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Qutie a big changes on Airfield map, seems to be mainly aimed at sniper/camping positions.. What do you think about this? Also, Felice - Where they put that? Have a nice weekend, beasts!

Airfield has never been a good map. Even with the upcoming changes it seems like WG is pushing the 5 minute battles to the max.

I swear everytime WG change something in the map its blocking the line of fire for TD with some rocks

Am I the only one who noticed the crashed ship blocking the west flank path?? Dez didn’t say anything about it, but when looking at the middle changes you can see the beach path by the water get blocked by a boat wreck…

Airfield already sucked for TDs after the last rework. So many lines of fire got removed they can't even provide support atm even if the other team pushes.

Airfield has been bad for quite awhile, it just isn't fun to play. I don't think these changes will fix it either.

What am i supposed to do in these matches in my sniper TDs? There are no new positions or angles. The view ranges are saturated on the kind of distances in the game. Airfield already got a lot less playable last change and now it is going to be basically unplayable. Take a turret less tank destroyer without good frontal armour for example. You can not do a lot except make bad hp trades around rocks until you die. Or take a turreted TD like a borsig or su130 pm, that make horrible snap shots and won't do much either in short distance trades. And before someone says it no there is basically no maps that are left untouched by these kinds of changes.

6:22 "7 Changes in total." The number 8 sitting in the middle of the screen: Do I mean nothing to you?

The last changes they made to the Air field map ruined it and caused me to ban it for months because it basically just another city map now and armor is king, you cant really spot and get spotting damage on the open airfield anymore, now they are taking this away from the water side too. These new changes nerf light tanks even more than TDs. Unless you are super fast spotter or have good armor, and you are top tier, what the heck are you going to do in close combat, without cover, and if you dare push you cant retreat These changes will force lights, TDs and mediums (with light armor) to either be more aggressive and get killed quicker or more passive. I would be happy if they simply reverted the map to the way it was a few years ago, it was far more friendly to all classes back then and far lest dependent on taking the center high ground that only heavily armored tanks have a chance capturing, which now they have also done to the water side, making it another heavy tank paradise and hurting all other tank classes. Also MAKE NEW MAPS WG. and dont make them city maps or rock city like maps which you constantly do.

When Wargaming tries to sell a Heavy tank as a medium tank:

All of wg's recent map changes is just "less bush, more hull down camp meta"

Why did they not adjust the northwest sniping spots. Seems like another we changed a map without looking at how it affects the battle.

what is this recent trend of them making tanks with horrible rng guns but very good armor when hull down, its so stupid.

Every map is getting "balanced" around hull down heavies more and more...

Well i currently leveled up tu strv 103b ... this tank is different to other TDs ... its not that it hasnt a turrent, which is a WAY easy in close combat, no it needs also 2 Sec before shooting and can be easly overmatched by higher caliber ... so ... WG ... how shall i play a tank with that kind of playstyle on a map like that?

So now it becomes even more of a stand-off with heavy tanks because there are no spots left where you can shoot the heavies in the side with lights or Tds.

Airfield is literally arta heaven, if you dont have gun depression its hard to do aggressive gaming.

Airfield is now on everyone's BANNED list, they nerfing TD and Light spots for quite some time now.

they already fucked up airfield for snipers and now they make sniping not worth the effort wot is fucking up the game need to go back as wot was in the 2010 beta and start again

Why they always cut the wing of non armor tanks? what are the option for those tanks vs hull down armor.... they also nerf some maps before thes for TDs and non armor tanks.... what s next? Remove evry single bush and snipe position fro those tanks... i ques...

They keep taking cover out of this game. Pretty soon we'll just be shooting in a sand box

I love how the tactic of WG fo balance maps its to remove or made useless td positions, they are pushing to brawls and shorter matches.

