event «Trick-or-Treat» mini-game

[Maf 32,300]

Heart says yes but wallet says no 

Do you guys offer discounts for seniors? I'm basically an old man in internet years.

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 10/26/2023 at 9:11 PM, Zurya said:

literally predicted vacuum vulcan happening... 

Says "explosive band" to me, not "vacuum".

[Romantically 282]

On 10/27/2023 at 2:00 AM, TheCongoSpider said:

It's not going to be in players' accounts until the end of November.

Doesn't seem like it considering how previous mini-games worked

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 10/27/2023 at 2:07 AM, Romantically said:

Doesn't seem like it considering how previous mini-games worked

Yeah my bad. It gets added immediately. And the Wiki will be updated soon. 

[yuvraj007 302]

They are reselling blaster & lifeguard as hull augments and dumb players will still buy them.

 

On 10/26/2023 at 9:00 PM, wild001 said:

Reading the game page, 

I can buy 3x3 =9 pop for 600k

Why would i buy 7 for 600k for the big package???

3 LOLLIPOPS

200 000 CRYSTALS

5 LOLLIPOPS

400 000 CRYSTALS

7 LOLLIPOPS

600 000 CRYSTALS

it's just another marketing trick

Disguise the cheapest bundle as more "reasonable", when in fact you're getting robbed no matter what you're buying

[Romantically 282]

On 10/27/2023 at 9:56 AM, yuvraj007 said:

it's just another marketing trick

Disguise the cheapest bundle as more "reasonable", when in fact you're getting robbed no matter what you're buying

It's not really a disguise if  the cheapest bundle indeed is the most reasonable

 

Marketing trick is making bigger packaging seem more valuable (opposite of this, like in last minigame where the most expensive bundle was the most value for money)

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 10/27/2023 at 7:59 AM, Maf said:

Heart says yes but wallet says no 

The fact that your brain says nothing is concerning... You should listen to your wallet this time or you're literally scaming yourself might aswell send all the mini-game money to my PayPal so i can buy some random Figurine Lamps for my room.

In all seriousness dude just look at what you're getting and the amount of money you spend. It's not that hard! Just wait for another event that'll be held in 5 weeks or something that has x100 more value for the same amount of money.

On 10/27/2023 at 8:24 AM, PirateSpider said:

Says "explosive band" to me, not "vacuum".

It'll just be stock vulcan with splash damage so "big" that you might as well use no augment. Just like that smoky and ricochet explosive augments (if they still exist i don't remember last time i saw anyone use it) It'll be as "OP" as stock vulcan if you made it's power jump up by 1%.

SHREDDER on the other hand looks like a Big Boy that'll be as OP as Helios, Triplet, Hyperspeed on release. It's also in the 5th checkpoint so you need to spend A LOT even on average just because lolipops are so expensive. With extreme but REALISTIC luck you can get a couple spaces past the 4th checkpoint as F2P.

On 10/27/2023 at 10:50 AM, yuvraj007 said:

They are reselling blaster & lifeguard as hull augments and dumb players will still buy them.

I see the vision behind the removing gimmick drones and leaving only supply boosters update. Though the update was poorly executed to say the least.

 

On 10/27/2023 at 10:56 AM, yuvraj007 said:

it's just another marketing trick

No it's just another proof that economy designers of this game should be FIRED because they have no idea what they're doing. We're getting to the point where they can't even do basic maths and they're the people responsible for ALL the items you get from the SHOP, TANKI FUNDS, EVENTS, MISSIONS etc.

On 10/27/2023 at 10:56 AM, yuvraj007 said:

Disguise the cheapest bundle as more "reasonable", when in fact you're getting robbed no matter what you're buying

Romantically is right.

"Marketing trick is making bigger packaging seem more valuable (opposite of this, like in last minigame where the most expensive bundle was the most value for money)"

Edited October 27, 2023 by Kimura
my text got duped :(

[Romantically 282]

On 10/27/2023 at 10:59 AM, Kimura said:

It'll just be stock vulcan with splash damage so "big" that you might as well use no augment. Just like that smoky and ricochet explosive augments (if they still exist i don't remember last time i saw anyone use it)

I tried using splash rico smoky recently and can honestly say it's as usable as sledgehammer Thunder (better to play stock or adrenaline)

[Cleric 1,385]

Did they seriously decide not to talk about what the new augments do at all?

[Maf 32,300]

On 10/27/2023 at 12:59 PM, Kimura said:

The fact that your brain says nothing is concerning...

I used up all my brain on pointless twitter arguments 

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 10/27/2023 at 7:06 AM, Cleric said:

Did they seriously decide not to talk about what the new augments do at all?

You will see this either on the Wiki or in a Vlog before the event is over. 

[Tekken 374]

Well I am disapointed because last year we could get 40 lollipops from event misson now 30 and from normal missions we could get 12 lollipops daily and now 9?? Pff tanki showed us love again. First I thought that its 30 because we can get 16 from daily missions so it will be almost the same at the end of event. But bonus daily missions do not get us any on that... and thats super lame... 7*30=210 and we have 24 days of this event so its 24*9=216  So total ammount of entries is 426 (43 if you catch some lollipops golds) So yeah not that great for F2P.   

