v-log Episode 326 of the V-LOG!

[fghjkl54 1,517]

Just now, frederik123456 said:

 

there was one and it was released in last weekend at snowball fight mode

[Dopamine 2,161]

1 minute ago, fghjkl54 said:

there was one and it was released in last weekend at snowball fight mode

So essentially a short range magnum is supposed to be a new turret? I thought it was just a joke weapon (even without the snowman skin) like the B0-NK.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

The new turret was confirmed by Hazel.

 

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This Friday is New Year's Eve. V-Log 327 is coming out today on New Year's Eve. On the following day, on January 1st 2022 is New Year's Day.

Edited December 31, 2021 by At_Shin
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[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

When's the next V-Log? Next week? 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Not sure. The next V-Log should be this week. Maybe today.

[Incorp 2,084]

RIDDLER_8 is expecting a new vlog.

Do not disappoint RIDDLER_8

Edited January 8, 2022 by Incorp

[VIC2000 92]

On 12/26/2021 at 5:40 PM, Spy said:

new players will try eSports as it will be similar to the game they know

I actually agree with you.

 

On 12/26/2021 at 5:40 PM, Spy said:

Changes can always be made to the mode upon feedback from players.

And the devs will act on it? 

The devs want to improve eSports, then unlike MM they have got to start and listen to those players who know what they are talking about.

The devs might run TO but it's the experienced players who battle every day who no what is best to improve TO as a whole.

The devs need to get every eSports clan leader on board to discuss new ideas, not having these experienced players have a say on how to improve it would be a mistake.

  

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Yes, I am expecting a new V-Log. That is episode 327 which I predict to come next Friday.

[Dopamine 2,161]

Russians have bank holidays till January 10th, so yeah, next week probably.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

We might expect to see a V-Log this week due to the festivities and Bank Holidays in Russia being over.

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

This is now the only topic in the N&A section. Even though it'll probably only be that way for a short time. That fact alone is just sad.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

12 minutes ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

This is now the only topic in the N&A section. Even though it'll probably only be that way for a short time. That fact alone is just sad.

This is because the whole Russian community of Tanki staff was taking a short break due to the Bank Holidays and festivities in general. We might expect a return tomorrow with some official topics to fill up the gap in N&A section

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

5 minutes ago, nikunj04 said:

This is because the whole Russian community of Tanki staff was taking a short break due to the Ban Holidays and festivities in general. We might expect a return tomorrow with some official topics to fill up the gap in N&A section

Even though I'm very doubtful that it would happen, I'm kinda hoping it allowed them to hit the reset button on their thinking/plans with this game. And for the better of the game.

[EagleChappie 581]

42 minutes ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

Even though I'm very doubtful that it would happen, I'm kinda hoping it allowed them to hit the reset button on their thinking/plans with this game. And for the better of the game.

why? if their plans are fine

[DarkFantasy 88]

3 hours ago, nikunj04 said:

We might expect to see a V-Log this week due to the festivities and Bank Holidays in Russia being over.

any clue bout patch notes?

[NikmanGT 4,362]

3 minutes ago, DARKFANTASY said:

any clue bout patch notes?

None actually, we have to wait for official announcements. 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I do agree that we are expecting to see the V-Log return this week on Friday. I hope that V-Logs for 2022 will have new intro music and a different font style on the V-Log's thumbnail, like it was done at the beginning on last year.

[Dr.Puma 238]

4 hours ago, elcatalagamer said:

why? if their plans are fine

Maybe for some the changes are wrong and for others they are right, it depends on each person

And yes, for me the changes they make are fine 

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Yeah, it does depend of the persons themselves. For some people, the changes are fine, and for others the changes are a nightmare to bare with.

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

9 hours ago, elcatalagamer said:

why? if their plans are fine

If their plans are "fine", then how come the game has lost 90-97% of its total player base in just 5-6 years? And more are still leaving?

5 hours ago, xPuma said:

Maybe for some the changes are wrong and for others they are right, it depends on each person

And yes, for me the changes they make are fine 

Honestly, who even liked the all thunder nerfs and striker buffs that occurred in the later part of 2021?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

For me, the changes are fine, but for some players, the changes are bad. However, we shall see if more players come to play Tanki Online this year, or, if not, then this game will go bust sometime this year if too many players leave. To be honest with you, I do not mind if Tanki Online dies like Tanki X did.

[Dr.Puma 238]

59 minutes ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

Honestly, who even liked the all thunder nerfs and striker buffs that occurred in the later part of 2021?

