update «Daily Tankoins Pass»

[Spy 14,687]

1 hour ago, nuhah7 said:

Does buying this offer cost money?

Yes, it wouldn't make sense if you could buy it with crystals.

[Spy 14,687]

12 minutes ago, RaiIer said:

How do you guys even come up with such ideas? /:

Fortnite has something similar called Fortnite Crew, it is some sort of a subscription which gives you in-game items for a cheaper price / for free as long as you pay for that subscription - I assume the idea for this pass was inspired by this and some other games which have similar passes.

[wolverine848 13,097]

7 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

This pass does seem to incentivize buying at cheap and then logging in every day (much like premium pass). I think a few players might like it.  

Pretty sure the key word in your post is "few".

 

It's getting to the point where I'm done with TO.  All the recent changes just seem designed to squeeze a few more $$ out before the last gasp.

Not interested in it anymore.

[LambSauce 1,884]

6 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Not interested in it anymore.

Same here but for one thing - nostalgia.

[2shots2kills 2,364]

19 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

It's getting to the point where I'm done with TO.  All the recent changes just seem designed to squeeze a few more $$ out before the last gasp.

Not interested in it anymore.

Yep, welcome to the club mate. 

[yellowghetto 3,206]

Might deadass buy this. I need the 4th module slot.

[LambSauce 1,884]

^^ That's what Alternativa want to hear.

Don't fall for the trap...

[Insurge 74]

Yeah what about non buyers??? 

How will they earn tankoins ???

Disappointing .....

[numericable 2,375]

I hope mission task for this speacial bundle are easy otherwise it would not worth the 30% gap.

[thunderhunter123 741]

18 hours ago, Marcus said:

After you purchase this offer, you instantly get 500 tankoins and will unlock completed daily special missions for the next 30 days. Every day, you will get one of these missions - simply enter the game and claim your 150 tankoins. From these special missions, you can obtain up to a total of 5000 tankoins at the end!

Since we'll get Tankoins for purchasing this, it is mostly likely going to be costing real money.

I'm guessing around $40 because it costs this much to get 4300 Tankoins in the Tanki Shop.

I hope F2P players can get Passes like this in the future. (It doesn't have to be a lot of Tankoins to give, just a small amount.)

(Maybe we can pay Crystals to get the F2P Tankoins Pass.)

[TH3G4M3PL4YZ 14]

Yeaaaaaahhhh, NO

I don't care if it's 5000 tankcoins, 1000 tankcoins, or even 500 tankcoins.


The fourth slot should be 100% free because the cost of buying and upgrading a fourth protection module with crystals is already expensive enough to make up for it. 5 years ago, paints that offered 4 slots only costed like a few hundred thousand crystals.

That's even cheaper than buying and maxing out 4 modules today (albeit the paints couldn't grant four 50% protections at a time) but still, why should we also pay a fee of 5000 tankcoins?

Oh yeah and keep helping the buyers and one day this game will demolish.

[Marcus 17,296]

5 hours ago, Yveltal9 said:

again P2W update, we need buy it

And we need to pay for servers for the game to work 

[antillis 138]

3 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

Pretty sure the key word in your post is "few".

 

It's getting to the point where I'm done with TO.  All the recent changes just seem designed to squeeze a few more $$ out before the last gasp.

Not interested in it anymore.

Here, Here.

Developers are systematically wiping out the last dredges of normal game play, in favour of these P2W only updates and these  (special offers)  

 

 

[DMR 676]

15 minutes ago, Marcus said:

And we need to pay for servers for the game to work 

Hello,

It's the only way the developpers/server can make money?

It's not the number of player in the game?

[LambSauce 1,884]

57 minutes ago, Marcus said:

And we need to pay for servers for the game to work 

Lame excuse. But one thing I would like to know - how much profit did Alternativa make in 2020? After that, we can talk.

 

Also, I have another question for you. How did Tanki make money BEFORE all these P2W updates were introduced?

Using your logic, Tanki would not have survived long enough due to lack of revenue. Back then, bundles and so-called special offers didn't exist. Heck, even Premium accounts weren't around until 2015. I know because I was there when that happened.

Edited April 29, 2021 by AK2801
Added second question

[SporkZilla 1,775]

7 minutes ago, AK2801 said:

Lame excuse. But one thing I would like to know - how much profit did Alternativa make in 2020? After that, we can talk.

