Good evening,
these are the specials for the fifth WoT anniversary:
Nothing new here, EU players are again getting the short stick by being milked with bundles, even the “appreciation” package for long term players costed € 99.99. Seems like what was spoken to Wargaming at Cyprus hasn’t completely passed through the skull of the EU marketing team who’s been consistently the most thick headed department, and yes, nowadays we have fair prices with tank bundles but still, € 99.99 euros, for mostly powercreept-shatted on tanks? That’s 1/4 (if not more) of a monthly minimum salary in many EU countries! Why cant every EU player have a chance at getting the tanks they wish? Also, if they milk the players why can’t they add at least nearly as much missions as NA does?
On the NA side, as usual, they introduce things after EU and then add extra this or that on a “d*ck” measuring contest but even their “special” free tank seems a bit lame and lazy, was expecting them to give a bigger variety of tanks like EU did or, if just a single vehicle, something more special than a LTP. I suppose its free credits and garage slot to add with the other freebies… at the end of the day, NA players win.
Note: There will be more “offers” apparently, but my hopes are already very low, we will see.
EU
-Until 30 April at 07:00 CET (UTC+2).
NA
-From April 4 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET until May 2 04:20 PT / 07:20 ET.
| Mission | Restrictions | Reward(s) |
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0-1 Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
1-2 Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
2-3 Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
3-4 Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
4-5 Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
5+ Year Account Thank YouWin five (5) battles in which you place in your team’s top 10 XP earners. |
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(If vehicle already owned, you receive Credit value as compensation) |
LTP + 50% Crew + Garage Slot
Garage Slot
Free Sentinel AC IV instead of LTP pls (why the hate on us over at the americanskii server)
Instead of the LTP we should get the Sentinel AC IV with that comet gun…. why the hate on us over at the americanskii server D:
Not the Comet gun, it has the Firefly gun. Which is better 😀
Too bad they gave away the LTP for the 2013 anniversary so if you have played for 2 years or more you have already sold the tank 5 times or farmed the gold only this time it will be credits. Really with they gave brand new tier 2 even.
*Wish not with
Side note if you have been playing for 5+ years on the NA server they used to hand out the thing every 6 months to a year.
I still don’t know whether those retarded 100 Euro bundles were supposed to be an April Fool’s joke or not. Did anyone even attempt to buy one?
they were for real…
Welp, then WG EU is even more sad that I thought.
I’m not sure if I should be surprised by that.
I did, needed the Pz 38H because I’m collecting all German tanks
you realise its on sale for like 5 euros in the premium shop right?
The 38H isn’t on sale and hasn’t been in the shop since forever. Get your tanks straight god damnit!
It was on sale for people who had their accounts longer than 3 years.
http://s29.postimg.org/6cpfeklbb/moneh.png
I thought it was an April Fool too, but then it’s WG EU
the 100 euro package is a complete joke id struggle to justify spending more than 25 euro these days on wot because the game just isnt as much fun as it used to be for me partly because of their incompetence in balancing their game *cough* premium ammo *cough* arty *cough* e5 *cough* is3 *cough* there are others too but those are the most prominent. maybe i need another break from the game but i cant help but remember the days back before the big return of artys and before the introduction of the wtf 100.
its frustrating because there was a period of months where you could play at tier 8 and see maybe 2 artys in total if you played for 4 hours where as now if you go above tier 6 theres basically a guarantee to be at least 2 per side and when theres 5 per side in a tier 10 game you may as well just quit out because that games gonna take the full 15 mins because everyone is afraid to move from cover.
i just hope at this point that wot does go the way of war thunder i cant even look at that game any more yet i loved it more than wot for a while but the games own creators just ruined it but im hopeful right now because the new physics were a definite step in the right direction so if they continue in that direction and have a patch which completely tackles an issue all at once in each of the different patches then thatd be great. (as in rebalancing the tiers to make power creeped tanks relevant and over powered tanks balanced even if they just do it tier by tier in lots of patches id be happy or a patch which solves the prem ammo issues or arty issues all at once id be really happy so i hope they take this approach and dont half ass it)
The IS3 is a completly balanced tier 9 tonk, what are you talking about?
But really I feel like someone swicthed the T-10 and IS3 over
Why? The T-10 is great. The IS-8 was great and a well balanced tier 9 with a good gun, great mobility for a heavy, and very reliable turret armour but shitters couldn’t just point their front at the enemy and win like they could in the IS-3 so WG buffed it unnecessarily so its side armour is E 75 level + magic Russian spaced armour, the turret was buffed for fuck knows what reason, etc. but pubbies still cry that it’s bad because its frontal hull armour isn’t IS-7 level.
