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Greetings, tankers!

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Welcome to the first episode of our Tanki
X News.

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In this episode,
we will be telling you about

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the milestones that we have reached
since the official release,

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the changes that will take effect
in the upcoming ranked season,

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and announcing
the upcoming celebrations and updates.

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On the 13th of March,
Tanki X was officially released.

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More than a month has passed
and today we want to quickly go

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through some of the most important updates
that were released during this time.

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The warm-up phase is slowly getting perfected.

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All the modules now get their cooldown reset
at the end of the warm-up phase.

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This way, every tanker starts the battle
on equal terms.

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We are currently testing
another important change.

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This one will allow players to join an ongoing
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only during the warm-up phase.

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Our main task now
is to understand if this functionality

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will be indeed more effective
than the previous one,

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in which players were allowed to join
at any point throughout a battle.

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The work on the interface is almost done.

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In April, we updated the interface
for the player’s profile, settings menu,

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and friend’s profile.

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Players can now assign
more comfortable control keys

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to be used for their active modules,
as well as some other controls.

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We made the first steps
towards balancing the game’s economy,

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by focusing on its volume and dynamics.

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The ranked season rewards
and the daily bonuses were increased.

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We also increased the number of crystals
that drop from the league containers.

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Players will soon have the possibility
of increasing their earnings

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with the help of battle missions.

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The daily quests will reset every 12 hours,
with the premium quests being the only exception.

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Those will reset as before, once every 24
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We’ve done a tremendous amount of work
towards the optimization of the game,

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both server and game client wise.

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Our developers even decided
to run some of those optimization updates

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through the open testing session
for the first time,

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in order to ensure the stable operation of
the servers

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and the game client, as well as to identify
potential bugs.

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The FPS issue will be fixed
in one of the upcoming updates.

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We’re also working on fixing
the lags and the mini freezes.

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The Tanki X development team
would like to thank those who participated

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in the open testing and shared valuable feedback.

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This is definitely not the last open testing session.

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In the future, we will try to invite both the Russian

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and the English communities to such sessions,

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but that will mostly depend on developer’s needs

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and the goal of the testing session.

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During the last couple of months,
we actively worked on fixing bugs.

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We finally fixed the bug
with the stuck battle ending screen,

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that was preventing players from getting
their fairly earned reputation points and containers.

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By the end of Spring, we will hopefully get
rid

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of all the gameplay related bugs.

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We will also try not to miss or postpone fixes
to such important bugs, in the future.

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And now,
the most important news of this episode.

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The Season of the Crow ended on the 19th of April.

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Players that played at least one battle
during the last season

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already received the seasonal graffiti
and well-deserved rewards

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according to the league they finished the
season in.

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As always, the reputation was reduced for
all the players

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before the beginning of the new season.

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More information about reputation reduction
is available on our wiki page.

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Check the link in the description.

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In February of this year,
we made adjustments to our ranking system

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and reduced the amount of reputation
that players from the Bronze and Silver leagues

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lose upon losing a battle.

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Two seasons later
we can say that it was the right decision

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because it allowed players from lower leagues
to showcase their real skill.

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However, the wide matchmaking searching range
didn’t allow players with fewer upgrades

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to move up the ladder.

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Besides that,
playing against high-rank players

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from higher leagues is often demotivating.

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The changes that we made to the new season
is the first step towards solving this problem.

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The Season of Heroes opens new possibilities
for the Tanki X veterans and the most skilled players.

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The Master league has become truly competitive,
with battles in stressful and harsh conditions,

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where players will fight
for the highest season rewards and the Grand Prix.

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The Master league will include every player

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that will manage to get 
more than 2500 reputation points

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It is down to this mark
that every high ranked player

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will have their reputation reduced
at the end of the season.

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It is possible that in case the number of
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in the Master league increases,

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the minimum reputation mark
will be changed in the future.

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The most important thing
is that once you enter the Master league,

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you will no longer be matched
against or with players from lower leagues.

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At first, the matchmaking
will mostly select 4v4 maps.

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Additionally, we will soon add a penalty
for leaving the lobby in a Master league battle.

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Later, we plan on changing
the battle entering system for all the players.

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It is important to understand
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every action of your squad
can affect the reputation count.

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The season will last for six (6) weeks
and is scheduled to end on May 31st.

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The rewards for this season
have been increased by more than double

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for every player that has reached
at least the Bronze league.

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Players from the Master league will get rewards
higher than those in the Gold league.

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The top 50 players in the Master league
will get even better rewards.

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What about that Grand Prix we mentioned earlier?

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Well, the ultimate winner of the season,
the player with the most reputation

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will be rewarded 30 containers,
9999 X-crystals, and the rarest paint in the game,

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the “Hero” paint which is one of a kind.

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It has a unique texture and visual effect.

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This paint will be passed
from one winner to another, every season.

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This is definitely an item worth fighting for.

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Very soon, we will announce
new regular in-game contests

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that will offer the most active tankers
a chance to climb higher on the ranked ladder.

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Our community managers
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the events of the Master league more often.

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This includes releasing lists of players
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as well as conducting entertaining live streams
with the best players in the league as guests.

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At the end of April, we will publish a survey
with the intent to learn your opinion

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about the recent changes.

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If players approve of them, we will start
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on a page with the ranked ladder, on our website.

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After that, we will slowly start moving
towards tournaments and eSports.

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April is almost over.

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On one of the upcoming weekends,
Tanki X will celebrate the Steam release anniversary.

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Even more exciting will be the celebrations
in May!

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Between the 1st and the 12th of May,
you will be able to earn three different containers

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in battle.

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These will contain rare skins,
new paints, and graffitis.

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Oh, and increased experience rates are guaranteed.

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Don’t miss on any contests and competitions,
they can always earn you extra crystals and items

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Thanks for watching and have a nice season,
tankers![]