I'll point what makes life hardest for FTP players: the inability to get a 100% crew! Like WG let me pay 100k or even 200k credits per crew member just to see what the tank can do, without playing 50 games with boosters just to get the tank to do WHAT IT SHOULD DO FROM THE START!

This is so me right now, I've pretty much given up grinding anything anymore so I just play whichever tanks are fun.

I had the same experience: Hitting 30% winratio in a tank while grinding it is so frustrating - especially at T8 where you have to fight overpowered premium tanks - and I‘m by no means a bad player, hitting at least 2500 WN8 on average once the tank isn‘t stock anymore - but the grind there is painful with bad winratio and bad WN8

I remember the T54E1 was used to be a Medium tank before getting into a Heavy tank ....

The game itself in its entirety is extremely Anti-F2P friendly since WG mainly consider the paying part of the community which are the minority but disregard the majority of players who are F2P who just pad the player count. The paid battlepass and Pay to win premium tanks are some of the blatant disgusting reminders of how P2W the game is and shows how divided the player base is. The benefits you get from the paid battlepass alone gives you a MAJOR advantage over the F2P player with all those additional bounty equipment, training manuals, extra bonds, etc. Yeah sure it's a "skill based" game at the end of the day but the argument doesn't really hold much weight when you see the "better players" having all the good equipment (bounty/bond - Sure some F2P players have this but that's rare), premium time and consumables, powerful premium tanks to give them that edge over others. Those who still actively defend the game for what it is needs a reality check.

The most frustrating thing about being a FTP is having stock vehicles.

After playing on and off for 10 years, I’ve finally gotten my first tier 10 tank yesterday. I’ve paid some money, but really only for gold to convert experience to free XP and occasional premium time. I’ve played 16.5k games in total

To be fair, I've played the game casually for five years, mostly having played or at least *tried to* play competitively for the first year or so, and then realizing it really isn't worth my time/effort that i have so little of, even now. It has been really fun watching all the content you put out however, and at certain times I feel like playing that way myself, but then again, I'm quite busy already trying to study and handle life at the same time. I've recently started playing WoT Blitz, and tbh, I like the Tier 10 there better than here, balancing and what not. But what Blitz fails to give me are some of those nostalgic moments that I first had back in 2016, sitting in the comforts of my home and platooning with my friends and so on. You have time and again, made me come back to the game, and recently, I've had some fun by being able to actually pay and buy premium tanks, and I must say thank you for bringing me back, time and again to play this game, which I despise and adore at the same time :D

Okay, one things I would critizise: Even a free-to-play player should always be able to mount an automatic fire extinguisher. You don't really *need* it that often, and I would wager that running automatic fire extinguishers actually SAVES you money in the long run. You get them for free reasonably often, your fire chance is reduced by 10% anyway & no human reflex is faster. The result: Either lowering your repair costs and/or keeping you in the fight longer, allowing you to earn more money & XP. So, I will NOT accept the price difference as a reason to not run it. Other than that, you're right, and it's true for the Large Repair Kits and Med Kits.

Around 2014 I thought I would play this game for the rest of my life, until WG decided that if you want to have fun you have to pay, this fall I will uninstall the game and I have no plans to install it again

The answer to all the questions that u asked in this video is simple.... Wargaming don't want you to play for free.

i like you , your a normal down to earth lad, as a chieftain and mk 1 challenger person, i am always amused with tank games, nothing like reality, but i enjoy your talk about battles, i am old now but your knowledge is refreshing, i play blitz, i think i now can not keep up with all this tech stuff , gold and the like, but ill keep trying on blitz you never know i might win a game .

Really appreciated your take on f2p aspects of the game. I have spent money to get a premium tank for credit farming but f2p outside of that. I agree with some others in the comments about crew training being very difficult as f2p. Sure you can have 1 or so good crews per country from crew books but it is really tough outside of that.

After 4 years playing for free. Today, I decide to buy my first premium tank 703. And in my first 18 games, well... HOHOHO... Merry Christmas to myself.

