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[Forgotten_Hope]

I see them, and 51 bucks for a lowe, who would want to pay for that, that is enough for a new video game, or whatever you think 50 dollars can buy that you want. I just don't see the point, they are balanced with other tanks their tier, and they seem to get nerfed a lot after they have been sold, so people end up wasting their money. They are suppose to get you more credits and xp per match, but is that really worth that much money. I really think they should lower the price of all the tie 8s by atleast 10-20 dollars. They should be affordable to casual gamers/gamers with low funds, and to the hardcore gamers who have money. I was also told they nerfed the credit making on a lot of the tanks as well. If they lower the price, I do understand how they could be too overused and not enough people playing the real tanks your have to grind through. If they are nerfed in credit/xp wise then I think they should be lowered in price to compensate, unless they really made way too much. Whats your opinion. I am really into this game, and i would like to have a tank besides my churchill(which was reasonably priced) to make some etxtra credits.

[MotorizedPatriot]

ere

[A_Defenseless_Kitten]

because their 8 tier and if they were 5 dollars everyone would get one.

[rinying]

people buy t8s.
wargaming gets LOTS of people to buy t8s.
ergo, its fine at the price it is.

[Commander_Apollo]

So WG can make money and keep the game online.

[Thompson153]

WG's business model. Low tier premiums like the Churchill or T14 are cheap but make decent money, Tier VIIIs are expensive to get but make TONS of money. If you have lower cash flow or less money to spend on games, get a low tier. Higher, get a high tier.

Just remember that WG is a company. They have to turn a profit like every other business. And if premiums are cheaper, then it'll be harder for them to turn a profit once the rush goes away. Simple.

[cardgame]

casual gamers can buy tier 6- premiums. Tier 8 prems are one of the biggest incomes for WoT and plenty of hardcore gamers will buy them instead. When you consider the game is completely free to play, you can justify the $50 as the price of a new game - this game.

[1SupremeLord1]

Again, people are neg repping the OP because he is making an argument? This has got to stop, M18, nice to see you on every new thread too.

Premium tanks were made expensive because Wargaming is a corporation. Corporation serves its shareholders and target profits.

[Thompson153]

 1SupremeLord1, on Aug 11 2012 - 06:56, said:

Again, people are neg repping the OP because he is making an argument? This has got to stop, M18, nice to see you on every new thread too.

Premium tanks were made expensive because Wargaming is a corporation. Corporation serves its shareholders and target profits.

Do have to agree with the -1. Guy is asking a question and/or making a comment. Do I agree? No. But he does put it in a way that's respectable.

[kidnoob]

high tier pre make good money and this is what i pay for!!

[Mory]

i agree with all comments but i think if there was a way 2 make golds it would be good
for example if i bring some 1 who buys 50$ i could get 10% of gold he got or something (i brought 5ppl 2 this game it would b very helpful 4 me :P) or any other ways they think
its used in many other online games too
and ppl stop sending -1s, let ppl be free in their questions and comments

Edited by Mory, Aug 11 2012 - 07:21.

[RaptorRabbit]

its very easy answer and no need for all the drama !

the upper tier tanks are very expensive to buy and after you buy one the ammo and repair bill is much more than what you make in a game

so if you cont to play those big tanks tier 8 and up you will go bank rupt on coins and wont be able to repair your tank or get more ammo or even get enough coins to buy another tank

and of course wot did this on purpose to make you buy gold tanks that make lots of coins even when you lose so you can run the tanks

they say its to prevent all the big tanks from playing too much and killing all the smaller tanks

but in real life its about making money

which is needed to make the game better

the reason they added more tier x tanks is so everyone would have to buy more gold tanks

then make more profit

this concept is no more different than our stupid usa government

take a lot and give a little

and of course you noticed that they dont do the x 3 or x 5 exp specials anymore

that is so people dont get too many big tanks

which makes us all mad so we go out and buy a gold tank since it makes more exp too

hope that helps you buddy

i took out the drama for you but i am sure more others will post stupid replys

[Damonvile]

to keep poor people from playing them.

ha...no really they charge that because they can.

[zippythezip]

plus 1, to counter some minus rep.
How folks spend thier money is in thier own hands, how you see value is a personal thing. Just look around at stuff we all have and an argument could be put in motion.
Do you need that 52" tv?, expensive pair of shoes? complete book collection? Mustang GT?
I think the money I spend in game is not a waste and I am just a run of the mill average player. I dont smoke, drink booze or coffee so I splash out on a game. could be worse could be subscribing to WOW. But then to some that is good, I dont think you really want all of us buyers to justify our spending habits do you?
To me the hardest part of the game is making credits, I am adicted to buying equipment for my tanks and low tier tanks dont add up quick enough.

