Is it me or Tanki isn't as Pay2Win as before now?

[Catbird 117]

6 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

 

I have about seven accounts or so, so... yeah. :P To be fair, I usually only do the missions and play in different accounts each day depending on my mood.

Some combos are a pain to use on certain maps for sure. I have one account that's a vulcan/hunter main and whenever Highways comes out in JGR mode, I cry (actually whenever I have JGR missions in that account I cry). And yeah, I've found having a heavy hull as main isn't really feasible. Something I used to do was have two hulls one light and one heavy to be more versatile, but now with the drone update I don't think I could do it anymore...

Edited June 2, 2021 by Catbird

[CLASS-ACT 55]

10 hours ago, thunderhunter123 said:

Find your favorite combination. Save Crystals to Max that combo.

Upgrade during 25%/50% Sales.

I had fun making Thunder and Hunter Max.

I have 9500+ GS.

If you have Defender Drone, you'll feel more secure with battling opponents. I just upgraded this Drone during the 50% Sales!

 

Now I will focus on saving for the 4th Module. If you keep your goals in mind, then you can be as strong as the P2W players.

Just focus on one favorite combo.

I hope this makes more sense.

Save crystals to max out your fav combo. Good advice if you have a couple of spare years to do so.

P2W will always be king of the hill. F2P will always be at the bottom of the hill getting ------ on by the P2W. 

On a side note. I'm sure that if both your hands were to suddenly fall off you could put a positive spin on it. 

[alkyng 3,080]

I think the logical playing is to have 3 combos at least. 3 turrets and 1 or 2 hulls. Anything more than that, the player should bear the responsibility of being in lack economy.

I think Tanki economy must be to allow the F2P players to maxing 3 combos.

Also playing in one combo is a stupid thing to suggest honestly. Hull Immunities / Turret Augments comes randomly from containers to any hull, not just your favorite. Maxing a combo is an easy thing. But Immunities / Augments aren't in your choice. If you get AP for Magnum, you have to switch and upgrade you Magnum. I'm not a Viking player, but I get HI in my Viking past year.. And you can see how my playing time in Viking is. Jumped from less than 10 hours...

Edited June 2, 2021 by asem.harbi

[x_Sorinel_x 552]

At first I used only one combo. But when you have missions like kill 100 tanks with Titan, kill 100 tanks with Wasp, kill 100 tanks with Railgun, kill 100 tanks with Shaft, kill 100 tanks with Firebird. What to do ? Don't do those missions ? So only one combo, not good if you want to do the special missions.

[LambSauce 1,893]

On 6/1/2021 at 7:54 AM, asem.harbi said:

Time Lapse

In 2012 and before.. The P2W aspect was, Shaft M3 costs 15,000 (150,000 now with inflations). And the 15,000 crys wasn't a low number, it was just too high. + Supplies

In 2013/2014, M2 Kits appeared in ranks between, costs 200,000+. The players who bought it become venerable and juggernauts. + Supplies

2015/2016 = Supplies still the P2W aspect

2017 = Drones appeared + Supplies start fading from the P2W aspect.

2018 = Drones AND Inaccessible kits from purchasing with Crystals (Pure Pay to Get items start)

2020 = Tankoins + A strong obvious wave of unpurchaseable items for F2P players + Drones + Augments.

When I read this list, it seems that the P2W aspect became exponentially worse in 2020, and even worse this year.

[thunderhunter123 741]

11 hours ago, CLASS-ACT said:

Save crystals to max out your fav combo. Good advice if you have a couple of spare years to do so.

P2W will always be king of the hill. F2P will always be at the bottom of the hill getting ------ on by the P2W. 

On a side note. I'm sure that if both your hands were to suddenly fall off you could put a positive spin on it. 

I'm not sure about you guys. But I'm way stronger than before. I can always use Quadruple Armor because I use Defender Drone.

So I'm a F2P player who is on top of the hills with the P2W players.

 

It doesn't take long to save up Crystals. Use them only for Sales, like I have done so.

I probably saved up 4.5 million Crystals from Jan 2021 to June 2021. This is because we had the old system to Challenges (500 Tankoins for BP). I also got Premium from Containers that I saved up!

[EmeraldCat 562]

Nope, this game is even more pay2win from before.

[alkyng 3,080]

14 minutes ago, thunderhunter123 said:

I'm a F2P player

Participating in contests and/or being a moderator with some rewards.. Doesn't put you in F2P category. You said you got EMP Gauss from a contest

[wolverine848 13,097]

32 minutes ago, thunderhunter123 said:

I'm not sure about you guys. But I'm way stronger than before. I can always use Quadruple Armor because I use Defender Drone.

