Squeaktoy

Wow, talk about supremely unlucky! I spent a similar amount (€110) and got a Nikolai, Gremmy, Molotov, Marblehead, Arizona, Atlanta, Ishizuchi, Anshan, Lo Yang, 30 days premium and 5.4k dubloons. Not to mention the boatload of camos and flags. One thing is sure though, i feel like an idiot for dropping this much cash for pixelboats and iam done spending any more money on this game for a loooooong time.

Thank you Wargaming Europe for listening to the community. Tier 8 is far more manageable for most players and it ought to save them tons of headaches for having to rush to Tier 9. Who knows, it might even boost the sales of premium ships. I am at Tier 7 mostly and i want to grind towards the NoCal and ultimately get the Iowa, but having to rush that in order to obtain Takao would have made that process a lot less fun for me and probably would have made me more hesitant to go into tier 9-10 games in the future. As for the whole skill thing, I personally hope that people with who don't know how to play Heavy Cruisers will either learn the hard way and try to improve or get frustrated and move on to other ships that suit them better. I had no real idea how to properly play the Atago at first, so after a few "Deletes" at the hands of battleship captains due to my incompetence i decided to grind the IJN Cruiser tree in order to get a better grasp of it. Still don't, so needless to say my Atago will be collecting dust until i git gud. Playing the Takao will have to wait until then as well i guess.