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If you see a wiesel platoon on the enemy team you already lost. Thats how bad the situation got

I'm guilty of following the lemming train because it sucks being on a flank by yourself and getting steamrolled by the other team. It doesn't matter if it's CW or WW2 or EU or USA server there's a bad pattern lately

Nothing new sadly. WG always finds a way to make a mess out of it. (6.0, Taran, AVRE, Wiesel, Molot, allowing new players straight in to highest tiers through buying their way in etc...) That is why I have not put a single penny in the game the last few years. I like to play the game overall, but I refuse to reward them with my money if they make choices that are bad for the game over and over again.

From day 1 when cold war launched and I looked at the speed of the heavies, I worried that would be a fundamental problem to the balance. That proved to be true as heavies were not outpaced by mediums or lights (when they eventually arrived). For that reason, I said at the time, Era 3 was like playing Tier 3 at WW2. Naturally then players realised the traditional dangers on a map (knowledge) i.e. chokepoints, open fields, etc, didn't matter at Era 3 and that encouraged mobbing and the yolo play style. Then when you add tanks that are clearly superior in firepower (Thumper, Obj 292) and armour (Obj 477A) together with special ability tanks (Wiesel with invisibility cloak) - they will dominate more than the rest. There are multiple problems with the game right now, incl the op'd premiums at Era 3 - this is all driven by the intent to generate $$$ quickly (which I can kind of understand given this is a free to play game). My solution now is to create an Era 4 where the Wiesel, Thumper, 477A and 292s can be promoted to. Bring down the speed of heavies in era 3 to 50kmh max and introduce further TT tanks to Era 4 with high alpha / pen guns and decent armour (with weak spots for both TT and the premiums).

The quickest and easiest way to band-aid/fix Era 3 is to make the maps 3 to 4 times the size they are now. This could probably go for Era 2 as well.

For me, unfortunately, it is not only in Era 3 that this occurs. In general, the whole game has lost its identity, it's no longer about knowledge and skill, now it's just a credit card balance. Matches where players with 10 years of experience play together with players who have just downloaded the game. One word sums it all up, DEMOTIVATE.

The thing that infuriates me at the moment is peoples map awareness. Seems they can only drive forward completely oblivious to what’s going on around them.

Good video fella. Unfortunately this has crept in to ww2. It all stems from the update 6 fiasco. All the players that you could learn from left. Tier 10 tanks were made easily available to players with no game knowledge. Is not every game. But it is a lot. The games with teams using the maps, aiming shots at weak points seem to last longer and be more closely fought. But, yes, very valid video.

I feel like Era 3 lemon trains increased more after the object 292 and object 477a came out not to mention the pen needs nerf on both and the 477 needs some weak points from the front

Have you ever considered making videos detailing the strategies for specific maps? Would be helpful for new players (me lol).

The issue with era 3 is intense power creep of recent premiums (Weisesl, 292, 477A, Stormer 30). If these were to be nerfed, era 3 would more enjoyable

Every single game I play the first thing I do is look at the map and the players on the enemy team, if I see people in a good clan I know it may be a harder time with them. After that and once the game starts I already know where I’m going and what I can do there, I’ve looked at the tanks on the enemy team and basically ranked them (hard-easy to kill) in my head so I know what to do when I come across them. And I’ll keep moving forward as long as I know how to deal with any issues in my way, it helps if I have teammates with me. But now it’s basically just wacky races from the get go, no one really bothers to look at the enemy/tanks, no one thinks properly of where to go and they just load premiums and go where they want (mainly with everyone else). There is no point in having era 3 at this point, it’s just a complete mess

Era 3 is an absolute lost cause. I gave up on Era 3 a LONG time ago. As a 10 year player, I spend all my time in Era 1 and 2. I’m sorry but Era 3 is a total 💩 show, and I’m afraid it’ll stay that way.

