Equipment 2.0 Is Here!

Psticide, on 08 August 2020 - 01:14 PM, said: Not to mention binos and toolkit work quite well on a maus ... , cashgrab, nothing more


wolfman292, on 08 August 2020 - 01:41 PM, said: Think back to the update that allowed GOLD ammo to be bought for credits as it had been and from that moment on loads of players left. Since that time all updates have been a nail in the WOT coffin. They are not updates more like down grades. Don't know who has been doing your testing but it sure wasn't  ordinary players. Being an ex  real life tanker the way you have treated your  customers is almost criminal maybe your trying to get into EA's bed don't know but this latest so called update is really bad.


ErCarogna, on 08 August 2020 - 06:04 PM, said: I am a 49 year old boy, I have been playing WOT since 2013 and I am an average/tomato player, I really enjoyed playing wot, but not anymore because of you, WG, every time you dont respect the number 1 rule for game developers.
Rule number 1: Never destroy your players' progress.

It is not a money problem. I have several premium tanks and when I can it's not a problem to spend some money on premium accounts etc etc.
The problem is your business model.
You really think that this aggressive system will bring positive results.
In all these years you have constantly changed the "rules of the game" to chase profits in the wrong way.
Constantly push people to grind a line and then nerf, buy premium tank and then nerf or change its features, continuously change the mechanics of the game (but never the MM) making WOT become similar to PAC-MAN..etc etc.
I want to say it again, the problem is not the money.

But I think,  if you need to take away the possibility of demounting some stupid equipment for free,...WG,....your business system is broken !!
REALLY WG !! do you need to do this to respect your business model?

I would feel really stupid if I still play WOT.
I can live without WOT ... you cannot live without your players WG.
UNINSTALL, ... Click ... good bye WOT.


abcdave, on 08 August 2020 - 08:07 PM, said: i logged on and saw the mess in my garage. and just logged straight out again and i have not (will not) be going back again . 190+ tanks and 7 years playing  ( and it has been fun) has come to an end. The one thing that strikes me is the  screaming silence coming from the games you tube streamers    . you know quickybabe/skill/jingles/claus/circumflex.  all very quiet and meek, when normaly they would have posted an update video on the same day as the update, thats just on a normal update but as much as i have looked i can not see any reviews of this massive update. maybe  i have missed them and someone will point me in the right direction. ( i will not play the game unless this update is reversed ) as i like watching thier channels .    


gunslingerXXX, on 08 August 2020 - 08:25 PM, said: Must be directed that none commented on the negative parts of the implementation. 


grasho, on 08 August 2020 - 09:02 PM, said:
Or they didn’t want their fingerprints at the crime scene    It would be very interesting if they have not commented.  If they were WG stooges, they would have been all over the web saying how great this update is.  Their silence may be significant.   Or they may still be trying to reequip all their tanks... 


Kauvana, on 09 August 2020 - 07:02 AM, said: Please, please reinstate the free moving around of camouflage nets and binoculars. I don't have a massive garage (80 odd vehicles), so I can only imagine what size of issues this causes for those with literal hundreds of tanks. That being said, I used at least one of the two on perhaps 35% of my tanks and now my hand has been forced into buying 600k credit replacements for my high tier tanks, of which there are several. Even with a few tier VIII premiums, this will take hundreds of battles to earn back.


SirCipilica, on 09 August 2020 - 10:10 AM, said: Is there any post with simpler  explanation for all these changes? I returned to play some games, and new equipment system seems so confused!?!? WTF!    What we need to equip on the slots? Cause if I hover the mouse on most of already equipment slots pieces, it says "Equipment and slot categories do not match". Do I need to demount all the slots?   Who asked for these changes?


Sanada_Nobushige, on 09 August 2020 - 10:11 AM, said: Let me reply to my own rhetorical question. The major insulting remark is telling the painful truth. The truth is that a grocer shopkeeper has a deeper understanding of basic economics than the WG (including the sales management). There are rules of demand, supply, price and competitive markets. All of them are disregard by the WG, hopefully not because of ignorance but only due to lack of understanding. (Or alternatively, they might heard about the famous economist, Keynes, who said that in the long run we are all dead….) Demand. The introduction of more dynamic tanks has been ruined the game for static or slow vehicles. It was consistent with the demand of some players, but it was against of the others. In general, a broader range of players should have fun in the game. Supply. The overall quality of the tanks is very uneven and unstable (nerfed or buffed). Even the rules of the game are biased and they are changed frequently. Still, rotten tomatoes are not replaced by fresh one. Instead, the fresh one is planned to be screwed up (screw2.0) Demand of the consumers should not be ignored. Prices. Profit maximization requires an optimum level of prices, which could be relatively low. Discounts and the currently announced 10% price cut for premium tanks are steps in this direction. But the “no pay” movement as a reaction to the latest update (supply and demand mismatch) may be not sporadic, even more organized forms can emerge in Community platforms. Competitive markets. The competitors’ supply can satisfy the demand of consumers better or their prices can be more reasonable. Market situation can change rapidly and consumers apparently follow this more closely than the WG. Many of us are active in other games and we share information.    WG, please note that the basic economics rules can be disregarded, but their consequences cannot be avoided. For risks and side effects ask your grocer shopkeeper.


