update New currency «Shards». Other changes

[mjmj5558 2,346]

4 minutes ago, Maf said:

but in theory you could also open TO mobile and watch an ad every 7 minutes, potentially getting a container every 70 minutes, or 20 containers per day without needing to play any battles. Wow.

But you can also play between ads, so you can watch more ads, because it's not hard to finish a battle faster. 

[Melance 33]

good update except for the smokey augments part and how delayed the game is now

[SporkZilla 1,775]

16 minutes ago, Maf said:

So I tested the shards thing a little bit. Not only do you get 150 shards (or 1.5 containers) every day just by completing the 3 daily missions, but in theory you could also open TO mobile and watch an ad every 7 minutes, potentially getting a container every 70 minutes, or 20 containers per day without needing to play any battles. Wow.

I am struggling to work out the reasoning behind this

If a player suggested this, it would get declined because it would harm the game's economy

[Joeguy 941]

5 minutes ago, SporkZilla said:

I am struggling to work out the reasoning behind this

If a player suggested this, it would get declined because it would harm the game's economy

It seems like Tanki is trying to convert the game to essentially a phone game.  Many advantages are being shown mobile players over PC players.  Free mission changes is a biggie and now this mega advantage of containers for watching ads.  Even if a mobile player only plays for a couple of hours a day, they will generate tons more income, supplies, augments, and other doo-dads over a very short period of time...like a couple of weeks.  A bit over two hours a day on mobile would potentially net a player 25 containers per week!  Yikes! 

The PC player gets more containers than before, but all three missions for his 2+ hours a day only nets him about 11 containers..less than half.  This has to cause a massive disparity as time goes on.

 

 

 

[Tokamak 1,021]

 no need to play anymore, just log and get one per day.

 

Did 2 daily mission and BOOM!

But HTML5 did not allow me to claim it. I had to go on Mobile. 50 batteries, yeah 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Tokamak

[Tokamak 1,021]

19 hours ago, vecky said:

What a nice English speaker and writer.

Please send me a first book when you write it if you ever write it anything more then the forum chat in tankionline.

Thank you, a book will take time while waiting you can still read these

- Guide to Team Juggernaut - Attack
- Team Juggernaut - Defence
- [Review] Augments Vs. Drones [EN & FR]
 

[Tokamak 1,021]

1 hour ago, SporkZilla said:

I am struggling to work out the reasoning behind this

If a player suggested this, it would get declined because it would harm the game's economy

All the good stuff are now in the Ultra Container. And those are only available with special missions, ultra weekend shop items, and shop bundles.
Normal containers have so many rewards per turret and hulls and given randomly by that in the end your chance to get what you want are near zero, to a point that it is better to wait 50% discount to buy what you really want. Beside crystals, only batteries kind of matters.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

15 minutes ago, Tokamak said:

Beside crystals

I get a lot of crystals from containers
On this account I have only earned 650K crystals, but have a GS of nearly 7000 and over 1.9 million crystals (plus weekly containers worth 900K crystals)
So far the average crystal value of a container (crystals + gold boxes + days of premium @ 2500 crystals / day) has been just above 3000 crystals for me
So players are going to get a lot of crystals

Edited January 29, 2021 by SporkZilla

[Tokamak 1,021]

3 minutes ago, SporkZilla said:

I get a lot of crystals from containers. On this account I have only earned 650K crystals, but have a GS of nearly 7000 and over 1.9 million crystals (plus weekly containers worth 900K crystals). So far the average crystal value of a container (crystals + gold boxes + days of premium @ 2500 crystals / day) has been just above 3000 crystals for me. So players are going to get a lot of crystals.

Yeap. Now, even less reason to play while increasing your crystals without affecting your XP. The perfect remedy against the XP boost.  

Edited January 29, 2021 by Tokamak

[Bydo 20,121]

not sold on how this set up is ..

example shards ..

you have no idea how many you have . other then going into containers to find them.  I would like a total in the section on top like how tankions and crystals are..

 the battles ..

was in a few and seems ok but still waiting for more battles.

this one in spoiler was not good .. not enough players along with huge lag issues.. ended up having to leave and go into another battle.. also this thing popped up and the old battle was still playing - the sound on my computer..

