weekend fun Arms race is coming back!

[Okami 3,041]

5 hours ago, Viking4s said:

Silly question, if you are upside-down, does fireging the Bonk put you back on your tracks?

It doesn’t. In fact, you can’t shoot at all.

[Akame 4,578]

Tried one game of AR. Felt slow, boring.

 

Changes that it needs:

• Don't make the player self destruct, instead let them stay alive and only change the turret when they die, provided they manage 3 kills at least with X turret.
• Wasp/Hornet instead of Viking, less HP and higher speed, the better and more climatic, also keep the items mk7-20, unsure why tonk devs decided to keep them 0/20.
• Remove drop boxes
• Give every turret the adrenaline augment

Also are there even golds in this mode?

As it stands now, it is way too dull to play.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I really like this Arms Race event. I wonder what developers are going to do with it after its conclusion on Monday at 2:00 AM UTC tomorrow. Will developers make this Arms Race event a permanent one as an every day game mode, or shall it be a one off random event we have during holidays or special events?

My suggestion is to have Arms Race as an everyday game mode. Arms Race should comes in two formats. One as a DM mode and the other as a Team Deathmatch mode like TDM.

Please lets have Arms Race here to stay. One good thing about Arms Race is that each time a new turret is released, this game mode will add more more turret as a new level, prolonging battle time and the number of turrets available for increasing levels. Lets do this.

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, DestrotankAI9 said:

you spawn as twins and see two other twins fighting. You shoot one, then after half a second, body-block the shots of the other guy with your tank while you are just coming out of spawn protection (and don't take damage yourself) to prevent him getting the kill on his opponent - after finishing that guy off you then turn and take out the 2nd player, getting 2 kills and them both getting 0

this is kill stealing and i don't call it skill at all. why?

because when two are fighting (with effort) the 3rd one comes and kills the weakest both they rage because all the effort was taken by that player (ik this is the only way to advance but not with all guns as i saw!)

[Namir 340]

1 hour ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I really like this Arms Race event. I wonder what developers are going to do with it after its conclusion on Monday at 2:00 AM UTC tomorrow. Will developers make this Arms Race event a permanent one as an every day game mode, or shall it be a one off random event we have during holidays or special events?

My suggestion is to have Arms Race as an everyday game mode. Arms Race should comes in two formats. One as a DM mode and the other as a Team Deathmatch mode like TDM.

Please lets have Arms Race here to stay. One good thing about Arms Race is that each time a new turret is released, this game mode will add more more turret as a new level, prolonging battle time and the number of turrets available for increasing levels. Lets do this.

 

1 hour ago, fghjkl54 said:

this is kill stealing and i don't call it skill at all. why?

because when two are fighting (with effort) the 3rd one comes and kills the weakest both they rage because all the effort was taken by that player (ik this is the only way to advance but not with all guns as i saw!)

the last level gun looks really funny

[numericable 2,375]

2 hours ago, Akame said:

Tried one game of AR. Felt slow, boring.

 

Changes that it needs:

• Don't make the player self destruct, instead let them stay alive and only change the turret when they die, provided they manage 3 kills at least with X turret.
• Wasp/Hornet instead of Viking, less HP and higher speed, the better and more climatic, also keep the items mk7-20, unsure why tonk devs decided to keep them 0/20.
• Remove drop boxes
• Give every turret the adrenaline augment

Also are there even golds in this mode?

As it stands now, it is way too dull to play.

I agree with everything you said especially the light hull part to avoid kill stealing, nonetheless, they should also add hopper hull for mobile players like myself.

[Akame 4,578]

12 minutes ago, numericable said:

I agree with everything you said especially the light hull part to avoid kill stealing, nonetheless, they should also add hopper hull for mobile players like myself.

Hmm, maybe they should give players a choice of their light hull, so when you enter, you click the hull u want from the lights, and that is what you will use for the whole game

[mjmj5558 2,346]

19 minutes ago, numericable said:

I agree with everything you said especially the light hull part to avoid kill stealing, nonetheless, they should also add hopper hull for mobile players like myself.

I am a mobile player too, and it's not hard to control hornet or wasp. You just need to learn it, after that you won't have any problems. Also i hardly disagree about putting hopper into arms race because of the starfung it has. Everyone should have the same hull.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I know that BONK looks really funny. I like this new bonk turret because it has no ammunition. This is very unique.

[Spy 14,687]

17 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I know that BONK looks really funny. I like this new bonk turret because it has no ammunition. This is very unique.

Imagine playing with it in normal MM battles 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Spy

I will play with bonk in normal matchmaking battles once this turret is released. When will it be released?

[Spy 14,687]

Just now, RIDDLER_8 said:

@Spy

I will play with bonk in normal matchmaking battles once this turret is released. When will it be released?