ibrox3, on 09 August 2020 - 10:12 AM, said: Ok, so I think maybe we should explore a little more the details of how WG tells us we have been playing the tanks all wrong for years.   This update has finally shown me that I have had TD's completely wrong - essentially I am a muppet as per Eeekaboos comment about Binos on a Maus...   I have been playing my TD's - you know glass cannons , no armour , no turret (so the tank has to move to track a moving target and lose its camo bonus) no manoeuvrability but a good gun  ALL WRONG.   Apparently sitting in a bush shooting the enemy for far away , just hoping that they do not see me is Wrong ! This becomes apparent when I follow the clear instruction that the equipment I should use on a TD (I just checked my UDES 03) is FIREPOWER.   So I should be using my TD focusing on firing faster.. perhaps they should have fitted TD's with machine guns.   You see I have been playing TD's with a Camo Net and Bino's , trying to stay hidden , knowing that the moment I am spotted fire will rain down on me and without armour and manoeuvrability I will soon be wrecked and heading to the garage.   Since I already have 7 TD's with win rates 60% + and most of the rest 55% + just think how much better my win rate could have been if I had learned how to play them properly from the start !   Clearly WG is sure that even with the new spotting meta - from this patch they can spot you through a forest - my glass cannons still would be wrong to primarily hide as far away as they can.....   So its RAMMERS all round for my TD's then WG , thank you for showing me....   EXCEPT : I went to my Tier IV TD's to mount those "Firepower" rammers...remember they cannot use vents... and   NOT allowed. Banned Nada.   What? But I just learned that I have been playing them all wrong? I should be using a rammer on a TD , its written there. I am a numptie if I don't use Firepower.....   Or maybe I should just add a gun laying drive so I can aim 0.1 seconds quicker....even though it already takes me longer to reload than it does to aim.....   I am sure there are many other inconsistent details in this update that the rest of the players will find. Its ridiculous that WG "Imposes" on us which equipment we should use, in the "name" of more choice.   Essentially I see it as another in a long line of Nerfs to TD's - remember WG when I was playing TD's all the time you had - more players - more premium accounts - more fun - a growing and successful business.   Since you nerfed everything else I wanted to play - you drove me to play arty - I never considered it until a couple of years ago. No doubt that will be nerfed again soon and I will just give up altogether, crew2 ? Some other nerf?   Stopped buying premium account years ago - so I guess my opinion goes straight in the bin anyway. #walletclosed  


wolfsrain, on 09 August 2020 - 01:06 PM, said: The results are already visible on the EU servers. We used to have over 100k people, sometimes even around 150k. This week-end: roughly 70k. During the week, right after the patch, it was a slight increase, as people were curious, but then the EU servers populations dropped. The week-end is a good indicator of what it will happen further: the server population will go down, just like the time when the Rubicon happened. Congrats, WG. You've attained your objectives: less EU players. Soon, you will reach NA numbers on the EU servers.


ibrox3, on 09 August 2020 - 02:39 PM, said: Lowest weekly numbers for years on the EU server ?


hjsteg, on 09 August 2020 - 08:31 PM, said: For every patch now since rubicon the game gets worse and worse. Game machanics is farm from the original concept.


yodelihiti, on 10 August 2020 - 06:53 AM, said: Based on personal observations I would say they lost 1/3rd of the playerbase in a week. Since this is their last succesfull title I expect the number of WG employees to dwindle accordingly.   I checked the US forum yesterday. It is the same there.   For me it's game over after 9 years. No way I am going to go through 200+ vandalised tanks (when I am forced).    


grasho, on 10 August 2020 - 07:22 AM, said: I did play a few matches over the weekend, and equipped a few tanks.   I noticed several things.   The categorisation slots are pointless for meds and heavies; the equipment going into slot 1 is vents.
The categorisation works for passive scouts; the equipment going into slot 1 is exhaust.   I am not ending up with more diverse configurations; I seem to be settling on consistent equipment setups based on how I play the tank, not on WG’s intended role for that tank.  Yes, I am putting optics onto heavies.
Other players are still stupid.  The recommendation at the start of each match to pay attention to highlighted areas results in heavies going to where mediums should be and heavies not going to where heavies should be.   The Dicker Max is not the best active scout, but when most of the team goes full retard, you can help the one or two decent tier 8 players by popping up at different places to spot the enemy.
  And that last example made me realise how wrong WG (and Eekaboo) are.  The secret to having fun in WoT is not playing the tank the way WG think it should be played, but playing your tank in ways it should never have to be played (e.g. active scouting in a Dicker Max).  It is the challenge and ability to push your tank beyond its design and role that adds the fun.    


Smegger213, on 10 August 2020 - 08:29 AM, said:
What a croc of S__.   Nobody, I mean NOBODY asked for changes to equipment as extreme as this. NOBODY said "Hey I want to pay to move my Binos in future". NOBODY said "Hey I don't want equipment or consumable slots on low tier tanks".   So pray tell me, how equipment 2.0 is moving in the direction of the majority?   #WalletClosed #Uninstalled


__Eric__, on 10 August 2020 - 08:48 AM, said:
How do you know "nobody" asked for it?   I see quite some positive reactions on the changes.   Also negatives ofcourse, but you can't please everybody.   Personally I am neutral about the changes. I still play with the same setups and will wait for equipment discounts before I buy the new ones.   and lets not forget: 15237