update Drones & Supplies update

[Bydo 20,119]

Balanced game they say?? (we try to bring more balance to them. )

game play will improve ?

so far all I have seen is fully stocked drone  ambush teams with high gear score's winning battles. this update is the worse tank has done . been in about 7 battles this morning and nothing has improved for my battles. maybe for others who uses drones.

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[Spy 14,687]

30 minutes ago, Bydo said:

 

Which combo were you using?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I want a stronger booster drone. Please buff it up. Its too weak now.

[Bydo 20,119]

1 hour ago, Spy said:

Which combo were you using?

the normal set up I have used for years , Ricochet and Hunter.. Ricochet has not been updated for a long time . its like they only upgrade the turrets and hulls that are mainly used by players

44 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

This comment suggests to me that you do not use drones. Please elaborate on this, thank you.

(Leveled up drones increase the power of your BD and BA).

I rarely use any drones and have no plans on doing so. if you wondering about battery's I have some where like 20k or more on each account.

[Spy 14,687]

1 minute ago, Bydo said:

the normal set up I have used for years , Ricochet and Hunter.. Ricochet has not been updated for a long time . its like they only upgrade the turrets and hulls that are mainly used by players

Well, many players use Ricochet protection due to the latest special missions.

[pocrettttt 277]

Its not 50% more damage, its 25% Of Booster

 

38 minutes ago, Rutgers said:

Booster is op. Think about what you got here. An extra 50% damage, AT ALL TIMES. If given the choice of either having a 200% damage boost for 3 seconds, or 50% damage boost indefinitely, people will obviously go for the latter. 

 

 

 

[Bydo 20,119]

16 minutes ago, Spy said:

Well, many players use Ricochet protection due to the latest special missions.

it only started today and not all uses it maybe for your rank level.. the ones I battle in seldom use it..

also just finished a fake battle , why I say this  is because when in a battle I received 0000000 score and KD .. also was frozen after I destroyed .

[Akame 4,578]

For those who have the ability to understand, feel free to look at, and use:

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To sum up, Level 7 or higher Booster/Def to match/exceed level 20 brutus breakpoint, or level 5/4 crisis to break respective damage/armor breakpoints.

 

1 hour ago, Rutgers said:

Booster is op. Think about what you got here. An extra 50% damage, AT ALL TIMES. If given the choice of either having a 200% damage boost for 3 seconds, or 50% damage boost indefinitely, people will obviously go for the latter. 

Heavy Caps Shaft/Cylcone Booster Players in TJR: Hi, No.

Slugger Viking Booster Players: Booster nerf, I can't 1-2 shot people anymore *insert cries*

Twins Booster Players: Finally I can just spam more buttons without worries

 

The main issue was, this high damage was too contagiously game breaking. Also Booster vs Defender was too varied and never were balanced against each other until both boosted supplies ran out. Atleast now a level Y booster will always be balanced against a level Y defender. This is how it should have been at the start.

[yellowghetto 3,206]

9 hours ago, cautious said:

Decent update, good to see weak drones have become much better. Just two problems - engineer didn't deserve a nerf and crisis didn't deserve a buff

Crisis didn't really get a buff. Players used Crisis mainly for speed or armor.

[Bydo 20,119]

34 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

Oh no!  You should prioritize on getting a fully upgraded level 20 drone! It will increase your Boosted Damage and Boosted armor supplies' strength!

If you do not want to waste your batteries, then please at least get Brutus drone - it does not consume batteries.

sir I have all the drones and are now or near upgraded.

here is proof on one battle i was in today to show that not all players use ricochet protection.. also we had less players with 9600 gear score making the teams unbalanced ..

Edited October 8, 2021 by Bydo

[Bydo 20,119]

27 minutes ago, At_Shin said:

But we were not talking about ricochet protection? Why did you show me the proof of that?

sorry another mod asked about protection ..  ( Spy )

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That is good to hear. However, now I am curious - why do you not use drones if you have all of them near level 20?

For example, in the picture you provided above, we can see that 'battery' supply is not shown. That means you were not using drones. Why?

well when it first came out every time I used a drone ..it never got me anything better for my scores. even now with protection I still have less Kill  rating compared to Deaths. in the end of most of my battles I have at less 7 kills / 25 deaths .. would this improve maybe , maybe not .. i just find my protection and drones don't help in battles for me..

