Question for veterans, how as a F2P player do you make credits.

TeriyakiTanker: The game economy is designed to make it very frustrating for f2p players earn silver, yes this is done to incentivize you to buy premium time, premium tanks, or both.  If you truly want to be f2p you can do some thing to earn silver 1.  Tier V is probably the best tier for making silver if you are f2p and anything above tier VI will get progressively harder to earn silver in, especially if you aren't pulling something like a 52%+ win rate. 2.  You need to use premium, aka gold, rounds sparingly and when you do use them you really need to make sure you do damage. 3.  Winning, yup you get more money when you win, lose to much and you are screwed. 4.  If you have the time there is a marathon starting tomorrow in which you can earn a "free" tier VIII premium tank.  Yes it will take you a lot of time and frankly you would be better off just buying the thing but you did say f2p. 5.  As soon as tank rewards starts again, hopefully in the next month or so, and this will allow you to earn a free premium tank every month.  They are usually low tier II-VI, and sometimes VII, but these tanks will really help a lot and get you some good crew training. 6.  Do not use premium consumables except for premium fire extinguishers which pretty much pay for themselves tier V and up, in my opinion. 7.  Most people will hate me for telling you this but arty is a GREAT way for a f2p player to make credits, HE is cheap and the M44, tier VI American arty, basically prints silver. 8.  I would not suggest playing higher tier tanks without researching all the modules, you should wait for the Frontline event to come around and grind them in that mode, also a great way to earn credits. 9.  Find ways to get silver boosters, the personal reserves are great for boosting credit earnings. Anyway lots of ways to earn silver for f2p people, good luck and have fun.