I don't wanna seem nerdy but in the Felice name, the "ce" part is read like the "ch" of chainsaw and not as feliz, just to fill you up on some Italian grammar from ya pizza boy ;)

Felice looks very modern aesthetically (as do a few other vehicles in WoT). Reminds me of an upgunned Challenger.

this game is turning in to heavy only game, with a little sprinkle of mediums. rest is pretty much pointless

It looks more like they are efing up light tanks more than tds

I don’t agree with these changes aimed against sniper TDs. TD spots and long lines of sight are being removed 1by1 from all maps, while adding more brawl spots and hulldowns. WG apparently wants to make the game as idiotproof as possible for the heavy brawlers, and miserable for everyone who has no armor (especially TDs). This also corresponds with their marketing lately, because every second premium tank is a heavy, or medium heavy like the Felice or iron arnie. However, i think that these changes for airfield have a good justification. The sniping bushes, crossfires and too many long lines of sight are the main reason why this map sucks so bad, there are too many open areas with no cover. But still, how are you going to play this map with a sniper TD ? Simply removing sniping spots doesn't solve the terrible design of this map. It should be reworked completely, not just remove a few TD spots and problem solved. WG solves problems in a simple way. They solve one problem, and create another one... this map will be unplayable for anyone with weak armor and especially TDs.

It’s like Cc1 mk2 gun without the autoloading. It even has the same penetration numbers

Another map sanitised. I stopped caring years ago though to be honest, I barely play anymore.

People are saying the map will be unplayable for TDs and I agree. I think the map as it is now needs only 2 changes - reduce the size/camo bonus of the bushes where TDs are camping, nothing else. In this way TDs won't be able to buckle up in the ness at D2-3/D8-9 or at the base. Many people (myself included) call Airfield "you push, you lose". If the changes, I mentioned, are implemented, it will become "you push, get shot once, your teammates around you don't get shot, you can advance, you don't necessarily lose"

when in td this goes on ban maps

Personally I'd prefer more active players being rewarded over passive ones. Camping is easy and I feel like on a lot of maps it has been made far too easy and forgiving, Airfield has been one of those maps for a while, pushing past the middle point, peaking the middle ridge, pushing out of the heavy line etc. you just got blapped by camping TDs at the back who you couldn't outspot, even FV4005s with no camo could hide in those bushes and rarely got outspotted. Most games it was the team that pushed first lost so whilst I doubt I doubt the map will be any better, at least it should reward more active play and the campers have to think a little more.

LOL Felice, Feliz and Happy they mean the same lol. Feliz (Espain/Portugal) = Happy (English) = Felice (Italian). About Airfield.. well i want to see how it plays out, but at least it seems that those are ok changes, and i believe that i will enjoy it more.

About the map changes: if you notice, most of the changes will affect more to the people spawning south of the map, there are changes for those at north but i see more for the south of the map.1 more thing, unrelated to this map, I think that trying to get people unto playing less TD;s will be good for the game, Ive been in games with at least 6-9 TD's on each team, like, WTF???? I do love to playing TD once in a while but recently people just going nuts with them TD's. And maybe this is the reason these type of changes to maps will more recurrent.

I think the airfield map changes are stupid. There were already so few places you could go as a TD. I understand that the map was frustrating for heavies and mediums, but it was crap for TDs too. Now it's just crappier.

Currently the TD are biggest meta in the game. In majority of battles you see 6+ TD's per team with some mediums and only 2 or 3 heavies so these changes are definitely pleasant to see.

Remove all obvious bushes and trees, remove sniping position, 200 iq rework.

Hello Dez. I saw lately a lot of Medveds (Bears) in game

main problem is, that most td's think they should play as much wasd as their arty counterparts. None. Many td's have more armor than some heavies. Play active instead of camping

I would say the only reason for it to get 490 alpha is for it having 127mm gun.

playing TD on airfield is always a pain for me - I don't like sitting in the back. So perhaps this changes the gameplay a bit for a more aggressive TD play

Play with a lightly armored tank on Sh*tfield and get even more sh*t on now. I doubted I'll ever unban Oyster bay, but might just do that and put Sh*t field 3.0 ultimate in its place right next to Corridor pass

Great changes to Airfield. Less camping TDs that makes it impossible to push any side.

Airfield is getting an permanent spot on my blocked maps

I belive the tank isnt called "Felise" but "Feliche" (written Felice) which means happy in italien

Looks like the CC-1 Mk. 2 stock turret

They should "rework" airfield in a same way minsk was "reworked"... Together with empire borders.

