We need better hints!!!

[TKF]

The hints texts in BT is quite dull. Havana have mentioned this and some others. I think there should be some more hints or improve some of them.

I suggested several texts at the poll.

I could only set 10 hints (poll options limit), so you just suggest other hints and good one which could be very practical in Battle Tanks. New BT players usually don't turn of hints, so they might read the hints and learn from it.

Just post all the good hints you think could fir in BT. Also improvements of my suggested texts too!

[Exodus]

Heh, I don't think a poll is necessary for that. Some of them really sound better than the current ones, I'll change some of them.

[psycho_dmr]

i think 1, 2, 4 & 5 should go to the loading screen, the other ones to ingames tips

[TKF]

More hint:

"Take care of the enemies' abilities and tactics. Withdraw when they attack in groups."

[Bob666]

3 does already exist, and 2 and 4 are in "Try to not die often.", as i think its clear that you take less damage when you stand behind your creeps... like the enemies do when they kill you... at least after the second death everyone should know why he died

[DerSatan]

hey guys

its some time ago i postet here, the reason is that i was moving from hamburg to braunschweig to begin my studies of air- and space flight engineering. 8)

as the hints on the loading screens were discussed, i got to say that theres still a mistake in it. "try to not die often" is a common, but nevertheless obviously fault to anyone whos more or less familiar to the english language, so a correction to "try not to die often" is very much appreciated.

some hints listed in the poll are suitable, others are too specific imo, but an overall improvement of the hints given is a good idea. some basics are told by the tool tips of the new pilot, make sure that these are not repeating other hints ingame or written in the loading screen.

btw: the pilots seem pevent the use of cpu players, as the cpu players arent doing anything from the beginng.

so long,

dersatan

[TKF]

Well I was mostly thinking of ingame hints. But also the loading screen hints can also need an update.

The computer is not working due to Exodus forgot to turn on the AI script when he tested the map and released 8.28 with the AI turned of.

[Bob666]

i think "try not to die often" is like "versuche nicht, oft zu sterben", and nobody tries to die often^^ dont know... if somebody here has english as his mother language, then it would be greate if he could help us here
and its clear, that not dying is very important? why then do the noobs move their tank directly into the enemies? to me it seems like they dont want to die, well, yes, but they want to do a risky attack, and if they understood that it is REALLY important to not die often (not to die often, dont know^^), then they wont act like that...
imo battle tanks is self-explanatory, and somebody who thinks about the game a bit should be able to play it soon... im often wondering how people can be so dumb when i play online... and those players wouldnt read the tips either

perhaps some specific pro-tips could be interesting... as i for example hate tutorials "now move your mouse to the right border of your screen to pan the camera"..., but find it interesting when i learn something new through a tip

[Tribulation]

try not to die often

That is definitely right, I've lived in the US for a while and my minor is American Studies ;-)
Anyways, it does seem pretty obvious that dying should be avoided, so why not change it to a more specific phrase like "Avoid dying as your enemy gains money through every kill made"? It's more to the point and explains why dying is disadvantageous.

[psycho_dmr]

the problem with the dying noobs isnt that the are too aggressive or sth. the just dont know that the dont have to click on enemies to attack them -> the tank goes next to the enemy Oo

maybe this could be fixed by adding attack for tanks (1-1 dmg, 1sec cooldown, 850 range)... or block rightclick on an enemy tanks

[TKF]

"Keeping distance is vital for your survival - Don't kill yourself by going to close to your enemies"

This was in mind for what you said. But I also noticed to many noobs who whines about the tanks doesn't have attack, and leaves. Also the moves up to the enemy tank :S. Many doesn't understand the battleships/Battle Tanks logic with autofire weapons.

I don't think giving the tank an 1-1 damage attack would be a good solution. It's will attract the creeps.

[DerSatan]

i did not critisize the content of "try to not die often", just its mistake, and that it wasnt corrected since i claimed it at version 8.0x. as you translated it into german, how does "versuche zu nicht oft sterben" to you? :roll:


blocking the right click on enemy tanks is a nice idea, combined with an error message (dont click on enemy tanks, your weapons attack automatically....) could it be a nice one.

as the hint not to die often is essential, maybe a player whichs k/d ratio indicates a feeding behaviour gets active warnings with its death.
in older versions, only you could see the message (*** has killed you). maybe now add a message triggered like these (if you seem to feed) "warning! your enemy earns money for killing you. avoid dieing any more" or something like this.

[Batto]

But isnt the tank canon used by the tank as his attack? I mean, when i right click a tower for instance, i get the idea of attacking it with my tank canon while ofcourse the other weapons do what they usually do. But i could be mistaken in this part...

[Exodus]

The tank cannon fires just as randomly as every other weapon.