Incoming! This Sandbox test is Mandatory!

Casual_Boops, on Feb 12 2020 - 12:07, said:   Try giving us maps where flanking is possible first.


Bavor, on Feb 12 2020 - 12:23, said:   Are you actually serious?  Try flanking?  Half the maps in the game are corridor maps that force players to fight frontally with limited or no flanking opportunity.  Many times your choice is to flank through another corridor where you need to fight other tanks frontally or go to an open death zone where you will die a quick death the instant you get spotted.  Also, RNG doesn't allow reliable penetration to many higher tank weak spots except at very close range.  Especially when higher tier tanks are not exposing their lower plate, if its even a weak spot.  As for 12 other targets you can pen reliably, that's not completely true.  Due to RNG and the corridor map design, you often face those 12 others frontally and more than half of your fully aimed shots at weak spots miss because they weak spots are so small.  In addition to that, over the years, Wargaming has made changes to map terrain and structures that reduce opportunities for longer range flank shots.  They have added rocks, hills, small terrain changes, and buildings that block many of those possible longer range flanking shots.   As I've said before, the problem is not the ammunition.  The problem is corridor map designs that forces tanks to fight frontal with limited or no flanking opportunities and a lack of frontal weakspots that can be reliably hit with fully aimed shots on stationary tanks at any distance further away than ~50-100 meters.  Instead of fixing the cause of the problem, Wargaming is focused on fixing the symptom of the problem.   I think one of the major issues is Wargaming doesn't ask its above average skill players what is wrong with the game and how they think it should be fixed.