World of Tanks Balancing is a JOKE 

I feel like if WG actually started to balance premium tanks, it would cause a shitstorm in the short term, but once players get used to the new state of things, it will be just fine. And the game would be a lot healthier for it.

I haven't played WoT in years, to see this guy just out brawl 2 top tier TD's and 2 top tier Heavy's *and take ZERO damage* was mind blowing to watch. 🤯

I completely agree. Just look at the mäuschen he faced. Even the best mäuschen player couldnt have done any damage to the 279 e, Imagine how fun the game would be if everyone had a chance.

Hit the nail on the head. these op tanks create a serious barrier for new players, such a huge difference between some reward tanks/premium tanks and average joe grind tanks

We all appreciate that you still decided to work on this great video even though you're sick thank you qb!

one thing they could do without nerfing it is making 279e and Chieftain have a special MM to only face tier x tanks only and never face tier 8 at least, they will be the same powerfull tank but without abusing tier 8 players

Hey QB. Thanks for making content. Please rest a bit. Get better and come back 😉 wish you health and safety

I had a random battle where the opposing team had an Obj. 279(e) and a T95/FV4201, and our team had neither. Match went as expected.

Agree 100% - BZ176 is more top OP tier 9 than just tier 8 tank

It goes way beyond the 279e/chieftain. It seems every new premium tank or game mechanic introduced favors players willing to spend allot of money like the BZ176 or Iron Arnie, and then making maps to favor hull down monsters while simultaneously offering that hull down monster for cash. And as if that's not enough, they try to deal with the problem by nerfing any tank that you can grind for free because it's too competitive. How is nerfing a tank, that I spent hours and hours grinding to get, just so I could stand a chance against a 279e considered O.K. People now have resorted to game rigging, just to compete. This game that I loved is turning into a toxic nightmare, I go away feeling angry and frustrated more times than not and that inevitably results in less time playing the game.

Force the 279e to only be able to be in a match if there is a 279e on the other team. Make them wait in the queue until someone else decides to play their 279e.

I don't remember the Type59 being so OP and they nerfed it. In fact, I'd say today's tier 8 premiums are more overpowered Vs techtree tanks than the Type59 was back in the day. I think part of what made the 59 so OP was the combination of speed and player comradery, you'd suddenly find a couple of Type59 best friends and without saying a word, pick out lone tanks and surround them like a pack of wolves!!

What's sad to me is that this is not the first video that QB has done, and not only that, he's not the only CC that has made a video like this about these stupidly OP vehicles. The fact that WG still refuses to do anything about them just proves even more just how little WG actually cares about it's community. they won't listen to literally every CC out there and they won't listen to the vast majority of the player base. They would rather cater to the handful of sweaty individuals that have the tanks, and allow them to run around doing 10k damage every other game ruining it for other players. When the game dies, it will be to the surprise of no one that the balance department would have killed it if they don't do anything.

The biggest balancing issue overall is gold rounds, the game is balanced around them and it a massive issue due to the differences in pen vs non-prem rounds and even round type.

I like that you mentioned the clan war part. I don’t have that many games played and just participated in the first clan wars a couple weeks ago and it’s quite frustrating to never get picked to play bc I don’t have a chief or 279 even though my statistics say I’m a top 5 player in my clan

The fact that he also only missed 2 shots, it's mind blowing for me. Shooting on the move, still hitting the weak points.

If they don't want to nerf the tanks, they should absolutely do what they did with the EBR. You will face a similar vehicle on the other team...a Chief meets a Chief, 270e vs 279e.

Hope you feel better. And agreed, WoT's/Wargaming has been slowly doing away with fair balance for awhile now unfortunately. I used to play, took a break and came back 2 years later. A lot of my tanks that could hold their own (premiums and regular) were just flat out not effective/competitive anymore unfortunately compared to newer vehicles.

I've unlocked 279e like 2 years ago, played like 5 battles (not really good performance cos i just drove yolo and died) and never used it anymore. I just feel dirty and uncomfortable playing it, knowing that I have unfair advantage over other players.

Props to you QB for sticking in the grind while not well, take a break dude you deserve it.

