June 4th Developer Q&A Summary

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

This is the summary of the June 4th Russian developer Q&A video. Note that English subtitles are available.

• The Steam release of the game will soon switch to the HTML5 version, and the Flash version will no longer be supported and will no longer work.
• The developers believe that the lack of diversity in MM is a result of the MM algorithm and not the number of maps in the map pool.
• Night mode will not be added to MM until proper lighting effects are implemented in HTML5 (there are plans to do so).
• Tesla will be revealed in the upcoming giveaway.
• There are plans to add Mk1 hulls and turrets to containers, and possibly drones and protection modules later. It seems that the developers believe new players may find the wide selection of turrets and hulls intimidating, and that by receiving equipment from containers they will try out new equipment gradually.
• The developers intentionally tied supply power to drone upgrades in order to limit drone usage by new players. They believe that new players have access to a mechanically simple and relatively cheap starter drone - Brutus - and that other drones introduce more complex mechanics that should be unlocked over time, hence their high price and long upgrade times.
• The developers continue to hint at a graphical upgrade to maps.
• There are no plans to add a Firebird + Hornet/Wasp game mode.
• The developers are aware of the problems with HTML5's physics. When Flash is completely closed down the developers may change impact force parameters to address some of these problems.
• The ability to show more detailed information about a tank's equipment in battle by pressing the R or V keys will not be added. The developers believe that the scoreboard and protection and status effect icons show enough information.
• While the developers find a payload game mode interesting, implementing it would require creating specialized maps and the idea is shelved for the far future.

[Adab 2,898]

Great, thank you.

[alkyng 3,080]

4 hours ago, ThirdOnion said:

The developers believe that the scoreboard and protection and status effect icons show enough information.

The most irritating answer I have heard. I really don't know what's the reason behind this, why developers villainy made us unable to differ between the strong and weak. Honestly the only reasons I can exclude are either the developers don't want us to differ for any stupid reason they think OR and the most likely.. They want us to only care about their defective Gearscore system and all of our concentrations are to get 9999GS. The kids see the rainbow 9999GS as a tempting thing. Sorry guys if I went something offensive

BTW, thank you ThirdOnion for the topic.. and nice effort you put

Edited June 5, 2021 by asem.harbi

[thunderhunter123 741]

11 hours ago, ThirdOnion said:

• Tesla will be revealed in the upcoming giveaway.

Cool!

Also, I hope that we are able to buy it for 100 Crystals or so when it is in the Garage, just like how we bought the Hulls in the past.

11 hours ago, ThirdOnion said:

• There are plans to add Mk1 hulls and turrets to containers, and possibly drones and protection modules later. It seems that the developers believe new players may find the wide selection of turrets and hulls intimidating, and that by receiving equipment from containers they will try out new equipment gradually.

I hope players know about this one. Some may like this and some may hate it.

For the people who might hate when this happens, you should hurry up and save your Crystals and start buying the Turrets, Hulls, Drones, Protections, ... before they get moved into Containers. It's because then we'll have to open a lot of them to get an item we like.

Also, the Mk1 designs will return too! Cool. But they will also be in Containers. So buy as much as you can now before all of that goes into Containers.

[LambSauce 1,891]

8 minutes ago, thunderhunter123 said:

Cool!

Also, I hope that we are able to buy it for 100 Crystals or so when it is in the Garage, just like how we bought the Hulls in the past.

I hope players know about this one. Some may like this and some may hate it.

For the people who might hate when this happens, you should hurry up and save your Crystals and start buying the Turrets, Hulls, Drones, Protections, ... before they get moved into Containers. It's because then we'll have to open a lot of them to get an item we like.

Also, the Mk1 designs will return too! Cool. But they will also be in Containers. So buy as much as you can now before all of that goes into Containers.

You're reading too much into this - I believe all the items will still be available in the Garage, but they will be in Containers as well.

And regarding MK1, I don't think it's the design, only the modification.

[wolverine848 13,097]

On 6/5/2021 at 4:04 AM, ThirdOnion said:

The developers intentionally tied supply power to drone upgrades in order to limit drone usage by new players.

This makes no sense at all.  it does the opposite.

New players probably would not have tried to get drones too early if the supplies remained as is.  Now they need to get drones ASAP in order to compete.

The best way to discourage drone usage in lower ranks is to put minimum ranks for ALL drones.

 

It's incredible how they try to disguise (poorly I might add) money grabs.  Shameful.