Agree with everything you’ve said, and I’m gonna add my biggest bugbear, ramming. Add this method of getting a kill or causing major damage, to the lemming train and you’ve totally negated the point of having a tank, we may as well all quit and go and play Mario Kart. In Cold War I did the UK tech tree, so all the lights up to Scorpion 90, which I’ve enjoyed playing, so decided to buy a Stormer in order to try and be competitive whilst fulfilling the role of a light tank, but I’ve quickly found out that spotting, either passive or active is utterly pointless when you’ve mediums and heavies, (and Wiesels) getting to the contact points on the map before I can, and if I do pick a flank I get my arse kicked within 30 seconds and I’m back in the garage. I’m trying to enjoy it, but Era 3 has drifted so far, I’m back in my Snakebite.

Personally, I prefer the fast pace. 9 years into the game, and no matter how good you are, what perks you have, whether using premium ammo or not. If a team of 3 to 4 tanks rush you. You're destroyed. Skill doesn't play a part now. It's fast, work together, auto aim, and destroy.

Imagine playing a shooting game where ya dont need to aim. Remove auto aim. No more yolos. Skill play. Longer games . Or give is equipment to stop tanks auto locking onto us. A jammer. And a 4th slot to put it in or if yoyd brave put vents in 4th slot but youll get tanks locking on you.

I’ve always wished that auto-aim was never introduced into this game. The game would be far more challenging and better without it

My only disagreement with you on this is that.. in my opinion.. era 3 has been like this for a long time. Trying to play smart, is really playing stupid. I liked CW.. but find myself playing mostly WWII with a good dose of Era 1. Thanks for putting this one out.

New players are jumping from Minecraft to WOT and recieving tier 8, 9 and 10 tanks for free within months of joining.....That is the problem in WW2. Mediums sitting behind their TD"s seems to be the order of the day👍

The only thing that can solve this problem is larger maps, designed with era 3 in mind for the speed of the tanks.

When I left this game over 3 years ago this was already a problem. Looks like there was no improvement.

I always tell my friends this would be a strategy game if half the team used strategy

Era 3 is kaput! Totally agree …skill factor no longer exists. It’s a fck fest….simple!!! You’re better off playing WW2 mode…even with arty!!!!

to add to my statement below - as an older player my gaming skills are not that great. 9+ years ago I tried learning where I should go on a map and where were the most likely place the team could go for a successful match. For every game I played I recorded where the majority of the tanks on your team would go (map positions) and whether you won or lost. I have now played 80,000+ games and the data is striking on some maps. Other maps there is no clear data just a 50/50 chance of winning. When I try to relay these positions to other players I get Zero response in Cold War top tier, but really good games and a positive response at tier 11 and tiers 6 and 7 in WW2. Don't know why but that is what I've found

I don’t have fun in Era 3, because of the amount of tiny rocket launches who play in platoon with 3 gunmarks each. I just play it for the Silver, but it’s not fun at all anymore. But well, ppl with credit card keep this game running, so I think if you are paying 100€ for a virtual tank, you should at least expect a pay2win situation anf this we definitely have. OP platoons are another topic, jut thats how it is

You telling everyone to get the wiesel made the game worse by far than rb/rt gameplay

If you were being honest then you would have said the whole game is a joke. They destroyed this game when they reduced commander perks to 9. What's the point of playing your favorite tank fully upgraded with a 9 perk commander. You can play it 1000 times and it will never get any better. Stupid stupid move. They drove off players and replaced them with bots. Great job wargaming. The matchmaking is horrible because player numbers are low. They really need to fire everyone at wargaming and start over. These guys are the problem

Good honest video. I do not play Era 3, for these reasons ! Keep up the good content.

