BlockTanks Newsletter

Introducing Daily Game Modes!

Kevin

The Problem

Often, we get about 30-40 players online per region during peak hours. This is a decent amount of people, but despite that, the BlockTanks lobby can often feel empty. This is because we have five different game modes to choose from, which divides those players into many matches.

The Solution

This new update reduces the five permanent game modes down to two permanent game modes, plus an additional daily mode. Only free-for-all and 16v16 are left as permanent modes, but every weekday, there will be an extra daily game mode to keep things fresh!

The New Modes

If you like capture-the-flag and payload, don’t worry! They will still remain as daily modes. Along with them are three new game modes for the remaining weekdays:

Dodgeball: Two teams, with up to 10 players on each team, are seperated by a fence that allows bullets to go through but not tanks. All weapons are available.

King-of-the-Hill: Two large teams (16v16) compete for a large payload that does not move and is harder to capture. It’s a variation of payload that emphasizes total control of an area.

Battle-Royale: Up to 64 players compete to be the last player remaining as the storm closes in!

Below is the schedule for when you can see each game mode:

DayActive Game Mode
MondayCapture-the-Flag
TuesdayPayload
WednesdayDodgeball
ThursdayKing-of-the-Hill
FridayBattle Royale
Saturday/SundayNone

The daily mode will update at 12:00 UTC for every region. This is in the early morning for North America, the afternoon for Europe, and the evening for Asia.

Why?

We understand this update might be controversial because we are supressing some well-liked game modes (e.g. 3v3 is completely gone). However, we believe that consolidating players into less matches will help grow BlockTanks because matches will feel more full.

Someday, we might bring more modes back (or experiment with multiple daily modes), but for now, we believe this is the best option for BlockTanks.

Thanks for reading, and let me know if you have any questions or thoughts!

Sincerely,

Kevin Champagne

Karate Fox Studios, CEO

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14 responses to “Introducing Daily Game Modes!”

  1. [RAZER] Rz-GeRmAnY-1930 Avatar
    [RAZER] Rz-GeRmAnY-1930

    Nice!
    Thanks, Kevin.

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  2. Roger Avatar
    Roger

    I HATE this daily game mode crap – I will return when you have put it back to the way it was before

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      What mode do you miss the most? Why don’t you like the change?

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      1. Jonas.kikillus@t-online.de Avatar
        Jonas.kikillus@t-online.de

        I am the same opinion about Roger

        A tipp maybe can you make the spawn time shorter ?

        from: Jololo218

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  3. PRG gamer Avatar
    PRG gamer

    Okay i think its good update

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  4. Brin (12Miller21) Avatar
    Brin (12Miller21)

    This makes sense! Good idea!

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  5. bradynarians1 Avatar
    bradynarians1

    So is there just the 2 modes (16v16, and FFA) on the weekends?

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    1. Kevin Avatar
      Kevin

      Correct!

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  6. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Add one for week ends!

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  7. kakahinti Avatar
    kakahinti

    Kevdude I think it would be better if there is just 1 server instead of 2-3 game modes and pls make a battle Royale ranked game thx! 😉

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  9. --Lookout-- Avatar
    –Lookout–

    It world be better to have to have 2 daily gamemodes and 2 normal gamemodes so we have a larger chance to play a specific gamemode because we have 4 servers in each region

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  10. pandarokettj Avatar
    pandarokettj

    Could you by any chance make CTF (capture the flag) game mode available for us players to play on the weekends? It is, in my opinion, a more fun and challenging mode compared to teams 16v16 and FFA due to the requirement of a strategy, not just killing people blindly like teams and FFA. I would like to know your thoughts about this. Thank you for your time.

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  11. pandarokettj Avatar
    pandarokettj

    Could you please make CTF (capture the flag) mode available for us players to play on either saturday or sunday? In my opinion, CTF mode is more challenging and fun to play, compared to FFA and Teams 16v16. This is due to the fact that when playing CTF, you need to set a strategy with your team so that you can both guard your flag and get the opponent teams flag. The reason i said either Saturday or Sunday is because your whole point of making this update is to engage players to gather in one or another server to make it more fun. If both days on the weekends have CTF mode then it would divide the players into 3 servers. I would like to hear your thoughts on this. Thank you for your time.

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