Of course they will make op tier 9s. why would they not? That's what they did with tier 8s for years. Its not even a question its a fact. they will do it.

6:35 i´ve met guys that left the game after a decade and hundreds of dollars into it. But its more because WG keep ignoring problems for YEARS, people hated stun mechanic from the beggining, it took them an entire year to nerf the Obj268v4, the Leffefe keeps ruining tier 5 games, the keep adding hull down tanks and hull down locations. For me the ice on the cake was refusing to nerf premium tanks, but having no problem BUFFING THE OLD ONES. Wargaming is a company that, for no discernible reason, keeps ignoring the comunity, refusing to yield 80% of the times no matter how much backlash they receive. Both HE & Progetto 65 nerfs, and the crew 2.0 were received badly with little to no support, and yet they eventually nerfed HE, nerfed the Progetto (releasing the Lion the same month was the cherry on top) and the keep steadily moving towards crew 2.0. Why do all big game companies do this? From WG to Riot, or Gaijin?? In all of them i see the same disdain for player feedback.

Wargaming will ruin T9 and then T10. After this, they will introduce T11 and T12.

5:38 in my opinion it is pure greed, not cowardice or legal issues

Tier 7 and 9 used to be my favourites but seeing as though i like playing LT and MT, the addition of CVS to tier 8 tanks just makes tier 7 such a huge gap in tank performance. These days i prefer to play 9s so if they ruin that then goodbye WOT from a beta test player.

If WG can't nerf OP premiums, then they will eventually have to introduce a "Universal buff" for all tech-tree vehicles.

Playing tech tree tanks at t8 feels like shit

If you think WG will see the problem and stop what they are doing then you are coping hard.

6:15, I find this increasingly more so a joke that cracks me up good. Everybody pretends like its with the BZ-176 the game "suddenly" got ruined. But we've had in the game, by then, already: Borat, Progetto 46, Chief, Obj279e, Chrysler, Defender, E25, ... the sliding scale of tanks that are (or were) OP at the time of their release set that precedent of a bad game, with attrocious balancing LONG BEFORE the BZ-176 was concocted.

It's funny listening to QB complain about the BZ-176 when he was all supportive of the stupid go-carts, especially that premium at tier 8.

This guy really thinks tier VII has variety because they never get straight VII MM when in reality all they face is the deluge of VIIIs. Delusional. Grinding tech tree VI and VII is becoming a nightmare.

Money vs player experience. I wonder what WG would choose. Hmm...

I agree with most points of this video. Though I think +-0 is good. It is a level playing field. OP t9 prem. tanks is a different issue by itself, not +-0 in general. But +-2 needs to go IMO.

Though I do appreciate your POV of a very skilled "sweaty Nerd" (as it were), please don't forget those of us who are mediocre or slightly better than average (high pings maybe?). We would love to get better but are still hampered by the atrocious MM that constantly pits us against 2 tier higher tanks. I believe this mismatch in WoT is there to allow the better players to pad their stats by clubbing us seals. Being a seal so much of the time, I neither find this enjoyable nor play much when the scenario repeats multiple times. One tier up or down as the norm; same tier as "Preferential". Then, I believe you would see far more time being invested in play and more enjoyable because the tanks being played would not feel like a knife being brought to a bazooka fight.

I see one solution, as a lot "OP" premium have bad standard pen, nerf all gold ammo in the game without nerfing the tank (or simply remove it, this ammo is so stupid anyway). Gold ammo should be a strategic choice not a easy mode button.

The problem in MM is not only that most of the time you need to play against higher tiers and OP tanks, but also the skills of the players is too different. When I lose battles with 2-15 or even 0-15 the most players on my team have not more then 3 K battles and I have 20K battles and run the lowest tier in battle, while within the enemy team the lowest person has 30K battles. So not only there is a big difference in tanks, but also a too big difference in skill in both teams.

I see the same problem with tank modifications that are only available to the top players. That makes the gap between us average players and the top players even larger. Onslaught is a game mod that I will not join in anymore as it is clear that I don't stand a chance in winning any of the prizes that would make my tanks even better.

The major problem with the MM is bad teammates who finish the game with zero damage, and cause the 15-0 fail games. The few OP tanks are a secondary problem.

i still watch quickbaby videos,just for watch how world tanks is going. but everyting is going worse and worse. i will never come back ever again

I got a fadins medal with char mle thats pretty amazing

No matter what OP premium tier 9 or tier 8 they make I am not buying them. And I will stick with tier 9 as my main tier to play and tier 8 premium for credits and tier 10 only for events. until the game dies the way of all MMOs eventually will do.