Mayby that should be 9,99 and someone made mistake :D?
except the ltp has been given out at least 3 times already on na server in the past year or two and always given out if you buy a tier 8.
These NA rewards are garbage for being a 5 year anniversary bonus special. would have liked to get a tier 4 exclusive tank for free for playing dedicatedly for 5 years! I’m tempted to just skip out on their 5 year anniversary specials completely. i am so thoroughly disappointed
“sharap peasant and pay for the privilege to play and the new Cyprus HQ. You think those custom seats are free?” Seriously now, both specials suck, but NA is at least free, whilst the EU costs you 100 freekin euros.( half a salary in my country). As the HQ went up, ht gameplay and quality just went steadily down, and it seems like not even it’s creators can recognise this “Frankenstein” of a game. Oh, and the fact they decided to make a new server hub in freekin Kazachstan!!!!, when one in eastern europe is not only a must, but becomes a necessity ( delayed renders, freezes and sudden FPS dropps/ping spikes are commonplace now). It seems like it’s becoming a pattern now. Make an awsome game, then crew it up once it aquires a large player base you can milk on a regular basis.
Be happy for getting atleast SOMETHING man…..
Those misions on US server……Why they have THIS and we get 100€ bundle? (just a joke) I really know where i would like to next ISIL bombing happen……
Now that was totally humourless, asshole.
i remember that i think for their 2 and 3 year anniversary, they had showers of good prizes and stuff. this 5 year anniversary is hardly even worthy of being called a shadow of those deals for either server. They could have made rare tanks up for purchase (or at least rental) as a special thank-you to the dedicated gamers. (It’d be awesome to try the M6A2E1 or bring back the T-50-2 for a limited time rental)
Honestly, I would have liked to see them actually start selling all the premiums below T10 (don’t really want them to ever sell a T10 premium). I’d have bought most of them once, upon a time…not any more though, not another dime from me.
For me, the last straw was not replacing the FV215b, a fake tank, with the Chieftain, as they promised 3 years ago.
If you think the Eu gets treated bad you dont want to know about the ea server..
(for starters we dont even get the luxury of having a save login details box so we have to re-type email and passwords each time we start)
Missed the 5+ by 1 week! Damn!
Tachenk0…Lets stop talking OK?
Wow, Eff EU in the butt…with a cactus :/
seems like WG EU does not see any money from me for this sh*t.
I never sold the LTP in the first place, even though as a T3, it pretty much sucks. I’ve had it for close to 3-4 years now.
redwing6, RACE
NA Server
yeah, so have I, on EU. Of course, I won’t pay a cent on this sh*t package, but since you guys on NA only have to play 5 games and win, seems like a give away to me. Especially if you get compensated, you get credits and a few free garrage slots ( which cost 300gold each BTW). So, thunbs up NA, and a biiig _I_ to EU staff.
Yeah, there is that, but then, I have 24 empty slots as it is…
The EU 100Euro package is pretty ****. The Pz38H is not an awful tank, but it certainly is a victim of power creep. I have seen more of them that usual (I usually only really see one when I take mine out), so a few people are buying the packages.
They should have just handed a tank out depending on how long you had been playing, if the3y really cared about the players, but all we are to them is “£££s,” which is stupid and short-sighted.
I am a student, they should count themselves lucky I am not doing nothing but studying, or going to see nature. Or what ever normal biologest do.
“…if the3y really cared about the players”
WOW i rly feel cheated now…. thx WGEU… But gratz to the ppl on the American servers at least you get good specials even tho your server is dies. WP WG GG
and nothing from SEA as usual
On this 5th anniversary of our free game you can pay us more money.
Happy birthday slaves.
Meh like I said several times, it seems like WG forgotten their promises with the CC back in Jan this year. That or Storm has already pressed his troll face into EU marketing department *insert a bodily cavity* early :”)
On a constructive note, what exactly is Storm’s position going to be in the EU department?
Chief marketing and revenue Officer. Wasn’t that obvious?
Oh Noodles! The Flying Spaghettimonster help us all!
May RNGeesuss hear your prayer My Son. Still better than Chief content comptroller and nerf officer.
The way i see it we are giving to much money to Wargaming anyway. These overpriced bundles are the last resort for Serb in hopes of returning us to our senses.
