruelty 476]

Yes Lucky 7 returns.
@GG_reg did you say lucky 7 won't return? 

[GG_reg 1,521]

5 minutes ago, Cruelty said:

Yes Lucky 7 returns.
@GG_reg did you say lucky 7 won't return? 

I'm as surprised and excited as much as you are )

[sunhawk 99]

2 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

So smoky getting nerfed with no instant hit - will definitely affect criticals which are important at long range.

 

No news on fixing Matchmaker rank-spreads?  You know - when a player ends up against enemies 8 or even 10 ranks above?   DURING PEAK HOURS no less...

Couple weeks ago I had a WO 4 account in a battle with legends. During off-peak, but still, c'mon!

I'm seeing barely more than 10,000 players even at peak--or am I wrong? They just have no players any more. And it's their fault.

[wolverine848 13,097]

22 minutes ago, sunhawk said:

Couple weeks ago I had a WO 4 account in a battle with legends. During off-peak, but still, c'mon!

I'm seeing barely more than 10,000 players even at peak--or am I wrong? They just have no players any more. And it's their fault.

You are not wrong.  They have lost a lot of players, and keep implementing ideas that generate $ short-term but keep hurting them long-term.

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

Wish Smoky HD resembled the design of the current skin more. Hornet HD was quite faithful to the original, why take creative liberties with Smoky?

8 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

No news on fixing Matchmaker rank-spreads?  You know - when a player ends up against enemies 8 or even 10 ranks above?   DURING PEAK HOURS no less...

The bug is now a feature, unfortunately.

[Sir_What 8]

I'm glad the graphics designers got the Smoky HD right. The Smoky ejects a shell after a shot, and although he shell usually doesn't get ejected OUT of the turret, at least it is the shell and not the whole round. I noticed a lot of people who completely ignorant of how a firearm works think that the whole round gets shot, not the tip only.

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

As a Smoky main these are my thoughts on the addition of a projectile.

If the intent is to nerf stock Smoky, I think this intent is misguided. While I think that Smoky is one of the better turrets in the game, there are turrets which are far more deserving of nerfs (Gauss). I really do not think it is necessary to make it less effective right now.

However, the main target of this change seems to be Autocannon. This augment currently is simply OP and its damage output is the same at both short and long ranges. With the introduction of a projectile, Autocannon's effectiveness at range will likely be significantly decreased, since the players who use it will actually have to aim in order to hit enough shots to get crits at a decent rate (instead of driving around with bricks on their keyboards). While I do not think this change is the best solution, I nonetheless do support a nerf to Autocannon even if it comes at the cost of a slight nerf to stock.

By the way, I simply cannot agree with the "best combos" list featured in the video of the week . . . Freeze Viking as the most effective combo in the game? Seriously?