Keeping the discussion about tier 9 power creep aside, I think the 752 is balanced because of the atrocious dpm. If you are already winning it snowballs a flank really well, but if it needs to shoot its way out of a sticky situation it falters.

Hmm, I should play this tank so I can lower the WR for everyone else

its an absolute monster in the hands of a knowledgeable player, but in the hands of an average player not so much.

Hey QB! I love this video and your video talking about Tiers 7 and 9! For months I've been talking to my clan and roommate about how tier 7 and 9 are the most comfortable and fun to play for me personally and your video summed up exactly why I feel that way. I got my roommate into the game and basically told him he just had to make it to tier 7 and the game would get substantially better. And it did, but the progression for him through tier 8 has nearly killed his motivation to play the game. Games at tier 8 are frustrating, I don't get nearly as frustrated with my games at tier 7 and 9 than I do at tier 8. And like you said I hope they don't do the same to tier 9 premiums that they did to tier 8. Due to the nature of tier 9 essentially having preferential matchmaking because they can only be tiered +1 in the mm, being able to skip to and get a tier 9 premium should be what's appealing, power level should be consistent and it could be a chance for them to try something unique with them instead of just releasing power crept hull down auto loading monsters like has been the case for a while. Great videos as always, cheers!

I remember when the ELC Even 90 first came out and most streamers were like: "It's a meh... don't expect much." But now: "It's OP!"

I don't even play my BZ-176 because of the slow reload. It's nice to get missions done but I LOVE to play my ADVENT Assassin tier 7 tank the most

8:07 Whaaat? Ever since the marking meta has started I see the GOOD players ignoring one shot kills and preferring to shoot at what has enough hit points to survive a shot, because that gives more MoE. I think even YOU do that on streams! Of course that's mostly in non-clutch situations. Still, it's bizarre for an old timer who plays for the win, not the MoE.

all true, and what about the new player's that grind up to tier 4 and 5 where they see overpowered 6's and 7's with field mod's and much better equipment? and the fact of horrible mm where from tier 6 to 8 you are 70% likely to be down 1 or 2 tier's in every game you play?

WG get to win either way. They can keep introducing OP premium tanks, but then indirecctly nerf them by buffing the tech tree tanks, then introduce a new OP tank a few years later that everyone now needs because the old OP tank is just meh. Like the scorpion G.

The most amazing part of that first game, is that the team actually assisted when someone called for help. I usually call for help and my team is spanking it in the corner ignoring me.

Also in blitz you are able to sell collector tier 10s for 7500 gold at present. In the mid April update selling a tier 10 collector will still be 7500 gold BUT to buy it back will cost 15000 gold.

As guys mentioned before; just make the bz176 a tier 9 premium heavy. So you dont nerf the vehicle but you can fix the over powered status. Now tier 6 heavies (in a lot of t6-7-8 matchmaking each team has two tier 6 heavies) has no change to do damage to this over powered fortress.

After 10 years. I have closed the tank garage.

Would you be able to talk about how you would buff and nerf different outlying tanks at 8,9,and 10?

Well, they figure we're gonna buy the next overpowered premium to battle the the current overpowered vehicle, and they cycle continues..

this was an interesting watch. I havnt played WoT since I quit not long after the race cars came out, that was the last straw for me after tier 3 £100 pay2win premiums, OP tier 5 arty, E25 madness, defender invasions, lootbox premiums, OP reward tanks, invincible autoloaders, err.. I'll stop there or I'll hit the character limit. Glad im no longer invested in the downward spiral of WoT (I am actually somewhat surprised anyone still is), at least I have the happy memories of kicking ass in my KV-5 and when I first bought the Maus!

I think it would be fun make a game mode with one way overpowered tank vs many other regular tanks. Rage mode, lol. Go op in a tank, or band together and try to shred it apart. Idk. . .

Wargaming needs to buff all older tanks so they can penetrate better for their tier.

I agree with you. One time premium tanks, doesn't matter the tier, were tanks just a little bit worst as regular tanks, but make extra credit and extra exp for crew. Now they're the only tanks to play, and it's becoming a sort of pay to win game. But I notice that op premium are only at tier 8

Hey QB can you make a updated review on all of the campaign vehicles?