Absolutely true. This tank is so TOXIC, completely destroying all the fun in the game if it is in either team.....

I love how they nerf the T110E3 but the 268/4 is still running around. T95/FV as well. And this 279. The T110E3 was the only tech tree tank that could face it head to head and kill it

I hope you feel better soon, QB. Thanks for the video!

I Love the deep voiced quackybaby. P.S. Thanks for still making videos despite your Illness!

Gammer: Hay we got a unbalanced tank in the game! WG: Don't worry, we'll give you another unbalanced tank.

QB is literally that episode of friends where Phoebe gets sick and gets a dead husky voice from it 😂

Last time I had Covid, I had a similar experience, where symptoms felt like they were getting better, but later resurfaced. And when I thought I was finally getting better, it happened again an additional time where symptoms came back. Took me over 3 weeks to fully recover and all symptoms to dissipate.

Hope you feel better soon QuickyBaby

well done qb thanks for being so dedicated to your viewers despite your a little ill!! everyone drop a like to show gratitude!!!

I stopped playing years ago because of the premium tank problem. Still remember when premium tanks were excused as making more xp and credits, being flexible for crew training but being a bit worse than their tech tree equivalents or at least, if not worse, far less rounded. They tended to be one trick ponies. At some point that seemed to switch, maybe it was the type 59, a tank that was a fairly well rounded vehicle compared to it's very odd, good situationally but generally pretty bad tech tree equivalent. I had some premium tanks but it started to feel like an arms race to get what ever the latest broken piece of crap they'd just released was and really most tech trees felt like mostly meh or weird until tier 10, a tier I was never overly fond of, preferred playing at tier 8 or 9 just due to the metas at those tiers at the time. I also predicted and am probably correct that unless they banned reward and premium vehicles from clan wars and strongholds then those elements of the game are swamped with them even at tier 10 these days.

Super Pershing nerf fell foul of EU rules on online selling, where the item received is not what was advertised for sale, by changing the in game stats to differ from what was advertised as sold it allowed payers to be entitled to a full cash refund. The reward tanks where never for sale so are not covered so should be changed.

*WG:* Obj 279 (e) is too good for ranked games. *Players:* So you just keep it in the random queue where it can sometimes face tier 8 games. If it's too good for ranked, how do you think it will impact in random battles? *Players:* Hello? *Me:* Belarusian logic it seems.

He's oldmanbaby now

I wish that there be a max cap on total amount of prem ammo you can have in the loadout (so it cant be 100% prem ammo) will probebly requier some stats tweks for some tanks on the other ammo types

your a legend for stil making videos while sick! get better soon man.

glad for you to feel better, I love your content. I would really love it if you feel a lot better to play all the bond tank and ranking them. (If he has already done this, can you please link the video to me? Thank you )

I pray for your health, Quickybaby. I hope it isn't COVID-19 😭

I think WG is more likely to put tier 11 tanks than nerfing those OP reward tanks

I like how I get an ad for World of Tanks boosting and their highlight was getting the 279e. Lol

One problem I see about nerfing premium/reward tanks is I do not trust WG not to sell deliberately overpowered vehicles and then nerf after people have bought it and then rinse and repeat1

Well spokeb QB!!! I really join you in the hope that balancing should involve every single tank in thr game. I have several premium tanks but still they should be at level with the tech tree ones.

I'm moderately certain that WG takes a cut/commission from those services that grind for you reward tanks. I can't see any other reason why they wouldn't balance some outrageously OP reward tanks (be it CW, ranked or campaigns).

WG: We have a dedicated 'balance department' guys BZ-176:

Just got over being sick myself, hope you feel better QB.