Era 3 became toxic when everyone after playing it realized wolf pack it and you will steam roll the enemy team. I agree that is the only strategy needed. But when the Weisel Tow came out and all the RU-vidrs freely did the advertising for Wargaming. People grabbed the up and I thought this is tier three and tier four play. Wargaming is about selling a product and as long as they keep pumping the new premium tanks out, the RU-vidrs keep advertising them and people buy them , then were does it stop. It doesn't. The game becomes another type of game as it morphs into its need phase. Good video!

totally agree. To me it feels like a cheap arcade version of WOT, every game is a " Zombie apocalypse" , If you strategize and aim you will explode with 20 shots fired from all angles.

Well said . Slow them all down like Other eras or ww2 so they can't travel as a pack . They introduce so many new premium tanks that it's unavoidable that some are op , I would gladly settle for less new tanks , pay more for premium time just to have some degree of balance back . I would prefer more skills/perks slots to reward long term play rather than instant access to op tanks . WG are making their money and killing the game at the same time . At this stage I would pay them not to issue new tanks

All of this changed when they dropped 6.0. A ton of old players quit because of the drastic changes made over night. This is when the premium vehicles in WWII started to be BETTER than the tech tree, and then bringing out WWII Tier IX/X vehicles for anyone to purchase was nuts. In my opinion, bringing out CW in this fashion was a mistake, they should have continued it from Tier XI and up, bringing in new larger maps for the increase in speed and true vision, but NOT having anything less than Tier X play in XI match's. NOT ONE SINGLE VEHICLE should be sold over a Tier XIII, and that should just be for crew training and silver. This would not have split the player base, made grinding up the new lines more enjoyable for us older players, and given us some time to get used to it all, but more importantly, given new players the chance to actually LEARN the game and maps. Wargaming has caused this, and it was intentional. Just look at the tanks they put up for sale to anyone with a credit card...279E, Valour, 477A, Wiesel, Turan, it just never ends. I very rarely play CW above Era 1 now for not only the reasons you listed, but it's just a big furball with missiles flying everywhere.

I used to try and cover the flanks in era 3 untill i got yolo'd to many times, now i follow the circus, i agree, no taught or strategy needed in era 3 anymore.

I am a long time WW2 XBOX player from back in the day until they "ruined" it with an interface update; dropped the game and went to Warships. Now I am playing on the PS5 starting over with a new account on cold war and all I can is wow or "ugh"...man is it painful to grind tanks much less relearn the game or strategy....this is not an easy game to be effective at...it takes time and effort...i wonder if wargaming is doing what you describe now to dumb it down...oh well please keep up the great content as I grind the British Medium LIne...sigh...

Just like in the real world. Basic military tactic: establish local fire supremacy and abusing it. It is not about a fair fight one on one. It is about fire dominance, about obliterating the enemy through maximum fire power. The side that is able to concentrate its force best will usually carry the day.

Era 3 is 'gang' warfare. Go with the biggest gang = win. If your team spreads out over the map then its a 11 or 14 to zero slaughter of your team. Sometimes in 3 mins. Its horrible and zero skill.

The number one problem of era 3 is that it's a zero brain cell lemming train. There's no strategy or tactics involved. One horde goes one way and another horde goes another. The first tank that is spotted gets yeeted by a dozen RB+RT. Repeat until the match ends in 3-5 minutes. Pen is too high, DPM is too high, mobility is too high. Era 3 = zero knowledge, zero skill. This is why the delta between the worst performing and best performing tanks in era 3 is so small compared to other tiers.

Colonel Douglas Macgregor, West Point graduate and decorated M1 tank commander Gulf War might disagree. He advocates for constant movement and attack - like a shark - that must keep moving to breathe or die. He refused to dig his tanks into the sand and has stated things like these tanks are fast and incredibly accurate at high speeds so why stand still? In WOT, If Im in a mob I do this, yolo rbrt, attack and never stop bc it works. And If this strat works in the sim wouldn’t it work irl as Macgregor advocated?