They really need to make this game more viable for free players, I played a while ago but convincing my friends to play the game was so hard, most of the reason for this was the absolute god awful grind for people who just want to play for free. This game is ridiculously pay to win and it’s why me and many others have given up with it because it has just been getting worse and worse…

one of the best things QB ever did was start his free to play account.

really happy that your rant included many points i share as a f2p player , personally im willingly to face the less credit gain, xp gain and normie consumables disadvantage and let my skill cover what's lacking but what fundamentally affects me is grinding tech trees that turn out disappointed and i can't reinvest all the time and effort I put in

Found your channel yesterday and never played the game, been going through the videos and i'd say this is a perfect topic to cover for people like me who got interested in the game through your channel. I'm lucky this is the video you decided to post right now.

I remember being excited for buying the E100. Even with turbocharger, on Glacier I can't get out of base because a VZ.55 is gonna already be on the ridge spamming HEAT at my turret. I bounce 80% of standard shells and I get killed by gold shells almost everytime I die

I've been play 4 free for 6 years... took 3 years off, then picked it up again during "the cough" I feel like Bantha Fodder! I also go broke playing tier 10. For years I found watching your content more interesting than actually playing the game!

I loved WOT when it came out and before it was messed up so bad. I was ok at the game. It seems like if you are a casual player you have little chance of moving forward in the tech tree. I might play a couple times a week or so. Just don't have the time for constant play. I refuse to pay to win on games. With that It seems like I get tired of games quickly when there is no progression. Free To Play is just not worth it anymore for the time required to get anywhere.

Hi, i love your content, i have been playing mostly free to play for 8 years (actualy around 18k battes), i have to admit what have you said in your video. Also there is another tricky thing, if you are in clan to have some bonuses from building, then you have to usualy play clan battles (dont know exactly how its called havent been in clan for years) and these battles are very expansive. But one of the biggest rewards for me is, when i kill Pay2win player in battle without scratch, just simply being smarter, its soo satisfying. Thank you for your videos.

Your point about the absurdity of not being able to research field mods before grinding the next tank is so on point As a returning old player, it makes no sense to me that the biggest grind I do on the tank I need to do it at it's 'stock field mod' state. Like why...? What's the reasoning for that When you finally unlock the field mods, there is no reason to play the tank unless you really really want to play the tank.

I'm so glad you made this video and these points!!

I have played the game on an off for 7 years. The biggest issue with WoT is their business model. At least in NA, people spend lots of money on f2p games, but that is spent on cosmetics mostly. WoT expects you to spend outrages amounts of money to even stay competitive. While most MMOs have a monthly cost, you get the full game and can only purchase cosmetics. Most of the games played in WoT are vs premium vehicles that are better than most in game line tanks. Those premium tanks aren’t available by playing the game, and their prices are that of full priced games. I’m mostly talking to the wind here, but if the game had a better business model, it would have had the ability to compete vs CoD and or Battlefield on player numbers.

I’ve been playing for 8 years now and finally made it to my first tier 10, the Obj. 277. I’m happy that I finally made it but it took so long to make it.

The best tank for mere mortals is the one in which you have the best crew and as of now all the field mods unlocked. British tier 8 and 9 med Centurions are fenomenal because they have 3 or 4 crew skill. I can afford food but my crews don't have firefighing so i can burn to death. Also getting the view range to 445 without coated optics was impossible for me without playing the tank for 400-500 battles. The best tank is the one with the best crew! Edit: It would be best to have everithing unlocked when you buy a tank, including skilled crew, equipment, and consumables. Then everyone can be on the level playing field and could setup the tank in a way they see fit.

remember this line being absolute pain in the ass to keep any kind of expierienced crew while progressing thrue.... it was LT's up to T7, then 2 MED's and a HT at T10..... any retraining costed so much exp for someone who doesn't buy gold....

I'm so grateful that you said something about the people that are bombing around in their op tanks thinking that they are king shit and they most likely aren't. I have lost track of the times that I received a message from someone after they killed me in the game saying "get gud scrub" yet they are in said op tank. A few times I was able to 1 v 1 the people that sent a message like that and crushed them. I'm not a unicum so it felt so good to wipe their faces in the dirt when they were the ones that messaged me with their toxic attitude.