Dam his voice. Poor Quicbaby. Get better soon

I would love to see both the 279e and the Chieftain nerfed. Balancing is without a doubt great for the game but when you have tanks that are excluded from having to be balanced, balancing tech tree tanks doesn't really help the health of the game all that much. I think tier 8 is actually in a worse spot with that regard than tier 10 though too. If you load into a tier 8 game and the enemy team has BZ-176s, Skoda T56s, and Borrasques for top tier tanks while your team has Tiger 2s, TNH 105s, and Pershings, what are you supposed to do? I just feel like the power discrepancy is worse at tier 8 than tier 10 although I think they all should be balanced. I see a lot of people saying that nerfing these tanks would cause a lot of problems and hesitancy to buy tanks and it probably would, but only in the short term. I am already hesitant to buy any new tech tree tier 10s in fear it will get nerfed. I am f2p and tier 10s are just so expensive to buy that I can't buy many of them. I own 6 and 3 of them have been nerfed since I purchased them which is really frustrating when often times WG goes way overboard with the nerfs (Kran needed a nerf but I really think they went too far with the Kran. Its winrate also backs that statement up). With my christmas 20% off a tier 10 I almost used it on the AMX M4 54 and I am super happy I didn't because I think they may have went too far with that one as well. With that all being said tho, the hope is that WG will get everything balanced out correctly relatively quickly and if they do nerf something too hard or buff something to hard they respond quickly and fix it. If we see them do a great job balancing the game I don't think there will be long term frustrations or hesitancy to buy new tanks. Unfortunately, as we see with the prog and standard B nerfs, WG is not always making the best buff and nerf decisions. Both the Maus and Udes are currently in the battle pass and top of the tree like the prog was, so are both of those tanks going to get played a ton and nerfed because of it? Hopefully WG can figure out the balancing and which tanks need adjustments better in the future and if they do the game will be a better place for it.

Poor QB, get well soon! We all appreciate ur effort to keep us entertained

they could also buff the tech tree tanks to a point where they are just as good as the OP premium tanks and if that changes the game too much then change the game so that it fits to newly buffed tanks

That was disgusting to watch. I've been in one of those top TD's before and ripped apart by a 279e just like that. I raged just like those people prob did. They NEED NERFED. Thanks for the update and video QB. Rock on Sir 🤘😎

You sound like youve been smoking for 80 years Will lmao. Hope you get well soon!

Hope you felling better soon qb. Love your content.

There is a way WG can balance 279 and chiftan without changing any of their stats. Just buff all the other tanks in the game. And then u can say technically we didn't nerf any premium/award tank

I agree with a nerf of the chief and the 279e these are 2 tanks which are well above the lot In clan war there is only that what is damage we do not see the diversity of wot The 260 is a reward tank and it doesn't break the game and it's a fun tank to play. You just have to do the same for the 279e and the chief, stay fun but not cheat

One possible solution is that reward tanks could only get matched against reward tanks

Hi QB! I miss you and your videos very much, but I really want you to have a good rest. Take care and recover soon!

we appreciate the effort and commitment sickybaby!

Technically speaking if you have purchased a product and that product is later fundamentally changed, you could make an argument that some form of refund offer becomes available. This would not apply to reward vehicles. That is sort of why sony removing third party OS access from the PS3 caused issues.

I was surprised by this video honestly. I missed this version of quickybaby and this is the version I originally followed for. I genuinely appreciate your input laid out this way. You didn't just jump on WG and it wasn't all just complaints. It was well thought out information and BOTH sides of the coin were put out there and it wasn't just all doom gloom and pitch forks. Not to mention lastly, the servers could be shutdown whenever they want and they would owe nothing to anyone and that's a sad fact. All online games are subject to this and there's nothing anyone can do about it. So we should just enjoy the game while it lasts because someday it just won't be there and none of this will even matter. With that said quickybaby is absolutely right, other online gaming companies nerf their paid for content all the time and people complain but over all it's for the best of the game. I hope they rebalance ALL the vehicles for a healthier experience. I've been here for 12 years and I'll continue to be here moving forward. I'm still rooting for the game and it's community.

Take care, get healthy, I had an amazing stream yesterday with a big raid income after half of it. Over 300 is a lot for a little streamer. Keep up the good work.

When you watch the stats of the tier 10 and the tier 10 you see the problem in 2 sec : Chieftain, 279 (e), Bourrasque, BZ 176, Skoda T56, ELC EVEN, all of them are broken and WG don't care. I'm F2P player since 10 years and I'm slowly loosing interest in the game because of all this OP tanks, gold spam and insane MM. Don't know if I'll be into the game at the end of the year

They could also promote 279(e) and Chieftain to tier XI and buff a few other tanks while also promoting them to tier XI and have Clan Wars be tier XI

As soon as Wargaming buffed the lower plate of this tank, I knew that all hope for a balanced game went out the window.