[hailene2092]

Because some people don't have the time to be making 20k credits a game in a tier 5?

Let's say you want to farm 6 million credits for your shiny new tier 10.  How many tier 5 games does it take? If you're pretty good you'll net around 20k (with premium).

Or it'll take you about 200 games to do it.  At 5 minutes a game it'll take you 16.67 hours to do it.

What about if you had a tier 8 premium? You're running close to 60k profit a battle  Or about a third of the games, though the games run a bit longer, so let's say 67 games at 6.5 minutes each.  Or Roughly 7 hours worth of game play.

Are those 10 hours of extra worth it to you?  Expand this formula to multiple tier 10s and their up keep.

Some people would rather spend that time playing the tanks they enjoy rather than grinding it out in tier 5.

I for one love my Panzer IV to bits.  I got my T34 for free.  I play both regularly as I need another 50 million credits to buy the tanks I've already unlocked.

[Forgotten_Hope]

Thanks for the input, for those of you being nice. It seems every time I post something nice just asking a question, about something I don't know too much about and state the things I don't know about nicely, people negative rep me, which I could care less about because I am not being hurt at all, I guess it gives them a sense of pride when they can dislike something without reason, like when the people go on youtube and dislike videos because they can and it makes them think they are hurting me. This is beside the point, i said lower the price 10-20 dollars, so 10 would be fine if it is 20 is too much, because I am not experienced too much with those tanks and I don't really know if they are worth 50 dollars. The first reply was if they were 5 bucks everyone would buy them, which I addressed both conflicts, I said if they were too cheap everyone would get them. That person clearly read the title and posted. The second person said that a lot of people buy them, so the price is fine, which again I addressed, I said they may actually be worth the money. Then another said it is to keep the game online, which doesn't make sense because there are more people with less money than there are with more money. YOu can sell 5 50 dollar tanks and make 250 dollars, or sell 20 40 dollar tanks and make 800 dollars, which you may not get that much more in pofits, but you see the point you will sell more if you lower the price, and not by a lot. And there is always the argument, they need to give you game advantage items to keep the game free, and my answer is no they don't, there have been many sucessfull games that have made a profit off of non advantage items that you pay for, maplestory has done it, TF2 is doing it with hats now that its free and other stuff. Stuff that gives you an advantage like making grinding easier, is just a shortcut for developers to make a quick buck because it isn't hard to think of even though I do like the idea of getting extra credits andxp and not some op tank. Thanks for the input those of you being nice, you don't have to agree with me, you can politefully post a response and I will try my best to reply to it. I am pretty sure the -1 is for when someone is flaming other users or breaking the rules and being a jerk. So please try to be respectful when posting or responding. I am on the verge of quitting the forums because there are too many arrogant jerks flaming me for no reason.

[Damonvile]

you can't say you don't care about something and then rant about it

But Wg doesn't really want everyone having cheap premium tanks. They already have issues with the mm and the numbers now. Selling more isn't something they need to do. If anything they could raise the price so they're less common. I'm sure xp conversion and premium accounts are still probably their biggest money makers.

[hailene2092]

 Forgotten_Hope, on Aug 11 2012 - 07:34, said:

YOu can sell 5 50 dollar tanks and make 250 dollars, or sell 20 40 dollar tanks and make 800 dollars,

You're forgetting that you also inundate your server with tier 8 tanks.  You ruin the mid game population.

Thankfully tier 5s don't see tier 8s anymore, but tier 6s would be in a world of hurt if everyone was driving a tier 8 premium.

[Forgotten_Hope]

 hailene2092, on Aug 11 2012 - 07:42, said:

You're forgetting that you also inundate your server with tier 8 tanks.  You ruin the mid game population.

Thankfully tier 5s don't see tier 8s anymore, but tier 6s would be in a world of hurt if everyone was driving a tier 8 premium.

I covered that already, please read the whole post before commenting in the nicest way possible

[NeoGodHobo]

heres an idea, makes every tank available premiums by choice. Meaning, you would choose wich tank you want to put premium, and by choosing one tank you would have to pay X amount of gold ( depending on tank ) and it would become a premium after ( the only thing it would change is the credit making.  ) like this you can play your favorite tank to make credit.