Hey QB…thanks for vids. I believe your thoughts on field mods or researching up would help. I think the problem is helping lower winrate and new players. We want to get people to join and stay playing. I think one the answer is limiting gold rounds based on tier matching and skill(win rate). The other way frequently discussed is just limit damage, but then lower tier match tanks have an even greater disadvantage. Tier 6 tanks will really struggle if trying to kill a defender with lower damage. So, I’d keep current mechanics and let computer calculate and display. You could round up for clip tanks, but autoloaders would not get the rounding. Player just selects how many HE rounds and computer calcs and displays. Then the allowable amount is modified based on win rate (to help lower players) and maybe even credit mod for lower win rate players to also help. Example same tier (top tier) base is 30% gold rounds (just as with any stat computer will calculate and display options, you could choose no gold rounds). One tier down max 50% gold rounds and 2 tiers down 75% gold. Then each of these is modified by win rate. For each point over 50% you loose 2.5% and for every point under 50% you gain 5% rounds. You can set lower limits. So experience player 53% at tier 10 will start 30%, but loose 7.5% to a base of lower limit 25%. A player at 47% winrate in same tier ten tank would get 30% base + 15%=45% allowable gold. So better players need to use more skill and less gold. Throw wargaming a bone, premium tanks or monthly accounts get 2.5% bonus, and maybe even loader skill at 2.5%. Just limit “skilled” players from just spamming gold and give players who are less skilled a chance. We need people to stay and play…..Thx from NA

I'm a completely free to play player with just over 1k games and a 57% wr. I got a t8 premium for bonds and usually only play on tech trees that are top of the tree as i don't have much time to play wot. Progression is slow but it is possible. One thing I learnt is to never miss out on a free premium (the valiant got me 3 top guns and a 78% wr.) They also save you loads of time grinding credits.

as a F2P i appreciate your content take on the game. after 3 yrs grinding the line , I'm looking forward to getting the Leo1 this xmas, after i grind the silver of course, remember when differed gratification was a thing?

I'm paying player, but i still don't get bounty equipment, just because, I play only few months during winter and even I feel that I can't be competitive. I feel that the more game progresses the more wide gap there is between playerbase.

I used to enjoy the game by the time the video tutorials were made by Wargaming for T32 vs Tiger and IS-3 (maybe 2013?). Each had strong points and weak points and you had to make the best of it. That was what I enjoyed about the game. Sure one would use occasionally a premium round in special situations. Now there are so many perks to consider and buy. All kind of autoloaders roam the battlefield - some have a clip, some have double shots, some have a hybrid loading mechanism. Once in a while a new OP line is introduced. After the armor buff is seems that it is a prem rounds frenzy. Even you feature games of players having good games while shooting mostly premium rounds. "Oh, it's an armored tank, I will switch to gold to be competitive". I used to enjoy taking advantage of game mechanics (searching for weak spots, angling the tank, wiggling the hull) and not game economy.

Just to talk on the effectiveness of the T54E1. I find that when I play mine the armor just doesnt exist. When I first started playing about 8 years ago I remember people saying how good the turret armor is on the vehicle but now it just feels like it has none. I will constantly get people going through the turret front with no problem. Not even using gold rounds (though some of them do). It feels like an even larger clunkier version of the Chi-Ri. Although that burst potential is truly something special.

T54E1 when it was a medium and with the old top gun was just spamming gold rounds left right and center just to even be competitive back then. After I got the T57 Heavy, I just sold the E1 because it was just not viable to play without a decent chunk of your ammo reserve being gold ammo. I think ever since it got change into a HT, they did change the gun's penetration value of both base and gold ammo which is a great change. Before this, I would never recommend anyone keeping the tank with its old top gun because it's a pain in the ass to even play it.

Made the 10 seconds ago crew- Fantastic video as always!

