v-log Episode 326 of the V-LOG!

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Saw that, but there is too much text for me to read.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

5 minutes ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

Saw that, but there is too much text for me to read.

Always good to have the Riddler's honest and transparent opinion :P Quite a wall I must admit, apologies lol.

But many players won't agree with me, so needed some explanation as how I could be so crazy as to think the current challenge/battle pass system is much improved, and why I'm glad skin container is no longer in the battle pass. If you want to discover how someone could arrive at such controversial opinions, brave the text wall 

Edited January 12, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[wolverine848 13,097]

13 minutes ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

and in addition to that player crystal income has increased a LOT from what it used to be.

Kind of moot.

Used to be if you wanted advantage you needed lots of crystals to upgrade fast and get ahead.

Fast-forward to todays game where crystals... really don't do as much as they used to.  In order to compete/get-ahead you need the items crystals won't buy.  All those ultra-rare augments, armadillo and 4th slot.

They've just moved the goal-posts - it's an illusion.  Just like when they gave everyone lots of supplies... but then introduced Drones.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Please note that I am always polite and honest with players.

[cx2014 182]

2 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

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 an 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.

700 tankoins that becomes 600 if you got 49 level completed

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

2 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

Always good to have the Riddler's honest and transparent opinion :P Quite a wall I must admit, apologies lol.

But many players won't agree with me, so needed some explanation as how I could be so crazy as to think the current challenge/battle pass system is much improved, and why I'm glad skin container is no longer in the battle pass. If you want to discover how someone could arrive at such controversial opinions, brave the text wall 

They could've at least made a better compensation for the removal of skin container than just slapping on a nuclear supply. Like perhaps giving out at least 5 ultra containers for gold tier, and 1 ultra container for silver tier.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Does anyone knows what updates are expected to be released this year?

[NikmanGT 4,362]

1 hour ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

Does anyone knows what updates are expected to be released this year?

We would have to find out through official Announcements.

[DMR 676]

4 hours ago, RIDDLER_8 said:

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

I think there will be hot news ngl, cause if they didn't release vlog since 2 weeks it's because firstly it's Christmas and also they gonna try to release hot updates and fix bugs and after the Christmas time will be gone, they will be ready to announce their hots updates plan

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I also believe that the upcoming V-Log for 2022 will have lots of hot news.

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

6 hours ago, Yveltal9 said:

I think there will be hot news ngl, cause if they didn't release vlog since 2 weeks it's because firstly it's Christmas and also they gonna try to release hot updates and fix bugs and after the Christmas time will be gone, they will be ready to announce their hots updates plan

And the next tourney? 

Edited January 13, 2022 by Kurt_KurtDGreat

[numericable 2,375]

The new announcement for Ultras week end should be available in one hour, lets hope that there won't be a stupid score mission such as 9k score in TJR or TDM. I hope there will be some exciting news about the game which wont make it monotonous.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

29 minutes ago, numericable said:

The new announcement for Ultras week end should be available in one hour, lets hope that there won't be a stupid score mission such as 9k score in TJR or TDM. I hope there will be some exciting news about the game which wont make it monotonous.

Looking at the past Missions, I guess for any Ultra Weekend, there is either a mission to get "Top 3 in Winning Team" once and get 9k score in a specific mode (could be any).

But again, we can't be sure of anything till official announcements get published.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ~Still Waiting for CTF XP/BP mode.....

[DarkFantasy 88]

46 minutes ago, numericable said:

The new announcement for Ultras week end should be available in one hour, lets hope that there won't be a stupid score mission such as 9k score in TJR or TDM. I hope there will be some exciting news about the game which wont make it monotonous.

Bro you are hoping for good missions and I'm hoping that I spawn in MM battles so that I could complete the given missions

Edited January 13, 2022 by DARKFANTASY

[Incorp 2,084]

I too am excited to see what this weekend will bring. Hope it's some easier missions... plus a good event mode :) hope I'm not disappointed :))

[Incorp 2,084]

It is expected to have a new vlog tomorrow, which is Friday, January 14, 2022.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Today, I am going to play Tanki Online without any sound because my parents are busy with an invited person. That means that starting from tomorrow, I will play Tanki Online normally with sound.

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

22 hours ago, DestrotankAI9 said:

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.

Okay, well this new patch changes things a lot. The amount of supplies/crystals available to players is now drastically reduced, and the value of the battle pass is greatly decreased. Will reserve judgement until tomorrow, but this doesn't look good. With these container changes, either battle pass rewards need to be buffed, or the price needs to be reduced.
 

20 hours ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

They could've at least made a better compensation for the removal of skin container than just slapping on a nuclear supply. Like perhaps giving out at least 5 ultra containers for gold tier, and 1 ultra container for silver tier.

Might be a good idea, ye. With these container changes, the battle pass certainly needs some kind of buff now.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Today is Friday. The day of the V-Log. A new V-Log for the new year of 2022.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

This V-Log 326 has seen a long discussion. Its now time to close this chat and move on to the next episode of the V-Log. I welcome everyone V-Log 327 from the link below:

Tanki Online V-LOG: Episode 327 - News and Announcements - Tanki Online Forum (tankiforum.com)