How To Report Tanking

Fellow Pilots,
Please skip this post if you are not interested in TANKING, CLUBBING, CHEATING, and other unethical practices related to War Robots.

At the U, we don't take cheating personally.  In fact, we understand the motives for it.  Winning against "whales" and their clans is nearly impossible.  Imbalances exist because only a few players are able to afford the extremely high prices for in-game purchases.  With that said, exploiting the inequality between experienced and inexperienced players is not the answer.  It's unfair to the newbies, bad for the game, and repugnant to true competitors.

It took us a while to start reporting tankers because it takes some effort.  You need to get screenshots, fill out the form, and upload the evidence.  But it is VERY simple, and we've created a guide.  The whole process can be done on the device with which you play the game.

Step one: Catch a cheater in the act

We like to include a screenshot of the destruction, the battle results, and the profile, but this isn't all required.

Here's "Shako DL" in the act of destroying all his robots.


Same thing, different battle.


When he's on the red team, I win.


And again ... but now he's on my team.


So we lose.


The profile reflects many trophies from ending seasons as a "champion," but as you know, Shako DL isn't a champ - he's a cheat.

Step Two: Use the reporting form

NOTE 21 June 2019 - Report tankers in game.  The Google Doc is no longer functional.  All you need is the Pilot ID and your screenshot(s).

Team Tanking

Ever wonder why you sometimes win a fifteen second battle against a team that doesn't arrive?  It's a squad dropping their rating together by losing as a group.  This is SUPER efficient because it only takes them fifteen seconds per battle.


Just in case you were laboring under the illusion that these guys were NOT falling as far as they could ...












We've proposed solutions in previous posts, but a less obvious one bears repeating here: if you lost fewer league points in a defeat (like 1-2 for the people in last place only; the others would remain level at 0), it would take a really long time to tank.  The effort might no longer be worth the reward.  As it stands today, it's too easy to fall in the rankings, and there's no strong reason for such volatility.  Instead, give the top two winners a couple points, give the bottom two losers a minor penalty, and keep the average players where they are.

As stated above, the U doesn't hate tankers, or want to hurt them (as suggested by a Redditor).  We just want them to play the game fairly, because it's a team game.

Your humble servant,
Dr. Yat

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