>Play Superconc >See 279e >Load gold >Drive up close >Aim at the upper plate from above >Pen him 4 times >Destroy his ammorack with a high roll to the side >Feel his chair burning >Satisfaction

It sucks because us average player who dont cheat have no way of obtaining these overpowered tanks

I got my 279e on January 16th, I don't think it should be nerfed, when I didn't have the 279e I was afraid to face him in battle, now iam cool with that, I believe the complaint comes mostly from those who don't have the 279 and/or doesn't know how to face it. I believe that the game's campaign being extremely difficult is precisely to you *deserve* a overpower tank.

As for the 279e. It is super good, but only against people who don't know how to pen it. There are many weak points to exploit when at close range, contrary to what quicky claims. You just need to know where to hit it and when to hit certain spot at given angles. Allot of times it IS a skill issue, not a tank issue. But without a doubt, the 279 is still super strong generally speaking. Some of these weakpoints granted, are hard shots. Also yeah. For your average CW player, from what I've seen. Everyone wants the 279e and Chieftain, but no one wants to actually play it. Because it winds up being all you do play. It's boring after awhile.

I remember when the Nerfed the Lowe credit making ability early on as well.

I made myself ill trying to do my last 279e missions, and managed to get it last summer. I rarely use it in random battles, it's only used in stronghold and global map games. It definitely needs a nerf in firepower and mobility, like what they did with the kranvagn. They shouldn't touch the armour otherwise the tank will become irrelevant. Drop it's speed from 40 to 30, and take of 1 round per minute and the tank would feel like an is4

I own both 279 and chief and while I do thoroughly enjoy them (who doesnt like playing THE best heavy tanks), I wouldn’t mind seeing them nerfed if it means the tech tree tanks can actually be competitive, especially in clan wars

I have the 279(e) and I think a good solution would be to change the MM rules for it. It's not a broken tank in T10 MM. In T8 MM however, it's just ridiculous.

For me the biggest disadvantage of this tank is that more and more people have it through a setup or buy for real money. For me, the greater disgust is BZ 176. It still remains a bone in the throat.

Not being able to use your hard earned vehicles in Ranked battles is already a huge nerf. These vehicles supposed to be The Best and hard to earn, and unless we will start seeing 3-4 vehicles in each game it's not even a problem. Yes I have both and I only play them in clan wars.

Thank you QuickyBaby for making videos even when SickyBaby

Simple solution for WG, buff EVERYTHING! Make all Tier X's Great Again!

My team won against a platoon of 279e yesterday - we broke through the other flank and capped (lol). The flank on the side with the 279e platoon completely collapsed, surprising no one... and the enemy team had a case of 'no cap kill all' or something, that lost them the win.

I am sure Peppy loves the new patch of Quickybaby's voice

As a CW 279e enjoyer it is fine to nerf the 279e but you also need to nerf the Chieftain at the same time. CW/Advances would just turn into 15v15 Chieftains (or vice verse) if you nerf one and not the other

there's no problem with the armor on the 279, as u see it gets penned in the front.

I managed to penetrate a 279E from below with the FV4005 when he was tilting his tank up, I'm sure that he was really happy

i won't play again tier x until something is changed. my 32 tier x tanks were practically all nerfed after i got them. don't feel like playing this game anymore under these circumstances.

Why not just buff the none premium tanks? It would still follow their rule of not nerfing the premium tanks but bring them closer in line with the rest.

The worst thing is that thing had an overmatchable plate underneath and they decided to buff it.

The voice is nice it reminds me of peter being sick but then later got a nice voice lmao. Anyways hope you are feeling better asap.

Thank you for the video QB even when under the weather. Hope you're better soon. As a Chieftain player I would not mind much if WG did nerf it and the 279 e. I think they're op and need to be nerfed. Even if they nerfed them minorly just enough so they're not as good as they are now but still competitive like a 60tp or Amx M4 54. Thanks again for the video, get well soon mate!