Somehow i still keep playing it although there are games out there that are not pay to win. But something about being able to against all odds grind my way up and blast gold noobs to pieces feels so rewarding :D

I do like the fact of free to play is the satisfaction after getting your tank that you were grinding for

I am not a regular player and I spend a set amount on the game from time to time. Mostly I buy gold, but sometimes I will buy a premium account for something like 14 days. I have to say that I have learned a lot from your channel over the years, so please keep it going! Your videos about the consumables have been of immense help, especially what to use with what to get that edge! I have never bought a single premium consumable such as fire extinguishers. Those I have all won via the game when WG have some sort of event. The non-premium consumables I buy when they are on special, but then I buy like a 100 of them at a time! Also, a tip from your channel I believe! Yes, the premium tanks are a pain, especially when you shoot gold at them, and you cannot even damage them! Some of them is a nightmare to fight against; completely overpowered, but if you work with your team and just spot and track them, then someone on your team who has a more powerful tank can hopefully kill the nightmare! WOT's are probably play to win and unfair, but that is life; GET USED TO IT!

Merry Christmas and to back!!

I played 2013-16 as a pay to win player. I stopped paying, and mostly playing till a few weeks ago. I reinstalled WoT and realized how uncompetitive my old tanks are. It was great seeing you feature the T54E1. It was one of my favorites back in the day. I'm really not sure I want to invest anything more into this game, so it was interesting seeing the plays for free prospective in this video. Thanks QB.

Some very nice talking QB, keep it up!

I've been playing for 7 years started when 13 and have been f2p until this year (got adult money now lol) and the biggest challenge for me was credit income. Even for a decent player with 2800wn8 credits were hard to come by so that actually pushed me to become a light tank main and my only tier 10 being the obj140 (since i did very well in it almost every game = break even on credits). Regarding food/equipment I still don't think they're essential unless ur in a competitive match, going for Moes or your in a borrasque(I can't play that without food).

Yeah as a free to play player for me I switched to blitz cause i just don't have the insane amount of time to out into a game like you need in wot PC you have to grind A LOT to get the advantages and crew skills and equipment to be competitive compared to blitz it's so much easier and cheaper as well if you do wanna spend a buck or 2 every now and again the WOT PC has been my child hood I've always loved it but it just requires so much more time even with the longer battles I decided to switch to blitz where I have several tier 10s and tier 9s but I'll always love watching other people play it and your content QB still like to keep track and learning more about what's happening in the game

baby you are so talking good right things, everything helps :) thank you!

Though I don't play much anymore I personally think of the field mods as 'end game content' so to speak. Something for you to do once you've hit max level to improve your equipment

Hello QB! First of all I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Second of all, would you try the iyouxin style IS-7 build. It looks so much fun?

around 3:50 you described my life as a ftp tanker. I watched the Japanese heavies dominate while I struggled up the tech tree. by the time I got the type 5 it was nerfed into oblivion. Similarly, the obj 268v4 line (except that tank is still relevant. The FOMO pressure to spend $ is strong with this game

I love the T54E1, both when it was a medium and now. I have a 60% w/r with over 1500 battles, and it was my first 3 marked tank. I'm always drawn to underdogs, but this is maybe the most powerful and capable underdog in the game.

First vid I've seen after realy long time while you didn't used any gold round +1

love ur vids QB

I love your f2p-videos when you show us the p2w mechanics as I m a f2p-player myself without any gold-round so far for about 7 years. if you talk about the p2w-mechanics or mechanics which try to lure you into spending it helps to detect them and makes it easier to not spend anything. thanks qb

That's why now I only play from time to time when we get some kind of bonuses. I don't have the patience anymore to mindlessly grind something which takes forever, unless you buy "time savers" from WG.

This game more feels like "play to win players" are like just punching bags for "pay to win players" !!!

ftp player from Kenya here... got my first tier 10 yesterday, after a year and 3 months playing WoT... the struggle is real.. thanks QB..

This is the time to play if you are free to play. I have gotten 4 free garage spots in the present boxes. This is the best thing if you ask me.

I don't know if I'm the only one, but I mainly play german heavies yeah, and the only heavy tank I use the fire extinguisher is Obj. 777 version II, all other heavies I use large repair kit (just for the bonus speed to repair, and if I really really need I use it), small medkit and small repair kit, it works and I very rarely get a fire anyway so I consider it more than worth it

Great vid.

