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In today’s episode, we will be 
discussing the Sandbox remaster.  

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We’ll also be showing the updates for drone 
parameters and announcing the new Ultra Weekend.

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It’s time to choose the next Paladin winner!

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Tankers, let’s get straight to the latest news.

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After removing the Flash client we freed up a lot of resources;

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 so we started working on skins 
for not only hulls and turrets but also maps.  

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You have asked us for this for a long time.

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Let’s talk to the head of the department Pasha, and the big boss Hazel.

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They will explain in detail how 
the work on the sandbox remaster was done.

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Pasha: Mist spreads over the river.

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Hazel: Hazel's trees are coming out of the grass.

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Pasha: Oh yeah, a forest full of Hazel's trees

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Hazel: Let's try it on the Forest map

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Pasha: Definitely!

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Hazel: So even while working on Tanki 
X, a bunch of things became clear.

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Hazel: We should decide on what 
time everything takes place.

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Hazel: Otherwise it looks not logical 
when at the same time very old technologies

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and very new technologies are present at the same time.

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Hazel: This way it looks like the environment is 
not the real world but pieces of scenery.

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Well, just like it was in Tanki Online for a long time.

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Hazel: And another thing  is that it is not possible to make so 
many modifications for the same tank.

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Pasha: Yeah, that's tons of work.

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Hazel: As far as I remember,  

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we even haven't managed to make M3 
skins in Tanki X, just M0, M1 and M2.

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Pasha: That's right. We didn't have enough time.

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Hazel: Well so as for Tanki Online.

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It got graphics downgrade when we 
moved from Flash to HTML5.

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Hazel: Having all the experience we gained,  

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we now see how we would like the game 
to look and what we need to change.

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Hazel: Pasha, please tell us our players 
what is our vision of graphics in the game  

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and how we should improve its quality.

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Pasha: As I have previously said,  

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Tanki X was more of a remaster than what we try to do now.

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Pasha: Because what we do now, is not 
just changing the existing models,  

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making them in higher resolution, 
as we already did before.

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Hazel: It all started with the question, 
which was never an issue in Tanki Online.

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Hazel: And the question is, 
what about the game lore?

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Hazel: We have decided that we 
won't have it like in Tanki X,  

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no any faction wars, that's not about our game.

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Pasha: We won't tell them 
about the game lore, will we?

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Hazel: We won't, we will just let players know that we have the game lore.

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Hazel: Actually, we have agreed 
on key moments in the plot.

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Hazel: So why did we have 
change how the game looks?  

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Because now it all happens in a 
particular place and at the same time.

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Hazel: It let us use the 
same style for all models.

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Hazel: Another thing is that we again agreed 
that there will be no human beings in the game.

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Hazel: You may ask, so why are there 
buildings? You will find it out yourselves.

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Hazel: So we have started with these 
fundamental facts of the game lore.

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Hazel: Just like it was in Tanki X, we 
decided to start with the Sandbox map.

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Hazel: We used the agreements about the game lore  

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to make something I wouldn't 
call a remaster but a remake.

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Pasha: I would call it the evolution of this map, 
a step up the evolutionary ladder for this map.

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Pasha: Players often ask if we have plans to take something from Tanki X and reuse it into Tanki Online.

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Pasha: We actually reuse some things 
from Tanki X but just partially.  

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We cannot just take the ready-to-be-used models, I would 
even say that we can but we do not want to.

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Pasha: We do not want to take those finished models because when we add something to the game,

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it stays there for a long time and we 
don't like to return to these things later.

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Hazel: As you have said, the quality of the Art department production does not stand still and what you thought was high-quality then is not that good now.

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Pasha: That's right but it may happen 
that some part of Tanki X texture was cut out

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and reused in a new texture for Tanki Online.

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Hazel: I also wish to stress that it sounds weird  

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when we say that we copy something from 
Tanki X and paste it into Tanki Online.  

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It sounds like we are stealing. But 
it was us who have created the game.

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Pasha: It was us who have created 
the game. Those guys and this guy.

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Hazel: Yeah and this guy too.

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Pasha: And these guys have also created Tanki 2.0

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Pasha: Sorry guys!

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Hazel: It is definitely 
worth it to use these drafts

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Pasha: There is one asset that we have just 
moved from Tanki X.

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Hazel: Go ahead

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Pasha: Barrels, they are very well-drawn.

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Hazel: I have no idea where you have placed them.

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Pasha: I haven't done it yet.

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Hazel: You are a sly one!

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Pasha: Well, they are not used for 
gameplay, just for decorations.  

