bring back old upgrade designs

[OWER 1]

could you bring back old designs for mk upgrades? at least as option in settings to see it the old way or the new way

[Maf 32,300]

Declined

This doesn't work in today's Tanki due to some turrets and hulls being added after the skin unification update, so to bring back old M0-M1-M2-M3 skins would require a whole bunch of new skins to be made. Plus, these old skins are low definition, so they don't fit in with the new HD skins anyway.

The good news is that the old M0-M3 skins will almost certainly be brought back via Tanki Classic, so be on the look out for news regarding its release!

[OWER 1]

oh and what is Tanki Classic? Is it like  a whole new game, just a gamemode or I will be able to use my old login to play that?

[Maf 32,300]

On 1/7/2025 at 3:15 PM, OWER said:

oh and what is Tanki Classic? Is it like  a whole new game, just a gamemode or I will be able to use my old login to play that?

It's a standalone game currently in development! Developers are planning to release a completely separate version of Tanki, taking the most beloved features from the "olden days", probably before 2015, and putting them together to create an authentic experience of what Tanki Online used to be like many years ago. Hopefully, this includes old modifications and old default skins.

Nothing is certain yet, but you will probably have to create a new account to play it.

[The-Kill-Switch 96]

On 1/5/2025 at 10:39 AM, Maf said:

Plus, these old skins are low definition, so they don't fit in with the new HD skins anyway.

oh yes absolutely, would make the game look outdated, cheap and mismatched. im so glad they wouldnt bring back old low-res designs, ha it would be even sillier of them to do that and put them in the shop or p2w events wouldnt it ha ha, but its all good because they would never do that. 

[Maf 32,300]

On 1/7/2025 at 6:13 PM, The-Kill-Switch said:

oh yes absolutely, would make the game look outdated, cheap and mismatched. im so glad they wouldnt bring back old low-res designs, ha it would be even sillier of them to do that and put them in the shop or p2w events wouldnt it ha ha, but its all good because they would never do that. 

I can tell you're being sarcastic, and tbh I totally agree about some of the strange decisions regarding skin releases. Adding Hammer LC was pretty stupid at the time, but at least it kinda makes sense now because of the change to the 2-barrel design. But TESLA LC? No logic whatsoever.

That being said, I'm 99% sure we will never see the old low modification skins anywhere outside of Tanki Classic.

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 1/7/2025 at 5:21 PM, Maf said:

I can tell you're being sarcastic, and tbh I totally agree about some of the strange decisions regarding skin releases. Adding Hammer LC was pretty stupid at the time, but at least it kinda makes sense now because of the change to the 2-barrel design. But TESLA LC? No logic whatsoever.

That being said, I'm 99% sure we will never see the old low modification skins anywhere outside of Tanki Classic.

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[JustBlackWolf 875]

On 1/7/2025 at 4:21 PM, Maf said:

I can tell you're being sarcastic, and tbh I totally agree about some of the strange decisions regarding skin releases. Adding Hammer LC was pretty stupid at the time, but at least it kinda makes sense now because of the change to the 2-barrel design. But TESLA LC? No logic whatsoever.

That being said, I'm 99% sure we will never see the old low modification skins anywhere outside of Tanki Classic.

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[Muscularity 160]

On 1/5/2025 at 5:39 AM, Maf said:

Declined

This doesn't work in today's Tanki due to some turrets and hulls being added after the skin unification update, so to bring back old M0-M1-M2-M3 skins would require a whole bunch of new skins to be made. Plus, these old skins are low definition, so they don't fit in with the new HD skins anyway.

The good news is that the old M0-M3 skins will almost certainly be brought back via Tanki Classic, so be on the look out for news regarding its release!

I think it was suggest before, but maybe after they finish all the HD skins for turrets and hulls, why not could they add a skin modification update for MK1 to MK7, just like old M0 to M3 skins? Same for shot effect for some turret (firebird, isida, ricochet, twins, railgun, shaft. Also maybe adding for the turret who don't have, which get edited based on the different MK level?

[krokorok 838]

On 1/7/2025 at 10:25 PM, Pleasant said:

I think it was suggest before, but maybe after they finish all the HD skins for turrets and hulls, why not could they add a skin modification update for MK1 to MK7, just like old M0 to M3 skins? Same for shot effect for some turret (firebird, isida, ricochet, twins, railgun, shaft. Also maybe adding for the turret who don't have, which get edited based on the different MK level?

I genuinely cannot even imagine what it would look like to have 7 different modification skins for every single equipment. It kinda worked for m0-m3s era, but this would just be a lot of work for very little benefit. They would also have to either leave out certain modification levels,or risk the details between each modification being so insignificant there would literally be very minimal difference between them because of the sheer amount of modification levels.

[Maf 32,300]

On 1/8/2025 at 1:47 AM, krokorok said:

I genuinely cannot even imagine what it would look like to have 7 different modification skins for every single equipment. It kinda worked for m0-m3s era, but this would just be a lot of work for very little benefit. They would also have to either leave out certain modification levels,or risk the details between each modification being so insignificant there would literally be very minimal difference between them because of the sheer amount of modification levels.

Yeah, exactly. Even if they take the existing HD skins and only make minor modifications to adapt them to Mk1-Mk6, it's still a huge amount of work, because certain processes (like testing and optimising) take a set amount of time and cannot be skipped or sped up, regardless of how minor the skin update is. So adding 162 new skins with zero monetisation is not even close to being feasible.

[Son_Goku 514]

On 1/8/2025 at 7:19 AM, Maf said:

Yeah, exactly. Even if they take the existing HD skins and only make minor modifications to adapt them to Mk1-Mk6, it's still a huge amount of work, because certain processes (like testing and optimising) take a set amount of time and cannot be skipped or sped up, regardless of how minor the skin update is. So adding 162 new skins with zero monetisation is not even close to being feasible.

What do we learn from this? Old M0-M3 was just better. There are too many possible upgrades currently, which do nothing but overcomplicate the game. You don't even feel like you're progressing, since the skins are always the same.

[OWER 1]

On 1/7/2025 at 2:49 PM, Maf said:

It's a standalone game currently in development! Developers are planning to release a completely separate version of Tanki, taking the most beloved features from the "olden days", probably before 2015, and putting them together to create an authentic experience of what Tanki Online used to be like many years ago. Hopefully, this includes old modifications and old default skins.

Nothing is certain yet, but you will probably have to create a new account to play it.

i hope im able to use my old acc, spent lot of time grinding lol

[Son_Goku 514]

On 1/13/2025 at 2:15 PM, OWER said:

i hope im able to use my old acc, spent lot of time grinding lol

You won't, from what I know you can only reserve your nickname, but everyone will have to start fresh