Is Tanki Online worth returning to?

[sensei_tanker 3,098]

Hi all,

I am a player who has played since 2013. I have invested far too many hours into this game, and I stopped playing since last year. I do not know what has happened since last year. Is the game worth returning to?

 

 

[Crossbone 516]

I returned last month too, and well that's only for you to decide.

[N3tralRE 73]

Well, alot has changed since last year. I'd say the biggest changes are as follows:

1) Hull augments: These are premium items (i.e. they cost tankkoins) that protect against different status effects like stun or EMP. You could also get them from containers, but good luck getting one that way.

2) Critical damage: All Tanki turrets can now inflict critical damage, which ignores Protection from modules like Falcon. There are a few exceptions like Shaft's fully charged sniper shot, which do NOT deal critical damage.

3) Floating hulls: Tanki released three floaty new hulls: Ares, Crusader, and Hopper, which are Heavy, Medium, and Light respectively. Combined with mouse controls, they can easily strafe and avoid enemy fire.

4) Drones: Tanki reworked the Trickster drone so that it further boosts the speed gains from Speed Boost. There's also the exotic Crusader drone floating around. Still, these days, expect to see frequent use of Defender and Booster. Combine those drones with the right Hull augments, and you'll be two legs above everyone else.

What definitely hasn't changed is the lottery nature of MMS. Expect some unbalanced random battles here and there, especially from those with OP hull augments and drones. If you wish to give Tanki another go, I'd say brush up on your tank-combo experience in a mode you're comfy with and then branch off from there.

Other than all that, it's all up to you, @sensei_tanker.

[2shots2kills 2,365]

3 hours ago, sensei_tanker said:

Hi all,

I am a player who has played since 2013. I have invested far too many hours into this game, and I stopped playing since last year. I do not know what has happened since last year. Is the game worth returning to?

 

 

No.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

7 hours ago, N3tralRE said:

1) Hull augments: These are premium items (i.e. they cost tankkoins) that protect against different status effects like stun or EMP. You could also get them from containers, but good luck getting one that way.

They are not that rare to get but yes, you want to have some luck of getting the desired auggies.

7 hours ago, N3tralRE said:

2) Critical damage: All Tanki turrets can now inflict critical damage, which ignores Protection from modules like Falcon. There are a few exceptions like Shaft's fully charged sniper shot, which do NOT deal critical damage.

Not a good way to solve module vs turret issue...

7 hours ago, N3tralRE said:

3) Floating hulls: Tanki released three floaty new hulls: Ares, Crusader, and Hopper, which are Heavy, Medium, and Light respectively. Combined with mouse controls, they can easily strafe and avoid enemy fire.

*Laughs*

7 hours ago, N3tralRE said:

4) Drones: Tanki reworked the Trickster drone so that it further boosts the speed gains from Speed Boost. There's also the exotic Crusader drone floating around. Still, these days, expect to see frequent use of Defender and Booster. Combine those drones with the right Hull augments, and you'll be two legs above everyone else.

It's Crisis BTW, not Crusader Drone. Yeah, it is one, if the only superpowered drone that can juggle between manual supplies.

 

[JustBlackWolf 875]

No.

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Yes, it's fun in small doses.

However sometimes the lag is too severe to continue. Sometimes turrets also do not deal any damage.

[thunderhunter123 741]

12 hours ago, sensei_tanker said:

Hi all,

I am a player who has played since 2013. I have invested far too many hours into this game, and I stopped playing since last year. I do not know what has happened since last year. Is the game worth returning to?

If you really want to, then you can.

• But as a F2P player, we will now need to get 4000 Stars from Challenges.
• We will be able to get 4 Protection Modules. The 1st one is free for new players, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are 50, 500, and 5000 Tankoins.
• We have Critical for all Turrets, and a Module called Armadillo that can resist Critical. It can only be obtained in certain ways, but it might be easier to get later.
• Maybe you already know about Shards, but we can get Containers for free daily with this update!
• There are 3 hovering Hulls you can try out, Ares, Hopper, and Crusader.
• We also have a new Turret called Tesla, which will be in everyone's Garage soon!

You can also check out this link which I think shows ALL the changes in the game:

https://en.tankiforum.com/forum/246-web-version-patch-notes/

[wolverine848 13,097]

18 hours ago, sensei_tanker said:

Hi all,

I am a player who has played since 2013. I have invested far too many hours into this game, and I stopped playing since last year. I do not know what has happened since last year. Is the game worth returning to?

 

 

NO.  I haven't played in a month.

Won't play until there are wholescale changes.  Game is no longer fun - it's more of a grind than it ever was.

 

Oh - and not mentioned above is the change to supplies.  They are weak until you upgrade a drone fully.  Good luck with crystals and time on that.

Edited July 12, 2021 by wolverine848

[Catbird 117]

My opinion is if you've played the game last year you know what to expect overall, but it will feel more chaotic. To me, the biggest changes are shards, container exclusive augments, and the drones.

- Shards enable you to get so much more crystals and supplies than before, so much that if you don't play a lot (i.e. just doing the missions) you will have a lot of them at all times, even at low ranks. 

- The philosophy of augments and by extension gameplay has changed a bit.. Some turret augments can cancel your protections, stun you, or remove your supplies. There are also ultra rare augments. All of these are explicitly overpowered, but you can only get them by luck. The game is basically relying on their "rarity" to keep them "balanced".

- It's now mandatory to have a drone if you want to perform, as tanks without a fully upgraded drone are literally weaker.

