Another Poster Boy...
For WG's "free to play" business model...aka "PLAY END GAME CONTENT FROM DAY ONE!!!"
Loading into a game I do a quick check of our team via XVM, and notice a Tiger I with 7k battles and a mind-numbing THIRTY-THREE WN rating...I'm thinking he's a bot.
Nope.
After about 4 min when I unceremoniously got overrun when we lost our flank, I rode along with this guy...and proceeded to watch him FINALLY get to a position where he had enemy targets. Once there, I watched him miss shot after shot after shot...Closing out his effort with a whopping 192 damage output.
Curious, I check his stats...
and what he's got in the garage...
That's right kids...SEVEN high tier/end game prem tanks...where he's played 16% of his nearly 7k battles. Note as well, how he does his part to keep WG from nerfing the T34.
Well maybe he's better in the Lowe...
lawl. nope!
SURELY he has a handle on the IS6 where he's played ONE THOUSAND TIMES...
*facepalm*
WG made their dough in a a F2P game. They found this rube, emptied his wallet to the tune of around $500 and slapped him on the tush, while yelling "ROLL OUT!!!"
However, they didn't teach him about map positioning, aiming, awareness, or the difference between HE, AP, HEAT, or APCR.
Nor did they teach him about module options and upgrades, when/how to use free XP to upgrade equipment or why it's important to do so.
BRAVO WG! You've found another to fill the ever growing void left by those of us who have finally given up any hope of there ever being decent competitive pub match play.