I find World of Tanks just keeps getting better, personally. The game actually looks decent now. It looks like a recent game, at least. Gone are the days of WoT looking like a bedroom developer’s budget title. That, and physics has enabled some pretty unexpected ways to traverse certain maps. I’ve snuck up on enemies and been snuck up on in positions of supposed safety via having tanks slide down steep embankments where before this would not have been possible. I’ve yet to land my tank on top of another tank, but I’ve come close.

I forget which patch that was, but the rebalancing of the matchmaker is amazing. I still dislike being placed in a match with enemies +2 to my own tier, but at least that’s a worst case scenario for the most part. Prior to this, I’ve had plenty of instances where my piddly T5 Heavy tank would be put up against T9 tanks. Talk about pointless effort. I still prefer playing in my own tier, however.

I haven’t noticed “pay to win” being too big of a deal. It is, occasionally, but it’s FAAAR too expensive for me to be at all reasonable. If there are blockheads who want to blow real money on ammo to beat me with it, I still consider this a victory for myself and my own financial independence.