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Subject: Why dont we get something like this?
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Subject: Special: 2013 Retrospective
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Subject: Youtube and recent changes to it's terms regarding intellectual property
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Subject: Missing credits and free exp on test server
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Subject: Design Your Own Community T-Shirt
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astronomypete, on 17 December 2013 - 05:58 PM, said: So not a single gold or tank offered, in return. What about a reward for those who can't attend? Why ask for the username if there's no reward.

Subject: Design Your Own Community T-Shirt
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Ronineter, on 17 December 2013 - 04:48 PM, said: So it has to be similar to the Land conquered,skies in progress and seas to go T-shirts? (Im currently wearing on of those)

Subject: Design Your Own Community T-Shirt
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adikatar56, on 17 December 2013 - 04:08 PM, said: what is the rewrad going to be ?

Subject: What happens if..
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MystiA, on 17 December 2013 - 01:07 PM, said: ...You happen to complete the is6 quest and You have that tank already? Do you just get a free garage slot? 12k gold as compensation? Or nothing?

Subject: Which category are you in?
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Mangrove, on 16 December 2013 - 06:13 PM, said: From my observations of behaviour during roll-out from base, I mentally put players in the following categories:
PRO:  Knows what to do and where to go;  leaves base efficiently without bumping into other players;  gives way to other players crossing his path;  doesn't shoot his guns.
LEMMING:  Doesn't know which way to go and turret can be seen turning side-to-side trying to decide which train to follow;  starts out in a direction and then changes mind to follow a longer train in another direction.
NOOB:  Rushes out of base bumping into other players that are in the way;  usually seen shooting guns and often hits other players starting a mini revenge battle; always signalling "HELP", "DEFEND THE BASE", "POSITIVE", "NEGATIVE" for no apparent reason;  is usually one of the first to be killed;  can often be seen trying to explore inaccessible areas of a map or traversing at speed down a 500 foot sheer cliff face;  they also leap off the top.
SHOW OFF NOOB:  Seems to think that travelling with the turret facing rearwards is cool;  usually has a decent tank like a T69 but should go back to Tier I with the other children.
NOOB PLATOON:  Same as Noob above;  usually low tier tanks rushing around in remote areas of a map shooting each other.
IDIOT PLATOON:  And don't we all love it when Tier VIII platoons with Tier II ....
There must be other categories that players slot into ... any ideas?
 

Subject: QuickyBaby eSports Boot Camp Live Stream, December 17th
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Subject: The all new "I killed Ectar" thread
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Subject: you most flattering insults?
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Subject: The all new "I killed Ectar" thread
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ermo87, on 12 December 2013 - 03:43 PM, said: Is Quickbaby active on the forums? If so, he should post a screenie of when he tk'd Ectar in his hellcat.    Also: I think ectar should do another 'an ordinary day at the office'-thread. Just to show the progress career-wise since last time! 

Subject: March of Nations
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McLarenN1, on 16 December 2013 - 03:43 PM, said: A 15% discount for VII-X tier, but what about IX tier? I wanner buy Obj.704 and it is still 3.111.000. Is it a bug or I got the news wrong? Tell me please, who knows somthing about it. Thanks. Best reggads McLarenN1