I've been playing this game for 7 years and I've played it thru every interface possible PC, tablet and console. I have found that PC has the most cheating, tablet or phone I.e "Blitz" just sucks and the console has the greatest diversity of game play because of the different game modes. I'm not a CC, CA OR Sherriff and any advantage I have in this game I've made myself, that being said I do agree with Riki in that the game as a whole has changed not just era 3 and that's because War Gaming is all about the money and not the player or the experience which is exactly why they recycle maps, release more and more premiums and now have all these special camo deals and commanders ect ect, as long as you remember that War Gaming is a for profit company nothing will surprise you, besides there's no incentive in it for War Gaming to bring the game back to a knowledge based game of skill when players just keep spending their money on the ridiculous stuff War Gaming comes out with. (Just my opinion)

Hi Riki, Yea era3 is an absolute joke .Playing a tech tree tank is absolute crap. I have sold all my Tech Tree tanks and stopped grinding towards era3 . WG did a huge mistake to give everyone by getting the session pass the 292 .

You're right, I've been playing for 9 years and I can say that ERA 3 sucks in this regard. Masses of enemy tanks crushing everyone, there is no strategy anymore, it feels like playing Call of Duty, too frenetic (I played games in less than 2 minutes) Absurd. I don't have as much fun as I used to, and in fact I'm still going to WW2. I hope wargaming takes action

Im happy a cc has realised and acknowledged the state of the game in its current form. Imo the game has completely lost its identity through the release of op and/or broken premiums and questionable balance changes. Each match used to feel like a game of chess in a way, but now its just Mario kart with guns. It really started to take a dive when the T110E4 got the ridiculous buff in ww2 despite being one of the strongest tanks already, then further buffs to all the 'toxic' tanks of ww2, the high alpha tank destroyers. Refusing to buff the weakest tanks that nobody played because they were terrible. Then they added the Taran, a disgustingly over tuned vehicle for 24k gold. From then on the trend just continued, extremely over tuned vehicles that you could just purchase from the get go, and some for stupid cheap prices in the battle pass. There's no wonder avre is the most played tank on console, 6k gold for the easiest and most broken tank in the game. All these tanks just degraded the mm and the games themselves. Tanks that just destroyed the flow of battle as they allow you to do things that you just shouldn't be able to. Why learn how to play a light tank or stealthy tank destroyer when you can buy a weasel and zoom in circles in the enemies spawn, light up whole enemy team and dish out 1400 damage whenever you feel like it. Why learn about armour values, using your armour and penetration when you can buy an avre. The tank bounces everything for you, the hesh prevents the need to learn weak points or penetration values, you just rb rt and big numbers appear. The sad thing is WG dont care about the impact these vehicles have on the game. They are copium tanks that bad/casual players can jump in with 0 knowledge and see big numbers and big rewards so they are inclined to buy them. Since the casual players are by far the biggest demographic, they provide wg with the biggest income. At the end of the day thats all that wg care about when it comes to console, money at any cost. Back when the Taran was released and Maxchaos was getting hammered in the discord about nerfing it, he literally said and I quote 'wg higher ups wont let them adjust the tank' It is just sad to see what's happened to the game over the last couple of years.

No communication anymore. Lemming trains and camping have absolutely ruined the game. Matchmaking is the worst it's ever been. Conplete trash

You forgot the stupid 477a with auto bounce and OP gun and the stupid little weasel which runs invisible behind of you and boom. Yeah, wargaming totally destroyed era 3 only to get money for his OP tanks.

I don’t understand why calibrated shells is only on blitz. 5-10 percent is not game breaking and should be in the game

After they added the "molot" and multiple agm tanks i stopped playing era 3. Only era 2 and 1 because i can deal with being crippled by a 4005

Good vid Riki. I've said this before; Era 3 needs to be tech-tree only with a new Era 3+ introduced where you can go and play starfighters with the OP premiums. I'm enjoying grinding Era 1 and have just started to get through to Era 2 with TT tanks but there's no incentive for me to grind through to Era 3 just to get butchered by all the 13,000 gold (and free!) premiums. *Confession time - I play Era 3 in my free Thumper and Object 292 for the cash to fund the rest of my WOT career 🙂

My favorite is someone yoloing in and raming me. I’ll admit to auto aiming and running with the Wolfpack but raming isn’t my jam.

