v-log Episode 295 of the V-LOG!

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@destroyer21873

I think that Tesla's plasma balls are two shots per ammo, like Hammer's magazines.

Edited April 18, 2021 by RIDDLER_8
Unnecessary space removed.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, destroyer21873 said:

They should probably have a limit tho to how many plasma balls can be fires because lots of people would spam that tho

 

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

@destroyer21873

I think that Tesla's plasma balls are two shots per ammo, like Hammer's magazines.

According to the footage we got, you can only fire ONE lightning ball per clip, afterwards, you will need to fully reload the clip to fire another ball.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Tanker-Arthur

I see. Maybe developers will make it a two clip firing ball to differ from Ares's overdrive. If they do that, that means that each ball fired will deal half the damage. We shall see about that when Tesla comes out.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

@Tanker-Arthur

I see. Maybe developers will make it a two clip firing ball to differ from Ares's overdrive. If they do that, that means that each ball fired will deal half the damage. We shall see about that when Tesla comes out.

If they do decide to do that, they must make sure they keep Tesla's base damage as low as what it was in the v-log, or else the crazy amount of enemies you can hit at once with the lightning balls will be truly insane.

Edited April 18, 2021 by Tanker-Arthur

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Tanker-Arthur

We shall see about that. We are still not sure whether or not Tesla will fire one of two plasma balls. what we saw in this V-Log 295 felt like a prototype, so tweaks are still made to the late Beta stages of the Tesla turret because it is released to the world of Tanki Online.

[Tokamak 1,021]

56 minutes ago, destroyer21873 said:

They should probably have a limit tho to how many plasma balls can be fires because lots of people would spam that tho

The plasma ball are relays, is doesn't really matter how many you fired. They help you to increase the damage effective range of the turret. Furthermore, the more enemy in the effective range the more divided the damage equally per each enemies in range (it is the opposite of splash damage). The plasma ball is a double edge sword.  However when correctly used it help you to target enemy hidden behind wall and obstacle. You could ire it and then follow behind, even hid behind an ally.

Make sure to watch several time the v-log

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Tokamak

I have seen V-Log 295 more than once. I do like the divided damage relay. That is something new we never seen in Tanki Online. Does Tesla's plasma balls heals team mates?

[yoni292 226]

Crisis is a passive drone. Will it no longer consume batteries like brutus?

[wolverine848 13,097]

Just now, yoni292 said:

Crisis is a passive drone. Will it no longer consume batteries like brutus?

Meh.   it is "classified" as passive, but the only real passive drone is Brutus.

Crisis is very similar to Defender or Booster - it boosts specific parameters when activated via supplies.  That is NOT passive.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Every day that passes by, is one step closer to the release of Tesla. The clock is ticking. That means there is not much time to go until Tesla is finally released. We also have less than a week until the release of Striker Ultra skin, which looks cool.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

On 4/18/2021 at 7:37 AM, RIDDLER_8 said:

Drones are only going to change for low ranks. The effect of supplies will become weaker at low ranks, like the repair kit but will remain normal for high ranks. This was done to bring balance at low ranks.

I'm afraid this isn't true man. They said that supply power will now depend on how upgraded your drone is, being most powerful at the 20/20 drone upgrade level. Big buyers have a 20/20 drone in lower ranks - so just think what will happen when a low ranked player faces a buyer with a 20/20 drone after this change (if it happens) in low ranks. They will be massively more powerful than now, facing players with weakened supplies while their supplies are far superior in strength. Also, many players do not have a 20/20 drone in high ranks - you see Major ranks facing Legends quite commonly in matchmaking. Players with a 20/20 drone already have a massive advantage, just think how terrible it will be potentially for other players after a change like this.

Also, you will be forced to use one 20/20 drone even at high ranks, instead of having the option to use several drones which are not well upgraded - so it will mean you have less variety in gameplay unless you are a big buyer or a high Legend who has multiple 20/20 drones. So for most players (Including me) this will reduce gameplay variety and make the game more boring.

This will NOT bring balance, in any way - it will bring imbalance, and very great imbalance. It is a terrible proposed change.

Edited April 19, 2021 by DestrotankAI9

[SporkZilla 1,775]

43 minutes ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Also, you will be forced to use one 20/20 drone even at high ranks, instead of having the option to use several drones which are not well upgraded - so it will mean you have less variety in gameplay unless you are a big buyer or a high Legend who has multiple 20/20 drones. So for most players (Including me) this will reduce gameplay variety and make the game more boring.