Subject: A review of WoT's rival game...
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krazypenguin, on 13 December 2013 - 12:39 PM, said: So, we all know what is out there, there's certainly been some mention of it before on the forums, but I thought some might appreciate a considered and reasoned look at WG's competitor and, most importantly, a comparison of the two.  How well does each game do in various criteria, what works and what doesn't?   I am, of course, referring to...     Barbie Online Horseracing - LINK by popular demand!!   Yes, we've all been there.  The in-game chat messages telling us to "go play Barbie Online Horseracing."  Well, it's time someone did just that and, seeing as I don't have anything better to do with my life, I thought it might as well be me.  So let's get cracking and first up it's...   INSTALLATION Whilst WoT is a fairly large download and install (circa 5GB IIRC) Barbie Online Horesracing (hereafter referred to simply as BOHR) features no download or install at all!  It's all played directly from the URL.  This is a clear advantage over WoT's long and tedious download. WoT 0 - BOHR 1   ACCOUNT CREATION With WoT it is necessary to create an account using an e-mail address and this is then used to log in everytime.  Whilst not particularly difficult or troublesome this is not as easy as BOHR's much simpler system of simply entering your name: WoT 0 - BOHR 2   MAP CHOICE As we all know, it is not possible to choose the map you want to play in WoT, nor to deselect those you do not wish to play.  However, this is a feature which the creatures of BOHR have embraced fully.  Sadly for BOHR users though, the Devs have only released 2 maps so far - "Gallop on the Beach" and "Trot down a canyon trail". As such I am conflicted about which game is best.  Clearly many WoT players wish to be able to chose which maps they do or do not play but at least in WoT we have a massive number to choose from.  So whilst the developers of BOHR seem to be on the right track, they clearly need to put a lot more effort into map design.  It's a tough one to call but I'm going to go with WoT for this one.  That said, I do appreciate the BOHR devs' attempt to at least make their map names more interesting - I think the WOT devs could learn from this, perhaps renaming Murovanka to "Camping in the Magic Forest" or Redshire to "Oh look, it's a draw" for example. WoT 1 - BOHR 2   VEHICLE CHOICE No question on this one.  WoT features a choice of hundreds of vehicles, covering the full spectrum of tank based warfare (and SPGs), whilst BOHR only has a meagre 6 vehicles to choose from, all of which appear to be from the same class (apparently called horses) and do not appear to have different stats, or any stats at all.  Also, whilst WoT has gone for the model of having to unlock higher tiered vehicles as you progress in the game, in BOHR all vehicles are available to the player immediately. As such there seems to be little incentive to continue playing in order to progress and I cannot see 6 vehicles of the same class being fun to play in the long term.  Being a gold noob I have, naturally, selected the "rich, reddish gold" option.  It is worth noting however, that BOHR have chosen not to implement the much hated arty into their game, at least yet.  Hopefully the addition of additional vehicle classes (perhaps ponies and donkeys) will not ruin this... WoT 2 - BOHR 2   CAMOUFLAGE In WoT we are offered a wide variety of camo patterns.  However, these must be purchased for either gold or credits.  Whilst BOHR only features 4 types of camo these are availble completely free of charge. Here you can see that I have opted for the sleek 'n shiny camo, which I hope will allow my vehicle to blend in with the tall grasses and rushes.  To be honest, it's really only a choice between that and wavy (best for bushes I think) as the option of plain (ie. no camo) seems to defeat the point and braided would presumably only assist if the enemy team consisted of heavily dreadlocked Rastafarian tankers, a situtation I have yet to come across.  So it's a question of greater choice but at a cost, versus less choice but free.  Since I tend to have favourite camos in WoT that I use all the time anyway I think less for free is probably better here. WoT 2 - BOHR 3   EQUIPMENT Again, it's choice at a cost versus less choice for free.  WoT features a large number of equipment items of whch up to 3 can be fitted to enhance the performance of your vehicle but these can cost up to 600,000 credits!  BOHR once agin features less but for free - with only 2 equipment slots and a choice of 3 or 4 items for each slot. Clearly the free to play model that BOHR seem to be pursuing so agressively is hampering the ability of their devs to add new content.  Once again, as a player I must choose free over quantity.  That said, I could not see any performance benefit to my vehicle from any of the equipment options I selected.  This makes me question what hidden stats the BOHR devs might be protecting... WoT 2 - BOHR 4   INSIGNIA & EMBLEMS Whilst WoT again provides a massive quantity boost over BOHR but at a cost to players, here BOHR catches up a little.  It features 3 different types of customisation, again all for free! Here you can see I have opted for some sparkly glittering hoof polish (seriously WG, why don't we have glitter for our tanks - you are missing a trick here!) and a lovely Afrika Corps style palm tree.  Tres chic and all for free! WoT 2 - BOHR 5   NAME YOUR VEHICLE Wow!  This is an option that WoT haven't really even considered, short of paying for an inscription which may or may not be a name for you tank, with BOHR you are actually asked to name your vehicle.  And once again, it's totally free. Here you can see that I have opted to call my vehicle "Dogfood".  I feel it is a strong name. WoT 2 - BOHR 6   TO BATTLE! Well, frankly it's looking bad for WoT.  BOHR is leading by a veritable landslide and short of something pretty spectacular happening I cannot see WoT pulling this back to win.  But so far it's all really just been window dressing.  What happens when you finally ready up and press that Battle\Ok button?  Well, as you all know, WoT then launches you into a random battle with 14 strangers of variable quality against a team of 15 more strangers, also of variable quality, and you battle to the death\cap to see who will win.  The better you do personally and as a team, the better your reward.   And this is where BOHR finally falls down - and big time at that.   See, clicking "Ok" to the previous screen in BOHR doesn't then launch you into a do or die race to the death against other players.  No, instead you just get this:   I mean...where's the race?  That's it?  The entire game is just getting ready to enter battle?  No wonder it's free to play!  Now, I'll admit, maybe it's early days for BOHR (I couldn't see if it was in Alpha, Beta or actually released) but this really isn't good enough.  In fact, I'm going to have to say that the very failure to include any actual battle and\or racing must disqualify BOHR from the competition.  A shame as it was doing so well. I must also admit that I feel slightly cheated by the way in which it displays my user ID and vehicle name, in effect making it look like I am dogfood.  It's like the BOHR devs are laughing at me :-( WoT 2 - BOHR *Disqualified*   So there you have it, a serious comparison of WoT and its major online rival.  BOHR clearly has much potential and very, very nearly delivers but falls down badly at the last hurdle....a pity as that should be what it is best at...    