Lemming train was always part of WoT. One difference is that in ww2 tanks are much slower, so lemmings just stuck in place and get destroyed. Modern tanks are to fast for game that was design around old and slow tanks.

How is barrel aiming in front of tanks if your. Auto aiming

I am a former "Supertester", which refused to play any Cold War tank. The situation you are describing can also be used for WWII; because of the bulk of players being at Tier VIII, mainly using premium vehicles, grinding TT tanks in the lower Tiers has become an ordeal. WoT is the only game I play, and I have been here for seven years, currently in my eighth. I am grinding Tier VI vehicles, old issue ones (different account), I have not played my own account for about one year now. At certain time of the day, US server, each and every battle is with Tier VIII tanks, with a majority of them possibly premium ones. With the Object 703 version II Black Edition, all my Tier VI tanks are potentially one shot. Prior to leaving the Supertester's group, I told WoT that in the new Meta, Tier VI tanks should no longer see Tier VIII vehicles. Today, I was playing my P-43 Bis, and none of my shots could penetrate the Lowe Black edition freshly won by my adversary. The need to make money, has made grinding lower Tier tanks impossible. Starting with a one skill crew, stock, gives you zero opportunity, unless you are playing against other Tech Tree vehicles. The new premium vehicles are now impenetrable to older issue tanks. As for the player base, as far as I remember it was always like today. Because WoT adds on new players continuously, the same newbie mistakes are repeated. It is even worse now, because before, you needed to grind to be able to access the top Tier tanks. Now you no longer need it. You can spend Gold to acquire Tier X or IX tanks, and start from scratch without understanding what you are doing. I also noticed that while there was some unsaid rule to not spam premium ammunition, this has now totally been blown appart. I often use replays to check enemies and some are battling with only Premium ammunition in stock. I don't think War Gaming WoT is in control of what is happening any more. Like the sorcerer's apprentice, the need to make money has made low Tier tech tree tanks a class of their own. I think they should alter the Match Maker to organize battles with only Premium tanks. When you are in a Tier VI, fighting against 5 Black edition Object 703, is a non starter! let the Centurion AVRE players have it with them double barelled 703s...

I strongly agree that Era 3 is broken and unplayable for us who don’t have the OP tanks. It sucks getting bombed by a tiny tank from behind and you can’t even retaliate since it will run away like a coward. Lots of negative for regular players like me.

Hello Riki, I think that's happens because of the buft armor of some tank's, and the tactics that everyone using "THE WOLF PACK" you see it being use in ALL ERAS 1,2, and 3, and that tactic doesn't give space to stop point to the suite spot, because when you find that suit spot and press the trigger the enemy tank all ready receive 2 or 3 shots and is done, and by the end of the battle instead you have 7000 or 8000 of damage you will end up with 2000 just because you stop to aim. So or wargaming unbuft the armor of some tanks and start to give less points for teams that use "WOLF PACK" or they make a NEW PRIMIUM GAME MODE for player's more evolved, or they just bring back friendly fire that takes HP to the one who gets shoot, and penalty to the one who does the shooting, and this is because most of the time when the team is not aiming the shoots and everyone is moving the shoots land on the team player that is more close to the foe. And you are right the game as became a circus, NOT FUN like it was before, and don't give time or space to learn. 🧐

It's not really gonna change when WG gives out free higher tier tanks to new players,had a player yesterday with 6k games and a wn8 of 47 yep 47.

I agree, bud. I remember the days when your only options were m1a2 or t72 😂. Now it's follow the weasel.