I give you an example, if there is an update of Paladin which is now the most used and most seen as OP. Then if we nerf him there will be two reactions depending on the players:

• The players who used Paladin a lot will not like it at all.
• The players who used to endure Paladin's attacks will be happy because it will make them less strong.

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

1 hour ago, xPuma said:

I give you an example, if there is an update of Paladin which is now the most used and most seen as OP. Then if we nerf him there will be two reactions depending on the players:

• The players who used Paladin a lot will not like it at all.
• The players who used to endure Paladin's attacks will be happy because it will make them less strong.

Ok, I admit that was not an appropriate question.

Here's a couple better questions then.

Who was happy when the augment prices was jumped from a mere 20-50k crystals to an insane 150-245k crystals?

Was there any positive reaction for the skin container being replaced in challenges by a single nuclear supply?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Two days time to Friday. And a new V-Log will be released for 2022. It will be the first V-Log for 2022.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

4 hours ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

Ok, I admit that was not an appropriate question.

Here's a couple better questions then.

Who was happy when the augment prices was jumped from a mere 20-50k crystals to an insane 150-245k crystals?

Was there any positive reaction for the skin container being replaced in challenges by a single nuclear supply?

Unpopular opinion ahead: I actually think the current version of challenges/battle pass is the best they have ever been, and the developers have done a pretty good job in this area. And I am glad they removed skin container from the battle pass.

Why you ask? Well first of all regarding the challenges/battle pass value for effort/money: The silver tier has been buffed a lot, with paints/ epic tier augment etc and more containers than we used to get, and most importantly the challenge for both gold and silver tiers is now much easier to complete than it used to be, with the stars from missions, and regular special missions which reward stars too.

As for the gold tier, I think the current price of 700 tankoins is fair. You can achieve that after a reasonable amount of time for free players (like myself), or for a reasonable price if you are a buyer. The rewards are very much worth it, you get a strong turret augment (or if it isn't one you want, you can just wait for something else), usually a good hull augment and often a nice paint too. The only problem is the nuclear energy supply - understand what the developers were trying to achieve with this, but it doesn't achieve it - relatively useless for free players, and if buyers got too many of them, it could destroy the game balance. Other than nuclear energy supplies, I think the battle pass is in a good place.

Back when the pass was 500 tankoins, it was too cheap for what it offered. 700 is a fair compromise, we don't want the most powerful augments becoming even more common than they are now - I think the current price is a fair compromise. The battle pass is one of the best value things you can spend tankoins on as a free player.

Now why do I agree with the skin container being removed from the battle pass? Well first of all, it was making skins too common. If skins are too common, they are much less exciting or much less valuable if you are able to obtain them - they need to be kept somewhat rare. You CAN still get skins if you open many containers/free Ultras - I generally tend to land them every so often from regular or Ultra containers between my main and alt accounts - for instance my main account got Dictator XT from a shard container, and Hopper XT from an Ultra Container obtained from special missions.

From the other side of things, skins are one of the best things that Tanki sells, because they are a valuable cosmetic item - they allow the game to make money WITHOUT selling pay-to-win items, which actually affect game balance. From that perspective - the more money Tanki can make from cosmetic items such as skins (instead of actual pay-to-win equipment, instead), the better for free players/light buyers, and the better for game balance. So lets keep skins rare, please, and valuable - and the developers can try to make money off that rather than items that will actually affect balance.

Now what about the augments change? Well that one I am not so sure about, I did like the old system with augments locked to different ranks, and some of them being cheaper. However, we are now able to obtain augments from containers (if you get lucky), from challenges (even the silver tier), and in addition to that player crystal income has increased a LOT from what it used to be. The new weekly container, and the new challenge format has raised low rank income considerably, as well as the regular Ultra weekends, plus the same is true slightly for Legend ranked players - but they also benefit a lot from the regular increased exp/crystals. The increased xp is very bad for low ranked players admittedly, for Legends however it works out well.

So augments are more expensive, but we also have more ways to obtain them, plus a much larger income than we used to have. Hard to say whether I like or dislike the current system. but personally I am doing OK on my main and alt accounts as a free player regarding augments - so I don't have a huge problem with it.

There are problems with the game, but those are definitely not the areas which I would be complaining about. Challenges/Battle pass etc. are in pretty good shape, one of the good changes in recent times.

Edited January 13, 2022 by DestrotankAI9