What would you change/add to the game, if you were the boss for 1 day?

[Son_Goku 514]

Currently, I can't find a job, and I often joke about applying as a developer for Alternativa, saying "I can fix the game in not even 3 hours". So I've actually really started thinking about what I'd like to change/add to the game immediately, if I became a developer for just 1 day. Here's a list in the spoiler. I would obviously not be able to do all of this within 3 hours, but let's imagine I could:

Spoiler

-REMOVE THE HOUSE FROM SANDBOX (VERY IMPORTANT)

-Nerf Hunter OD, it's braindead (I actually have a nice suggestion for this, too long to post it here, feel free to ask)

-Add a hotkey to hide/show the battle interface while playing

-Make the center dot dynamic, so it's actually useful as a crosshair, or add a second dot that is dynamic instead

-Display everyone's Ping when viewing the Tab menu, each next to the corresponding nickname

-Make it so you can't hide whether your account is blocked

-Change Efficiency into some useful statistic that represents how good you're playing

-Add online/afk status to friends list that you can change. Something like on Discord, for example

-Remove the possibility that Hornet survives two non-crit shots in Railgun Master, since Wasp can't. No need for random factors

-Add PMs to the game that show the same way as invitations to battles/groups do (should be able to enable/disable)

-In the battle list, show if friends are in a battle, and in what team they are (like on Flash)

-Add something to votekick players from battles without the need of battle moderators

-Reduce how long battles in matchmaking are by at least a couple minutes

-Nerf protection you can equip, 4 times 50% is stupid, maybe nerf maxed protection to 35%? Armadillo even lower than that

-Change goldbox value to a random number between 5000 and 10000, 1000 is useless. A random value would be fun

-Consider increasing battle pass rewards, because damn, it doesn't feel rewarding to play it at all (same as mission rewards tbh)

-Consider adding whitelists and blacklists to Pro Battles, including battle commands to manage specific factors of the battle while playing

-In Pro Battles that run as long as the objective isn't finished, add a timer that shows for how long the battle is being played already

-Add a timer that shows how long until a flag returns itself, while no one is carrying it

-Add battle presets you can create/edit/delete, allowing you to create custom Pro Battles easily in just a few clicks

-Honestly, change the background of the Forum. It's horrible. I remember we used to have a dark mode, where has that gone? It was perfect

-Add ranks next to nicknames on the Forum again. Colors, alongside this monotonous gray, are pretty nice

-Make it so you can delete friend requests you sent (like on Flash. Maybe you sent them accidentally, you know?)

-I think you can remove the "Classic" game mode from the Battle Modes in Pro Battles. It's just unnecessary clutter at this point

-Add something to view the paints you have in the garage. Holy s*** (sorry for swearing)

-Honestly, "re-release" the game as something new once it's "fixed". Could go well alongside advertising, to bring in new players

If you read all of this, you'd see that it's mostly quality of life stuff, and you know why? Because that's what the game needs in my opinion. I'm not really mentioning the balance of turrets/hulls, since I'm not experienced enough in that regard to provide useful input. There is actually more stuff I'd like to do, but it may be a bit too fancy to be mentioned here.

So, question is: if YOU were the boss for one day, what would you do to the game? (besides getting rid of it or firing everyone?)

Edited April 2 by Son_Goku

[Maf 32,300]

Now imagine you bring this list to the directors of APL Publishing for approval and tell them how many work hours it will take and the budget required. And they realise that to implement all this, the team would have to cancel development of some new events, new augments, and a couple other features in order to free up enough resources. So they ask you "How much will our quarterly and annual cash flow increase from these changes?". What do you say?

[Son_Goku 514]

On 4/2/2025 at 8:59 AM, Maf said:

 

I just asked this out of interest to see what players would like to change to the game immediately. As I said, I'd like to imagine that I'd do all of this myself in less than 3 hours. Free of charge. I'd get fired afterwards again.

And come on, some of the stuff I mentioned is easily a one liner in the code... and I doubt those would have a negative effect. The result? Maybe it prevents one more player from leaving, who knows. Isn't that something devs should also look into, rather than cash only?

[Maf 32,300]

Alright, if we're doing hypotheticals, then I'd want to implement every single one of @RIDDLER_8's ideas and see what happens.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

My ideas are always great. That's why I call myself The Riddler.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

On 4/2/2025 at 8:51 AM, Son_Goku said:

: if YOU were the boss for one day, what would you do to the game?

I'll remove the pixelation from LC skins, my beloved skin set

And yeah also dead tanks delay.

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 4/2/2025 at 6:21 AM, Son_Goku said:

So, question is: if YOU were the boss for one day, what would you do to the game? (besides getting rid of it or firing everyone?)

1. dead tanks update reversal

2. removing half of non sensical chat rules and hell even allowing some no no words  (this game is literally a casino so dont even try 'bUt thE kIDs!!' on me.)

3. revamping epic/normal containers (mostly making the rates make sense for the p2p price and f2p obtainability. dw by making sense i mean actual possibility of getting something. current rates are absurdly bad)

4. adding a special shop tab where you can get older than a year augments and paints for 'epic key fragments'. Everyone gets 1 fragment after opening 15 epic keys (fragment being a bonus item and not a container drop).