The one flank yoloing is too common. Which ever team kills 2 or 3 stray enemies then you know whos going to win. And the fact the 292 and 477 get so much pen it defeats the point of knowing armour and weak spots. The thumper with 850ish is ok because its a td but the mbt70 only gets 400 on ap as a high calibre gunned heavy. So when was the 292 allowed so much pen for the same size gun? It leaves the mbt70s gun useless. And the 477 needs much weaker armour too or easier to hit weakspots. If 900 pen can't pen it frontally then you know its got too much armour. Also you don't need to think at all when aiming with 900 pen. Jus auto aim and fire. Anyone could have a good game that way. Its sad this is the way it's going.

Totally agree, I am playing CW Era 1 and WW2 up to tier 7 now. I even stoped grinding half done tier 8 and tier 9 tanks because tier 10 is ridiculous as well with all those op premium tanks.

Remember Build 5.0? Are memories. Remember grinding Tech Tree lines to get that great gun/armour/tank because it was better than the Premiums? Are memories. Remember when a team left a flank wide open, and they would lose? Welcome to 2023 where over one hundred Premiums were taken of the market because the game is saturated with Premiums (which are equal to or better to the TT version) for sale. For me playing low Tier in both modes has the best games now (mind you I have always hated Tier 10). Can WG do anything to fix the game? Yes. But that's not the question. WILL WG do anything? Ummm.

As an older long term player I agree with what you are saying about era 3 , but there are aspects of the game that absolutely none of the ccs ever mention , things like teamwork and communication which you just don't get anymore. When I started playing just after beta there was team play and team chat , it just never happens anymore which is very sad I think . I have stopped playing era 3 because of the things you have discussed and probably won't be playing that mode anytime soon .

Oh mate........I always said making a negative/ critical/ honest video brings in the viewings!! Much respect for portraying an honest view and not being a 'Boring Vanilla CC' ......Hope you get 6k subs for xmas......I foresee an pre-xmas stream gently asking for peoples' subscription.......and quite right too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Retro out.#rikistreamsinhisunderwear

I play the Char40. Somehow this vehicle generates XP quick and you can rack up a lot of coins.

Era 3 is just a game of maps. Reality is you would never ever go head to head with heavy armour in a fv107 ,I am new toWOT but the pack always wins😮

Era 3 is officially fucked, will someone please do a video about these Wiesels before i do, every era 3 game now consists of 4 Wiesels either team minimum 2 477A's per team, Era 3 was once a fun cruisy error to play, now it is just a monetized joke

It's the same with Tier X in WWII

War Gaming, could you set the gun barrel as a solid part, instead of "ghost " part. So player are needed to take care of their tank's gun barrel.

Grinding beyond era 2 is useless. I wasted so much time for nice tanks like the Leopard 2A5 and the Merkava which now just get killed mercilessly by an enemy Wiesel platoon. Pity.

You are so right and so wrong at the same time. There are 12 other Tiers/Eras where you can play the game ‘properly’. It’s great to have a space where you can just mindlessly have fun, do loads of damage and earn a ton of Silver. It is an escape from constantly being bottom Tier and losing money even if you have a good game. The game can be a miserable place if you are not very good or average, you can’t even hide in the lower Tiers because of the Seal Clubbers. Era 3 is a welcome distraction and it’s been a great move giving out Premium tanks to make it accessible to all.

The only way to fix this game is to remove the D, E, F, and G line separating the teams and not allowing them to charge in or Yolo or lemon train. Whatever you want to use to rush one side of the map split the map do not allow to cross and shoot each other like the game is intended to be.

