WoT Newsletter Volume #2

Zinn, on 27 November 2010 - 02:35 PM, said: "2) All exp earned since the softwipe and all the free experience from the last soft wipe will be also refunded. Current exp saved on Elite tanks will be converted to free experience at the soft wipe.
This means all exp spent including free exp from the soft wipe. If you spent it on tanks have it as free exp on the account or have exp on elite tanks you get all of that. (hope that clears it up) "
I have a question about this: What if I have exp on a regular tank? For instance, I have 35.000 exp on an IS-3 that's fully upgraded except unlocking the IS-4. Should I just stop using it because I lose the exp anyway (the tank is not Elite yet)? After all, it would be a complete waste of time, since I doubt I'll reach the required exp to unlock an IS-4 before the wipe, and thus it would make more sense to upgrade another tank to elite or play an already elite one to gain exp I keep after the wipe.
It sounds an awful lot like powergaming but, besides a few matches for the fun of it, it would be a waste of time since I would literally gain nothing from the time spent using it.