I have a lot of crystals for my ranks because I've played a long game, like my Lieutenant General account which is still under 800K XP after nearly 400 hours and has over 3.6 million crystals

But they disappear fast when you buy a MK7 kit and start upgrading it (with the aim getting close to 9000+ GS at Marshall by playing a long game) and want to have a good choice of 40-50% modules, as I'm finding out with my Marshall account

My Marshall account can put a decent fight against Legends when I spam supplies (I'll never run out, hundreds of hours of saving them up), especially with Striker, but now I'm wondering if I can afford any more equipment / MUs because I'll have to upgrade my not-Brutus drone to 20/20 (it's at 8/20) and buy and upgrade Brutus to 20/20 too

That will cost 1.35 million crystals without any discounts, so probably close to a million with sales (eight of those left this year, half being 50%) if I want to use more drones than Brutus. Crystals I wanted to spend on other things (was going to stop upgrading my not-Brutus drone at 10/20).

At least I have the crystals though; a lot of players won't.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

All my drones are upgraded to the max of 20/20. That means that my supplies are always going to be max out.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

All my drones are upgraded to the max of 20/20. That means that my supplies are always going to be max out.

Congrats XD

I've only managed to only get one drone to 10/20 in the past 9 months lol.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

4 hours ago, SporkZilla said:

I have a lot of crystals for my ranks because I've played a long game, like my Lieutenant General account which is still under 800K XP after nearly 400 hours and has over 3.6 million crystals

But they disappear fast when you buy a MK7 kit and start upgrading it (with the aim getting close to 9000+ GS at Marshall by playing a long game) and want to have a good choice of 40-50% modules, as I'm finding out with my Marshall account

My Marshall account can put a decent fight against Legends when I spam supplies (I'll never run out, hundreds of hours of saving them up), especially with Striker, but now I'm wondering if I can afford any more equipment / MUs because I'll have to upgrade my not-Brutus drone to 20/20 (it's at 8/20) and buy and upgrade Brutus to 20/20 too

That will cost 1.35 million crystals without any discounts, so probably close to a million with sales (eight of those left this year, half being 50%) if I want to use more drones than Brutus. Crystals I wanted to spend on other things (was going to stop upgrading my not-Brutus drone at 10/20).

At least I have the crystals though; a lot of players won't.

Nice one :) . As you say of course, most players won't have the crystals - very few players will be in this position at your rank, as you have taken it very slow. New players coming up through the increased exp. system, are certainly very unlikely to have a 20/20 drone by Lieutenant General - other than Brutus. But it is not so fun to be forced in to using one drone only, and not have a variety of equipment as we can have now.

I am a Legend 6 and I currently don't even have a 20/20 drone, although I could have but I have chosen to use a few different drones on lower MUs for fun/different situations - but after this change that will no longer be viable. You will be forced to MU and use only one drone, very dull indeed.

And good luck to players in the Warrant Officer or Lieutenant ranks going up against 20/20 drone buyers, without even being able to have full power supplies like we do now - as well as all the disadvantages that exist already.

 

2 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

All my drones are upgraded to the max of 20/20. That means that my supplies are always going to be max out.

That is great, well done for you. However we must not think only of ourselves, but also of other players. Do you think it will be fair for a player, lets say of First Lieutenant rank, who has a 5/20 drone to face a buying playing with a 20/20 drone? Which will mean that they have very weak supplies compared to what they have now. They will get absolutely crushed - they already do, but the imbalance will be so large it won't even be funny.

And while you have all your drones at 20/20, I am Legend 6 and don't have one 20/20 drone. Many players do not have 20/20 by Legend, or one drone at that level at most. It will be very boring for us to be forced to use one drone only, until we wait a very long time to get other drones to 20/20.

Edited April 20, 2021 by DestrotankAI9

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, DestrotankAI9 said:

And while you have all your drones at 20/20, I am Legend 6 and don't have one 20/20 drone. Many players do not have 20/20 by Legend, or one drone at that level at most. It will be very boring for us to be forced to use one drone only, until we wait a very long time to get other drones to 20/20.

Huh, I'm also Legend 6 as well and also don't have a maxed drone  

 

What's up with that? XD
We probably will have to wait till Legend 10 or 15 till we get to use multiple drones lol.

Edited April 20, 2021 by Tanker-Arthur

[wolverine848 13,097]

38 minutes ago, Rutgers said:

Is it really that bad in the low ranks when it comes to drones? After all, this IS who the update is for primarily. Plus, you rank up so fast nowadays that people don't spend that much time being "low rank" anymore.

It will be IF buyers can get another advantage through better supplies.

They will pump up 1 drone (probably Brutus) to ensure all their supplies are at max power.

Meanwhile, the rest of the peasants will be droneless and have weak supplies.