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now where its the end of a battle and this face palm posting pops up.. is not nice to see.. there is no reason to have it..  just having the battle screen pop up is sufficient to have at the end.. I just find it wrong / along with having no purpose for it..

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[TWICE 798]

Dislike the MM changes.

8v8 in small/medium maps were exciting.  Why kill the fun? 

Felt so empty when it was 5v5 in a medium map.  It was more like 2v3 on each side of the map.

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Small teams ruin the game balance further.

[Wiz-Green-Gaming 26]

This is a very good update!

 

Thank you Tanki 

[ghost-guns 1,486]

13 minutes ago, ghost-guns said:

Small teams ruin the game balance further.

Look, only 4 players in my team:

 

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Might as well play PRO battle 4v4.....

[Maf 32,300]

4 hours ago, mjmj5558 said:

But you can also play between ads, so you can watch more ads, because it's not hard to finish a battle faster. 

Yeah, which is why I specifically mentioned "without needing to play any battles". With battles you can definitely get even more.

4 hours ago, SporkZilla said:

I am struggling to work out the reasoning behind this

If a player suggested this, it would get declined because it would harm the game's economy

Well first of all it encourages people to spend more time online. By simply logging into the game and checking the lobby, people are more likely to play additional battles or buy additional items. I'm sure it's quite effective in generating actual revenue.

Second, normal containers have gradually lost their value in favour of ultra containers, so I suppose devs can afford to make free access to them easier at this point. There's also been some inflation in the game, so a single container is less significant now compared to a few years ago.

As far as suggestions go, when we decline ideas about giving extra rewards, we're not saying that extra rewards will never ever be added in Tanki. We just don't accept ideas for it, because increasing the amount of rewards players get requires analysis of the game's actual economic data, rather than simply collecting player feedback.

[wolverine848 13,097]

33 minutes ago, ghost-guns said:

Look, only 4 players in my team:

 

Had the same thing in Sandbox.   But my team also had lower ranks in addition to fewer players.

MatchMaker is really messed up.

[wolverine848 13,097]

25 minutes ago, Maf said:

We just don't accept ideas for it, because increasing the amount of rewards players get requires analysis of the game's actual economic data, rather than simply collecting player feedback.

Well, you could collect the ideas and then do an analysis of how that might affect the economics... right?

[yellowghetto 3,206]

There is a bug. I was not quick enough to capture a screenshot. So just keep aware of this.

When I had a claimable Container, It froze the game for a second and got a message on the top right, kinda like an invite message, or a Tier Completed Mission from Challenges, but just says "undefined"

I refreshed the Client and it saved my unopened Container, saying x1. I opened it, and it took like 7 seconds before the Container actually opened.

My internet is fine, so it is a Client problem. Be aware of this if it happens to anyone else.

[Maf 32,300]

19 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Well, you could collect the ideas and then do an analysis of how that might affect the economics... right?

But the problem is when it comes to the game's economy, pretty much all player ideas are directly or indirectly asking to either reduce prices or give more rewards. If an idea is truly interesting, then we do accept it even if it technically breaks the rules.

[wild001 1,422]

i got 4 container from shards today, 1 from mission, 3 from mobile ad, 1 from weekly mission

so I have to play like 10 battles for each container (by play ad for each battle), roughly, so played 30 battles total.

I play on pc, then go mobile to watch ad, then back to pc, which works,

it is a bit laggy for container and shard to update, so give it a minute or two to refresh.

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open 5 container, 3 are supplies, 1 is 25k, another one is magnum shot effect.

overall not bad, but I expect maybe a augment would be great. but imagine you may manage to pull out 5 container per day if you play hard.

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by wild001

[JoyRide 80]

I am not seeing anything shards related int he desktop version UI. What am I missing here?

[wolverine848 13,097]

29 minutes ago, JoyRide said:

I am not seeing anything shards related int he desktop version UI. What am I missing here?

Click on Containers tab.  You should see a green progress bar above the large container on your screen.

[Karot 251]

So like i'm now having FPS problems as soon as this game updates liek BRUHHH

[JoyRide 80]

1 hour ago, wolverine848 said:

Click on Containers tab.  You should see a green progress bar above the large container on your screen.

Yep, it is there now.