This tank was the true gem for me. I mean the tiger maus was good too but this tank absolutely is the star.

Few months ago everyone called this tank the stinker of the lootboxes.

My biggest problem is that WG is adamant to bring scummy lootboxes in time and time again. I really wanted the T 54D, but as they gave out like 10 vehicles the chances of getting it are tiny. Would've happily paid a sum of money for it but not drain myself for hundreds of euros to have a *chance* of getting it. If the meta has surpassed just giving out content for money as a straight trade and instead is focused on gambling mechanics, I'm out. Heck, I feel like WG is kind of finding all the scummy ways to give out tier 9 premiums without actually selling them. iirc the Strv K and WZ-114 were like a mission marathon, tanks like the Concept 1B and Kpz 50 t are Ranked rewards and the rest are only given out in lootboxes.

Can I suggest that you enjoy +/-2mm as you are a good player. For us 'average losers', +/-2 sucks and doesn't encourage us to play/progress.

WG needs to add tier 9 clan wars/skirmish + they should bring back historical battles as it was interesting

Easy fix: create a tier 11 line up and realign all the other tiers. If that doesn't work, create tier 12 and so on until the tiers are watered-down enough that game play is more equal

The issue with the game is, and what you CC's should be forcing WG to address, the unbalanced teams the MM puts together and the per-determined RNG given to each team. If they truly want to save this game and continue to monetize it for the foreseeable future, they need to address these issues. Make the teams balanced every game based on rating and tanks and only tier +1 MM. The way RNG magically works one game and the next you can't hit or pen anything is not random. Statistically and I have been tracking this for 2+ years is nearly mathematically impossible if the programming for a MM system was truly “balanced”. Fix that and you have a game everyone will enjoy. You don't and the game is dead in 2ish years in the US and soon after globally.

Ayo it’s that butt bot on the tank museum video

This "fear" has been in works for a while, has already been predicred for quite some time by many including myself

Stopped playing after last christmas. Have played over 10 years but felling WOT is falling apart. Too many new tanks, Premium etc. Missing the time but now when i tried to start i Quick after one game. The feeling is gone. 😢

QB my guy it's time you start blessing us with 1440p video quality...

i 100% agreee with you on this one QB, remember back in the day, way way back, almost for every single t8 prem tank which at that time were maybe T7.57/8(prem matches) they would release an awesome t7 probably a t7.5 tank or td as well. even t6 used to get love with actual viable to play prems, but as time has gone on, Wg has noticed that instead of selling 2 or 3 6s/7s they can sell 1 8 and make that same amount they shifted their focus. i really wish they would give some of the lower tiers some love, or make them make more credits, or something, there has to be a way that they can fix it. i understand why they cant nerf prem tanks, but what they can move them up. the 176 at t9, hey give it one more boost, and maybe 10mm more armor and boom, perfect for that, and that would be a "buff" to the tank but putting it where it cant 3/4 a tank on a pen.

No tier is "safe", unfortunately. All of them are spoiled by various strong premium tanks that are a bit too popular! Go from tier 2 and up and you will find premium tanks that cause havok and are straight unfair from the rest of them! Regardless of the number of premium tanks I have in my garage, I support the decision about nerfing them, even if not directly but moving some up a tier, some down a tier, some to have some features touched a bit and so on.

The future, and even the present of WOT's downfall is that WG is blind in respect to improving new player base, by in turn, making lower tier games more popular. Low tiers are dominated by well experienced players, so they are very challenging to new players. Many new players get discouraged and go to look for another game that does not feel like a continuous masochistic experience. It also doesn't help that wait times in queue for lower tiers can easily take several minutes, every game. And all this could be remedied by WG giving more benefits, special events, or maybe a separate battlepass, but all available for tiers II - V only. And the benefits gathered for these events should be geared towards tiers below VIII, so it would encourage participation of those who need resources/benefits in lower tiers (ie. lower tier blueprints). Though it could include some generic resources like credit/crew boosters and premium days.

I am one of the old school whales, at the start in Beta I started simply grinding what was needed for Clan events, then burnt out, left for three years, came back as some family and friends played, thinking I wil ldo the casual play and collect the tanks. Jesus H, how many tanks do we need, it's a continual stream of loot box exclusives and premium releases and continual tech tree lines within a tech tree that is mainly fodder to get to some tank that is eventually nerfed. With battlepass now a paywall, cartoon figures and tank camo, and so much money being thrown at a wall. I simply have to say for me I have to step back and say enough. With the closure of in garage chat, and the closure of forums, many of us lost a voice and place to go, Discord and Reddit are not for many of us. And since that forum closure I have been in game once, and that was to cash in my crews for crew books.