 

IF this is indeed how it's going to work, TO is making it even worse for F2P tankers than it already is.  How can there be balance in the lower levels if there's a way to buy yourself out of the nerf?  It's bad enough for low-rank players since they rank too fast.  This will make it more ridiculous.

And let's not forget the proposed module revision - where low-rankers have to buy more slots...

[wild001 1,422]

The whole goal of the game is forcing people have full garage max in the end.

one combo maxed wont make it to the end.

i used to stick one combo max, then augment and drone come out to force to get them to be competitive.

then, overdrive and status effect out to get all hulls maxed to be effective in each battle mode,

all powerful new turrets force you get all module maxed.

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I am almost close to get all garage maxed this year, but i am sure tanki will get new ideas to get you out of comfort chair by then

 

[wild001 1,422]

For drone like brutus, trickster, mechanic.

high rank wont bother MU them to 20/20, as booster defender driver blaster sarboteur drones are more prioritised to max.

basically now tanki is pushing you get those max as well for supply boost back to normal,

i think soon or later, they will add new feature to get unpopular drone to be op as well to make those also better be maxed. Like how they use OD to prompt unpopular hulls.

especially brutus drone, which is now default option on if you want to supply power back to normal. Since it will use no battery, and become default on for those high rank who use drone only when event is on. And wont bother with entry drone like brutus at their rank

——————

also drone is a end game item, it cost 1m to MU w.o sale, and 7 month of waiting time, 

which is by far the most time and crystal consuming item. (Except the rare critical protection module)

Edited April 20, 2021 by wild001

[wolverine848 13,097]

3 hours ago, Tanker-Arthur said:

Huh, I'm also Legend 6 as well and also don't have a maxed drone  

 

What's up with that? XD
We probably will have to wait till Legend 10 or 15 till we get to use multiple drones lol.

My main account (this one) has...

Brutus-lvl14

Trooper-lvl15

Miner-lvl4

Defender-lvl20

Trickster-lvl8

Lifeguard-lvl14

My Miner drone will be useless IF supplies are dependent on the MU-level...

By L6 I had about 3 drones (Brutus, Trooper, Miner) and Trooper was the highest at lvl12

[wild001 1,422]

Just now, Unleash said:

Whole goal of any game is to have fun,

I mean game developer goal is drive people to buy and play more.

of course player goal is to have fun.

when two goal conflict too much, player will leave and game will stop

[Joeguy 941]

OK, I'm lost.  It has been said that Brutus will not consume batteries...I assume that means it will not consume batteries AFTER the supply update is implemented, right?  Because right now it chews through batteries.  I just bought a Brutus Drone to get a definitive answer and I can confirm, 100% factoid, that Brutus currently consumes batteries when equipped.

So...will this battery eating for Brutus stop after the update?  Are there any other drones that will not consume batteries after the update?  Where did you find this information?  I have totally have missed it.

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@RIDDLER_8  Thanks...heard it this time in the V-Log....don't know how i missed that.  Brutus will not use batteries.  I predict there will be tons of Bruti in all ranks.

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Joeguy

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Joeguy

Watch episode 295 of the V-Log again.

Edited April 20, 2021 by RIDDLER_8
V-Log 295

[antillis 138]

On 4/19/2021 at 10:50 PM, SporkZilla said:

I have a lot of crystals for my ranks because I've played a long game, like my Lieutenant General account which is still under 800K XP after nearly 400 hours and has over 3.6 million crystals

But they disappear fast when you buy a MK7 kit and start upgrading it (with the aim getting close to 9000+ GS at Marshall by playing a long game) and want to have a good choice of 40-50% modules, as I'm finding out with my Marshall account

My Marshall account can put a decent fight against Legends when I spam supplies (I'll never run out, hundreds of hours of saving them up), especially with Striker, but now I'm wondering if I can afford any more equipment / MUs because I'll have to upgrade my not-Brutus drone to 20/20 (it's at 8/20) and buy and upgrade Brutus to 20/20 too

That will cost 1.35 million crystals without any discounts, so probably close to a million with sales (eight of those left this year, half being 50%) if I want to use more drones than Brutus. Crystals I wanted to spend on other things (was going to stop upgrading my not-Brutus drone at 10/20).

At least I have the crystals though; a lot of players won't.

Seems that brutus users do not need batteries. Then again brutus is by far the worst drone you could possibly have. 

That imo is why admin have left it out of the battery consumption category, because it's useless and hardly gets used because of that. 

 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I still don't have the fourth protection slow module which was discussed in the previous episode of the V-Log. That was V-Log 294. Why isn't that update released?