Good old times

Ectar:   I remember that the Maus and E-100 literary had no competition and due to their armour/health it was all people really played at top tier. The "power creep" was there from the start.  This is because if you're going to put all your tanks in a list, you're always going to have 1 at the top and 1 at the bottom.  The top tank is always going to be best and the bottom tank is the worst. - If you bring in new tanks that aren't competitive or can't threaten what's at top, then no one will pick up the new tanks.  Players want to be feel powerful and they want to feel they can wreck the other tanks.   Power creep doesn't come with every tank as not every new tank is better than the previous ones.   If it replaces the top tank in the list - It's op If it's middle of the list - it's nothing special If it's bottom of the list - It's crap/underpowered/should have features XXXX tank has   There is never any getting away from this. When players are looking to min/max unless a tank is top of that list then all other tanks are "not as good as XXXX". I agree the WT E100 has crazy damage output. but it also has ridiculously weak armour that pretty much every tank can lob HE shells at.  It's not a "complete package" tank that excels in all areas. There is ways to deal with them and players need to stop feeding them and doing silly things like rushing head first into them, especially when you know most spots on a map where they will be.   Premium ammo was always around. Now it's sadly a crutch for people to lean on whenever things don't go their way. ("Oh he pen'd me, must be premium ammo").. There is no "Oh hey, maybe he's been playing for 2 years like me and his aiming is good/knows where to aim" - Na, "It's got to be gold ammo".   It's a perfect thing to cover for any mistakes a player may have made.  - I have yet to see a replay from a player analysing a recent match where he lost/died and straight up showing the reason was premium ammo and not the fact they have have exposed their tank from an angle they didn't expect/cover or simply got outplayed. "Even if it came down to "here is were he loaded a prem shell" - you also could have loaded a prem shell at any given time. It's not "noobish" to have a few shells of premium ammo any more than it's not "noobish" to have a rammer/vents etc mounted on your tank.   When you get shot and play bad it's hard to take. Trust me anyone watching me stream last night would have been educated in how not to play.  Not once in any of those matches however did I ever blame premium ammo or "OP tenks".   I was to blame in pretty much every situation and I could have done better with improved map awareness, better aiming, and knowing the map/knowing when to relocate.