I think tanks such as the 279e should be limited to tier X matchmaking, bc let's be honest... no fk tier 8 tank can penetrate that thing reliably when it's heading straight towards you.

279e and the Chief have had thier time. It's time to bring them down to earth.

I wouldnt mind every year at Christmas a full rebalance where EVERY vehicle gets a proper rebalancement if something got out of the hand over the year. That way you know that even if you got a stupidly overpowered vehicle, its only gonna be that statsfarmer until Christmas with the rebalancing. So you CAN abuse your OP tank a bit, but you have a proper functioning even ground at each start of the year.

I was going to suggest that it might be possible to balance these reward tanks by upping their mm, say, making the OP 279e a tier 10 only... That way they aren't actually changing the tank, just determining the opponent's... But seeing this I'm not sure if that's even a fix...

Remember when WG nerfed T-22? It was a reward vehicle which was also extremely hard to get. It was possible back then. There is no reason to keep Ebola in the state it is right now.

I am having Deja Vue. I’m sure there was a similar announcement at the beginning of last year and the year before that and the year before that too!

The console version tier 10 matchmaking is being decimated by the Centurion AVRE, a tier 10 medium with a 1400 damage HESH round and spaced armor added all over the front plates. You're getting games with 5-6 of these monsters on each team.

Sounding Rough AF, there, QB. Know how ya feel, dude!!

The problem is also in the gold rounds. In Armored Warfare for instance, all rounds are the same price, but apcr on a non manned turret does almost no damage for instance. Overpenetration as well. It requires knowledge. Wot requires a big wallet.

0:06 I love how you look at the date to calculate your age :DDDD

Damn QB, thanks for pushing out the video even sick. Definitely take some rest, we don’t want you to get more sick. As for the premiums, I mean, look at some of the tech tree tier 8s like the T69. I don’t know how Gaijin did it but I think for War Thunder there was a point where they decided they will balance premium tanks as well

The fact that the Obj 260 was one of the most overpowered tanks in the game when it was released alongside the Obj 279e, but it has been "balanced" by the release of new and better Clan Wars tanks and the fact that clan wars tanks are a lot more common than they used to be and now there is one in pretty much every other game. That tells you something about the state o the clan wars tanks. Not to mention if you see that the enemy team has a reward tank and your team don't, you really feel as if you are playing the game on "hardmode". If one tank can change how a player thinks the battle is going to develop that tank is clearly in a bad spot, either overpowered or underpowered and it needs to be addressed regardless of it being a reward/premium"tech tree tank.

I have unlocked the 279e, but I didn't enjoy it ... yeah, it can bounce a lot with the front, but if the enemies load Heat, it's no longer a problem to pen it. Even with a turbo, it turns very slow and the side is weak. And on top of that, you have 5° of gun depression. I thing the Chief is way more better than the 279e ... But at the end of the day, I would recommend or like the idea, nerfing Premium/Reward tanks, because the gap between them an techtree tanks gets big and bigger ...

Yesterday I met 3 Chiefs in platoon.. That’s something that should not be possible..

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I think that what is needed for nerfing rewards and premium vehicles are baby steps. Here are some examples for specific tanks: BZ-176- make the roof armour from 41 to 40 so that 122 mm guns can overmatch in close quarters, 2 patches later make the pen on the HESH-ish rounds 180 and on the AP sth like 215 Chief - nerf the gun handling and enlarge the weakspot, 2 patches later nerf the rate of fire or the armour (but not both at once) T-34-85M - make it either a copy of the tech tree tanks, or leave it with higher rate of fire, but at the cost of mobility and/or gun handling Skoda T56 - reduce the Alfa damage to 400 or 420 (920 in 3.5s is just ridiculous); 2 patches later make the cupola a bit bigger or nerf the magazine reload a little leFH - either remove it completely and refund everyone who has it, or make its base reload speed 20s whilst not touching anything else Iron Arnie - reduce the amount of spaced armour to 30-40 mm, 2 patches later nerf the gold pen to sth normal for T8 mediums, say, 280 mm The list can go on and on - you can agree that all these steps are really small and none of them will either ruin the tank in question, or even change its playstyle - it will just make the tank better for the game. Thanks if you've red till the end! =)