v-log Episode 300 of the V-LOG!

[LambSauce 1,884]

3 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

Yes honest feedback should be given. The irony about players saying the game is trash now are that they are still playing. Those that considered it to be trash wouldn't even be here.

 

On 4/29/2021 at 12:05 PM, LambSauce said:

@Hunter_Smoky_Green Don't bother, unless you're fine putting up with the developers' constant crap. I'm just hanging around here for the nostalgia, nothing more.

[wolverine848 13,097]

5 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

yups understand. But think about it. when MM came, the devs were more than happy to sacrifice that large substantial chunk of F2P players. so they will keep tinkering the levels to see how much they can push the boundaries. Every company does that.

The drop-off when MM came around was not as bad as it has been over past 2 or 3 years.

The changes like ...

1) critical hits 2) paying for module slots with TK  3) super-wide rank spreads in MM 4) pay-wall for powerful augments and 5) forcing players to buy/upgrade drones to have effective supplies

have all continued the downward trend - but at a much faster pace.  This may sound contrary, but all thse changes are actually dumbing down the game.  Press a button (or two) and win.

 

[LambSauce 1,884]

14 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

Not sure why it says that but i started around 2016. Pretty sure i was active in the forums by 2017.

Game started going downhill in late 2015 FYI.

[brainhoo 735]

6 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

The drop-off when MM came around was not as bad as it has been over past 2 or 3 years.

The changes like ...

1) critical hits 2) paying for module slots with TK  3) super-wide rank spreads in MM 4) pay-wall for powerful augments and 5) forcing players to buy/upgrade drones to have effective supplies

have all continued the downward trend - but at a much faster pace.  This may sound contrary, but all thse changes are actually dumbing down the game.  Press a button (or two) and win.

 

Most of these came in the last 3 to 6 months and yes, it is accelerating. Agree on all your listed items. All of them sank my heart. Honestly, i don't see much incentive for the players who just join the game. The odds against them are stacked heavily. So the devs will have to work on that part for sure. What held back these significant changes from happening faster was the migration of the game from Flash to HTML5. After the cross to HTML5 was successful, it was very clear to me that they were going to accelerate the pace of making the game more P2W.

[brainhoo 735]

3 minutes ago, LambSauce said:

Game started going downhill in late 2015 FYI.

You joined in 2015? and you are still here???

[LambSauce 1,884]

2 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

You joined in 2015? and you are still here???

Nope, early 2013, and there are people in the forum who joined much earlier.

[brainhoo 735]

4 minutes ago, LambSauce said:

Nope, early 2013, and there are people in the forum who joined much earlier.

so then you would know that even with all our complaints/feedback over the years, that most of the time the devs would do little to nothing.

[jerry2975 56]

5 minutes ago, LambSauce said:

Nope, early 2013, and there are people in the forum who joined much earlier.

strange question and strange answer...

[LambSauce 1,884]

8 minutes ago, brainhoo said:

so then you would know that even with all our complaints/feedback over the years, that most of the time the devs would do little to nothing.

What I do know is that the game was almost perfectly balanced, then came Premium accounts in 2015 (among other updates) and after a while the game started to become unplayable, namely in the last two or three years.

This year the process accelerated rapidly and I'm not sure how long we have left.

  

8 minutes ago, jerry2975 said:

strange question and strange answer...

Not sure what you mean.

Edited May 29, 2021 by LambSauce

[brainhoo 735]

7 hours ago, LambSauce said:

What I do know is that the game was almost perfectly balanced, then came Premium accounts in 2015 (among other updates) and after a while the game started to become unplayable, namely in the last two or three years.

This year the process accelerated rapidly and I'm not sure how long we have left.

  

Not sure what you mean.

Based on what i have read, i think 2016 was the tail end of the golden era of tanki for F2P players. I believe the business model has shifted since then. Anyway, i was surprised that you are upset and still here. Below you can see my entire clan where everyone has left but funny thing is they will login every now and then and ask me why am i still playing this game. Even the Supreme Commander that paid for the Clan and for other stuff before has left completely already. the only 2 active accounts belong to me. 

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My chats with fellow clan members:

 

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Edited May 30, 2021 by brainhoo

[iplayatankonline 102]

If you triple the price... then triple the rewards. Increase of 20 percent rewards for 300 percent increase in cost. Not that worth it.

[numericable 2,375]

I dont know about you guys but when i see developers enjoying the money and going on vacation it makes me angry, they are going on vacation pretty often and showing off us on instagram, instead of working hard and ADVERTISE the godamn game they are relaxing too much in the beach. I have no problem with the fact that they take vacation, everyone need vacation BUT it is not good to show it in v-log, it sends a feeling that they are chilling just too much, just Advertise the game or everyone will quit because the community is so dead right now, no one is chatting in battle if tankers were bots, it would make no difference to me, also keep up doing 1 HD skins each 3 months, by the time you will complete all of them everyone would have quit. I used to play this game 10-13 hours each days in 2018 (i know it is bad to do this) now i barely play 15 minutes, i change missions to complete the easiest one and faster one, not because the battlefield is hard but because, alone you go faster WHILE with people you go further, and the goal of EACH multiplayer game is to play with friends, now it is your task to advertise the game, you will tell me it is "planned", they'll never do it.

Edited May 30, 2021 by numericable

[brainhoo 735]

Soon F2P players will say

[wolverine848 13,097]

9 hours ago, numericable said:

now it is your task to advertise the game, you will tell me it is "planned", they'll never do it.

Won't matter if they advertise or not.

Why would a new player stay with the game?  They are put at so many disadvantages they will just quit in frustration.

[LambSauce 1,884]

18 hours ago, brainhoo said:

Anyway, i was surprised that you are upset and still here.

Actually I wasn't here the whole time during this period - I only played Tanki every now and then but at times I didn't play for many months, although I did follow the news fairly regularly.

[BiBo 176]

31 minutes ago, LambSauce said:

only played Tanki every now and then but at times I didn't play for many months, although I did follow the news fairly regularly.

Same :)) 

I also play now and then for 2 hours but nothing more. I really loved what TO was back in 2015/2016, you know... the gameplay, the community, my old friends who quitted a long time ago...

Edited May 30, 2021 by BiBo

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

There is no new V-Log this week. Next week on Friday is when V-Log 301 will be released.

[numericable 2,375]

3 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

There is no new V-Log this week. Next week on Friday is when V-Log 301 will be released.

What paint for esport did u purchase sir?

[fghjkl54 1,517]

in case you are interested the RU livestream (use EN translation)

 

Edited June 5, 2021 by fghjkl54

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Flash is 100% dead.

[LambSauce 1,884]

On 6/4/2021 at 11:33 PM, RIDDLER_8 said:

Flash is 100% dead.

Not yet.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, LambSauce said:

 

but by updating the interface for 3rd time the steam version will no longer have flash interface

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@LambSauce

What? That's impossible. Flash was discontinued over six months ago.

[LambSauce 1,884]

1 hour ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

@LambSauce

What? That's impossible. Flash was discontinued over six months ago.

Tanki Online on Steam still uses the Flash version.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@LambSauce

Good to know that.