Why is WoT suffering so badly?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, but the Motherland really was the turning point for the game. At first the idea of a few reskins here or there, especially the flag tanks, was a widely accepted idea. But I think they saw how easy the money was from adding an ugly perma-camo, and lately it's not even a perma-camo, to something and up-charging 40%. They became greedy and started releasing everything as a reskin, and basically gave up on everything else as far as game balance was concerned.

The decision to never nerf premium tanks I think has been one of the most detrimental things they've ever done for game balance. PC's powercreep problem was turned up tenfold on console solely because this reason. When things like the 131 make it through supertest, and then they realize and even admit that they are OP but then refuse to nerf them is baffling.

I can understand that there would be backlash if they nerfed a premium sure, but when you start the game you sign a EULA saying they can do whatever they want to any vehicle in game, regardless of the gold you spent on it. The people who buy an OP premium and then want a refund if it gets put in line are just entitled AFAIC. Part of this is probably the fact that they have zero experience with this type of game.

I don't think they are sinking the game intentionally, they just have no idea what they are doing. They know they have a few players, whether oblivious, addicted, or blindly loyal, that will buy whatever premium they throw out next regardless of what it is. They are also too arrogant to admit when they make a mistake, and have become too used to their echo chamber to be able to distinguish trolling from legitimate criticism. They label everything as a troll comment, and Raithot's army of incels will white knight for her until the forums shut down.

I think 5 man platoons and the refusal to remove/rebalance the WT-E100 were big factors too. I mean I like playing with the extra two but I do think it ruins the balance of the game and ruins it for the solo player, that and the point blank refusal to look at balancing Arty  

Mercenary tanks really turned the game for me, personally. There are so many imaginary, mutant op tanks now its insane. The Machine, Chisel, Absolution, Longbomb. Then they decided to take great tanks and make them better, like the Dreadnought which is just straight up better than the KV2 in every possible category, or the tremendous amount of Autoloaders. WT E100, IS3a, T32A proto, Iron Rain, T28 Prototype autoloader, Machine, T57 heavy, Krangvahn, Italian tanks with autoloaders that can partially reload clips, French auto loader artillery.It seems like every tank you run into these days is an autoloader of some variety, and if its not its a reskin or Merc tank. More than 1/2 of the tanks in each game are premiums these days.


These new ops also give so much silver than any average pubby without premium time can afford to have whole loadouts of gold rounds, and miss 3/4 of their shells without losing much for silver. Tier 10 tanks are so easy to earn now, when you can make more than 4 million silver in one operation.

Thats a good point abiut having a negative with the gold rounds. Currently if you DON'T shoot gold, you are at an extreme disadvantage as every other player seems to. Armor means nothing at this point, unless its full of spaced hard points, which half of the new tanks seem to.

Its simple, really.

Shit leadership, shit dev team, shit community engagement.

WoWs PC, for example, shit the bed with the carrier rework, yet worked to make it right. It took a long time, but they listened to the players and did something other than force more shit down their throats.

Unlike WoTC, who insists that they "gave you the mercenary line you asked for", and continually do the exact opposite that the players request and provide feedback on.

WoWsPC also has their devs embedded in the community portals / forums. Their community team is partially made up of designers and devs, who actually play the game AND truly understand the inner workings.

But at the root is SHIT LEADERSHIP. A strong, dedicated leadership team would be inventive enough to overcome literally all of the poor performances and bad decisions currently being made.

Max has the whole 'Nanny State' leadership mentality. Meaning that he believes he knows what's best for the players, regardless of their feedback, and believes that no one can be as intelligent as he is.

That "bloke" is so arrogant and his ego so big I'm amazed anyone still even acknowledges him. It would be amazing if we could get the whole forum to pretend he doesnt exist and ghost him. 

indirect nerfing aka power creeping.
Are premium tanks more powerful than TT tanks these days?

I havent played a game yet in a tank that hasn't been shot at with gold. Nashorn? Shot by APCR lol nobody seems to care, because even a non prem player can earn 200,000 easily without a prem tank too.

I bought 4 tier X's in the last year easily, with just the money these quarterly ops gave me. Prem ammo is too easy to get. They tried to balance it by making each shot cost however much more than normal in silver, but the Deathastar firing Hesh and hitting 1 of 5 shots is still earning silver because of these ops.

I like playing heavily armoured tanks, its the playstyle that I prefer, but its become much harder to justify playing the E100, Jageroo, IS7, T110e3 and others, even Maus to a lesser extent, because prem ammo at the highest tiers mostly negates any armour a tank has. You need to perfectly angle in every tank to even have a hope in hell of bouncing any shell fired from even most light tanks.

When WotC first came out, Prem was a rare sight, being that it cost actual gold. I get the pay to win aspect of the changes, but now its so easy to earn money, why would anyone NOT fire skill?!