[Sandbox] New Balance Test Kicks off on February 10

xXx_Cez4r_xXx, on 11 February 2020 - 08:23 PM, said: Well... My time has come. I'm not going to play this game anymore.   For the last few years the quality of WoT was mostly worsened by ignorance and greed of the mighty Wargaming... Instead of listening to the players' requests they've been constantly refining and creating a new subtle ways to make this game pay to win... and now they're about to overdo themselves.  Let me say this clear: Changes to the tech trees and HE/HESH shells are plainly wrong. Lower tiers were always fun to play... with so much diversity, low cost and small amount of effort, everyone was able to purely enjoy the gameplay. And now, as a result of money shortages in the WG headquarters, the most enjoyable part of the game will be just removed...    True WG reason: 'gold/premium acc./real money isn't needed for playing them => so let's subtly force all players to play 5+ by dismembering the low tier part of the tech trees...'.   2nd thing - HE/HESH: The changes to these shells make no real sense... Two rhetorical questions for everyone to consider: 1. Wasn't the way those shells worked a better option? - I mean, by using certain vehicle we're making a choice, with all of it's consequences. I believe, that you should be aware, that in most cases if your tank/SPG/TD/car is too lightly armored you'll be harder punished by players with good'ol HE shells or arty. It's the same as when you're playing superheavies - many players will invest in APCR to be able to pen you, or HE to make any dmg. But WG thinks: 'If we make HE useless and APCR dealing less dmg per shot => less affortable gameplay for tiers lower than X => more players buying premium just to be able to play => profit'. 2. What about Howitzer-lovers?  Some tanks/destroyers use howitzers with HE as their main or most popular weapon: e.g. SU-152, Pz. IV, Shermans, KV-1, KV-1S, Cruiser II, Renault G1, AT 2 and others... Despite many cons, many players find this type of gameplay extremely exciting. After those changes, this type of gameplay will cease to exist because the new metagame will make it unplayable, unaffortable and just useless. Leaving KV-2 without changes, while affecting all other tanks and TDs will create even more entropy in this broken game as a result...   Probably noone from WG will ever read this comment neither care about my post, but I'm talking to you - players, think about this yourselves and unbiased make your own choice. I don't think that we can stop it though... the changes are inevitable.        


Zoggo_, on 11 February 2020 - 08:47 PM, said: And there my friend is the true reason for destroying lower tiers, forcing players into more expensive higher tiers quickly thus increasing the likelyhood they need a premium account. The tech tree is not that hard to figure out, you just follow the arrows ! Saying they making it new player friendly is just a pretence by WG kill off the lower tiers.   All they really need to do was make the tech tree UI cleaner and highlight the most obvious lines to choose. Part of the fun for me was trying out all the lower tier tanks and seeing how different they were. All will be left is a bland wasteland of the same 4 or 5 tanks cause new players will not even be aware or have incentive to get "collectors" tanks.    WG say they want feedback but I sense they have already made their mind up they gonna do this. The have invested too much time and resourse to back down now.............unless Victor Kisyli wakes up and realises he's got another Rubicon on his hands!