Tanki deserves to be taken off the developers' (Opex-Rah) hands. They drove it to the ground.

[Incorp 2,084]

On 4/6/2024 at 6:49 PM, Venerable said:

They like using Hopper (hovering hull, often called "Flying Monkey" by many old players

Wow there is a lot of good opinions in separate posts. First i read the topic post and agreed with it. Then i read maf’s post and agreed with parts of it and started disagreeing with a bit of the topic post. I keep reading and keep changing my opinion. Gotta say, this topic was a huge relief for me. It listed the things i thought was bad in tanki in a way i never could have done. It was clear and my brain managed to separate all the mixed (usually bad) emotions i had while thinking about the game. I managed to identify why i didn’t like the game, instead of a general feeling of depression.

 I gotta say that i agree the game currently is pretty bad for me. I started a new account recently and felt reallly trapped by how everything seems to be locked up in what is literally called ‘keys’. For most of my alts, my goal has been to start a completely railgun and hornet/wasp combo, but right now i have no idea how long that is going take. From what i can gather from this topic and the updates, almost everything is locked in containers, from turrets to augments. That is horrible ngl. I’m so thankful i started 3 years eaelier and have an account with a nice garage with fun railgun augments. Death herald  

On 4/7/2024 at 4:31 AM, PirateSpider said:

Started going downhill 2020 and after.

i think i started in 2020 and at the time the game was pretty fun not gonna lie. There was fun game modes in the weekend (especially firebird wasp, killing everyone with one burst of fire is sooo satisfying) and i had so many containers that i recited basically infinite amount of premium. That is, until they removed premium. I had a good time with many players, whom i will hopefully never forget. There was good garage developments opportunities though i didn’t take full advantage of them, in fact at field marshal i think my best hull was an mk6 hunter :x everything was fine IMO

On 4/6/2024 at 6:49 PM, Venerable said:

They like using Hopper (hovering hull, often called "Flying Monkey" by many old players)

Had no idea i counted as an ‘old player’ lool

 

i do believe the game currently is very difficult to play as a free player, containers are very annoying to get, and battles gives very little income and playing against bots are literally the most boring thing i could ever think of doing. I do not like how important containers now are. I barely recognise the game anymore… 

there is this game i play now where every few months or so they release a new ‘season’ which changes some properties of the game pretty drastically. Every new season i would feel like quitting because of how different it is. But i would always eventually get used to it. Maybe it is the same case with tanki, but right now it is so frustrating I’m not sure i would devote time to find out..

but I’m very impressed to see players expressing their thoughts in a way that obviously took time and effort, tanki still has avid players thst wishes it well, if only the devs cherish them and don’t go too far… old players leaving isn’t a problem as long as new players would want to join. But now idk if anyone would want to paly it. I’m not gonna lie everything is so messy right now, battles are chaos in higher ranks.

 

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 5/31/2024 at 9:41 AM, Incorp said:

i think i started in 2020 and at the time the game was pretty fun not gonna lie. There was fun game modes in the weekend (especially firebird wasp, killing everyone with one burst of fire is sooo satisfying) and i had so many containers that i recited basically infinite amount of premium. That is, until they removed premium. I had a good time with many players, whom i will hopefully never forget. There was good garage developments opportunities though i didn’t take full advantage of them, in fact at field marshal i think my best hull was an mk6 hunter :x everything was fine IMO

It probably was still ok around 2020.

But by the time 2020 came to a close, it saw things like the gauss turret, and if that wasn't bad enough, one of the first if not the first augment it received was EMP salvo, which started this horrible trend of releasing every type of status augment for all the existing turrets, a trend that likely is still going on to this day. We also saw a massive increase in exp per action rate which doesn't allow much time for newer players grow and develop their in-game learning.

[Incorp 2,084]

On 6/1/2024 at 7:05 AM, PirateSpider said:

day. We also saw a massive increase in exp per action rate which doesn't allow much time for newer players grow and develop their in-game learning.

I had no trouble know how to move my tank, but didn’t really understand growing my garage. So i ended up dying a lot in battles back then. 
 

one thing i don’t understand is why they changed a perfectly good mobile UI to what it is now, players have been using thst for years without problems and then they  kablam this weird thing on us. Best part was pressing for supplies imo, rn dragging it is so inconvenient.