5. supermission gives 5 epic keys instead of 3. (Even with the increased rates statistically it wouldnt change much but the player reaction would likely be overwhelmingly positive which leads to a healthier game in the long run.)

6. completely reworking flying hulls.

7. universal augment nerf. still keeping the same formula but the ceiling being way lower. most OP exotics being as OP as a good legendary augment. 

8. QoL update section in the forum where players can suggest QoL updates.

Edited April 3 by Hypersomnia

[Son_Goku 514]

On 4/3/2025 at 7:32 PM, NikmanGT said:

I'll remove the pixelation from LC skins, my beloved skin set

And yeah also dead tanks delay.

I agree, the pixels on LC skins are straight up horrible. If I were them, I'd consider making a poll asking which version of the LC skins us players actually want. But knowing our fellow tankers, that poll would be insanely botted, lol.

And honestly, I really like that dead tanks stay around for ages. Since they stay around for so long, it actually adds cool strategic value to where you die. What bothers me however, is that dead tanks are pretty glitchy, as you can simply drive through them more often than not.

On 4/3/2025 at 7:43 PM, Hypersomnia said:

2. removing half of non sensical chat rules and hell even allowing some no no words  (this game is literally a casino so dont even try 'bUt thE kIDs!!' on me.)

Today I found out that the word "moscow" is censored, which is pretty crazy.

Edited April 3 by Son_Goku

[alkyng 3,080]

Some people are obsessed with complicating everything and depicting the developers as incapable. This become boring especially given the fact that they use this way for over 5 years to answer every common sense suggestion. Definitely a cheap way, no deny.

I don't remember all of my ideas, I remember I had countless small needed improvements for the game. In example, they have to remember your settings especially the unneeded helps for bots like auto self-destruction or auto supplies it's a nuisance.

• Crystals in battle.
• V/R keys (to show your opponent equipment in detail).
• Fixing the TAB scoreboard, it's completely not readable and clutter, the flash player one was eye-friendly.
• Revamping the whole Ratings page and making it integrated in the client. + Showing everyone's rank in the forum, if not why it's a game forum.
• Making paints easily accessible in garage. Especially after they added nearly 500 random paints. Two row to browse them are insane.

 

[Son_Goku 514]

On 4/5/2025 at 10:49 PM, alkyng said:

• Making paints easily accessible in garage. Especially after they added nearly 500 random paints. Two row to browse them are insane.

Would also be nice to have an input field where you can type the name of a paint to find it. But eh, takes too much effort probably, too much cost without giving anything back

[POWER-OF-ONE 163]

On 4/3/2025 at 6:43 PM, Hypersomnia said:

it wouldnt change much but the player reaction would likely be overwhelmingly positive which leads to a healthier game in the long run.)

This makes sense.

 

On 4/3/2025 at 6:43 PM, Hypersomnia said:

6. completely reworking flying hulls

Scrap them.

Rework complete - players reaction is a positive one.

On 4/4/2025 at 12:20 AM, Son_Goku said:

the pixels on LC skins are straight up horrible.

 This has got to be sorted asap because it seriously impacts game play   

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 4/13/2025 at 12:34 PM, POWER-OF-ONE said:

Scrap them.

Rework complete - players reaction is a positive one.

scraping? colleague, how are we going to milk braindead tryhards?
nerf them to the ground see them cry in the forum like we just nuked their house and watch them play just as much after saying 'im leaving this game'.

also the more hulls the more augments we can sell. a nerf to the ground but not complete scrap makes sense from business perspective.

also way more satisfying than just straight up removing them lol like i said if a small barely noticeable SECRET speed change made noobs on the forum completely crash out then imagine what a complete nerf to the ground would do! grab your pop corn and enjoy

[POWER-OF-ONE 163]

On 4/13/2025 at 3:51 PM, Hypersomnia said:

also way more satisfying than just straight up removing them lol like i said if a small barely noticeable SECRET speed change made noobs on the forum completely crash out then imagine what a complete nerf to the ground would do! grab your pop corn and enjoy

[mrvomit 106]

Would rework hovers at least in normal game to balance against normal hulls ( like acceleration? Ok but "break time" too to compensate for that  , or the opposite , whatever you can't have them all especially paladin is too much off all in 1 )  .
Maybe normal Brutus drone for new users i would give some"leisure" with lesser recharging time , like 15 instead than 30 .New users are essentially food for  others and they get bored easily i guess .And in general i would lower EVERY attack existing by a fixed range , to let bit of battle to all .
And this  GARGANTUAN tabs garage  system  which let you scroll SCREENS just to change a protection or weapon ( leading to garage time expiring )  to be reduced  in a feasible dimension , more raws and 1 screen for category .

[Son_Goku 514]

On 4/29/2025 at 10:31 AM, mrvomit said:

And this  GARGANTUAN tabs garage  system  which let you scroll SCREENS just to change a protection or weapon ( leading to garage time expiring )  to be reduced  in a feasible dimension , more raws and 1 screen for category .

Could also just add a small textbox above the items row in each tab. In the protection tab you could for example type "smoky", and it would then show only the Smoky protection module in this case.

Edited April 29 by Son_Goku