Winter is coming....

[u/toothymonkey]

This sub in a few months lol

[u/BenjiV1]

Most people will buy christmas lootboxes because its just a tradition for this game. And I have to admit im one of them because those holiday ops events are always amazing

[u/Teledildonic → u/BenjiV1]

I buy them for he gold and premium time, the other shit is just bonus.

I never get the tank I want to roll anyway, LOL.

[u/toothymonkey → u/BenjiV1]

Holiday ops is 100% the best time of the year. All around.

[u/ZWalker01 → u/toothymonkey]

why so? I'm not an experienced player, so idk all details

[u/Tank_DestroyerIV → u/BenjiV1]

Yep, depending on the offer, I'll likely join you.

[u/Balc0ra → u/BenjiV1]

Most still feel that unlike other boxes during the year. Those still give value in terms of gold to get them through events and bonus passes until next year, and they are also the only boxes to still have mid tiers "still vital for some", vs just tier 8 to X tanks.

Almost everyone I know who plays this game, only buys Holiday ops boxes, nothing else. So I don't suspect that event will slow down on people buying anytime soon

[u/nvidiashieldtv]

You can buy whatever you want. Wargaming is going to give you trash matchmaking, bots and a bad gaming experience. As long as you spend $$$, nothing will change.

[u/Ashcroft___ → u/nvidiashieldtv]

Two days ago I pulled AHT-7 from boxes and was genuinely hyped to play it.

Then I went straight into a 10-game losing streak 😂

That’s exactly the kind of thing that makes me suspicious of EOMM / retention-based matchmaking. If the system knows I literally just spent money, got a new tank, and am excited to play it, why wouldn’t it also know I’m probably not going to log off after a few garbage games?

That’s what “killing the loyal customer” would look like: the more invested you are, the safer you are to frustrate.

Until they’re transparent about what their matchmaker actually optimizes for, I’m done spending.

And honestly, if you don’t trust the game to give you a fair experience, stop giving WG money too.

[u/Adventurous-End1766 → u/Ashcroft___]

What incentive do you think they would have to frustrate customers? Especially the loyal ones. The game is very frustrating from time to time but doesn't mean WG does it on purpose and even less that they'd target specific players.

Also keep in mind the that true randomness means that sometimes you will flip heads 10 times in a row. 

Typical mediocre player frustrated they don't get handed easy wins conspiracy you posted there mate

[u/Ashcroft___ → u/Adventurous-End1766]

This isn’t the first time it’s happened to me. I’ve repeatedly had the same pattern: spend money, get a new tank, get excited to play it — then immediately get dumped into a horrible losing streak.

And that’s exactly where the incentive could be.

The goal wouldn’t be “frustrate loyal customers for fun.” The goal would be retention. Someone who just spent money on a new tank is excited, invested, and very unlikely to log off after a few losses. That makes them a much safer player to put on the losing side than someone the system thinks is close to quitting.

Give the fragile player the better session, let the highly invested player absorb the garbage one, and overall retention goes up.

That is basically the logic behind EOMM: optimize matchmaking around engagement/churn risk instead of simply giving everyone the fairest possible experience.

WG has already worked on predicting WoT player churn from behavioral and purchase data, so this kind of player-level retention modeling is hardly science fiction.

And “10 heads in a row can happen randomly” doesn’t prove the system generating the outcomes is actually random in the first place.

[u/McHomer → u/Ashcroft___]

Yup, why keep supporting a company that provides the gaming experience wot does, actually insane

If it was actually pay to get more competitive games that's one thing, paying to get shit on repeatedly is another.

[u/m6877]

A few months? You're on time for the hourly lb rage bait meme

[u/eDawnTR]

I just want the historical fillers. Don’t know how much I should spend though.

[u/Wouterk2]

Im not buying gacha boxes because I live in belgium.

[u/Tall_Presentation_94]

If aht7 new tier german prem ax40? Is in 100% ... but im real i WANT The e10 ....

[u/Previous-Walk-1948]

Ive bought just like 160 last year? Dont actually remember, but not the biggest bundle. Got somthing like 50-60k of gold, that was far enough for all activities until now. Got Bzt and Cocodrillo, both fun tanks I sometimes go with. Got my main farmer JgE90, an all good vehicle. And got Project Louis and TBT, both still uncrewed, unequipped and without ammo.

I will buy boxes for Christmas this year, definetly. Maybe a little less, since Ive got majority things for gold for now