Another classic example of how clueless WG really has become with respect to its customer base. I can’t wait to see what Obsidian comes up with to make fun of them. Obsidian’s take on April fools was a classic poke in WG’s eye. 🙂
Whine less and work more, and you wont have a problem with bundles ..
so youre saying that in countries where half a months salary wont even get you one of those bundles, that the price is completely fair?
Did anyone really expect anything more? They have come through with a very few of the promises made last year. Everyone seems to forget that Wargaming is a big business. Therefore they will do all of the things any big business will do, AKA saying one thing and doing another. Final solution, stop giving them money!
I’ve started to do that. Unless it’s pocket-money price or can be bought, in game, with gold, then I’m not interested. WG have a simple choice: they can have €10 from me, or they can have nothing from me.
That’s the attitude I’m taking. If it’s not pocket-money cost, or available in-game for gold, then I’m not going to bother with it. WG have a simple choice: they can choose to get €10 from me, or they can choose to get nothing.
I’ve been into Warframe lately and it really put into perspective how hilariously stingy companies like Wargaming and Gaijin are. Both these guys will make you complete “tasks” or an “event” for a tier 1 – 3 shitty premium.
Being used to that, I was incredibly surprised when Digital Extremes, for their 3 year anniversry of Warframe, gifted all players a shiny and improved version of an existing fan favourite weapon, which has become one of the best weapons in the entire game.
THAT is how you reward your players for their loyalty.
Plus Obsidian gave everyone who plays AW a Type 59 “legend” last Christmas which is a very good tank in its tier. What did WG give us? On NA we got a funny video where at least one WG employee recognized how crappy the Christmas tanks really were advertising them as a free garage slot. Oh and said crappy tank we all sold and kept the free garage slot as advertised 🙂
Also do not forget the T62 Veteran. That was another nice tank they gave freely by just logging in.
In addition
a) AW doesn’t hammer you if the game was lost but you played well. You can make good money and xp, without pissing you off with losing money to a crap team.
b) You can make “premium” any tank you like for 500-1000 gold. Fox & OF40 are my all time favourite tanks, which I constantly play (alongside Zhalo S from the pre-order of beta).
c) Gold to xp conversion rate, is great if you want to bypass a tank that you do not like. I did it on swingfire to get to Fox. 380 gold was needed. On the contrary WoT & WT are more expensive so no conversions for me there.
d) AW is more balanced. You get a Tier 3 tank, and rarely you will face tier 4. Never tier 5. And if you do because you are member of a platoon, they do not one shoot you and you can fight your way through the battle against anything. WoT, a tier 3 tank in T5, or worst a Tier 5 tank in tier 7 not only you cannot do even sh*t, but you will get trolled 1 shot from something, making you lose money and get frustrated.
And we play games to have fun, not get frustrated. Hence no more WoT for me.
@Panos I can’t like because I don’t have a WP account but have a virtual +1.
Don’t forget the Gold Rush event, 3k gold for playing 5 battles a day was generous and the daily bonuses just for logging in.
I’ve played WoT since 2012 but have been playing much more AW lately because it’s basically a lot more balanced, fun, and there’s far less cash grabbing going on. On PvE mode there’s hardly any toxic garbage in chat either.
So how is the LTP a gift tank for anyone who has played the game since before August 2nd, 2013 when they gave it away to every player as part of the WG 15th anniversary celebration? You only get 170,000 silver, which is nice, but I really would have liked the gold.
For some reason, I’ve actually kept my LTP even though it is a poor tank. Oh right. I kept it in case I ever won one again so I would get the gold value. I guess I can free up a slot in my garage now.
At least I’m going to get 12 boosters, a day of premium (really broke the bank there), and 2 garage slots from these missions.
I have to say I’m kind of disappointed. The previous anniversaries led me to believe that the 5th (a special anniversary) they would be doing something special. The graduated missions on NA are kind of neat, but the bundles on the EU, ouch! 100 Euros for tier 2 or 3 tanks? Not unless it’s a Panzer II J. Then there are the usual inflated “special” bundles. *SIgh*
Nice to see that you have to spend a 100 euros to get a gift that shows how much you’re appreciated..
“We care about you! For a €100 we will who you how much! And it’s a low tier vehicle! Woo-hoo! Now please give us more money….”
So sad to see a once great game getting worse every patch.