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And that's what we should tell about.

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Pasha: So what is the main difference between this 
remaster of the map and what we did in 2012?

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Hazel: Yeah, it was in 2012.

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Pasha: Yeah, 2012.

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Pasha: So the main difference is that we are not just replacing texture files with new high-quality ones.

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Pasha: We are rebuilding 
these assets from scratch.  

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They are technically done in 
a completely different way.

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Pasha: In addition to gameplay assets...

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Pasha: In the original version of Tanki 
Online, we only had gameplay assets on maps.

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Pasha: So if you see a box somewhere,  

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from a gameplay standpoint, it 
makes sense why it is there.

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Pasha: You can hide behind it and shoot back.

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Hazel: As the one who was building these maps

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I can say that there were no models 
that could be used as decorations.

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Pasha: Just trees and bushes.

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Hazel: Oh, yeah, just trees and bushes.

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Pasha: I guess we also had flowers...

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Hazel: They were so small, players 
even didn't notice them usually.

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Pasha: So we haven't just remade huge assets, 
we also have added small and medium-size assets.

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Pasha: Last two do not affect the gameplay at all,  

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only huge assets do and these two 
are just for decoration usage.

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Hazel: Do you mean things like 
small stones, bricks

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Pasha: Concrete slabs...

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Hazel: Grass

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Hazel: Trees in the background... 
That's something new.

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Pasha: Rocks in the background are also not 
used for gameplay, they are just decorations.

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Hazel: One more important thing is that we are 
no more limited to using the square mesh system.

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Hazel: It means that maps can be not only square.

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Pasha: However, it is worth mentioning 
that the square mesh system itself  

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over time has become a part 
of the visual aesthetics.

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Hazel: Players also got used to this 
kind of gameplay with square maps.

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Pasha: These aesthetics of square maps 
has become a part of our design code  

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and we should somehow keep following it.

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Pasha: Thus, we try to keep following it  

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and also add some new decorative elements 
placing them at an angle and so on.

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Pasha: And we can do it as 
nowadays we use Unity...

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Hazel: Yeah, we use Unity to build 
the new remastered version of the map.

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Hazel: So jokes about us stealing everything 
from Tanki X makes more sense now.

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Hazel: So it looks like playing with 
Legos, but we even can rotate every block.  

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We still use the mesh system because 
you are used to these aesthetics

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Hazel: One of the essential differences is 
that in the old version of Tanki Online,  

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a map surface is made of square 
blocks.

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But for the remastered map, we can just use the brush tool to draw 
it just like in other modern games.

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Hazel: Same applies to grass, stones, 
and rocks.

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Even many mountains are not just ready-to-use assets placed on 
the map but a drawn smooth terrain.

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Pasha: Yes, and all of this is done by hand. 
All the grass, every flower is planted by hand.

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Pasha: We cannot just push one button  

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and have all the bushes and flowers be placed 
gracefully and automatically at the same time.

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Pasha: We need to do it by hand for every 
map. So this process will take a long time.

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Hazel: So we will be updating the maps 
gradually and Sandbox will be the first.  

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Others will be updated later.

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Hazel: For other maps, we will be reusing 
assets that we have already created,  

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just like we were doing for the original 
version of the game. If we already have a road,  

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we just reuse it. If we already 
have a wall, we just reuse it.

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Pasha: That's right. After we created small 
buildings and roads for the Sandbox map,  

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we won't need to create new ones 
for Kungur as we already have them.

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Hazel: But with each new map we 
will be coming up with its style.

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Hazel: For the original version of Tanki 
Online, we just had the props library  

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and were using only it to create maps.

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Hazel: And now it will be this way, 
we decide what should be on this map,  

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we check what assets we already have, 
and what assets should be created.

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Pasha: So about how it is gonna be. It will 
start with preparing a concept-art of a map.

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Pasha: How it should look and 
what its atmosphere should be like.

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Hazel: Let's take the Chernobyl map as an example

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Pasha: Yeah

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Pasha: So this concept-art helps us to 
understand which new assets we need to create.

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Pasha: So we create these 
missing assets and build the map.

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Pasha: And it goes hand in hand

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Pasha: And as soon as we get everything ready, built and tested, we release it.

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The map will appear in an event mode next week 
on October 15th,

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so that everyone can take a look at and experience the map for themselves. 
You are welcome. But beware!

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Playing on the new Sandbox map won't be easy; because the 
map hasn’t been optimized yet. Don't panic.  

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That's how it's supposed to be. We ask you to 
be patient and play on this version of the map.  