The vehicle played on this replay, the tier 9 premium, is way better than the concept. I have both the concept and the Kpz, but I would take the 3 shots burst damage anytime!

I understand the concern but the person playing the tanks also gets a vote, and people don't like to play frustrating tanks. The problem is so many of the T9 premiums are terribly frustrating to play because they need at least 5 pieces of equipment with consumables and gold rounds to be decent OR they are just dmg/XP pinatas. Obj 590 (abysmal gun handling and depression), T54D (bad gun handling, depression, mobility), Tiger Maus (armor easily penned with gold and slow), WZ114 (DPM and aim time is glacial pace), T54 Heavy (terrible everything), and the list goes on. The ones that can be made to work with effort and great setups are the TL7, Chief Proto, Strv K, and Char 75, and they still aren't better than the reward or tech tree tanks. Obj 752 is the only one I would put in the "good" category, and WG forces you to spam gold in it because the standard rounds are bad. I would rather play at T8 with premiums or just use a reward or tech tree tier 9 than use some of those garbage T9 "premiums". The extra 40K credits isn't worth it when you are spending more credits on repairs, consumables & premium rounds, have a lower win rate in those tanks because they are bad, and you end up not enjoying it due to the frustration.

It is so sad that the original game play of world war tanks as it was several years ago has lost it's original and realistic form of battle. It's not a matter of how well you went to battle, but how much you can spend on so many options to "make" yourself better than you really are. Where's the skill in that.

It’s kind of sad when you think about it. QB is telling us that War gaming’s monetization strategy is killing the game while at the same time showing us a footage where the ‘problem’ is doing great within the game. It’s like the ‘don’t think about elephants’ situation. Over powered premium bad- but -

Of all my relatively numerous (about 30% of all VIII tiers + obj 752), this one is amongst my favorite. I like it MUCH more than obj 703 or Defender. However, despite throwing a non negligible amount of money at WG, I am not paying for prem account, and I only play gold tanks to earn credits, so I tend to load golds only when I face enemy superheavy tanks like Maus or type 5. 90% of hits in that battle would have been fine even without gold shells.

Excellent video.

+2/-2 gives good variety. Too many people cry though. The pre-2017 MM was the best, and no, that isn't nostalgia. I got receipts

That damage should get a profit of 500000 silver minimum. It is quite hard to reach that damage, and not many players can pull it. Another point I have with Wargaming as a company model is that we buy stupid premium tanks that have huge premium shell costs, on a premium tank, so that basically nullifies your farming potential/role. There are many things this company does which are downright disgusting. Tank balancing is bad. Team balancing is also bad. We have two or three arties per match, when one should be enough, not to mention being focused by two B C 155 58 arties is the best experience ever, constantly pelted with damage and stuns. Take out the stun mechanic and the damage capabilities and make arties a purely support role. Give them smoke screens to cover the allies when they are spotted and taking fire, but make it like a wall, through which nobody can see, your team included. Also give them flares so they can spot enemies in a sense. EBR tanks should be nerfed to the ground, since that class does not necessarily reward only good players. You can drive across the map with your brain disconnected and still have a good time while the enemy cannot properly shoot you and punish you for that type of play. You can tell players to learn to aim better, but most tanks have bad shell velocity and horrendous aim times. I would love to create a minefield on the map for these players. Elc Even 90, and some other tier X LT's like Manticore have a obvious advantage over other lights, and its not skill based either. The free equipment from the Battle Pass did a lot of damage to the meta as well. Camo mechanics are a relic, they need a huge rework, I mean.. how the hell can a Maus go unspotted 50 meters away from you, on a open field??? Maps, oh my days... the maps are absolute dogshit gameplay wise, sure they might look aesthetically pleasing but too many maps are designed like we are playing tanks in League of Legends (corridor maps). Map rotation is horrendous, I get matches where I play the same map with different spawn one after the other. I barely get Malinovka, Prokhorovka, the good maps. The same bushes are known to everybody and everyone starts blind shooting lazily because thats what they saw good players do. Another thing which doesn't require skill, while the skilled player that tries to spot gets punished without being spotted. Its all because the bushes are SO obvious after so many years and patches. They should change the bushes from time to time so players actually learn the maps instead of just blind firing lazily in the same positions, with light tanks having no options where to go. And they should slow down with so many pixel premium tanks, rebalance the old ones first so they become more viable. They started doing this, got to admit that. End the Hull Down meta already. There will come a time when they will put in the game tier X premium tanks, like on the Asia server. And if.. and if they populate the server with a bunch of them, they will kill Tech Tree grinding.