Steam rolling happens in tier 1 and 2 not just tier 3

A year ago (nov-dec) I was able to 3/4 mark era 3 tanks almost as I wanted eg chally 1, chally 2, bmp-3, Bradley. In the chally 1 and chally 2 I was able to do 12k-14k games 2/3 out of 5 games. I play era 3 in my chally 2 now and I can’t even manage 10k/11k, or maybe once out of 5/6 games. Wg has ruined era 3 by putting premiums into the battle pass for free or with the ultimate which most people will buy, they should have never done that, or try and put some sort of cap on it (if someone hasn’t played Cold War before, don’t allow them to get it or something like that). Armour means nothing anymore, premium shells are flying everywhere all the time (yes I’m guilty of that but that was to get the marks). Remember when the thumper came out, it was basically impossible to pen and it was a heavy hitter. The obj 292 came along and yet again a heavy hitter, although it’s Russian so the bottom plate isn’t the best but it’s still going out to everyone and their mums. There’s no point in having a top era class for the better/best people to play when you’ve got someone who’s just started playing, has a few free era 1 premiums or even a ww2 player comes over to play. It’s not fair on the better players like myself and it just starts to put people off because no one has skill or if they do they don’t think of how to play the games properly.

Hey Riki. Your thoughts and opinions here are spot on. What your talking about has been happening since the change over to the current game system (6.0). In the days prior to 6.0 the game knowledge was gained by working your way up the tech tree so when you reached Tier 10 you, in theory, were a better player. In addition, the longer you played the more crew skills you gained. If I'm not mistaken at that time you could gain up to 28 crew skills. The importance of game "knowledge" was lessened when the crew skills were cut to 9 and premium tanks could be purchased that allowed you to play at the top tiers without any "work" to make it there. As an old person, I can tell you that life does not work this way. On the last day of any career before retirement you likely have the top level of knowledge at your job as opposed to your first day. I agree that wargaming could stop this but I suspect $$$$ will get in the way.

Era 3 is simply put. Largest blob of tanks wins. Its lame. Lots of half ground Era 3 tanks. Its to frustrating to finish them

I’m just hoping we don’t get more of the high alpha premiums at tier 10. So many people either sit at the back hoping to catch the odd player out or just yoloing in auto-aiming to get that one high damage shot off and die

Dare I say it, ERA 3 is the least (not) realistic WOT. Sadly I'm not playing it. Especially now that each game has about12 or 14 Weezal' Tows

biggest problem each era: era 1: FV4005 (too op gun) era 2: FV4211 (just impossible penetrate) era 3: obj 477A (same thing with FV4211)

Yeah quite agree with this. I have stopped playing Era 3 totally. I only play Era 1 which still has some semblance of skill requirement to do well although there as well we have lemming trains rolling over the other teams which has split for map control. Otherwise, I mostly play WW2 Tiers 6-9. Tier X also is messed up by having tanks like AVRE's.

You speak eloquently of all the things that a good player knows but it’s clear that in the current state of the game, most players are completely clueless of these things.

why do you think they raised the turret on the american t8 t95e2. it used to bounce the auto aimers. now it gets penned constantly

A lot of good point Riki...what levers does WG have to improve the player experience?

Totally agree, and nothing changes in the new season still sucks

Era 3 has been a mosh pit for ages but then since the Wiesel they e just found more ways to screw it up! I’ve refused to ever put a like to any Wiesel related content because that tank was so broken straight out of the box but I’m sure it was all good fun for people who spanked about 50 quids worth of gold but everyone else had to suffer the death of era 3. My era 3 collection has been mothballed since the 292 was the final nail in the coffin!

NEVER manually aim in my 292 or Bandit. fun... but gets silly quickly. feels dirty.

With even “heavy” tanks capable of 70+ kph, map control only counts for a few seconds… I don’t play CW at all, and I’m only back playing WW2 after a 3 year break because of nostalgia…but from your replays, the game, built around WW2 vehicle distinctions, and maps sized that way, too, seems completely broken with everyone zipping around faster than the fastest light tanks in the original game. I suppose WG feels this is what the players want? Anyway, good luck, and nice video…😎

I gave up on era 3 the day the weasel came out......I have a solution though...I know folks paid a fair amount of cash for these abominations and wargaming is not going to Nerf them or hand the money back so........create a era 'x' or call it op mode for all I care...put the weasel, the 477a, 292, thumper all in that mode/tier....let all the op's compete against each other....it's a fair fight and get era 3 back.....this also provides an escape route for future op tanks.....this is a win win situation...let everybody have fun..

