new players? Not with the way WG runs this

tankcraft07, on Aug 28 2020 - 08:21, said: So why is it hard to retain new players? Maybe because they have no chance with WG MM. There's games out there that doesnt penalize new players. For instance.        I'm in my tier 3 tank and there's only 3 real players on each team. My team's players all have under 1,000 battles. Two of theirs have over 35K. the other one is just under 5k. What the hell is that? I'm told they cant MM based own their own internal rating system, but can't they at least even out the number of battles per player a little better?       Bots. Playing at low tiers, you see a lot of bots. But there's two kinds of bots. Smart ones and DAF ones. The smart ones never miss and they swarm you when you're spotted. The dumb ones? they drive around in circles obvlivious to anything and everything around them. That's IF they move at all. The ratio seems to be hit and miss but why put all smart bots on one team at all.       Equip 2.0. With only two slots for consumables, you have to make a choice on what to omit. Do you want to not be able to repair, to put out a fire or to treat an injured crewman? You can't do all three and sure as the sun comes up, whatever you don't pick is going to happen. You're probably going to face those 35K+ battle guys so now you can't even load up a directive to help out.       Events. Most are useless to new players. Try doing Battle Pass with only one Tier 6. And that one has a less than 100% crew and no 6th sense.         I started playing this game back in Feb of 2017, I can't play it that long without getting disgusted with the whole thing. I come back after major patches just to see if they've made it easier to play for new players and every time it just gets worse. Not sure how long I'll try it this time. There's just too much more I can do with my gaming time and real life to waste it on a game that has such a miserable new player experience      


heavymetal1967, on Aug 28 2020 - 09:09, said: I won't say the low tiers aren't bad because they are, but in their eyes it's not hurting WG.  Their focus is profits and as long as those are doing fine then they're happy.  The hell with balanced game play, satisfied customers or anything else.   Plus there is one HUGE thing folks here on NA need to remember.  There are other servers and NA has always had lower numbers than EU and RU/CIS.  And we've always been the red headed stepchild so to speak.   Do we spend more per player?   We used to, not sure about now.  But if we still do then that says as much about "us" as them to be honest.  If we don't oh well.  We're just a drop in the bucket to them either way.   As long as the bucket is filled they don't care where it comes from to be honest.   
One would think and hope they'd realize fixing and balancing things would be better in the long run.  But they're so focused on the profit margin the short term quarterly and annual spread sheets are all that really matter.   There's plenty of new players.  Hell WG is forsaking long term players that have closed their wallets out of frustration for new players.   Do new players stick around long term now like they once did?  Overall I'm guessing no, but they don't care as their focus is the rinse and repeat influx of new players.   And the "grind" is easier now than ever.  Hell hit tier six and get a bunch of tanks researched for free minus the modules.      Collectible vehicles, pared down tech trees, boosters, availability of free x5s and blueprints are a blatant move in that direction.   They don't care about fixing stuff or balanced game play.  Get the new blood, prepared or not, up through and to the top tiers and their money along the journey.  Will as many stick around as long as folks did in the old days?  Probably not, but as long as the influx of new players remains consistent they don't care.   Hell look at this LIS event.  So so tank.  But look at the "post bonus" missions that require the tank.  The almost extinct credit boosters, crew books and blueprints.   It's marketed to sell the tank for the folks that want those goodies.  Hell look at the timelines, not to mention the fact that only one of the post missions can be completed per day.  So if someone wants to capitalize on the extra the sooner they get the tank the better.   They're so blatant now because they really don't care about long term retention, because many of us long term players have closed their wallets to varying degrees.    It's like a fire sale with new players.  Get them in and up the tiers early and grab what you can from them.  If they stick around longer than expected great.  If not there's new players coming round the bend.