Good question, but you'll never get the answer

I'm not bothered by buyers that much (or not having a fourth slot) because my attitude has always been "can't repel firepower of that magnitude, but let's see how many of them I can take with me" and I have spent a small amount of money on the game during the last three years (but it's less than 5 cents per hour because I've played for nearly 1750 hours; I like the game)

But the profitability angle is interesting because I've now reached the point where I'm reluctant to spend any more money on TO because of its ethics, or rather lack of them, and not because I don't want to

Edited April 29, 2021 by SporkZilla

[Alim2 0]

how to get the pass 

[Alim2 0]

after the month of  April can we still get it ?

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

19 hours ago, Marcus said:

What do you think about this special offer? It’s a sweet deal for 5000 tankoins and the perfect opportunity to get the 4th protection module slot.

Bad move Alternativa, bad move. I am speaking this as ex-buyer that balancing items using paywall is not a solution.

5 hours ago, Tanker-Arthur said:

The fourth slot should be 100% free because the cost of buying and upgrading a fourth protection module with crystals is already expensive enough to make up for it. 5 years ago, paints that offered 4 slots only costed like a few hundred thousand crystals.

I mean I get that dev is trying to prevent modules being overpowered but using paywall is ain't going to work.

[antillis 138]

18 minutes ago, Marcus said:

And we need to pay for servers for the game to work 

So @Marcus  would adding some much needed balance to the game break your servers.

Balance and economy should easily be achievable. I do not doubt for 1 second that the developers could achieve this harmonious amalgamation between the two, and yet still maintain a healthy cash influx for the game. 

For a very, very long time now, all the developers have done is widen a already huge chasm between P2W and there F2P counterparts.

This imbalance between these two sets of players has got to decrease, are F2P will just play less and less as there would be no sense in continuing, just to get taken out with little effort by the maxed out everything abilities of players, who are able to afford to buy as many ultras as it it takes to unlock these very OTT new additions to their garage.

The game is unfair, unbalanced and far to expensive for most of the players that still log in and play on a regular basis.

This problem of imbalance takes place at every rank, not just the higher ranks. Although at legend rank the imbalance is far greater, it is however, more noticeable at the lower ranks for obvious reasons.

The developers are choking the life out of a great game, players will only stand for it for so long before they just simply quit. Surprisingly F2P are still abundant in this game, keep going down the P2W only route and F2P will dwindle in numbers and your player base will consist of P2W and the kids on their mobiles. 

The developers have got to seriously rethink their p2w strategy, are lose a lot of players that make this game what it is, enjoyable, which it no longer is for a lot of players.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

Just now, FrozenRailgun said:

I mean I get that dev is trying to prevent modules being overpowered but using paywall is ain't going to work.

It's not "overpowered" if everyone gets access to all modules for free. Everyone.

If everyone has it, than it's 100% balanced lol. 

[LambSauce 1,884]

@antillis @Marcus Imagine if EA (Electronic Arts) released such blatant P2W updates in one of their games like Alternativa do on a regular basis. There would be a massive outcry and boycott of that game.

In fact, here's the most downvoted Reddit comment IN HISTORY (https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/), by EA, regarding a situation in one of their games where a player didn't have all playable characters unlocked when he bought the game.

Guess what? EA changed their ways and removed ALL P2W gradually over many updates and now that same game has more than 9/10 ratings on Steam and elsewhere.

Alternativa have surpassed EA in greediness by selling bundles for $300 virtually every few weeks.

Edited April 29, 2021 by AK2801

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

22 minutes ago, Tanker-Arthur said:

It's not "overpowered" if everyone gets access to all modules for free. Everyone.

If everyone has it, than it's 100% balanced lol. 

Well why are some dudes complaining that Falcon/Grizzly modules rendered Railgun/Thunder obsolete before Critical Damage update?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

This Tankions golden pass is great. However, this marks a problem for me because I am not a buyer. If this event was a free event, then non-buyer players like me could take part in it. It would be very ideal if developers gave players Tankions when successful completing all the special missions.

[2shots2kills 2,364]

5 hours ago, yellowghetto said:

Might deadass buy this. I need the 4th module slot.

Yes, give in and let them have what they want by using you. One day you will need to pay just to play 5 games. 

People can be so weak it's almost amusing.

Spoiler

 

2 hours ago, Marcus said:

And we need to pay for servers for the game to work 

Sure, but I have never seen a company being so shameless about it. (Or desperate?)

 

Of course, none of this is your fault, I'm just stating the facts.

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by 2shots2kills