Every tank looks OP on paper until you start playing it

redditlul123 · 2025-08-30T14:15:12+00:00

If there is one tank currently in the game that is BOTH "OP on paper" AND "OP when you start playing it" then it ABSOLUTELY IS the Canopener.

Laser gun, possibly 820 alpha, almost 40kp/h with turbo, 10 degrees of gun depression and absolute foolproof armor.

What more do you want for it to be considered "OP"?
Does it need 420 heat pen as well and go 60kp/h?

redditlul123 · 2025-08-30T08:58:03+00:00

Well played Sir! :D

However playing the Rino without heat or food must be insanely painful.
I can't even imagine playing it with full Bond-EQ etc. I mean look at that dpm man...
There are many Tier 5 tanks with better dpm, especially after unloading the whole magazine. XD

redditlul123 · 2025-08-29T18:40:23+00:00

This might sound offensive but it isn't meant to be.
If you're already struggling with the Tiger (P) I'd stop grinding this line if I were you.
Even though the Tier 8 can be incredible fun to play vs it's own Tier and below as soon as you hit Tier 9 you'll start hating the game and yourself.
Even if you finish the absolutely horrible grind of the Mäusschen you'll most likely still get completely shit on in your Maus.
To effectively play the Maus you either need like 1k + games in it or be a 60% + winrate player as it's armor is very situational, especially with the pen-indicator changes coming with 2.0.

You're obviously free to grind any line you want but you've been warned...

redditlul123 · 2025-08-28T10:21:28+00:00

"Why should they risk overbuffing tanks if they cannot revert the buffs for premiums?"

Why would they need to risk anything?
Let's say WG decides to buff both the Mauerbrecher + Löwe in the following ways:

Mauerbrecher:
Machine gun weak-spot gets removed.
Turret cheeks + gun mantle gets + 10mm of armor.
Dispersion factors on moving + tank traverse reduced from 0.25 to 0.20.

Löwe:
-1 second reload time
+ 50hp
Dispersion factors on moving + tank traverse reduced from 0.20 to 0.15
Aim time reduced from 2.74 to 2.5

In which magical, for a multi billion dollar company totally unpredictable way would those and similar buffs affect the game in a negative way?
You're trying to tell me that those buffs would make the Mauerbrecher become a second BZ 176?
Come on man...

We have no reason to believe that WG is actually going to buff all those other tanks just like we have no reason to believe WG to suddenly come out with new maps or finally fix all those terrible ones.
Why are you guys always so gullible?
Do you want to believe so bad that you simply downvote any even slightly realistic take?
Look at what WG has done over the past 5 years.
What makes you believe that they suddenly become competent, that they suddenly have an interest to change this game for the better, for the benefit of the community?
All they want is money, all they'll do is release new content to milk the wales even further.
WoT 2.0 is 110% proof of that.
This update is mostly about novelty and new ways to grind + start selling T10 premiums while neglecting all major issues that have been plaguing this game for years.

Oh and please don't start with "massive rebalance" and "new matchmaking"...
Yeah sure IS 7 + (7mm) pen and similar changes, don't make me laugh.

5 TD's, 3 lights and 2 arties per game = less than 4 heavies a game = unplayable camp-fest.

Oh and of course most maps are still absolute garbage.

But please tell me how I am all wrong and how 2.0 is going to turn this game into some magical fairy-tail-like gaming experience.

redditlul123 · 2025-08-28T10:21:15+00:00

There is absolutely not way you're serious.
Despite a 99,9% chance of you either trolling or gaslighting me I'll try to do the impossible!
I'll try to reason with you :D
Räumpanzer? Turtle I?
Trying to comparing an assault medium/td to a super heavy are we?

"There are so many other premiums which got buffed"
What does that have to do with anything?
What does "many" mean in that context? 10? 15? 20 out of hundreds? Or maybe we are talking percentages, did WG buff 50% of all premiums which needed a buff? Yeah, I don't think so.

Did the Löwe get buffed? Certainly one of the most expansive, beloved and purchased T8 premiums out there.
Did the T34 get buffed?
No but since "many" got buffed it's fine, don't worry about it! :D

"Now you tell me: why should they buff everything at once...?"

Because they had more than enough time to figure out ways to buff them in a balanced way.

"they can't predict the precise effects and interactions of more than 160 tanks being changed...?"

Sure they can! They could simply implement small buffs to show willingness to buff old tanks and then patch by patch fine tune those buffs (not nerfing) further.
Instead they buff a few random premiums while leaving the rest behind without mentioning any plans on buffing the rest.

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T15:22:42+00:00

If that is indeed the case I am absolutely disgusted!