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 6/2/2024 at 11:38 AM, Incorp said:

one thing i don’t understand is why they changed a perfectly good mobile UI to what it is now, players have been using thst for years without problems and then they  kablam this weird thing on us. Best part was pressing for supplies imo, rn dragging it is so inconvenient.

I heard it was to update all the platforms in unison rather than having to update them separately. I deleted the app from my phone 5 and a half months ago, so I don't know what its like now, lol.

[Incorp 2,084]

On 6/3/2024 at 2:47 AM, PirateSpider said:

deleted the app from my phone 5 and a half months ago, so I don't know what its like now, lol.

I just watched boostrix and the UI is the same for app and browser. Idk how I’m gonna paly tihs game anymore… probably not gonna

[DefkwargX 152]

@Incorp, @TheCongoSpider, @PirateSpider, speaking about updates, can you guys play on the new mobile version? It's SO FREAKING laggy to turn the turret while shooting. It's literally impossible. How are you guys coping with this?

 

[Synthwave 91]

On 6/4/2024 at 4:23 PM, DefkwargX said:

@Incorp, @TheCongoSpider, @PirateSpider, speaking about updates, can you guys play on the new mobile version? It's SO FREAKING laggy to turn the turret while shooting. It's literally impossible. How are you guys coping with this?

 

it's totally unplayable on phone. It's terribly optimized and it overheats the phone too quickly. Phone = Xiaomi mi 12 pro 5g 256gb 8gb ram 

It literally runs every other possible game on max without problem and without overheating.

Edited June 4, 2024 by Synthwave

[Incorp 2,084]

On 6/4/2024 at 10:23 PM, DefkwargX said:

@Incorp, @TheCongoSpider, @PirateSpider, speaking about updates, can you guys play on the new mobile version? It's SO FREAKING laggy to turn the turret while shooting. It's literally impossible. How are you guys coping with this?

 

Oh, i play on the browser version and it isn’t wayyy too bad for me. I mean yeah, the turret kinda reacts slowly, but tbh I’m having low expectations for the game. I cope by not playing lol, if you get too angry at the game maybe try a few PRO battles and get accustomed to things. Parkour is always a fun option  though not on browser cuz swiping on the screen sometimes makes it exist full screen mode, and that is annoying. If tanki can fix that would be great tho

Edited June 4, 2024 by Incorp

[PirateSpider 1,489]

On 6/4/2024 at 9:44 AM, Incorp said:

I cope by not playing

That is the only answer.

[Sliced 5]

I first played Tanki before the premium system existed on a school chromebook. I think like 2014 or 2015. The game was great, and through 2016 it kept getting better, adding new turrets, maps, etc. Lot's of people were playing. But then the devs forgot about us players. Filling their pockets was the new goal. I remember with active online players was over 100,000 sometimes! Now it's at what? 100? Greed is a terrible thing, which sadly the devs ran away with, yet still acted like they cared for us players. The game's dead. There's no bringing it back. Our best bet is someone makes a tanki knock-off. If only I knew how to model and code, I would! If we could go back to when alterations were added, but rebind protections to paints, then just do balance changes, new maps, maybe more graphics overhauls, it'd be great.

 

The most important factors in a game, are convenience and personalization. Your game can have all the pretty lights, but once you start taking away our freedoms and expecting us to spend money on your game? It's a no go, and the devs didn't take that into account. It's more pay to win than ever, but with no players to buy anything. Lovely how that works out. Just to think, if the devs came to their senses and fixed things, the players who've left the game lose access to their accounts from going inactive. Almost lost my account that way. So yeah hey guys we fixed the game, but have fun logging in! Mwahahaha!

The devs really just need to take the L and give the game to someone else who has the players as their priority, and not how much money they can make.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

On 6/5/2024 at 12:10 AM, Sliced said:

I remember with active online players was over 100,000 sometimes! Now it's at what? 100?

More like few thousands in 2024 Tanki, not sugarcoating it btw.

On 6/5/2024 at 12:10 AM, Sliced said:

but rebind protections to paints

Rebind protections to paint? How come? I prefer the current module systems that we have now.