What's with the abuse against Premium Tank owners?

Not everyday but at least 2-3 times a week I attract attention in my Lowe particularly.

I laughed at being called a 'Wallet Warrior' but some guys get real nasty.

I wouldn't mind but I have 4-5 other tanks I worked up to elite status with fully trained crews.

Maybe I am too sensitive?

Can't you just kill them?

I saw some mild abuse at a Lowe driver the other day...was all in fun though.

Ice - sorry, missed your question from the other day. I was thinking about mediums such as my VK3601. It does not generate cash as readily as I'd like (I'm playing on a standard account). Next step is the Tiger and I'm a long long way from affording it. I'm not sure I could run a Panther at a profit, particularly once the cost of ammo is factored in.

In the Beta I ran a heavy VK4502. Ammo was over 1K per shot. I sure didn't blast away at anything that moved! I always had a premium account then, as well.

Cheers!

I've had abuse when in the Lowe as well, but I give it right back

The downside is it seems like they've nerfed the Lowe a bit... not reloading as fast as it used to, and generates less XP and credits than before. Still a bit better than other tanks of the same tier, but nowhere near what it was, like 40K credits even on a loss.

Beta was fun since a lot of stuff was free and we got free gold too; I doubt a VK45 shot costs 1K now... I can't see how people can break even with that even with a win. A win AND a premium account probably... but then you'd be spending a lot of money on this game.

Most all of the tier 7+ heavies have ammo that's 1k or more per shot. My T29 and the Lowe are both right around 1k, I think the IS3's shells are about 1200. You usually just don't take as many shots. On the T29 and Lowe both I'm often under 10 shots.

Hmmm... TBH I've not looked at how much the Lowe ammo costs... I've rarely "just broke even" in the Lowe, I'm usually earning credits with the Lowe, win or lose.

Yes you can kill the jerks, but once you do so, odds are you'll be tagged as a "Team Killer," and become fair game for everyone to retaliate upon. Also, you'll get a fine (in the amount of credits you earn per game and in experience) and/or temporary ban - the ban depends upon the number of times you've earned the "Team Killer," tag during one day, I think.

And as far as "Premium RAAAGEEE" goes, I've been TK'd right off the bat in my Matilda (a very slow Premium tank, of all things) by the typical mouth-breather who went on with the "wallet warrior," quips and then some.

I admit to some pretty foul language being used by myself in the chat box after that happened.

The thing about these "kids"...as I think many of them are...who complain about "wallet warriors" is you only need to remind them that without wallet warriors....they would have nothing.

Free to Play...does not pay for the development or maintenance of this game. World of Tanks is not a non-profit supported by government taxation.

So the next time one of the "ignorant ones" spouts off about wallet warriors

Just say....."you're welcome....eat as much as you can while the wallet lasts..."

And I think that the premium tanks are actually less capable than their equivalent tier counterparts. I have a Matilda (which I love the quick firing 57mm but it crawls along the ground) and a Lowe which I think is a big lumbering target with an under modeled 105mm gun.....so it's not as if with these tanks you are ruling at that Tier level. Quite the contrary I believe.

The Premie tanks are indeed less capable than their Tier counterparts. Their only advantage comes from their ability to generate additional credits, free XP to use on other tanks (but this costs gold to do, though) and their use to train up crews for use elsewhere. Also, repair costs are supposedly cheaper but I honestly never look at that stuff. Those in the know feel free to correct me on all of this I just said; I've only been at this game for about a month or so now.

Otherwise, the Premies are gimped in some form or fashion (my opinion). I.E. the Ram II (a premium tank)only has a 6 pounder which can only fire AP or Gold shells yet it frequently gets stuck in fights with T6 and up tanks where the 6 pounder can only scratch the paint. The Matilda (premium) has a quick firing gun of respectable caliber and great armor yet it is horribly slow for a Tier 5 tank and speed is life when arty is involved (or an enemy wolfpack).

Having said that, I do like my Premies as they provide a challenge to play well when thrown against bigger/better tanks.

Indeed