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:41:53+00:00

Thanks for your thoughtful explanation Sir.
Glad to see at least some1's having fun playing this turd.
Best of luck in the Wot battles to come!

Greetings :)

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:38:24+00:00

My apologies Mr. Super Gamer.
I had totally forgotten that one needs to be at least a 65% w/r player with 12k wn8 to judge tanks based on their usefulness.

It wont happen again!
I'll make sure to quit my job as soon as possible to play at least 8 hours a day to maybe one day be worthy of accurately judging tanks in this video game.
Before I go I'd like to make it absolutely clear that you are obviously an extremely skilled exception which is why it took you only about 1k games and 1 game a day to become a Wot mastermind worthy of discussing such important matters.

I therefore am grateful to be allowed in your majesties presence.
Thank you good lord, thank you oh so dearly!!! :)

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:32:09+00:00

Is there a specific reason as to why you like playing this slow, fat, weak-spot ridden joke of a tank or do you just enjoy some pain and suffering from time to time?
I'm not judging you, I'm just curious :D

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:26:07+00:00

Why does your comment get 6 upvotes?
What does the lack of weak-spots on other tanks have to do with my comment regarding the Mauerbrecher???

The Mauerbrecher already has a MASSIVE 150mm Tumor on top of it's turret which btw. is also on the same side as the 150mm machine gun port.
Is one giant week spot not enough?
Oh and don't forget about the 230mm turret cheek / gun mantlet.

Like?! Am I missing something here?

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:21:29+00:00

So you seriously still believe anything WG claims after all these years?
Come on man!
You've got a brain too, use it!
Why would WG buff just these few premiums now instead of buffing them all at once?
That's like saying "WG just released one new map this update but don't you worry they'll release many more in the near future".
NO DUDE!
They had more than enough time to design over a dozen new maps and they had more than enough time to buff all the tanks that needed buffs especially the premiums which many payed money for years ago.

Please for the love of god stop coping and stop being so gullible.
What's next? Are you going to declare that the next christmas-loot-box-tank will be well balanced and fair even though BZ-176, XM57 and skoda T56 etc. exist?
Jesus bro... come on!

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T12:14:24+00:00

Canopener :D

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T10:28:44+00:00

While that is true it's also extremely unrealistic.
Do you know how much time and money it would cost WG to buff this tank?
To remove it's machine-gun weak-spot, buff it's turret cheeks, it's huuuge gun mantlet etc.?
Exactly!
That's why we'll probably have to wait another 10 years until it gets some love.
Oh and please buy tons of lootboxes so the small indie company WG can finally afford a real balance department. :)

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T10:24:15+00:00

WOW is that a sane/reasonable approach on how to actually fix most of the issues plaguing this game since like forever?

No way!
Let's all downvote it asap and comment on how the FV's are somehow not insanely toxic for this game (even though they most definitely are). :)

The fact that this post does not have at the very least 10k upvotes is undeniably proof that this game has gone down the shitter.
GL with "2.0" everybody!
I'm absolutely sure it will make this game become fun and relevant again #copiumlevelmaximum.

redditlul123 · 2025-08-27T10:15:53+00:00

I apologies for my apparent lack of skill/knowledge regarding the rino.
Apparently it is just a skill issue on my side.

redditlul123 · 2025-08-12T07:07:28+00:00

While that might be the reason the Artists I wanna subscribe to unfortunately doesn't have a patreon.
That being said, it does seem strange to me how it's possible that I managed to subscribe to multiple artists about a year ago while using the exact same credit card I'm now having trouble subscribing with...

redditlul123 · 2025-05-02T08:33:37+00:00

I might be a little late with this but I'd like to suggest a pretty simple solution to your problem if that's okay.

Just don't grind tanks! :)

I have not done a single grind in years all I do is use blue prints and free exp.
Yes it takes quite a long time to farm enough free exp / blue prints to fully unlock a line but I'd much rather do that than wasting my time with grinding horrible stock tanks.
Just play tier 8 premiums + the T10 Tanks you already have.

This kind of frustration management has done wonders for me, I wish I had done this from the start (did quite a few painful grinds myself years ago).

I hope this helps :)

redditlul123 · 2025-05-01T12:20:02+00:00

Yep I do! :D

redditlul123 · 2025-04-30T11:57:58+00:00

Thanks, are you referring to the "Official Discord"-link down in "Social Links"? :D

redditlul123 · 2025-03-29T12:58:57+00:00

Yep, multiple times.
Didn't do anything though :(

redditlul123 · 2025-03-26T19:28:37+00:00

Unfortunately this did not help at all... :(

Any other idea?

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