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darthmetall, on Jun 27 2018 - 20:01, said:
Let me go off on a tangent here. Is it only Tier 8 premiums that will be losing Preferential MM or is it all premiums? Because I have some lower tier premiums that I enjoy playing and am wondering if I should bother continuing to train those crews or not.
While WG has had precious little to say since they announced this travesty, it was made clear that their intent is to remove PMM from all vehicles in all tiers, starting with T-VIII.
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CapPhrases, on Jun 27 2018 - 08:14, said:
hmmm 4 weeks now and still silence.
Its clear that they are trying to wait it out now, hoping that players forget the whole controversy without wargaming needing to apologize, admit fault, or even change their goal of removing Pref MM tanks. The backlash scared them, but not enough for them to course correct, so it seems they are working on a slow but stealthy approach for their plan.
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As a random idea from a newbie who purchased the less than stellar jagdtiger 8.8 not long ago to realize... the 88 is not the greatest gun against T9.
The Pref MM gives this tank 'a shot in hell.'
A decent/good option for these Pref MM tanks... if they do something as dumb as removing their special status... reduce the cost of the premium shells by, say 50%...
Leave the rest of the tank in the shape it's in, especially historically 'accurate' tanks, and just greatly cheapen the premium shell cost, this does a couple things;
it maintains one of the key point to a Premium tanks, credit earning potential and at the same time, keeps the tanks competitive.
As much as i'd love to have more armor so it maintains higher survivability, the draw back of a tank like the Jagdtiger 88 is it becomes a 'fake tank' of sorts.
Just a thought.
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My suggestions are thus:
Edited by _tube_, Jun 30 2018 - 15:36.
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AtreidesN7, on Jun 30 2018 - 09:10, said:
A decent/good option for these Pref MM tanks... if they do something as dumb as removing their special status... reduce the cost of the premium shells by, say 50%...
Leave the rest of the tank in the shape it's in, especially historically 'accurate' tanks, and just greatly cheapen the premium shell cost, this does a couple things;
it maintains one of the key point to a Premium tanks, credit earning potential and at the same time, keeps the tanks competitive.
As much as i'd love to have more armor so it maintains higher survivability, the draw back of a tank like the Jagdtiger 88 is it becomes a 'fake tank' of sorts.
Mostly agree but I'd go a bit further. Most of the Pref MM tanks should have their premium APCR ammo considered as their standard ammo and it should only cost what standard shells cost now. The premium ammo slot should be taken up by Heat or improved types of APCR that have even better pen. That simple change would make the Pref MM tanks much more relevant.
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Omega_Weapon, on Jun 28 2018 - 02:33, said:
Its clear that they are trying to wait it out now, hoping that players forget the whole controversy without wargaming needing to apologize, admit fault, or even change their goal of removing Pref MM tanks. The backlash scared them, but not enough for them to course correct, so it seems they are working on a slow but stealthy approach for their plan.
It would serve them well to recognize that with controversies such as this, the real number of players concerned about PMM changes dwarf those who decide to post about it when announced. I’ve been following this thread very carefully for the last month, despite having not posted yet, and consider myself a member of this “silent majority”.
To Wargaming I say this: I am not here to issue ultimatums, but until you publicly address the concerns of the community in a meaningful way, my wallet is closed. No amount of time is going to change this. I’m simply too uncomfortable investing in a title with players perceived as “disenfranchised”.
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Git7, on Jul 01 2018 - 20:03, said:
It would serve them well to recognize that with controversies such as this, the real number of players concerned about PMM changes dwarf those who decide to post about it when announced. I’ve been following this thread very carefully for the last month, despite having not posted yet, and consider myself a member of this “silent majority”.
To Wargaming I say this: I am not here to issue ultimatums, but until you publicly address the concerns of the community in a meaningful way, my wallet is closed. No amount of time is going to change this. I’m simply too uncomfortable investing in a title with players perceived as “disenfranchised”.