Right from the start 5 years ago there where a few big issues with WoT but the never got rid of a single one. Instead they implementet even more imbalanced and plain stupid useless stuff.
It seems the are trying to f*ck up the whole game as hard as possible on purpose.
You’d think now that the game is 5 years old they could claim a statute of limitations on those old pre-order tanks before the game went live – it’s literally free revenue for players like myself who didn’t find the game until a few months after it was released and are still playing today.
They once made the mistake of putting those in the premium shop. The butthurt on the forums was insane, I don’t think you could find a topic which didn’t mention the word ‘lawsuit’. It’s since then other packages (like the WoWs) mention the words ‘exclusive for one year’ instead of just ‘exclusive’…
it also wasnt hepled by viktor saying on video that they will never be sold in the premium shop…
Yeah, they’ll never make that mistake again…
Wanna bet on that one Shade01982 ?!? 🙂
Hmm, interesting idea, what odds do you propose? 😛
I know about that “4 hours of ZOMG” moment… that’s how I bought the Panzer V/IV – and when I decided to buy the Mutant while driving 20 minutes to my office, I logged in from work, and they were gone. I’ve been advocating for a “Statute of limitations” ever since, since there was absolutely nothing in writing about their exclusivity – and I’m fairly certain that even verbal agreements (even on video) can only hold so much legal binding without even a simple handshake with the recipient party (which is a couple thousand people who aren’t even playing the game any more or care about something they bought 5 years ago and quit playing 4 years ago).
That kind of depends on the country. In the Netherlands verbal agreements have the exact same amount of legal binding as written agreements. And all agreements are 100% binding as long as they don’t break any laws (law trump contract, a contract is void if it does not adhere to the law). Problem with verbal contracts is they are a lot harder to hold up in court unless you have trustworthy witnesses.
But I digress. I had the same idea you had. I saw the packages and was thinking about it. But by the time I decided, they were already gone…
Don’t cry kids…
Christmas sale is your next try 🙂
yes, typical eu special. we get only shit since years.
but well, i dont take this game seriously anymore and dont care about my account. i started botting in august last year, 100+ battles every day and im still not banned.
oh, and I thought it was 1st April prank. They really offer tier2 LT and osme gold for 100 bucks ?
You could gate Pz IIJ for the same price. … ok, ok I know… but compare that to LTP or micromaus.
Silly.
I think it is less a dick measuring contest and more dialed in to the fact that NA doesn’t have that many players and the game doesn’t have the penetration it does in Europe.
Stop whining and don’t waste a single dollar on this game. Play for free, who cares about a useless tank? You just need to register on tournaments, earn gold while you have fun, and buy ingame premiums at most. They don’t give a shit about you, because no matter what, you keep throwing your money to them. I’ve never spent a dime and I have FCM, T34, IS6, 907, FV4202, SU-122-44, SU100Y, etc… Actually I have 25k gold unspent too. Last tournament (I don’t remember the name), we earned 10k gold and a Cromwell B, and we didn’t even had good results. USE YOUR REAL MONEY ON REAL WORLD, NOT PIXELS.
us NA players would rather have anything but the ltp again i have personally seen it in on Track events here or Month long missions which it was the tank at the end …. most NA players will sell it for the garage slot imo i will be getting the credit equivalent instead
I’m so jelous of the NA-server. Why can’t EU give us same kind of missions or something achieved trough playing?
Anniversary missions and achievements for old/new players would be great
5 year vet here but because I play on EU I get fuck all. Thanks WG.
If WG EU office disappears overnight, WG HQ would only notice after like a year.
If WG HQ disappears overnight, WG EU would never notice…
Shame that those players who have been around for years but moved to the SEA server when we were pretty much ordered to by WG don’t see a reward. Then again, given what the rewards for EU are, maybe I should shut up! 🙂
Official answer of WARGAMING regarding discriminatory promotions!
Lukas Szczescie 5 April 2016 17:59
Hello THE_GRIM_REAPER007.
Thank you for contacting us.
Eu servers and Na servers are different in content that way there are some different events and promotions.
We are sorry that there is some promotion that you like in NA server and it is not available on EU server.
If you like there is always option to start play on Na servers emoticon smile
If you have any other questions, please contact us.
Best regards.
Lukasz Lucky
Wargaming.net Customer Service Representative
https://eu.wargaming.net/support/
You just received a copy paste dear
Like Jingles mentioned in 1 of his latest video’s, so curious to see how many people actually bought it 🙂