Woah woah woah the T54E1 IS A HEAVY?! I remember it being a medium back in 2016

The lack of credits is 100% real for F2P, been on and off for 7 yrs, still can't afford a T10. Running 3 (almost 4) T9s: Tortoise, Conway, Standard B (still stock) and Obj 257 (had it researched for a while, can't afford it). Saving free XP used to be my biggest concern when I was only getting

This is why I quit this game over half a decade ago. The grind was so bad even with someone who paid money for gold. Everything is SO expensive if you don't want to hate yourself from grinding a crap tank (before fully upgrading it). Using a tier 7-8 gun in a tier 9 tank is not fun. That being said, thanks for making videos so enjoyable to watch as I can still watch them after all these years of not playing.

QB, I'm struggling to figure out how to play the T57 Heavy, and you seem to have a great understanding of how to play these slow autoloading heavies. Any tips? I mainly can't fire premium ammo, and since it was my first tier 10, I thought I might be able to enhance my experience with it a bit more. It is supposed to be good, but all I see are the weaknesses.

QB, any chance for some T57 Heavy and WA-111 5A gameplay? Great content, keep it up!

It s a big diference for a standard equipment tank vs a full pimp out one. But yeah agree with you. Even if i have the meta tanks i stll play the underdog ones more, feels more rewarding.

I am very lucky for getting t34s and rbfm m10. Im happy to know that QB know how most of us feel like

7,7k games, playing for 9 years on-off and I recently used 5 free premium days to fully grind through the t6 and t7 Swedish ikvs and fully equip the Udes. Man, this tank is a fun-beast compared to all the other non-meta tanks I’ve been grinding for over years just to get to tier 8 or 9 at max. (Still not owning any t10 tank but that’s due to the variety I am playing). But something like a stock-centurion 7/1 is just cruel to grind for free… 29% winrate in the last 60 games even tho I am a 52% player.. Well, I think the p2w aspect is why I mostly prefer other games over wot and only come back every once in a while.

Free to play player here and i always play with larger repair kit, large medkit and automatic fire extinguisher on all my tier 8 and up tanks

What would you suggest is the best thing to spend gold on? I have collected a few thousand from the large boxes.

You nailed it this time mr.QB. I have been playing this game for 10years. But strictly out of fun. But playing a game here or there or an 30min-1h play once or twice a week does not make my progress fast. Long time ago I have decided to stop at Tier 8. T10 are not economical for me. I do have 2 T9 but don’t play them that much. And also buying a T 10 would be impossible. I have given compliments to the Wargaming by buying one premium and buying some progress. But honestly I think they have become to greedy. But I still enjoy playing it. So that is why I am playing it. Would be nice if they can make a subscription for all of those who wish to play them. And also make a game mode where only free tiers can meet regardless of the tier level. And I don’t play to be ranked higher or get the medals. I just want to enjoy it.

I agree on a different way. I play part time a couple hours here and there. I grind to earn tier 8 tanks and loose points just to play. I get hit a few times hit some tanks and even destroy some at times. Now I do have a few Premium tanks and enjoy them as well, but when I play my KV4 and other tier 8 thanks and survive I loose credits or points. In order to regain my credits I have to play a premium tanks in a half ass manor get destroyed and score more credits to make up the points from the regular tanks. I like to play SPG because its less stressful knowing I will get destroyed and not see it coming. The only thing I hate or dislike is the amount of time to reload. I think I have a couple that it takes 36 seconds to reload. Thanks for listening.

I have a great example of why people think the game is out to get them sometimes. Today I was in my Centurion 7/1 on Himmelsdorf, I was top tier. I had a 54% WR in the Cent up until two days ago when I got 14 losses in a row. 52% now, and I'm completely F2P. Anyway, literally every shot I fired either missed or bounced. I fired 8 shots, had 1 bounce, and 7 misses. All from close range. I witnessed other tanks on my team shoot at enemy tanks point-blank and somehow miss them. T30 fired at an EBR that his barrel was touching for 0 damage. We lost 3-15. You can't tell me that the game does not rig the results in favor of some teams winning. I've been on the other side of these rigged battles, and it's like I can't miss.