So I'm a F2P player who is on top of the hills with the P2W players.

 

It doesn't take long to save up Crystals. Use them only for Sales, like I have done so.

I probably saved up 4.5 million Crystals from Jan 2021 to June 2021. This is because we had the old system to Challenges (500 Tankoins for BP). I also got Premium from Containers that I saved up!

From Jan - June you might be able to get in 2 Gold tiers  IF  you are F2P tanker.  3 if you had TKs already saved up before Jan.

And that's only the half of it.

The rest of it is the pay-wall for exotic augments and 4th module now.  F2P tankers miss out on most of that since they are only completing Gold Tier for 1 in 5 or possibly 1 in 4 of the Challenges.

[LambSauce 1,893]

2 hours ago, thunderhunter123 said:

I can always use Quadruple Armor because I use Defender Drone.

Booster and Crisis can easily negate that extra armor though.

[alkyng 3,080]

On 6/2/2021 at 9:32 AM, asem.harbi said:

Hull Immunities / Turret Augments comes randomly from containers to any hull,

Ok guys.. Today I got EMP Immunity for my Hunter. I have Hunter Mk5 now, and I wasn't have any plans to upgrade it, I was gathering my crystals to buy Shaft module as I got exhausted by one-shooting. But now I think I have to cancel my plans, and upgrade Hunter in the nearest sales. This directly indicate playing with one combo isn't a viable thing, augments come randomly.

[LambSauce 1,893]

Just wait until all turrets have EMP/AP/Stun augments, and it appears that this is what the devs are slowly doing.

I dread the day when Vulcan gets a Stun augment. Or even Tesla for that matter.

[wolverine848 13,097]

29 minutes ago, LambSauce said:

Just wait until all turrets have EMP/AP/Stun augments, and it appears that this is what the devs are slowly doing.

I dread the day when Vulcan gets a Stun augment. Or even Tesla for that matter.

The game has become too cartoonish.  It's terrible.

[Newnewnew 92]

54 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

The game has become too cartoonish.  It's terrible.

Ye when i join parkour battles, I see brigadiers with over 9k gs. its terrifying 

[T879 151]

7 hours ago, Newnewnew said:

Ye when i join parkour battles, I see brigadiers with over 9k gs. its terrifying 

*cough* Lieutenant Colonels *cough*

Tanki really has to increase the Rank for Mk7 Kits to Brigadier again. It's unfair that people who are two ranks above me can get everything at Mk7+

Also, Mk6 Kits should only be available starting from Lieutenant Colonel (for the 2-star General equipment), and Major (for the Brigadier equipment). TK Kits should be available later in general - I'd say 3 Ranks before the official unlock

[alkyng 3,080]

9 hours ago, Newnewnew said:

Ye when i join parkour battles, I see brigadiers with over 9k gs. its terrifying 

Yes Parkour is the venue for the strongest buyers in the game

You may rarely see Stun Railgun in MM, but entering a Parkour battles you will see 2 or 3 with the Augment. Along way with Stun Striker, I extremely rare to see it in MM, but alot in Parkour.

Edited June 14, 2021 by asem.harbi

[E_polypterus 2,374]

Is not P2W as it was long before.

only P2W things I think are immunity augments, a few of the OP augments and drones.

[wolverine848 13,097]

4 hours ago, E_polypterus said:

Is not P2W as it was long before.

only P2W things I think are immunity augments, a few of the OP augments and drones.

"only"?    LOL.

You forgot the 4th module slot as well.

And Challenges - which are locked out for many F2P tankers.  Lots of rewards in the Challenges give buyers a "leg up".

[Cleric 1,385]

TL;DR Yeah properly just you. I believe you should have met the almighty EMP (remove all active supplies and put them on cooldown), AP (Ignore all types of defenses. e.g. DD, modules) and stun lock augments by now.

The funniest thing is, if you wish to counter them? Pay some Rubles or pray to RNGesus. And even if you do, you can only immune to one of them at a time. The rest of the two can still screw you up.

Edited June 15, 2021 by Aegis

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

On 6/15/2021 at 12:45 PM, Aegis said:

AP (Ignore all types of defenses. e.g. DD, modules)

This one... I do agree AP auggies are annoying but... I would like to see Hornet OD gets reworked again. Reminds me of module vs turret issue.

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The funniest thing is, if you wish to counter them? Pay some Rubles or pray to RNGesus. And even if you do, you can only immune to one of them at a time. The rest of the two can still screw you up.

Mammoth OD can pseudo-counter them too. Not always but still works.

Edited June 16, 2021 by FrozenRailgun