That Felice is giving me tier IX Christmas lootboxes vibes... Felice in italian means Happy

They can do to this map whatever they want, it will forever be on my ban list

I'm not sure if just eliminating bushes and sight lines will help fight the camping meta. It's far too chill just sitting in a bush near the back and wait for someone to make the mistake of trying to play the game. I think they need to try to make regular maps 4x the size they are now. Then light and medium tanks would have more interesting roles. Then redo draws so the team that drove the least amount of distance in the match loses.

a dpm from 2.100 is not the best would I say

All maps should be playable for all classes. At the moment all maps reworks are just for one thing - make more corridors.

6:32 "7 changes in total" change number 8: Am I a joke to u? Do I not exist?

Well, I think, if I end up on this map in a TD in the future, it's probably best just to take a swim unless your TD has some armour!!!

I personally like- love! map changes. One of the reasons I play Encounters and Assaults is so the maps get played from different vantage points. How these will affect the game will be seen- but it was a map dominated by snipe... anything around the field by the airfield is slow, and stagnated- there is no room to make moves- We are waiting for opportunities- this hasn't really changed... but it seems they are trying to give room in the centre for medium battles, which is good- too much of this map had open sightlines from snipe camps... so any change to this is great... Sadly, I am starting to really get into destroyers, but I am sure there will still be vantage spots to use. I still think our maps are too small for the speeds and view ranges we have, I get that some want fast games- and WOT seems to be the one enjoying this the most.... but getting spotted when you just left the spawn point is so dumb! I used to mostly play heavy or mediums- I love to be frontline assaulting the enemy's line- but I also love a snipe and camp! The only problem is that there are now so many destroyers in a game (sometimes more than the mediums/heavies) that I can see more in-team fighting over even fewer camp spots- I have never seen them do a poll asking us how long we think a match should go for, I think they assume we all want 5 min blowouts... I prefer it when all the stars align and the matchmaker sets me up in a 15-20min+ battle! Those are the games I love- grinding each other down.

Hi Dez! In Italian it read like this FE-LI-CHE it means happy ☺️

if they are going to decimate the sniping positions then they need to add the option to change what tank you will be using on this map and others when you find out what map you will be thrown into.I am a TD player and they keep cutting out TD positions

I don't like the current Airfield map very much but I can play it OK in most tank classes. I don't see how these map changes make Airfield better for anyone, except for heavy tanks. Seems like W.G. has a vision of how the game "should" be played, and they're trying to force everyone to play the game that way.

I'm not sure that they make airfield good by going so far the other way - it'll just becomes a heavy tank dominated map if they're not careful...

They can set it as medium type all they want, it has 100% heavy characteristics. Idiotic decission to make it a med tank. It just effes up the mm with matching this heavy in med skin vs true meds.

They need to re open the mountain areas behind the air strip

So, why does WG develop and sell new TD's when there is nowhere to use them on most of their maps, particularly, the maps that have been updated in the past year or so. They a really saying, don't bother playing TD's and yet still marketing them???

airfield to be blocked now

So airfield will only be playable for heavies, nice! Also great to see them pushing even further for 3 minute games.

Dez talks about nerving tank destroyers on Airfield. What about light tanks?! Once again, a change heavily in favour of anything with (good) armour at the expense of everything else, just like they did with Berlin and Mountain Pass. Small wonder people are quitting WoT, unfortunately.

2:53 half the wot players : "those words don't affect me because I can't read!" *camps red line*

I will pass on the Felice unless it changes in Super Test. It is either a slow medium that can't snipe, or a low health heavy that can't survive a brawl. Neither of which have the combination of things required to be successful in this meta. As such, it is a tank that doesn't do either well, and for that reason it doesn't appeal. As to Airfield, I understand the 'shake it up' strategy by WG but they have now reduced ANOTHER map to where multiple classes of vehicle have limited opportunities for significant value-add. Reducing sniping and bushes reduces the opportunities for TD's, some mediums, and some lights, forcing an aggressive play style favors armored heavies. That's not a bad thing if you are a heavy-main, but if you aren't just add it to your blocked map list.

It's a heavy tank that'll get better camouflage values because... reasons. ......... I don't know what to say... This game...

