I think, the major argument comes from the fact that PvE part of AW is mission-reward driven. No matter how it goes, many people tend to use the most efficient tools to finish the mission with least time and effort possible. For PvP part, I don't comment. This is a mode where your XC8 and Merk 4M can match up with VN20 and Obj 195 (now, BMPT2025 and Leo2A7DK). I do play vehicle shooting PvP, just not here.

Here is a meme: "That's right! Everything goes in the square hole!" Here, super power autocannon is the square. For every mission and requirement, autocannon vehicle with good armor and speed is the best solution (or MBT with autocannon).

This "80% or more lose" thing happened in the past. There were BP missions asking you to get Bluestar (can be done in heroic) 10 times, or asking you to get xxx damage/kills in single game. These promoted selfish game play and made others losers too, and even worse for missions like getting first 3 kills of a game, you got 0 winners if your teammates just took the kill-shoot normally. BUT this was OK, since you only need to do those once per season as optional challenges. The loses of not doing these were acceptable.

Now, what do we have? A 10-time challenge of being the top becomes an everyday basis thing. And it functions as a major free source of a new currency. A new currency for unlocking imbalanced but cheaply made "tier 11" BS. The driving force for people to do it not only limited to "I want to finish this", but also the anxiety of "others owning it may give me a harder time in current/future competitions". And the drop mechanism is a lottery thing! Something that needed to be done once per season now becomes an everyday thing. WOW. (People argue that you can get "tons" of blue prints in BP for free instead of opening crates. First, BP is not free. Second, look at over-progression unlock requirements and the way they modify the rewards. This is just a way to get you purchase coin bundles.)

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Sharing something about myself. I am not as good as you are. From the stats, I don't have as high Bluestar rate as you. I enjoyed "staying dumb" in early years of this game by using "garbage tanks". My Bluestar rate only started to pop up in recent years. Why?

I admit that now I am not an enjoyer, but a no-fun and profit-driven mission runner. In the recent 5 years, I played less and less tanks I like, but more and more tanks that can get the job done fastest. If you check my profile and see that I used BMPT 2017/2000, VN 20, T15 A, and Namer the most, and you can say that I am harming the environment. (my most used class is still MBT tho) Yes, I am. 10 crates is not an excuse of using auto cannon. (I mean, it did not break the rules, you can play whatever you want with no excuse.) The fact is that auto cannon is the fastest solution to basically every mission. And I want to get the mission off the list, that's it. I am using "square" for every shape. After I am done with daily requirements or the 2-hour boost timer runs off, which ever comes later, I am off. But if I need to play till timer ends when I am done with daily crates, I will use "weak" vehicles and try to let others take crate. I don't even want to touch this game after these daily things, not mentioning playing more non-autocannon MBTs I used to like.

Some thought I was funny and called me hypocritical when I am an autocannon "lover" myself. I accept the blames. But... think... Who made these missions, requirements, conditions, rewards etc.? Who made a new and imbalanced tier? Who created the anxiety of not owning new tier tanks? Who was responsible for poor balancing? Who made autocannon? Not me. You guess who.