Just an idea, and I don't know how it would work but between tiers 6 and 10. Split the tiers up. 6. 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5 and lastly Tier 10. Alot of tanks feel like they are either way better or way worst then their actual tier and on top if that, it feels like the gap between Tiers as far as power goes is just way to far. You can still have +2/-2 matchmaking, but, for example, Tier 8s wouldn't see 10s any more. The highest they could see is 9.5. 6s couldn't see 8, only 7.5. It really fits well for pref. MM tanks too since their not exactly as good as their Tier but aren't bad enough to be in the Tier before. Something like a BZ-176 would obviously fall into 8.5 but something like an IS-6 would be something like a 7.5. It's the decompression the Matchmaking needs so bad. It would make it so the worst something like an IS-6 could face is a BZ-176 and make it where a BZ-176 couldn't face straight Tier 6s because that's just hopeless. Yes it would take time to determine whete every tank would fall, yes it might slightly impact que times but I don't know about you guys but I'd be willing to wait an extra 30 seconds to a minute for a match if it meant it was more balanced

Wish I had this or that one autoloading TD thats tier9. I don't buy lootboxes often and whenever I do its only 20-40 total.

totally agree with you

In warships u can pay 4000 gold and ship will be premium. Maybe same in tanks can change randoms , many normal tanks have good power but are jus not premium.

Whales as investors was perrrfect 😂

I’m pretty sure they have something in the Eula that says they have the rights to alter and remove tanks. I think it’s just cowardice and a too powerful business team. Heavy tanks have too much view range, getting better and better camo and getting even faster, newer mediums are then getting pushed into where lights used to be and now with the tiny range of open maps, lights are becoming more and more of an inconvenience

Do you have a video that can help reintroduce veterans to the game? Alot has changed and I haven't played since the swedish were introduced. Bonds, experimental stuff, the new UI layout. There is too much stuff to click on now in the garage 🤣

I get a lot of joy out of kicking tier 9 butt in a tier 7 tank, especially a bad tier 7.

Blitz used a +1 -1 Matchmaking, its much better imo, also far easier for WG to balance, armour still works on a lot of tanks against +1 MM.

I stopped playing when wheeled vehicles were released

If they continue that path, then they will need to rebalance the entire game in one go. I dont think a lawsuit because "my bought premium now bad" would then be a concerning argument. A good argument to rebalance everything would be if the ammunition type damage difference from the steel hunter game mode was added to the normal game.

100% it's going to happen to tier 9, it already has been. The 752 is very OP. Burst damage plus very good armour, even the weak spots, in practise are not easy to hit. This is completely deliberate by WG, it isn't like they can't release balanced tanks, they actually do it fairly frequently. However the only reason they release any balanced tanks is to hide the few that are their monetisation targets because they think we are all too stupid to realise what they are doing.

Wg next Christmas Introducing all new bz-177 900 alpha at tier 9

I want the credit making ratio to go back up, even with premium now it's very low, they used to always have higher bonuses as well like x6, x 5, x3, now it's mainly x2, and the x200 crew bonuses for an hour really don't do much either now, it sucks. But yeah most of what is said in this video is true. Also, the grind to get the tanks up to normal gameplay/upgraded is really a pain now, some people given up on completing the tech tree's as a result. It just takes so long and you want a variety of tanks from various tech tree's not just the one because they really play differently.

