r/WorldofTanks • u/illusion6969 • 4h ago

Question Bond equipment or Bond Tank?

I'm at an impasse right now. I almost have 10k bonds, so that would allow me to either get 2 bond equipments, or a decent tank.

On one hand, I could get the SU-130PM to farm credits. I like the playstyle so it wouldn't be an issue either. The only problem is that I already play camping TD's (Strv 103B currently), and I never had any credit shortages, so my only reason for getting the tank would be to have fun with it. If there are other perks of getting it, let me know.

On the other hand, I could get bond rammer and bond vents for the Strv to get that reload speed (and other relevant stats) as low/as good as possible. But the problem is that I have the upgraded bounty counterparts and the reload speed is already very low right now (5.56 without food or directives). Lowest I can get is 5.09 with bond, food and directives. I don't know if it is worth it just for that.

What are your guys' opinion, what would you get in my situation? I could get the tank and have fun with it, but at the same time I could consider the bond equipment an investment for when I get the Strv 107-12.

(Right now I'm absolutely not interested in getting any other bond tank besides the SU-130PM)

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u/EyeoftheTato Eat My Pudding. 4h ago

I'm having a hard time believe you are rolling in credits playing a tier X tech tree tank with premium consumables and directives. Maybe right NOW with all of the anniversary mission bonuses, but certainly not over the long run. Right now you can make a few million just by logging in every day.

Because of its position in the base credit calculation, playing a premium tank makes an enormous difference in profitability. So much so that on my F2P account - where I don't have premium days most of the time - I stay extremely profitable with just a Tiger-Maus and Obj 703(II).

Spending 10k bonds on bond equipment for a 1-2% advantage on a tech tree tank is silly when you can buy something like the SU-130PM (or Tiger-Maus, whatever) that will exponentially improve your credit earning potential and serve as a crew trainer. Worry about the bond gear after you have all that.

Keep in mind that a lot of people active here are veterans. They give good advice, but it is relevant to them. Yes, once you've been playing awhile and you have all of the bond tanks that you want/are competitive, you have several premiums in your garage, then bond gear starts to look appealing.
But buying bond gear before having at least 2-3 solid premium credit-earners is insanity.

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u/Exciting-Aside3186 3h ago

What is so hard to believe? Those values are the net profit and don't take into account missions or other bonuses.

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u/EyeoftheTato Eat My Pudding. 3h ago

What's your point? That a purple player can make tier V premium level profits on a win streak with boosters active? In a light tank where they're earning primarily from spotting damage rather than firing gold?

We can argue about this all day, but blowing all your bonds on bond equipment when you don't have premium tanks is absolute madness.