I must say at the beginning of the video where you lost almost all your health from that vfm 5 was seriously hilarious.

I only play era 3 to farm silver. Totally the Wild West.

I used to play Shotty - Snipers on Halo nonstop !! I equate it to Era 3 - LOVE IT

What if... the op tanks are moved to an era4 wich would have a better silver bonus, as most likely its the reason people play such tanks

Almost all of the new premium, exept maybe the piece sells, are way to domenting. They make to mutch silver, to mutch damage, to armored and so on. I don't know if game mechanics allowed it, but if auto aiming gives less damage than propper aiming, maybe that would tone things down a bit.

Obviously they (wargaming) went for a money, not from fun, coming out of a realistic game. Wiesel that is invisible from a 70-80meters ?, and can swipe ANY heavy tank with a single atgm. Or 477, which has impenetrable armor. These “tanks” have never seen real battle and yet… they can beat ANY other tank. Maps are also not appropriate for this tanks. Tanks are faster and more destructive.

Well said I agree,the ww2 maps don’t work either , they can change this by making new maps designed for only era 3…..bigger maps with more obstacles and getting rid of the cap circle for era 3

Era 2 sucks as well but nowhere near as bad as era 3. Era 3 is just like playing with a bunch of crack addicts

I sold all my era 3 Tanks, only Play my t95e3 in era 1

I have subscribed and watched many of your videos (among several others) to learn more about playing WoT’s. Your criticism in this video sounds a little like elitest snobbery. It’s like saying you can’t drink wine, unless you know grapes, vintages, etc…, because wine drinking is about knowledge of wine, not drinking and enjoying it even though you may know little about it. It also sounds like you’re bitching because in ERA 3, you may not be able to just beat the crap out of less experienced players, because of your “superior knowledge “. What about guys like me 70 years old, not having the time to take a graduate course in WoT’s. You keep saying what WoT’s is about, but that’s your opinion and doesn’t leave any room for new or inexperienced players to enjoy the game with things evened out somewhat so guys like you don’t get 10 kills and 12k damage every game. Your frustration is exactly what every new player has when they are up against you and if we don’t do things to encourage the new and inexperienced players, then the game will die off and no one will play it. Will you be happy with all your pen and armor value knowledge when no one is playing anymore?

Every word of this, Era 3 is a yolo-fest clown show...

Agreed!! Era3 is a no-go area at the moment. It should be the pinnacle of cold war where the best players get to compete and if you're off your game you'll soon find out. 477 is awful to play against. Hopefully wargaming will listen to us.

Played this game for 9 years now and have seen the peaks and valleys. We are in an era of the game where it has been dumbed down so average players will have a chance against Super Unis IF they spend the $$$. Wargaming needs $$$ to survive so they market super tanks that make gobs of silver even in a loss to the player base. The serious students of the game have been responsible for driving part time players away and this is the response of WG

Yeah I take 1 shot & catch 13 of the 15 enemy tanks taking turns shoot me so I wish I had your problem!!! I'm sick of getting steamrolled & don't have time to break out the slide ruler for every f*"':-g map!!! Damn it man just keep 😭!!!

The molot was the straw that broke the camels back for me and i Extremely dislike the inpact the weasel has had on era 3. I try to enjoy it but as you have pointed out its just these tanks have made it easier for low skilled players to access the top level of CW gameplay without the need to learn the tanks. not sure what you can do to rectify that now short of nerfing the over powered premiums. I have been enjoying era 2 more these days.

You didn't bounce either rng on your side today