Subject: IS-6 Anyone?
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iulica1337, on 16 December 2013 - 01:39 PM, said:   Ectar one more question. We need to have all t6 tanks in garage after finish the mission?  I have only 2 free slots and i need to complete 2 nation then sell the tanks buy 2 nation again and repeat after i finish all nation.  


Darkrenown, on 16 December 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:   There's nothing difficult about the mission, it's just a huge grind. Who asked for more grind fests? Do you have any examples of people saying "Man, I would really love to have to play 4 hours of T6 tanks every day over the holiday season". When people wanted more difficult missions every example I have seen was wanting more stuff like be top 3 damage/XP in your team/game. Have huge grindy missions if you want to, they are good for people with little or no income and large amounts of free time, I suppose, but don't pretend they are difficult. 

Subject: IS-6 Anyone?
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Steffenximus, on 15 December 2013 - 10:13 AM, said: So you want me to grind 700k in the course of one month with different (and prob shitty) tanks, over the course of a single month, to win a second-rate premium tank ??? Couldn't you think of something a little harder ?


Lord_Demon, on 15 December 2013 - 10:44 AM, said: Pretty hard task, but the reward is quite big too.   Just a question: I assume it comes with a garage slot. Please correct me if I am wrong.


Cravone, on 15 December 2013 - 12:32 PM, said: This won't be possible if the japanese tanks don't come out tomorrow. Plus, anyone that can afford all of the tanks needed for this mission probably doesn't need an IS-6. Also, I really can't be arsed with that much grinding just for the gold amount of the IS-6, since I have it already. The requirements are way too high either way.   Should be something like, 200 kills, 100k damage, 50k spotting damage over that time frame, would be much better because you actually have to do something in a battle. The most viable tactic to doing this mission is getting each nation's fastest tank and suicide rushing at the start, go to garage, do it again in another tank, get the scout xp, play game fast. Doing this mission properly would not make it possible to complete.


Dongfeng_division, on 15 December 2013 - 12:57 PM, said:   So in your words WG decided to give IS-6 for free to all the freeloaders who would never have the money to buy IS-6 for gold (or any other WG service) or are so young they are not able to even use a credit card.   While on the other hand paying customers (working people, people with school etc) are left-out because this kind of grind is just not doable for them.   I must admit I fail to see the logic behind WG move. It's like McDonalds giving out free hamburgers to people who never bought one, after signing a contract they will never buy one in the future either. Does that make any sense? It doesn't to me. A sane business move is to reward your best customers, or to stimulate other customers into spending more money on your products.    But well, whatever. No more gold for you, dirty communists. I like capitalism and meritocracy. This mission opposes the principles of both capitalism and meritocracy.  


JudgeZetsumei, on 15 December 2013 - 01:51 PM, said: They probably have done this intentionally to get money out of us. We realise it's quicker and easier just to buy the tank than grind it out and then after buying it we immediately realise we've just bought a tank we never intended on getting in the first place. I'm sure there are people out there who end up doing just that.   Even if you grind the 700k xp out you will probably end up spending gold on free xp conversion to get to tanks you don't have and/or avoid stock grinds, on credit conversion cos you might not have enough credits, on premium to ease the grind, on garage slots for all those tier 6 tanks and on crew training.


bandit287, on 15 December 2013 - 02:39 PM, said: OR i could spend the time with my family,friends and girlfriend,instead of doing ridiculous missions. How about that ?


Dathdeath, on 15 December 2013 - 03:32 PM, said: But what if 10 of the 15 were suicide scouts and bots? This way even the useless ones would progress in the missions.


Harikusa, on 15 December 2013 - 03:46 PM, said: Why all quests like that made for geeks with all nation 10 lvl tanks and stuff like that?

Subject: Video: RNG Episode 13
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hscorpio, on 16 December 2013 - 09:57 AM, said: Lately the RNG videos only seem to contain:   1. Things being rammed 2. Things being drowned 3. Things being killed by artillery   *yawn*

Subject: March of Nations
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turel2, on 15 December 2013 - 01:51 PM, said: No tier 8 premium tank discounts?


