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Hello, tankers!

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In honour of the 333rd episode of the V-LOG
we decided to give away 333 tankoins.

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You will need to find 3 parts of the special
code

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which are hidden in different parts of the
video,

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and then enter it into the special form.

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The link is in the description.

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We will randomly choose 3 winners from the
list of players who entered the right code.

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New bonus box design

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Let’s start this episode of the V-LOG with
some news about visual updates.

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Our Art department did a great job changing
the models of parachutes

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and drop boxes on maps during battles.

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The task was set to make them look in accordance
with the game’s lore.

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After thinking about why we have parachutes
dropping in the game but no aircraft flying past,

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we decided to add drone-like parachutes

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that will deliver gold boxes, containers,
and supplies.

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It would look ugly if these new high-tech
drones delivered old-style boxes,

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so we decided to rework the bonus boxes too.

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We want to make them not only different in
colour, but also slightly different in shape.

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It will be much easier to tell which box is
falling.

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Let us know what you think about the new redesigned
bonus boxes on a scale from 8 to 10,

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where 8 is cool and 10 is excellent.

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Equipment change

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Over the past few months,

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you may have noticed that we have been gradually
increasing the equipment change cooldown.

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Yes, our goal is to make it the same as battle
duration and maybe even longer.

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How much longer?

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To answer this question, we first need to
tell you about the equipment change system

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and how it was added to the game.

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There is no one better than Hazel to tell
you this story.

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*September 2012, 3 years after the game launch*

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Changing equipment in battles was not a part of the game for a long time.

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Starting from the game's launch,

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players were only able to use the equipment
they joined the battle with.

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Later, some players found a bug.

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If you entered another game server while in
a battle and changed your equipment,

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you would respawn with the chosen hull or
turret equipped.

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You had to do this quickly though,

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otherwise your connection to the original
server would be dropped.

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This bug made it possible to gain a significant
advantage over the opponent.

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We all know how much you can weaken a key
player in the opponents' team

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if you equip the right protection module or
augment.

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However, gaining this advantage came with
the risk of losing your place on the scoreboard,

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and with it, the crystals earned.

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This limited the impact of the bug on the
game.

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For a long time, developers ignored this bug.

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Instead of fixing it to forbid equipment change,

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we came up with an idea to implement such
a feature in the game.

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On the one hand, the feature gave a completely
unfair advantage in long battles.

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On the other hand, this advantage was very
necessary.

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Having this advantage over an opponent

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who joined a battle with knowledge of what
turrets you have was essential.

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*December 2013, 4 years after the game launch*

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In update 242, we officially added this feature
to the game.

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Players could completely change their equipment
in battle every few minutes

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just by opening the garage.

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The feature protected players from being attacked
by opponents with the right equipment.

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At that time, it took a while for the Garage
to open while in a battle,

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which also created a bit of an impact on game
performance.

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While discussing how to improve this feature,

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players suggested introducing a limit on the
number of changes per battle

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or for a certain time.

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We discussed a variant in which changing equipment
would result in a penalty of score points.

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This way, players wouldn't change equipment
that often.

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Everyone feared that turning the bug into
a feature would ruin the game.

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The discussion ended up with only the equipment change cooldown.

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Players' fears that the game would be ruined
didn’t come true.

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The scale of the feature's influence on the
game was not that huge.

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But the developers’ expectations for this
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to improve key metrics of the project didn’t
come true either.

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Players didn't start to play MORE or stay
in the game LONGER.

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However, players liked the update.

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To be continued

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Q&A section

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If you plan to bring more things from Tanki
X to Tanki Online, can we know exactly what?

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We do not know yet.

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We have some ideas, but not all of them can
be implemented.

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We will see and will keep you updated.

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Will we ever get a machine gun drone like
in Tanki X?

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We have no such plans.

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Drones are intended to modify the behavior
of supplies.

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Dealing damage directly goes against the design
philosophy of drones.

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It is better to make some kind of hull with
an overdrive that launches a combat drone,

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or maybe even a swarm of drones, with lasers
and rockets that attack opponents.

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Do you have plans to bring back unlock ranks
for turret augments?

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We have already done so!

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Augments become available only from the rank
of Warrant Officer 1.

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Do you plan to make an augment for Tesla not
in close range.

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However, what you've done, on the contrary,
encourages players to fight up close,

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because ball lightning, which deals only 25%
of the main damage,

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is not effective at long distances.

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Might do better damage like Electroturret

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but not allow chain lightning to be used after
shooting the ball for a while?

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In the Patch Notes where we announced the
changes to Tesla's parameters,

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we told you that the new augments were intended
to be used for long-range fights.

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But we found out that players prefer to play
up close.

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With the changes, we didn’t want to force
you to fight on greater distances

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but to make Tesla be more balanced at shorter
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Planning to release a Linux client?

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Answer: Does anyone but developers use it?

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о_О

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Question of the Week

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Last time, you had to guess

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which Wasp will fly the furthest after the
Juggernaut activates its overdrive?

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The correct answer is: A

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Congratulations to the winners!

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And here is the next question:

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How many status effects will be applied to
Titan Shaft?

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That's all for this week.

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Don’t forget that the weekend special mode
is still available in the game.

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Play it, earn stars to complete the Challenge,
and get the skin.

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See you next week.

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