I grinded almost a 100 hours in one week to get an IS-3. Did that suck yes a lot, I even quit the game shortly after that. Player base was way worse 7 years ago so my team kept getting swiped away so fast it wasnt even fun anymore. Just got back in the game last week and boy is it way more fun now even when you play without paying anything.

What get me furious is grinding for a tier seven tank to find out it comes with a tier 5 gun and you have to grind getting killed often for another 75000 exp to get the tier seven gun.

Real talk this is one of his best videos boys

Hey quicky, do you have any videos on how to learn how to play wot now vs what it used to be? I struggle trying to figure out how to navigate wot, and get everything out of it. It still takes me forever to get up tech trees. Idk if you have a like wot basics Playlist or something.

The only time I spend money on WOT is Christmas for the boxes to get premium days, and gold, and also any tanks that I may like that pop up in the advent calendar that I don’t have

I guess I still have the mentality of the old days. I get that grinding sucks, but it always has. However, they've added so many things to help you grind. More events that have x5 exp, exp boosters, and on track missions. It used to be brutal. I was looking back at my early days of playing and realized it would take over 100 games to get out of a tier 6 (granted I probably sucked back then). Now it takes 20-30 without premium. I still think that this game has gone too far with the premiums, but you can streamline your grinding to make it not too horrible. Completely agree that it's stupid you have to elite the tank first before field mods, though.

I really respect you for using your free account, QB. I am a free player, and lately it has been brutal.

I've spent really lot's of money on a premium account, premium tanks, and bounty equipment to have some advantage (or maybe sometimes to not have disadvantage) but mostly to shorten the time of getting tier 10 tanks. Now looking back - I could spend less money and do not buy so many premium tanks, but on the other hand - this game gave me so much time (and sometimes a lot of frustration ;-)). I still play it and still have fun.

Great video, I am one of those Free to play players. One of the things I find absolutely hilarious is when I end up pitted against a premium account holder that loses at the hands of my skill 😆🤗 I find such satisfaction in that but it definitely is a thing going into Supremacy battles and Ratings battle on a free account but soooo worth it to destroy paying players

I play almost all tier 8 premium tanks since I own 73 of them, my question is since you talked about it at the end of the video, how do I know I am actually good or if am not just farming bots/not paying players who lack any knowledge about mouse and keyboard and often drive with their turret completely turned backwards?

To be honest I agree with QB, for example I started grinding the object 430U a few years back when it was the best medium tank, in the meantime you got italian auto-reloaders, the object 140 got better... and now I don't even play it. Also It took me years of grinding to get to tanks that I actually enjoy the play-style, that's my biggest pet peeve with world of tanks. And that is that most lower tech tree tanks either play nothing like the higher tier ones and therefore you can't even know if you like the playstyle until you invested tens or hundreds of hours into grinding or are just downright a masochistic experience to sit through. And even if you get to that point where you get that good tank, you still need a lot of time and hundreds of thousands of experience just to get that top gun, or tracks or something else which actually makes the tank special... (you know what I mean, a tier IX tank with a stock tier 6 or tier 5 gun with 170 pen or less...). I have tanks that I detest now and feel like they are crap not necessarily because they truly are but mostly because I had to play them for a long time to progress and the stock grind was extremely punishing. I feel like this is somewhat patched with new tech tree tanks (for example the double barrel tanks weren't that bad) but the higher russian mediums, or british TD's, heavy tanks... And worst still, most of the stock guns are only viable if you load only gold rounds (more expensive ones) and if you don't you can't pen, which means you can't kill your opponent, which means you die early, which means you loose silver on repairs and don't get any XP bc you didn't live long enough to make an impact which ultimately leads to having a negative economy and negative win rate which then forces you to play your premium tanks, but wait, you don't have premium tanks, but wait, you can buy premium tanks for bonds, but wait, you can only get bonds on tier X, which you need to grind, but you need credits... All in all it's a very well oiled machine, and even though I commend QB for playing his free to play account, I still think that the biggest advantage he has is the opportunity to try out any tank he wants and then decide on his limited f2p if it's worth it or not. Wargaming, if you can put trial periods on premium tanks, put trial periods on tech tree tanks, you have the vs AI maps, use them, you don't have to offer every tank there is, give players a chance to try the most iconic top tree tanks, take them for a spin, so they can see if they are actually worth grinding and suffering for...