I am quite sure it won't be released to the garage. But who knows? 

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

23 hours ago, fghjkl54 said:

this is kill stealing and i don't call it skill at all. why?

because when two are fighting (with effort) the 3rd one comes and kills the weakest both they rage because all the effort was taken by that player (ik this is the only way to advance but not with all guns as i saw!)

Well I used to think the same, but if you try to play with a focus on kill stealing in DM or Arms Race (especially) you will find that playing that way requires much more skill and judgement than just shooting random people. To be a good kill stealer, you have to look at the enemies around you when you spawn, and think about which one you would be likely to be able to get a killing blow, and after that a possible second target and so on. You need to keep track of the hp of your enemies around you, and with Arms Race also take into account the turret you are using and change strategy accordingly - for instance with Thunder/Striker/Magnum aim for groups of enemies. Nowadays if an enemy gets the kill steal on me, I congratulate them on having better judgement (though for sure, sometimes it is luck) but now that I've gotten better at kill stealing usually I make the right calls, and this doesn't happen anywhere near as often.

If the developers wanted to make Arms Race not depend at all on kill stealing, they could have a set amount of damage to gain promotion (for instance 9000 or 12000). Although personally, I think that would not be a good system - a compromise would be better - 3 kills or 9000/12000 damage - that way, you can gain the advantage with kill stealing, but even if you don't get the kills, if you do enough damage you promote.

[Namir 340]

21 hours ago, Akame said:

Hmm, maybe they should give players a choice of their light hull, so when you enter, you click the hull u want from the lights, and that is what you will use for the whole game

 

21 hours ago, mjmj5558 said:

I am a mobile player too, and it's not hard to control hornet or wasp. You just need to learn it, after that you won't have any problems. Also i hardly disagree about putting hopper into arms race because of the starfung it has. Everyone should have the same hull.

 

16 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

I know that BONK looks really funny. I like this new bonk turret because it has no ammunition. This is very unique.

Even Tesla looks like isida's dad

[Namir 340]

16 hours ago, Spy said:

Imagine playing with it in normal MM battles 

Tegn it Will be funny

[xXTrueLegend 6]

Enjoyed this mode so much thanks for the idea 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Arms Race is over. At least for now.

[Poppy 422]

6 minutes ago, Unleash said:

I think we know read annoucements.

What do you mean, you haven't subscribed at RiddlerNewsToday?

[numericable 2,375]

58 minutes ago, Unleash said:

I think we know read annoucements.

Yes, we are very lucky to have the riddler in the community, otherwise without him we would be totally lost. Thanks god he is here to tell us when each event comes to an end and to tell us which weapon needs a buff like tesla, magnum and gauss. Developers should totally hire him with all of his knowledge about the game and to balance it out.

Edited July 27, 2021 by numericable

[Cleric 1,385]

1 hour ago, numericable said:

Yes, we are very lucky to have the riddler in the community, otherwise without him we would be totally lost. Thanks god he is here to tell us when each event comes to an end and to tell us which weapon needs a buff like tesla, magnum and gauss. Developers should totally hire him with all of his knowledge about the game and to balance it out.

Perhaps he IS part of the team. He apparently always leak "news" that no one has ever heard of. While clearly his "colleagues" don't like this so they change the date everytime when Riddler decided to leak something.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Aegis

[thunderhunter123 741]

I love this mode. Hope we get it every now and then!

I like seeing how fast I am at leveling up and getting the B0-NK Turret!

I can't wait for more!

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, thunderhunter123 said:

 

glad it won't return it's about kill steal and 3 vs 1 which rages me 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Arms Race was fascinating and a game mode that was very original. Never in time, Tanki Online had such an original game mode. I hope that this Arms Race game mode will become an everyday game mode that players can enjoy playing in everyday matchmaking battles.

[Iron_Man 2,376]

I guess its time for me to give my feedback.

Overall I have a really good opinion about this mode but there are a few changes to be done to this mode. It reminded me of tanki in 2011.

There are a few changes I feel must be implemented to make this mode better.

Firstly I'd like to say that there are a few turrets which are pretty weak as stock versions. Very obvious examples are Thunder and Hammer. These can be considerably powerful only with Augments, supplies and drones. It is just not really good to make these go against really strong ones such as Magnum and Railgun. I leave it to the developers to think and come with a way to fix it.

Drop Boxes are really annoying in this mode. What's the point in having them when it is supposed to be based on skills? I'd suggest to remove them as well.

Lastly I would like to say that there should be a time limit after which nobody joins the match. I was sent into battles with 19 min or 16mins left, a lot of times. So this should be fixed as well. 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

@Ironmantonystark

I guess that all the turrets should remain in Arms Race, but I agree with you with the removal of drop boxes.