... Map changed while no new map wtf this game u know i play this map 1 mil times or more

I'm willing to try the new airfield map, but i am annoyed they took away the path along the water. they could have extended the beach to allow for more flanking and allow for snipers to still have that area to shoot at as its more open but they did the complete opposite for some reason. they could have modeled it similar to oyster bays beachs where there is room for dipping from cover to cover and the TD's can get you. I heavly agree that something was needed in the centre and i'm actually looking forward to being able to fight of the hill a littel more instead of being obliterated once you get up there, but they went to far with the beach by removing it. even if there is some fancy way to get through the water to the other side, its a silly way to do it. (i know i know, im another complaining Wot player.

2,194 DPM is the trade off for the high alpha

Maybe it could end up in the Waffenträger boxes

That is CC Mk 2s stock turret

its great they are nerfing camping positions. They should also limit 3-4 tds max per game

To TD mains I don't blame ya Airfield is such a campy map but for heavies like me this is a good opportunity for me to ... "Nerfs" some premium heavy tanks hehehe *stares at BZ-176 with pure hatred*

Nothing is gonna change for me, mountain pass and airfield are still on my excluded maps . With these changes what will happen if your heavys are donkey ? The enemy team will march on your team in less then 3 minutes?

Every change to Shitfield makes the map worse and worse. It's basically a heavy tank corridor because it's long but not wide enough. Why not make the northern area near the airport more playable?

Airfield then: You push, you lose! Because of the TDs Airfield now: You push, you lose! Because of the heavies 😂

The map was unbalanced but what the hell should you do on this map now as a TD? Its already centered around the heavy line on this map. They should give more support for the seaside.

Why they don't do a special category for advance tank, like in WoW, the Superships?

Just open up the A line

The maps are the biggest problems in this game. They are stale, they are old and they are way too restricted. Focusing on removing a bush here and there and not expanding the size of the maps will not make one difference. Not only that, the map rotation is a mess too. I way too often get the same map over and over again and it's so bad that the one time I got Himmelsdorf I honestly thought it was a new map for a moment. The worst was when for months the rotation was stuck on nothing but Paris, Berlin, Nam and Safe Harbor or whatever that Japanese map is called. I would just quit the battle when I would see those maps come up because it was stuck like that for months!

And Wargaming change another map to a corridor to favorite hull down monsters. Look at the water side. There is no way posible to push. Changing the map more to a camper map.

I think its a worse obj. 430U, i mean it can have 50 more alpha, but lets be honest, it have nearly 4 whole seconds more in the reload than obj. 430U... The dpm of this thing will be nearly non existant and the dispersion its worse than the obj. 430U too, the only thing that have better than the 430U its the -8 deg for the gun... And that wont save this tank from being mid in the best case scenarios

Maybe I am in the minority, but isn't the role of the tank destroyer to deny area to the enemy and stop them pushing through........

when i look at this tank all i see is just Italian version of WZ-114

They dont need to change the maps, they need to put new playable maps to the 15vs15 randoms, they had ardenne, and few other maps on console put those to the pc version Slight chances can but remove hole sections out of a map and replace it with something else😅

I don't think you are asking the right question, maybe, is it time to find a new tank game? Also, "Looks like Empire Wall is back on the menu boys!"

also - I think most of my battles are now in arty's when they used to be TD's -

Daddy Dez has a big gun!

Felice is 114 sp2 but yellow

TDs were the only fun class to play on Airfield imo. I hope this won't make it even more annoying to play this map.

Airfield has been bad since the last changes, but now... it's gonna be even worse for sniping tanks!

I can't wait to see the changes, this is going to make the map more dynamic, no longer stale, and should make the entire experience more playable and enjoyable...imho

That cupola is very meaty

really not sure on these changes

gamers: we need modern m1A1 tanks WG: here you go

38 seconds and a bot is already here btw Dez when ya playing the 112 again, the gift ain't collecting dust right xD

They are killing this game slowly with so many bad changes...

Hey @DezGamez ... what an I'll fated attempt by WG to rebalance busted MM with hordes of TD bye destroying maps. Ok, on Airfield n my opinion ther is not much left to destroy after last changes to it. Better for WG just to apply changes like the Arty or wheeled Light tanks limits to TD's as well. Sure, one can use any tank as a sniper, but this is ridiculous.