Talking from an outside perspective (I have relatively little experience with World of Tanks but I have a LOT of experience on World of Warships), I think the fundamental issue with premium vehicles lies in just how much impact the vehicle statistics have compared to how good a player is. As an example, easily the most overpowered tier 9 premium in WoWs is the Musashi, it's just an almost identical copy of the tier 10 battleship Yamato. Despite having such a statistical advantage however, a good enough player can beat it, even in a tier 7 ship. If Wargaming took for example the E100, changed some minor statistics and downtiered it for a price tag, that would entirely break matchmaking to the point of outright ruining the game, simply because having that extra health, that extra armour and that extra firepower is amplified by how heavy statistics influence capabilities within the game (Feel free to disprove me here entirely, I am welcome to learn more about stuff I am not too knowledgable about)

Coming from a console WOT player, it’s gonna happen. They release super strong tiers Xs for everyone to buy that hurt matchmaking. Taran, Centurion AVRE, etc…

The best Tier 9 tank I have is my Leopard 1, it always meets the same tier or lower, never have to fight higher tiers, and always pens all the OP tanks. Oh, wait, it is a tier X, but never mind, it is what I grab for tier 9 anyway

I've spent loads of money of world of tanks, I'm not really bothered if they nerf premium tanks. I'd rather have a healthy game

Thanks for another interesting and informative video QB. I'm almost certain that your biggest fear will come true. Wargaming now just want to make money (and lots of it ...). They are now just greedy beyond belief .... They don't care about the player base, unless they are prepared to pay significant sums of cash - on an ONGOING basis ... which is SO sad .... I remember LOVING playing this game in the early days when there were a lot fewer Premium and Rewards tanks around. :( :( :( It was a game everyone could play and have fun (which surely should be the core objective for Wargaming, shouldn't it ?). Sadly many people like me, who have neither the money nor the time to play WoT often enough to justify pumping in oodles of real cash into this game, will leave/ have left - and now only play WoT vicariously through your videos, QB.

Wait.... how do you get whole evenings of +-0 matchmaking?

Biggest fear is being left with whales and bots, no new players and a totally ruined MM.

Some tanks should not meet -2 thats the main thing i would change in match making also some tanks should be limited to 1 per team and always against itself like even90.

My biggest fear are premium vehicles and their impact on the game. That their are more powerful that the tech tree vehicles, I do not like that. I have lost that grinding will and lately in matchmaker I see more and more to me "unknown" vehicles. That is bad for the game.

You can always buff another tier and ruin the next one in a huge circle.

I don’t know why but any tank that is OP I can’t make work and they have some of my worst stats but the under powered tanks are some of my best win rates.

Yeah.... I kinda gotta agree with a few other commenters. What you're suggesting isn't a question of if, but when? Because Wargaming's primary marketing tool is FOMO, and they've already wrecked tier 8 with so many premiums that are objectively better than the tech tree tanks. My derp Rhoomba is fun and all, but the Skorp is just better. The T32 is good and all, but the T34 and Renegade are just better in several different ways. Better than fretting over the inevitable, I think, would be pushing for the hard rebalance the game in general needs.

My biggest fear is that the weasel tow will never be nerfed

Tier 6 thru 10 is fun. Even 8's. 8's my favorite

This is WG your concerns are valid. Lets be honest the game died 10 years ago really. Had they kept their promise that premiums would never be better than tech tree vehicles we would still have a fair and balanced game instead of the shitshow it has become.

I will always enjoy playing the Tortoise. It's my favorite tier 9.5. :P

QB, you know they are going to add more op tier 9 premiums.

For me the game is dead for years. Once there was more paper tanks in battle then real ones, I was out. Today you can barely see single real tank in a battle.

My favourite tier 9 heavy.OP tank

I love the bz176! 😂

True about what you say on the path Tier9 should no go, the path that went on in Tier9. The benefit of Tier9 compared to Tier7 ist you only have +1MM while Tier7 sees "a reasonable share" on +2MM. No one cares on having -2MM aka being 2 Tier Toptier. On the named tanks for Tier8, true BZ176 was not overed in shop since the first release in boxes. Does this show care for MM on WG side? I am not that sure on it. ELCEven90 is avaliable mor times and Bourasque is offered often and has now a twin brother named Miel. Other Tier8 like Skoda56 and Progetto too were in shop often in the last 2 years. For al this tanks, there are lots of them out in the players hands and for BZ176, it is also not rare as about 180K players player them at least once. So WG might tink some more wont hurt as there are already so many available and the tank is played often (even the number of battles dropped since the first months after release). BZ's are dominating not only Tier8 randoms unless Tier10 is involved but more dominate Tier8 skirmishes as this are single tier battles. When WG will not nerf this tanks, other rules in MM can be applied like limiting as done with french lights or artys, limits in platoons, even spread on teams and number per team. But WG does care for MM and the game .. we only see not how and what they care for!

that kv4 was a bit angry