Yup, the amount of posters/players that disagree in any form or fashion are probably just a sliver of the player base that wont like that status.
They need to get a solid feeling from the player base that owns these PMM tanks, CC are nice to have but it still does not fully reflect the player base.
Outside of the higher tier PMM tanks, there are a numerous amount of low tier tanks that were purchased in part or even completely because of the PMM status.
The chances that they can buff all those PMM tanks to a satisfactory level are generally slim.
I understand its a touchy issue for players are the company, but damn, its probably not worth the effort of flashback (for them).
However, WG has endured a lot of mistakes and falling out before, but still not a good business technique.
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Just checking in, yup nothing from WG. Hands down the nerfs/buffs will start with no further explanations . . . except maybe circular arguments from WG why this needs to happen.
Or like Ford and the Pinto, they are still calculating how much financial damage they can withstand and still come out without admitting to anything.
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My current theory is that they're still weighing their options. Had their original proposal been pitched the same way again but with the one difference being that the trade-in wouldn't cost additional gold, the reaction would have been more positive but we're still talking about a very controversial subject.
Besides the issues with the trade-in, there's still several other elephants in the room. The obvious one being that limited MM is not the cause of our problems, 3/5/7 is. And another being that the rebalanced premiums would be thrust right into the worst of 3/5/7, that's a great sales pitch. Not to mention that even if something like a KV-5 was properly buffed to be even remotely fun to use against tier 10s, that would in all likelihood make it game-breaking against its own tier, let alone one or two tiers lower. If somehow it all worked out, there'd still be the problem that the tank will have lost whatever character it once had and will become something completely different.
So if I was on the dev team and this problem was my business, it would only make sense to wait until a few other things are resolved first. For starters, the premium ammo rework. And secondly, if Frontline is established to return regularly. These issues do make a major difference to how tier 8s will have to be balanced, and have the potential to improve the situation.
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Two things that might temporarily fix MM and the PMM.
1) tier 11 - introduce tier 11 tanks and tier 9 becomes the new tier 8.
2) introduce tier 9 premiums, hell, some tanks are almost there (defender). This might help the tier 8 tanks that have been powercreeped and PMM as well.
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3 days of premium left on the NA server - getting ready to wrap up WOT/WOWs on the NA server
107 days of premium left on the EU server
Still no official answer/statement from Wargaming on the PMM issue, nobody know were they stand
Tick Tock Wargaming Tick Tock ... Time is running out
Still selling PMM tanks in store though ...
Wargaming NA are selling THE FIREWORKS Tank bundle - 3 very good tanks and 1 mediocre tank + 20x missions 5xp for a victory for each tank
It's a great deal, and I would love to buy this super bundle, but I have only got 13 days of Premium Service left on my NA account.
So it makes no sense at all to buy this bundle just to play it for 13 days
I get it now Wargaming, you do not care about 1 player, but maybe we are 1x10x100x1000 players, that would be scary right, and deserving of some concern
--- We will never forget ---
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TheShortHobbit, on Jul 03 2018 - 14:27, said:
I get it now Wargaming, you do not care about 1 player, but maybe we are 1x10x100x1000 players, that would be scary right, and deserving of some concern
--- We will never forget ---
What they tried to pull was really crummy. But they could have made amends. The fact that they refuse to talk about it or address the community's concerns more than 6 weeks later is now rubbing salt in the wounds.
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Edited by BeastsOfBattle, Jul 04 2018 - 19:31.
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BeastsOfBattle, on Jul 04 2018 - 18:30, said:
have you ever faced a E25 in a tier 9/10 tank? I've faced a few when they platoon and they are garbage past tier 8 MM, they don't hold up when everyone has max view range, after the first shot they are toast unless double bushed. They would need to significantly buff the ammo pen for them to face tier 9 tanks regularly and they would lose that camo advantage that just wrecks and frustrates tier V/VI tanks.
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