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As long as you stay on the map, we can collect 
all the necessary performance metrics.

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It will let us identify all the problems and achieve 
better performance with the map in the future.  

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Leave your comments in the comments section of 
this video or in the forum;

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We need your feedback about the map. The more feedback you leave, 
the sooner it can appear in regular matchmaking  

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and the higher its quality will be.

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The first adjustments in the drone changes 
will be implemented in this release.  

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In episode 310 of the V-LOG, we talked 
about the availability of drones by rank.  

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Today we will focus more on some of them in 
more detail. So let's start with Booster!

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Now its bonus damage is decreased to 
+ 50% instead of the usual + 200%.

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But the duration of the bonus is increased to 30 
seconds.

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Each subsequent Supply activated reduces Boosted Damage's 
cooldown by 3 seconds instead of 10.  

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We have already told you about the reasons for 
such changes.

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This drone was so effective that there was no chance for the other drones. We even 
had to boost Defender for it to counter Booster.

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Next Drone - Miner.

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We have increased the maximum number of saved mines to 100.

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The cooldown decrease 
for mines is now -15 seconds instead of -10,

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but the Drone’s recharge duration is increased to 30 seconds.

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And the last one in our review will be Assault.

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The supply cooldown decrease is now -15 
seconds.

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Since this update, it will also be consuming an additional unit of boosted 
damage supply when the drone is activated.

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All these changes serve to balance the 
combined effect of different mechanics  

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and to make the game more interesting and varied.

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More changes are coming in the next release.

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As soon as the whole rework is completed, we 
will tell you about the rest of the drones.

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And here's what's going to happen this 
week. The new Ultra Weekend is here!  

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Special bundles in the shop, special missions, and 
a new event mode —

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everything is ready and is just waiting for you!

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This time, for the event game mode, we have Deathmatch on the following maps:

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Sandal, Highland, and Cross.

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Defeat your opponents, complete missions, and be left with 
a good feeling from this weekend!

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We read your comments from the last episode of the 
V-LOG

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and are glad to hear that you understood how the Nuclear energy supply works.

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So now, we will keep answering popular questions from the forum.

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Will you add a special sound when a 
container is dropped

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so we know it's either gold or a container?

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No, we would like to keep on using the sound of the gold boxes for containers as well;  

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because it's very important in the game. If 
players only wait for the special container sound,  

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they will start ignoring gold boxes. It 
will ruin the whole magic of gold boxes.

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How do you choose which hull or turret will be the next one to get HD textures?

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Answer: The order is formed in accordance with the equipment usage frequency in the game.

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Usually, designers follow this order; but we cannot force them to follow it as 
you never know when a muse will come to you.

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Will you add engine sounds to drones, because 
drones are strange not having any sounds?

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In the real life, drones have loud propellers so it 
makes sense to add sounds to drones. 

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*Loud sound of the drone*
I'm not sure if this is a good idea.

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Why does healing teammates with Ares's 
or Paladin's OD not earn you battle points? 

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Both of these overdrives have long effect durations,

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and it’s hard to set the rules of how points should be counted.

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Moreover, the fact that one teammate can be healed 
multiple times makes it only harder.  

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We came to the conclusion that, to make how 
overdrives work simple and easily understandable,  

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the best option is to not give experience 
points for healing in this case.

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Will you ever plan to change the 
way spawning of juggernaut works?  

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Its making it easy for abusers and making the 
mode less fun for most of the people.

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Yes, we have plans to change 
the way you become the Juggernaut.  

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We're considering making it this way: the first 
to destroy an opponent becomes the Juggernaut.

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Welcome back to YouTuber Digest,  

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our weekly selection of the best 
TO videos created by players.

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So, what do you think of the new 
supply? Haven’t formed an opinion yet?  

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Watch Quirky’s review and find 
out

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whether it is worth it to complete the Challenges to get some 
units of the Nuclear Energy supply.

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There are not so many players who have already 
managed to acquire the new Paladin hull.

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During this Ultra Weekend, you can get ultra containers 
and be the next one to obtain this novelty.  

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By the way, Oufa Gold has already 
gotten Paladin on his main account!  

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Watch his gameplay video 
if you are not that lucky.

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Last time, you had to guess which tank 
would do more backflips than the others? 

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The correct answer is A.

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Many players were right, but here are the fastest ten.

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And here is the next question:

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How high will Hopper fly?

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That’s all for this week. We chose 
the Paladin winner, prepared the map, and talked about drones. 

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Sounds like a great job done for this week!  

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