 I am not F2P but I am not dumb too, I would consider buy some lollipops and get at least to the stage 4 but seriously tanki?? Those packages are ridiculous 300 tankoins for 1 lollipop... 6600 for 30  come on. 70 € for 3 runs. Why it has to be either you are F2P or just Millionaire to afford all of this?  Would not it be better if prices were lower and maybe more players would consider buying something ?  It pointless to spend any € from me becuase its like I did nothing unless I spend 2K or more. Thats no from me sorry tanki I dont know why those prices are astronomically high.  In all seriousnes if the price for 6600 tankoins were like 7 € not 70 then it would be fair. Still I would have to spent like 100 €to complete event maybe more.  

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 10/27/2023 at 10:53 AM, newcastle529 said:

we will even not each to Demonic Wasp reward unless spending a real money.

That has always been the standard. Checkpoint 3 is the limit for the average f2p player. Checkpoint 4 could be reached if you have very good luck throughout all the laps. Beyond that, it is money. 

[kumee 30]

I can't log in my account to day and I play Tanki online on mac client. It is just loading.

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 10/27/2023 at 4:10 AM, Maf said:

I used up all my brain on pointless twitter arguments 

So is it safe to assume that Maf took a big "L" today?

[Cleric 1,385]

On 10/27/2023 at 7:37 PM, TheCongoSpider said:

You will see this either on the Wiki or in a Vlog before the event is over. 

Yeah.. "eventually"

[Devastate 108]

still can't get into the game on either client or website

[yuvraj007 302]

On 10/27/2023 at 12:34 PM, Romantically said:

It's not really a disguise if  the cheapest bundle indeed is the most reasonable

 

Marketing trick is making bigger packaging seem more valuable (opposite of this, like in last minigame where the most expensive bundle was the most value for money)

On 10/27/2023 at 12:59 PM, Kimura said:

Romantically is right.

Well, they are probably A/B testing the best strategy to maximise profits IMO

Making the cheapest bundle look "reasonable" can increase conversion rate in so many ways

[Helios 723]

what does the augments even do ?

 

[SS-P.h.a.n.t.h.o.m 11]

The greed of the developers is incredible, I thought it was a minigame like the others they have posted, but NO. Now to reach a 1 base you must go around completely, for that you need 160 lolipops, 160 lolipops for 7 turns (to reach base 7) is 1120 lolipops, that is if they do not return to you even once, if they return to you several times then we will talk of more than 2000 lolipops to reach the jackpot.

It's crazy trying to get 2000 lolipops. Buying lolipops with real money...Uhhhh it's a lot of money and not worth the reward.

And all so that in a few months they will give you these skins in the challenges and it will be very easy to obtain them.

Every day we are worse with these developers.

 

 

[krokorok 838]

This game has a genuinely awful economy asking several hundred if not thousands of dollars for cosmetics, even if you are getting rewards on the individual islands, this game is just so overpriced, its ridiculous.  

[fghjkl54 1,517]

On 10/27/2023 at 9:55 PM, yuvraj007 said:

Well, they are probably A/B testing the best strategy to maximise profits IMO

Making the cheapest bundle look "reasonable" can increase conversion rate in so many ways

i see now why they removed these drones...

On 10/27/2023 at 7:07 PM, Tekken8 said:

Well I am disapointed because last year we could get 40 lollipops from event misson now 30 and from normal missions we could get 12 lollipops daily and now 9?? Pff tanki showed us love again. First I thought that its 30 because we can get 16 from daily missions so it will be almost the same at the end of event. But bonus daily missions do not get us any on that... and thats super lame... 7*30=210 and we have 24 days of this event so its 24*9=216  So total ammount of entries is 426 (43 if you catch some lollipops golds) So yeah not that great for F2P.   

 I am not F2P but I am not dumb too, I would consider buy some lollipops and get at least to the stage 4 but seriously tanki?? Those packages are ridiculous 300 tankoins for 1 lollipop... 6600 for 30  come on. 70 € for 3 runs. Why it has to be either you are F2P or just Millionaire to afford all of this?  Would not it be better if prices were lower and maybe more players would consider buying something ?  It pointless to spend any € from me becuase its like I did nothing unless I spend 2K or more. Thats no from me sorry tanki I dont know why those prices are astronomically high.  In all seriousnes if the price for 6600 tankoins were like 7 € not 70 then it would be fair. Still I would have to spent like 100 €to complete event maybe more.  

the best solution is not to do this minigame, now we are forced to do 1 lap for the participation paint which we used to get it once wr enter the website

[Tekken 374]

well multi post  so I deleted

 

On 10/27/2023 at 11:05 PM, fghjkl54 said:

i see now why they removed these drones...

the best solution is not to do this minigame, now we are forced to do 1 lap for the participation paint which we used to get it once wr enter the website

I think you will get it with first move.  Before you start you are at the island 0. and that big checkpoint one is island 1. So you will get stage 1 for 10 lollipops if they did not change that if yes then all we get as a f2p players (I would even buy someting but I am not paying thousand of euro for skins) are paint and nuclear supply

Edited October 27, 2023 by Tekken8

[wild001 1,422]

after run the mini game, I think the best free player can get is

 

3 pop for 200k,

30 pop for 2m crystal = 3 extra step for 2m

to finish a around with normal luck, you need around 20 steps, that is 7 x 3 steps =7 x2 = 14m crystal,

so I don't think it is worth to go extra island for free player,

so be happy with ultra Vulcan + vulcan explosive for most free people

and be prepare for 7m at least for wasp demonic + wsap blaster

[DMR 676]

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