after 9 years in the game as a free player I can say that the worst thing about being a free player is the constant loss of credit at higher tiers. its just so frustrating. I hope WG fix that someday

With the current pay to win Russian wot economy this type of vod is extremely satisfying. Thank you sir may I have another?

What tier 8 premium tank should I get from the portal first (I’m going up the British medium tree line fist) pls respond

I can't even afford to drive some of my tanks without premium consumables or ammo, like my E-100 or AMX 50-100. I would love to see a credit-earning guide, like what tanks to drive for it, because all the ones right now suggest a premium tank, and I just want to know what regular tank is best for it.

TBH I am F2P and still use food and a fair bit of gold on most of my tanks while also having like 25 M credits rn. QB is really really exaggerating that F2P credit starve, it is more about stock tanks

I had been unable to really afford using gold rounds and refused to use them. But recently, after all my heavier armour was made useless, I had to give up and use gold on my most played tanks.

i have this love hate relationship with fire extinguishers. everytime i take em nothing happens but as soon as i take food with me i get set on fire and its annoying as hell

Another aspect is much faster crew training with premium account which is very powerful advantage.

I've been playing the game for 9 years (with a 3 yr break in the middle) and last week was the first time I ever spent money on the game. I must also mention that I received a gift of some gold from a clanmate when I had been playing for about a year. I used it with extreme frugality and extremely gradually (pretty sure I still haven't spent all of it) to buy extra garage/barracks slots when on sale and a small collection of tier 3/5 premium tanks for crew training. It wasn't until this fall that I was able to purchase my first two tier 8 premium tanks using bonds. I've done the grinds to earn additional tier 5/6 premium tanks for free (TOG). As a (mostly) ftp player I have just accepted that I need to use good tactics/positioning in order to damage some vehicles without using gold rounds. I try to make sure I use what resources I have wisely.

I farmed the is7's line fully play to win but now I'm sure I like the game, I invested 50€ for one year of premium (account anniversary gives you 30% on everything in the premium shop) and imo it's better to pay premium than tanks/loot boxes

The only thing that is available to a f2p player and does give you an advantage is the automatic fire extinguisher. The credits and XP are also just brutal. Example, I play a game in my tier X strv 103-0 and i get 2500 dmg or so and I stay alive but left on 300hp or so, also it's a win, that game costs me like 10k credits or so when in reality a won game where you did some damage should never ever be burning your credits. It's just insane

I came back to play WoT after 2 yrs and every battle I play in everyone has been shooting gold at me, it makes playing this game so unrewarding experience. I don't really want to use gold against them, but I have been loading more gold than before (3-4 rds), now at least half of my rounds are gold. It really sucks.

i love your video’s ❤️🥰

I play without paying and I have a low win rate and a low survival rate. Believe me, I try to do my best, but I am not aggressive enough. Too bad there is not a series of medals and rewards for being below a certain point on either, or both, the win rate scale and the survival scale. Anyway, I enjoy watching you play.

This tree was my first heavy line. thanks.

The only thing I don’t like tbh that’s a premium advantage, is the premium ammo. For example, if you have a tank that’s known for having good frontal armor or good turret armor and then someone who normally wouldn’t be able to penetrate you from that angle and it’s the only thing keeping you alive. Just loads some premium ammo and just destroys you and defeats the whole purpose of your tank

I got 18 tier 10s in 14k battles but i do have premium account almost always. Now i am just trying to 3 mark them and i keep getting stuck at 90 to 93%. Just up and down depending on the day. Some were easier than other but tanks like the is-7 and Centurion AX are giving me troubles