update Patch Update #676 - Released 21st January 2022

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

8 hours ago, numericable said:

https://imgur.com/a/Z5moTlf

I have opened 50 containers by set of 15 and look at this...

Is the chance to get epic item really 1/20 (5%)? Because i got only 1 in 100 containers in 2 weeks... i think that a pure lie. However, i have constated that in my lower ranks account that chance to get epic are 1/20 approximately, so why is my big account, not getting epic items?? I have almost nothing left in that section, is it a way to not let me get what i want?

1k X 11 .......

After i get mysterious red, i might consider to leave too as the game is frustrating me, why should i play a game that gives me bad emotions?

I am very much doubting the stated drop rates for the new containers also, personally I have received quite a number of epics, but as for Legendaries.... between my alt accounts and main accounts, from collecting the token of apology containers and containers from other sources, I have now opened over 1500 new containers - and not one Legendary.

Now if the chance to get a Legendary is really 1%, we would expect an average of 15 from 1500 containers. To not even get a single one, that is either astonishingly bad luck, or in-fact the drop rates that they have given are false. I would almost certainly have gotten several Legendaries by now with the old containers. I suspect that in fact, the new drop rate for Legendaries is only 0.1%, and not 1% as they claim.

The other possibility is that they lowered the Legendary chance for the token of apology containers, which would be a little devious, but would at least mean we can look forward to getting Legendaries more often than I have. Something seems very strange with this, very strange indeed.

Edited January 25, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[DestrotankAI9 1,513]

On 1/20/2022 at 1:43 PM, Marcus said:

Removed Gold Boxes sets and Premium Pass from maximum item rarity categories

• Note: This change will increase your chances to get more interesting items from Ultra Containers as the category’s chance remains constant, but chances of getting unique items inside the category are increased;

 

On 1/20/2022 at 1:43 PM, Marcus said:

Removed cards with the following items from the Shop Showcase: Premium Pass, Containers, Gold Boxes, Stars, Crystals, and sets of supplies

I think that it is very sad that developers have now totally removed the chance to get premium from free players, first with the change to remove it from regular containers, and now with the removal even from Ultra Containers (although the chance to get it from those even, was no doubt very small). I hate even more that while doing this, the developers insult us by saying "This change will increase your chances to get more interesting items from Ultra Containers", as if to say that this is a GOOD thing! Other than the Armadillo module, I am quite sure that the 100 days of premium (in the new economy after this update), would have been the most valuable item obtainable from Ultra Containers, for most players. And also this change, signals the complete end of getting premium unless you buy it with real money. Please just be straight up and admit - this is big hit to anyone but heavy buyers, and will by no means be considered a "good thing" by almost anyone.

I also don't understand why developers are taking away premium. First of all, it was something that was an interesting part of the Tanki economy, getting premium was one of the coolest container rewards that people wanted, and it was an interesting way to earn extra crystals and stars. But second of all, it really doesn't make sense to make premium available only to those who will buy it with real money OUTSIDE of containers. Because what does premium really offer to big buyers? Very LITTLE. 

Big buyers don't care that much about battle funds (other than to flex large battle fund rewards), because they already get huge amount of crystals from opening many Ultra Containers. Many of them already have fully maxed Garages, and only need crystals for supplies. The players who care much more about battles funds - in fact rely on battle fund - are free players and light buyers. Those are the player who were actually glad of premium, and now it has been taken away.

Heavy buyers would have been happy to have premium, coming from Ultra Containers they were going to buy anyway - but will they actually buy it now that they are going to have to make a separate purchase, aside from bundles or Ultra Containers? In the present circumstances - not going to happen much, I would think. So these changes make no sense for anyone.

What I am afraid of, if that the developers will add more features to premium, which will create even more of a two-tier system than we have already. Perhaps premium missions, or the PRO battles only being able to be made by premium owners, as they talked about before. Doing these things would not help the game at all.

I think removing premium from containers does not make a lot of sense, and is quite a mistake for the game. The amount of income that free players and light buyers have lost with these updates is massive - we are all running out of supplies, and we won't even have the crystals to buy extra supplies from the shop. Tanki can't just survive on big buyers, you NEED the player numbers to make Matchmaking work, once player numbers fall too low - queue times will become too long, matchmaking will die, and the game will die. Playing with no batteries for drones, and no supplies against players who can still run the best drones - as well as having the massive advantages they had before in terms of GS/augments - is not fun, and players are going to quit. Tanki is taking a very large gamble with these changes, and it may prove to be a big mistake.

EDIT: Also, gold boxes were a really cool part of the game. Players like to drop them sometimes for others in battle, and sometimes generous big buyers had lots of them spare that they got from containers, and we got the occasional gold rain. This is another fun, distinctive feature of the game which developers are removing with this update. In the current tanki economy, very few players are likely to buy gold boxes with tankoins - big buyers will be buying bundles/ultras and will care little for gold boxes. And let's not forget that players also liked to drop golds at rank up parties too, which was a fun community part of the game - Tanki now taking that away.