Judqment8, on 15 December 2013 - 05:44 PM, said: The special is called March of Nations and all I see in the picture is Soviet flag and Soviet tanks... Not exactly the picture I would have chosen to represent the "nations".


StillF_Hostile, on 16 December 2013 - 12:20 AM, said: Does "all tanks" include premium tanks aswell?


Carantanien, on 16 December 2013 - 08:33 AM, said: WG gone berserk lol, so many missions, specials  GJ   edit: 15% for tierX is still low compared to 30% we had all year threw missions. 

Subject: End of the Year Festivities: In-game bonuses
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UnstableMutant, on 15 December 2013 - 09:35 AM, said:   So does that mean I have to log in to the game on the 25th? Or does the tank appear the next time I log in? The text isn't exactly clear. Because logging in on the 25th is going to be a problem for me.


Lestierse, on 15 December 2013 - 10:11 AM, said:   I have the same problem and I would need to know it


yoco93cro, on 15 December 2013 - 11:49 AM, said: can anyone explain that team mission?  1/3/10 victories in random battles? or team battles?


kikox, on 15 December 2013 - 03:40 PM, said: Sneaky Ectar being discrete and not telling us about this amazing special time even though we whined about the other bad deals Sneaky, sneaky Ectar...


endless, on 15 December 2013 - 04:04 PM, said: I'm guessing all those already having IS-6 will get gold or I'm guessing wrong?But anyway I have to say this year bonuses do seem awesome.gj and thx WG


ewokgoeth, on 15 December 2013 - 04:57 PM, said: -do we get a free garage slot for the gifted mkVIc? or do we have to sell one old tank or buy a slot (with 50% off, to be sure it is  a bargain anyway) -good crews have HUGE impact on tank combat performance so all the crew xp bonuses rule, especially if you are using the option of elite tank to use all xp for crew training  -50% off equipement means you can really go to town with expensive heavy tank vents or tank destroyers binoculars... -while not covered here, march of the nations means you can kick-start an once-neglected tree branch - or spearhead the new japanese one!


blindattu, on 16 December 2013 - 06:14 AM, said: Bought obj 140 yesterday like an idiot, wasted 1 mil. credits...The rest is unimportant.  


KLguns, on 16 December 2013 - 06:18 AM, said: Same here, T110E5 on friday... Nice.

Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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Subject: End of the Year Festivities: In-game bonuses
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Kaatosade, on 15 December 2013 - 09:43 AM, said: Why some much x2 crew experience? It seems to be for every battle in most cases and not just for the first victory of the day, but still. I would rather have 5x exp for the first victory of the day all the way. Why equipment sale on 25th and not sooner like tomorrow?

Subject: IS-6 Anyone?
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FidelisRaven, on 15 December 2013 - 09:25 AM, said: A question - does that 100 000 xp per tier VI tree need to be grinded in a single vehicle, or one can combine, for example, 40 000 in Kv1s and 60 000 in T150? 

Subject: End of the Year Festivities: In-game bonuses
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Subject: March of Nations
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Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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Asghaad, on 14 December 2013 - 10:00 PM, said: oh Ectar trying to hose down PR nightmare with outright lies... well thats a new one ...   1. the norm for as long as i can remember is weekend special. sometimes good, sometimes bad but it IS A NORM when you do this every week for years ... The same as new missions, they are the norm now, if you take them off you are changing the norm, but until you do that they ARE THE NORM so stop insulting the players by trying to push on us the idea that WG isnt required to do a special each week, because you are. If you really believe what you just said Ectar run a week without any weekend special and we will see if you can get away with that   2. trying to justify running 3 discounts with diminishing returns (and misleading description) in a row by saying that you just cant do anything else is really REALLY stupid ... few weeks back you tried to justify lack of this discount by need to spread it around because you just couldnt give the playerbase the thing it needed and now you are saying that you have to give us this same thing 3 times in a row because you must... what the hell stopped WG from doing what you said earlier - spread these discounts evenly around ?   3. there is a difference between a typo and misleading product description leading to monetary losses of buying customers. one is a tolerable mistake, second is grounds for legal lawsuit... Also typos arent kept and repeated three times in a row, especially on the weekly basis unless its on purpose. purpose here being to scam kiddies of their gold on crew skills dropping...

Subject: This is how you make a christmas surprise to your customers
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Homer_J, on 14 December 2013 - 10:51 AM, said:   Sunday?   Errmmmm... I think a certain blogger might have beat you to it.  And well, lets say reaction is so far somewhat mixed.

Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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Darkrenown, on 13 December 2013 - 06:09 PM, said: The "norm or normal" is having no bonuses or discounts at all on the weekend.  The norm isn't want you got last week/month, what another region got, or what you think the event should be.   Since when? The norm for a loooong has been for regular weekend specials. You act like specials are a huge burden and we should be super grateful that you grace us with them, but the fact of the matter is you do it so that people will play more and buy more, which makes profits for your company. Everything is relative, you might be perfectly happy with your salary until you find out that the guy next to you is getting paid 50% more for doing the exact same job - thehn suddenly you'll be pretty mad about it. Likewise, specials are great until you notice that another server is getting better ones.   I also notice that in your post, you totally fail to address the two main complaints about this special: 1) You are repeating the same offers for the 2nd and 3rd weeks in a row, and 2) You market this as a flashback to a previous popular special, but you give this one a lesser discount.    It's also interesting that you show up this week to bemoan player complaints, but no one was around last week to address why the special offered "50% Discount on all Crew Training options", but this only applied to training between tanks, not crew skills.

Subject: Discounts.Now or later?
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edger2020, on 13 December 2013 - 06:00 PM, said:   Ectar, do you as community manager read ur PM?

Subject: This is how you make a christmas surprise to your customers
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Entilzha66, on 13 December 2013 - 07:58 PM, said: That is going to raise all kinds of hell, and a lot of flaming/trolling on that aspect. I think it will get you, us , nowhere, except high blood pressure.

Subject: Discounts.Now or later?
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Dan_Abnormal, on 13 December 2013 - 04:21 PM, said:   I appreciate the sentiment, but with indefinite time scales on discounts am I going to be waiting 2 weeks, 2 months or 2 years for a discount I'm interested in?   Would it be impossible to set up a long term discount schedule so people can actually time grinding certain tanks to coincide with certain discounts?

Subject: Video: RNG Episode 13
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Subject: This is how you make a christmas surprise to your customers
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Subject: Discounts.Now or later?
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Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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dUG1, on 12 December 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:   Not true Ectar, sorry.   I have been here long enough to remember buying Ferdinand on 50% discount for Ferdinand´s Porsche birthday, as well as buying Pershing for Patton´s birthday.   Back then, specials, while not being available each weekend, were actually special and meant something - no wonder I remember those 2, but cant remember which one we had last weekend

Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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____Killface____, on 12 December 2013 - 06:18 PM, said: I know Ectar I meant those 8 we have on special this week(t7),but t8 did get on 30% off all the time in the past to no its like never ..


lases, on 12 December 2013 - 06:23 PM, said: how about some equipment discount ? 


Maxmk6, on 12 December 2013 - 06:51 PM, said: And same goes for an equipment sale - been ages since the last one - are we ever going to get an equipment sale again?

Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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____Killface____, on 12 December 2013 - 05:35 PM, said: To low % to make this fell like a special,try make those 8 tanks cost 50% less and earn 100% more now it a old school special that were fun...  

Subject: This is how you make a christmas surprise to your customers
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EbenezerScrooge, on 12 December 2013 - 05:37 PM, said: sure it's nice but there is also a downside of this discounts and bonuses we all know what I'm talking about and apparently WG can't fix those I would rather choose game without discounts and bonuses to actually have fun with decent teams but all I can see is more and more red armies attracted(more profit for WG) by your awesome discounts and bonuses(more credits=more premium rounds,like we need that..) making this game less and less playable and more and more frustrating and more and more bot and afk friendly go figure

Subject: Free XP and Gold not Showing + Servers down
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Undeadas, on 12 December 2013 - 11:17 AM, said: So is there status update? Should we fear now? Or the people who are in charge of CW didn't return to office? Or even do they exists?

Subject: Flashback: Heavy Steel Weekend
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Gancelot, on 12 December 2013 - 04:51 PM, said: Such a special. Worse then the original one are you kidding me? Giving us 30% discount and 20% more credits while the original one had 50% off and 30% more credits?   Proof before you delete it or something ... Jesus WG. http://puu.sh/5KoDy.jpg http://puu.sh/5KoEr.jpg  


deveen23, on 12 December 2013 - 04:53 PM, said: Is Friday 06:10 - Monday 06:00 the format we'll be getting from now on for the specials?


kikox, on 12 December 2013 - 05:09 PM, said: Several scientific studies show that the world will indeed explode if WG makes more deals with tier 8 and above.   Thank you WG for saving the world. We owe you.