In short, the requirements to move up the ranks are tweaked (easier crystals but mandatory drone) bur still achievable imo, but some equipment you will have to resign not having unless you are a mega-buyer (container exclusive augments). Again, I think if you were playing last year you may not have that big of a shock overall.

Edited July 12, 2021 by Catbird

[frezeandvik 71]

7 hours ago, thunderhunter123 said:

It can only be obtained in certain ways, but it might be easier to get later.

False info! First the certain ways IS from Ultra Containers under Exotic only. And it might be easier to get later doesn't make sense! Have a developer said or hinted at this before? Because it's most likely NO, 

[numericable 2,375]

He doesnt want to know what happened since he left, he want to know if it worth returning it, my response is that at the beggining you will be confused by alot with all those augment, hull augment, status effect, but IF you had a good account, you can find a way to have fun once again. For example, when i joigned back in april 2020, i was going to leave again, i said damn what happened but then i find the mood to play it again and learnt the game again and had fun to it. 

Finally, at beggining you will be angry as long as you will not know how did you die in battles but when you'll learn the mechanics, you'll stay, many players don't pass this period so they leave again.

[numericable 2,375]

4 hours ago, Unleash said:

No it definitely isnt, game is heavily unbalanced and im not even going to explain how unfriendly and disrespectful players are in this game im really really sad what happened to this game. 

Yea, but if he has a good account, he would take advantage of those unbalanced stuffs. But i agree that players are so disrespectful, i am a mobile player so i can't see chat, but i remember one month ago i went to the pc version because my phone battery was empty and in the first match i had played i got seriously insulted by a random player i was killing, imagine how many times i didnt see those swear because of mobile version XD

Ps: swears dont affect me, it affects the one who tells it because it reflects its anger so i dont really care

Edited July 13, 2021 by numericable

[Crossbone 516]

9 hours ago, Unleash said:

im not even going to explain how unfriendly and disrespectful players are in this game

 

5 hours ago, numericable said:

Yea, but if he has a good account, he would take advantage of those unbalanced stuffs. But i agree that players are so disrespectful, i am a mobile player so i can't see chat, but i remember one month ago i went to the pc version because my phone battery was empty and in the first match i had played i got seriously insulted by a random player i was killing, imagine how many times i didnt see those swear because of mobile version XD

Ps: swears dont affect me, it affects the one who tells it because it reflects its anger so i dont really care

Not just on the game but also on the forum. Back then, whenever there's a disagreement, it was settled with a civil discussion, it could sometimes be tense but there was no menace in them.  

Nowadays when there's a disagreement, people would just throw out insults and provocations.

Its sad, but true.

 

By the way @Unleash, I saw you in a parkour battle (red alert TDM, I think) last night, seemed like someone rubbed you the wrong way. Want to talk about it?

[yellowghetto 3,206]

Playing with homies.

[Snafu 139]

If you are willing to pay big $$$ you might have some fun. But hey, with $$$ you could have fun anywhere 

On 7/13/2021 at 12:16 AM, Unleash said:

how unfriendly and disrespectful players are in this game

I can live with that. Unfriendly and disrespectful devs - that's far worse.

[Crossbone 516]

47 minutes ago, Snafu said:

can live with that. Unfriendly and disrespectful devs - that's far worse.

There's an old saying "the bigger they are the harder they fall".

At least with the devs, if I don't like their attitude, I can leave the forum and the game, and just like that, they're out of my life for good.

But what if I don't like a certain players attitude? Blocking them will only do so much. It doesn't prevent them from reacting or replying to your post nor from commenting on your topic.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

As of now, this game isn't worth permanently returning to and investing time on....unless you spent more than 10 dollars on it. Because in that case, quitting will be a pretty big aste of your money.

 

Spoiler

Only reason why I'm here right now is cause I'm interested in when Tesla is available for crystals, as well as B0-NK lol.

 

[Crossbone 516]

On 7/11/2021 at 8:51 PM, sensei_tanker said:

Hi all,

I am a player who has played since 2013. I have invested far too many hours into this game, and I stopped playing since last year. I do not know what has happened since last year. Is the game worth returning to?

 

 

My updated response is that its far more worth it to invest time and money into this game than it is to make serious discussions about game mechanics, whether its in news and announcements sections, the game discussions section or the I&S section.

Trying to have civil discussions about game mechanics in the forum these days is like trying to turn a lightweight feather into a heavyweight rock. It just ain't gonna work. These sections are where some of the most toxic players reside in. If these players don't like your points they would straight up insult you and provoke you.

And alot of these mods don't really do much here. They say that they're "busy" but I think they're just lazy. Speaking of mods, the I&S section isn't looking too great either. Post more than one change in your idea and it becomes invalid and you'd be asked to post separate topics for each of them. They would also ask you to clarify your idea for them before it gets published. Like seriously?

 

That's why I rarely ever give opinions at all, and avoid giving opinions about game mechanics. What's another term for "something being the lowest it has ever been"? Because that's what describes this forum now.

 

Anyway, since the day I've stopped giving opinions, I've been trolling and posting memes. Been wrecking popular forum games for my amusement still haven't been banned, lol.

[E_polypterus 2,374]

On 7/13/2021 at 4:06 AM, wolverine848 said:

Won't play until there are wholescale changes. 

Ay. Want to go group in MM?

Edited July 26, 2021 by E_polypterus

[artc 1,119]

In my opinion in order for it to be even fun to play, u euther have to be a buyer, marshal rnk or above, or have a high gs for ur rank. Legends are really the only people that can not get yeeted on by the buyers.