So again, these changes make little sense and are taking away fun, and distinctive parts of the game.

Edited January 26, 2022 by DestrotankAI9

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 1/21/2022 at 7:42 PM, TheCongoSpider said:

 Spawn, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Crit, Normal, Normal Normal, Crit, Normal, Normal, Normal, Crit......

 

If you were to die while your Sorted Ammunition Smoky is on step highlighted in green, then your first shot after spawning will be a critical hit. As this is predictable for Sorted Ammunition, someone can use this to their benefit. This also happens to the other Smokies in some way, but due to their RNG not being absolute like Sorted Ammunition, I can't pinpoint what criteria needs to be satisfied in order for them to be able to get a critical hit on the first hit. 

I haven't been able to pinpoint exactly what causes it and if it can be replicated consistently. I hope it will be fixed tomorrow in the next patch. If you're interested in the videos I recorded for most of the augments, here is the playlist. 

 

 

[alkyng 3,080]

On 1/20/2022 at 4:43 PM, Marcus said:

• • Note: This change possibly boosts the turret's power. Make 2-3 shots to a wall before shooting an opponent, and your chances to deal critical damage will be higher.

Oh I used to do this alot, but I wasn't know that it doesn't work.   Don't know why such an information wasn't available

[fghjkl54 1,517]

34 minutes ago, asem.harbi said:

Oh I used to do this alot, but I wasn't know that it doesn't work.   Don't know why such an information wasn't available

because no one asked for this in public 

[BruhBruhThingThing 413]

On 1/24/2022 at 10:41 PM, numericable said:

After i get mysterious red, i might consider to leave too as the game is frustrating me, why should i play a game that gives me bad emotions?

Even that isn't worth the amount of suffering you endure every day playing this game. The sooner you stop playing the game, the better your sanity will be.

[LeGurp 62]

8 hours ago, BruhBruhThingThing said:

Even that isn't worth the amount of suffering you endure every day playing this game. The sooner you stop playing the game, the better your sanity will be.

I feel you.

Edited January 27, 2022 by LeGurp

[Maf 32,300]

On 1/25/2022 at 10:41 AM, numericable said:

the game is frustrating me, why should i play a game that gives me bad emotions?

This is a good point to keep in mind when you're playing any game. Sometimes it's worth to just stop the grind and think "am I enjoying this?" "would I have more fun doing something else right now?". It's common to get burned out on one particular game after being super into it for months/years, especially if it involves doing a lot of repetitive grinding for a reward that isn't worth the effort, so at that point it's a good idea to stop, do/play something else for some time, and come back after a while when you start to miss the experience. Who knows, maybe by that point the thing you were frustrated about gets removed, and new interesting stuff gets added?

[B.A.B.I 643]

Can't wait today's patch notes, will they twist and ruin the game even more or do something interesting 

[alkyng 3,080]

20 minutes ago, B.A.B.I said:

Can't wait today's patch notes, will they twist and ruin the game even more or do something interesting 

I don't think there is a patch notes today, they are not every week.   Though I hope if they happen every week. I'm always interested and enjoying in reading patch notes whether they're changes for the good or for the bad, 

[B.A.B.I 643]

5 minutes ago, asem.harbi said:

I don't think there is a patch notes today, they are not every week.   Though I hope if they happen every week. I'm always interested and enjoying in reading patch notes whether they're changes for the good or for the bad, 

There have been some things in the Test Server, so i think they'll have patch notes today.
I'm hoping for the best!

Edited January 27, 2022 by B.A.B.I

[2shots2kills 2,367]

1 minute ago, B.A.B.I said:

There have been some things in the Test Server, so i think they'll have patch notes today.
I'm hoping for the best!

I have logged in the Test Server this week but I haven't noticed anything different, other than the new interface. Have you seen other changes? 

[B.A.B.I 643]

Just now, 2shots2kills said:

I have logged in the Test Server this week but I haven't noticed anything different, other than the new interface. Have you seen other changes? 

I've seen something, but i don't want to spoil it for you, even thought it's not such a big deal

[Dopamine 2,161]

Yet another twins augment?

Sorry for the spoiler :D .

 

[fghjkl54 1,517]

11 minutes ago, frederik123456 said:

 

 

let me guess

another statue effect alt

[2shots2kills 2,367]

16 minutes ago, frederik123456 said:

Yet another twins augment?

Sorry for the spoiler :D .

 

That should be the "Turbo Plasma accelerators" augment for Twins if I am not mistaken. Basically, the standard Plasma Accel on steroids. 

[B.A.B.I 643]

1 minute ago, 2shots2kills said:

That should be the "Turbo Plasma accelerators" augment for Twins if I am not mistaken. Basically, the standard Plasma Accel on steroids. 

Oh no.....
No... NOOOO!!

Edited January 27, 2022 by B.A.B.I

[NikmanGT 4,362]

20 minutes ago, frederik123456 said:

Yet another twins augment?

Sorry for the spoiler :D .

 

Twins augment, which freezes everyone on the battlefield and allows you to kill enemies and cap flags without any problem.