Edited October 8, 2021 by Bydo

[1212p_p 7]

most people used the same drones, rarely seen different drones in battles. i hope that with this update we will see all kind of drones in battles

[fire_shoter 555]

3 hours ago, Bydo said:

sir I have all the drones and are now or near upgraded.

here is proof on one battle i was in today to show that not all players use ricochet protection.. also we had less players with 9600 gear score making the teams unbalanced ..

gs were  perfectly balanced, the problem was that your whole team were campers. Just look at camper shaft in your team 19 kills and 1 death. Shaft should get nerf, also vulcan and striker should get one too 

Edited October 8, 2021 by fire_shoter

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, Bydo said:

 

 

i see 2 using this module (and booster)

also i recive sometimes the same problem and can't spawn just refresh (expect if the team will lose/win or have same problem that i have)

[wolverine848 13,097]

8 hours ago, Rutgers said:

Booster is op. Think about what you got here. An extra 50% damage, AT ALL TIMES. If given the choice of either having a 200% damage boost for 3 seconds, or 50% damage boost indefinitely, people will obviously go for the latter. 

 

And this will be especially apparent with long range turrets. Having 50% extra damage negates any updates that reduced their damage to try to balance them out more. The disparity between long range turrets and melee turrets will surely increase. Not to mention augments like Blunderbuss are going to have a field day with this. 

 

I use defender a lot, and repeatedly I was in favor for a nerf of it. Now it has received it, and I commend Tanki for that. But at the same time, they buffed its counterpart, Booster, and I'm sure that wasn't their intention. Even when you write it out on paper, the updated Booster did not seem like it was going to be a good idea. A "50% damage increase at all times" blows any other drone and its advantages right out of the water. All people need to hear is "extra damage, oooga boooga" and they'll run to it like moths to a flame. 

 

This drone, if left as is, will actually draw more people to playing with Booster instead of any other drones -- the opposite of diversification 

Upgrading Booster - all other priorities are rescinded

 

[ASTRON82 2]

Hey tanki! I would like to give my opinion about the change that they have made in the defender and booster drones: I consider that it has been a change that most of us have not liked at all, since defending his time goes quickly and still consumes 3 supplements to be used, and that generates an extra expense to buy more shields. And the drone booster has suffered more in its effect, I consider tanki, that you had already made a good change to these 2 drones and it was not necessary to continue making changes that do not benefit us as a players, I hope this is just a test and not remain permanent, because one invests a lot of crystals to improve both drones to level 20 and with these changes our improvements are not reflected, I hope you hear us and soon these 2 drones can return to how they were before, greetings.

[wolverine848 13,097]

It's official.  Those who are not using Crisis are using Booster (if they have it).  Tons of them in every battle.  And you stand no chance against them even if you are using Defender.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

Defender is pretty much left useless in battle, only adding 50 % of the armour. In counter of the booster also, defender is rendered incapable in providing any actual protection.

I'm going to start using saboteur again

[cautious 11]

I played quite a few MM battles yesterday...

Feedback -  drones are not as dominating as before, especially defender.

                     booster with tesla seemed to be a very effective combo given tesla's damage and the prolonged booster effect. (not mentioning isida due to limited range and single-target)

                     I enjoyed my time with driver drone which clearly helped me get my overdrives quicker than usual.

                    The change that made the biggest impact was the 20 sec supply cooldown which always kept the tanks occupied with supplies and led to overall higher supply consumption  and battle scores.

                    a 20/20 drone is equally useful regardless of the drone, its better to get one max drone now than having every single drone lvl 1.

Edited October 9, 2021 by cautious

[Akshat.Pr 67]

A very good update, they actually balanced booster and defender, but crisis still lies at far high peak

[Akshat.Pr 67]

22 hours ago, Iron_Man said:

I've just tried booster. Well, it is still very very strong

I was really crying that the only drone I used got greatly nerfed but now it isn't all that bad as I expected.

Exactly, it's a nerf for the shaft using boosters, but yeah I gonna enjoy MM dominating battles with constant high damage with hammer

[cautious 11]

1 minute ago, Akshat.Pr said:

Exactly, it's a nerf for the shaft using boosters, but yeah I gonna enjoy MM dominating battles with constant high damage with hammer

oh yeah I forgot the hammer booster part, but im happy cyclone or heavy capacitor with booster cant one shot jug

[Incorp 2,084]

Guess I’ll focus on trickster and booster :)

[Iron_Man 2,376]

49 minutes ago, Akshat.Pr said:

but crisis still lies at far high peak

Well that's the total point of crisis. It is a premium item.

[Spy 14,687]

2 hours ago, Incorp said:

Guess I’ll focus on trickster and booster :)

Booster is still good, and I think I start liking it more than the old one. I would highly recommend it.