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Hello tankers!

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We’d like to start by congratulating you on joining 
us for the beginning of the Tanki X Open Beta Testing!

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The game forums are now open to everyone.

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More importantly, the game ITSELF
is now available for everyone to enjoy.

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So, from now on, you DO NOT need an invite code
to register and play the game.

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Additionally, Tanki Online players who reserved their nicknames before the 8th of August,

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can now register a Tanki X account 
using their registration code,

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and play with their Tanki Online nickname.

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With the start of the Open Beta Testing,
we’ve also introduced a very big and important update.

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We’ve added the long-awaited Iran map.

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This small town, built on an oasis,
with palm trees surrounding the water pools,

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will help you fully immerse yourself
in a middle-eastern atmosphere,

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where the wind brings sandstorms,
and ancient fortresses can be seen on the horizon.

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To familiarize yourself with this map,
you will need to study it very carefully,

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especially the narrow alleys and underground tunnels.

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Besides the introduction of Iran, the update also
brings a selection of skins for your turrets and hulls.

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First of all, the requirements for
receiving a skin have been lowered.

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The first tier of turret skins will now be available
upon reaching upgrade level 20.

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Hull skins will become available at level 15.

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The second tier of skins becomes available
upon reaching upgrade level 50.

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Eventually we will add skins for players
who reach upgrade level 80.

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Another important thing we did,
is the expansion of second tier skins.

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These now include 5 hulls:
Wasp, Hornet, Hunter, Titan and Mammoth.

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They also include 8 turrets: Firebird, Isida,
Hammer …

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Smoky, Twins and Ricochet … and Railgun
and Shaft.

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Additionally, we now have 3 new categories
for skins: Steel, Golden and Legendary.

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Golden and Steel skins are differentiated
by the corresponding metal plates,

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which will give every tank a unique look.

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For now, the only Legendary skins available
are the XT Hornet and Railgun combination.

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This set gives your tank and equipment
a special and extreme look,

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like that of a tuned sports car, with LEDs,
armored plates shaped like wings,

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and of course, spoilers that spread out
when you activate speed boost.

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With the XT skin your tank becomes unique
in every way.

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The important thing to keep in mind

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about “XT”, “steel” and “golden” skins, is that they will not be restricted by upgrade levels.

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Players will be able to buy them from the
shop as soon as they register their account.

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We’ve established the production and processing of X crystals, and players can now buy them from the shop.

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Normal crystals —as before— can be acquired
by participating in battles...

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catching gold boxes...and synthesizing X crystals.

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The majority of items in our shop
can now be purchased only with the premium currency,

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while some others can be purchased
using either normal, or x crystals.

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For example, two new paints will only be available
for purchase with x crystals.

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These are the black and matte paint called
“Coal”,

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and the white paint called “Polar”.

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The Pink paint can be acquired
using the normal currency,

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but the new paint called “Jade”,
will be available for either blue or red crystals.

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Additionally, X crystals will allow you to acquire new and unique shells for the most popular turret, “Railgun”.

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One of these is called “Smoke”, and it
leaves a bright

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white trail that takes longer to fade than
the standard one.

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Another one is “Mist”.

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It leaves a black trail that will fill
the hearts of your opponents with dread.

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You can find the complete list of changes
on our forum, in the “Game Updates” section.

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Now, before talking more about our
future Tanki X development plans,

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we would like to take a final look at the work

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we did during the Closed Beta Testing phase.

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Our development team implemented over 300 updates.

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Fifty of these introduced new content,
while the rest were technical releases.

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The first testers and streamers from our community
started testing the game back in 2015,

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even though the official start of the CBT
was on the 1st of February 2016,

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which is when we started to invite other players.

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During this time, we received more than
300 thousand Closed Beta Testing applications,

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but only 63 thousand received beta keys.

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Around 100 thousand battles were played,
and our players collectively earned and spent

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more than 10 Billion crystals.

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According to our statistics,
the most popular hull of the CBT was “Hornet”,

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while “Mammoth” placed last on the popularity
chart.

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For turrets, the most used was of course “Railgun”,

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while “Vulcan” —unexpectedly— placed
last,

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earning the title of “least popular turret”.

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Among maps, the most popular
was of course the classic “Sandbox”

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The most popular game mode was “Capture
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“Deathmatch” placing second, followed
by “Team Deathmatch”.

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On top of that, we worked hardon optimizing 
the game to ensure that it can be enjoyed

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even by tankers with lower spec PC’s.

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And this is only the beginning!

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I was lucky enough to be one of the first to work with

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the Tanki X community during the 
first active testing stages,

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and it was a really cool experience.

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The first beta invite giveaways, hundreds of messages

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from people offering their help,

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from fan site creators to people
wanting to become moderators.

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We also received lots of messages from cheaters
who helped us find weaknesses in our game.

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I am sure that with a community like this,
we can reach any goal.

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We’ve managed to run and test several versions
of the game balance and game economy,

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and reach some important conclusions.

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What the CBT has shown us, is that our main goal
should be that of achieving a fair and balanced game.

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Of course, we would like to thank all closed beta testers

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for half a year of patience dealing with balance changes,

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bugs, lags and cheaters, and for actively
testing Tanki X!

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Even though we are now opening our doors to
everyone,

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that does not mean that the testing is over.

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In fact, we’re depending on the
continued support of our players!

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We have a long road ahead of us, but our development
team is motivated and positive about our future plans.

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The plan is to regularly introduce new content
during the Open Beta Testing.

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In terms of customization, we already have skins,

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paints and shells, 
but we want to expand this range further,

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with elements that will change the appearance
of the tank, such as stickers.

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We also want to add the ability, 
for example, to leave a graffiti on a wall

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We’re also planning on introducing brand
new elements

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— special devices for tanks,
which will activate special abilities for turrets and hulls.

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Very soon, during the OBT,
we’ll be improving the mechanics of battle creation.

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We are planning on adding “quick battles”,

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as well as the option to create custom lobbies 
to play with friends.

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These are just a few of the features we plan
on introducing before the official release of Tanki X.

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New maps and other cool things will be added
to the game,

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and we’ll be telling you all about them
in upcoming episodes of our Developer’s Diaries.

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And of course, to conclude in style,
we’ve created a brand new Tanki X trailer!

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If you haven’t watched it yet, go check it out.

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It’s awesome!

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Bye![]