I have played world of tanks for quite a few years, across 3 different devices, and I am no newbie. World of tanks has some serious issues that Wargaming will never properly address.First issue; Toxicity. World of tanks has a never-before seen level of toxicity from little kids and hardcore gamers alike. There are easy ways to say extremely offensive words and there is no easy way to report someone who could be going as far as shouting racial slurs in the chat, which happens at least once every couple days in the battles I participate in... I can assure you things like this happen a lot more than what I see. My tip to wargaming on this issue would be to allow for a non-abusable report system in which moderators review a section of footage from a game which has been singled out for review by a player after a battle has concluded. Second issue; “Limited Edition”? Not a chance. There’s always a sense of pride driving around a premium vehicle not many other people have, but lately, feelings like this have become very scarce as a result of marketing tactics. Wargaming has introduced many premium vehicles for their game (and wallet) over the course of the years, claiming that many of these tanks being offered are “One Time Offers”. Many players who purchased tanks years ago are now finding that their beloved unique vehicles are now re-appearing in shops to be purchased with in game “Gold” which you can only obtain by purchasing from the in-game store or completing different tasks while in game, keep in mind these tasks don’t often pop up, and give you small amounts, like 25 or 50 gold meanwhile the tank you want to buy costs 5000. Anyways, many players who once had unique, rare vehicles are now feeling scammed, due to the fact that their way of showing their seniority through and old, rare premium tank has now been squashed in an attempt to lure new players’ wallets into buying a “new” tank. I have experienced this personally as well as companions that I play with. My suggestion to remedy this to Wargaming would be very simple. Please stop bringing back original premium tanks for the sake of your bank account, you’re out of touch and are causing a lot of mistrust and turmoil with your money-grabs.Third issue; Pay-To-Win (PTW) is very present in this game, and even encouraged by Wargaming. Many things can be bought with your money in World of Tanks; Credits, Gold, Tanks Multipliers, Avatars and profile icons, and so much more, but the main issue(s) in this list which can only be considered the top of the iceberg are 2 things. Gold, and Tanks. First off, Gold is an in game currency used to “Speed Up Game Progress” which is exactly the way Wargaming says it. There is nothing hiding. Opening up your wallet and buying gold speeds up your game progress, otherwise known as Pay-To-Win. The worst part is besides the things you can buy with gold, like premium tanks, or instant tank upgrades, you can also use it to buy Free Experience and Credits. It would be a lengthy explanation to explain what they are, but long story short, they are 2 in game currencies which when put together can let you buy any non-premium tank in the game which would otherwise be earned by battling for credits and experience. This means that if you open your wallet, you can blast your way through game progress. Another issue is that although many of the premium tanks offered are balanced, or just simply unique, some tanks do not follow this template, either being stronger than what can normally be found in non-premium tanks of the same tier, or being a rendition of a higher tier tank, but often brought down one tier with some very minor degradations, but not enough to make them equivalent to tanks of the tier they are re-assigned to. It’s obviously just a way to pay for an advantage, one way or another. Fourth issue; Aggressive marketing... way too aggressive. It’s plain and simple. World of Tanks’ marketing has become extreme lately. From ads with invisible “X”s that you can’t close to repeated ads appearing every day, over and over again. These aren’t normal ads either, these ads push the sale of in-game products. It needs to stop now. I’m done ranting, but maybe Wargaming devs can take note and understand and players are getting very fed up with the bullsh*t. Smarten the f*ck up!-Owen
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