Commanders in WoT Blitz: Why?

After the announcement of World of Tanks Blitz Reforged Update’s Ultra Test, it’s clear that Commanders are one of the most concerning features—not the only one, but one of the biggest by far.

In this new video, we’d like to break down this issue.

[WorldofTanksBlitz_official]

The Ultra Test of Reforged update in live, we do really appreciate high in-game activity of the testers and your feedback sharing.

It is the very first test so some technical issues or bugs may appear. The Update is in the progress of technical development, and we are at the point right now when it is vitally important to know how the game works on the wide list of your devices to collect the bug reports from all of you. We've already collected diversity of specific bags and crashes, that we'll help us the make the next iteration of the public test much more stable and optimized. TYSM for your time and effort.

Join our Discord server to discuss changes, report bugs, and share ideas - discord.gg/wotblitz

[cofounderco]

11 years with this game! All we wanted was better physics and graphics! Bring back the tech tree and national crew voices!

[allenskywalker]

As a 10 years player myself, never seen a game that the gap between players and dev is that huge. just say it, your company cares more about profit than gameplay

[JoeBrooks-mg]

We wanted:

- better graphics
- more tech tree lines

And honestly that’s was it

[scouteagle]

No WG, we don't want to hear your half-cooked explanations, keep the game as it is right now, you just have to do this to not screw your own game and the money of thousands of players:
-keep crew voice lines
-give pbr to maps and all tanks
-give us a new tech tree or two
-more maps and bigger maps and game modes
-keep the tech tree, sets are hella confusing
-if you want to add commanders, add them, but in a realistic way, standard historical characters for each nation that doesn't take away the sense of ownership that we the player have over OUR tanks, give them national uniforms. (If you want to monetize commanders just sell out clothes and uniforms. And keep the current skills system that we can have sets of skills for each tank that we play with each commander that we decided to aply them to...and IF u want more money just add famous historical commanders that we have in medals (Carius, Knispel, etc...)
-If you want to sell tanks like what you did on sets just add an open store with all of the tanks for us the players to buy them directly and quit that store rotation.
You can gain money with historical camos, there are tons of them, and goofy blitz nation tanks or more premium/collector tanks.
-Keep the old restoration system, we THE PLAYERS, have spent money on those tanks even if we sold them, it is OUR MONEY, you just cannot erase our money like that...
-Keep the WR and Stats, we have put effort in improving our skills just for you to erase them and make the game casual and unchallenging, Blitz is a competitive game that WE THE PLAYER, even if we have 40% or 70% we have put effort in playing and grinding
DON'T SCREW THE GAME THAT WE PLAYED AND WE PAID FOR!

[VergilSparda]

How to fix wotb
1) Bring ww2 commander or crew just like wot pc
2) Bring tech tree back
3) No p2w stuff
4) Optimize the game

Edit: I think we don't need this unreal engine stuff. Who ask for this literally??

[siddhantshilwant]

So basically you aren't listening to the community but rather proving your point. Why are you guys so bad at listening to the community?

[eddiemac]

Wgs logic with commanders is basically let’s punish veterans for their loyalty to our game

[welshman]

IF I WANTED A NEW/DIFFERENT GAME I WOULD DOWNLOAD ONE.

[shamcryt]

It seems to me that almost all players don’t like the fact that you removed the tank branch

[CattuzoBlitz]

Calling this an update is a crime. Bro this is a whole new game! 😢

[ukrainiancat.]

This is the new definition of "if it aint broke, then dont fix it", literally nobody wanted this. All we ever wanted was new maps, nations, new tech tree tanks and new graphics, thats literally all we want. I personally don't really mind the new ui but changing the core of the game is really going to bring down the playerbase

[---]

Dear Wargaming Team,

I’m writing this because I honestly can’t believe what I’m seeing with this new World of Tanks Blitz update. Are you serious? Like, seriously, did someone sit down and say, “You know what would be great? Completely destroying the game everyone loves!” Because that’s exactly what it feels like.

Let me ask—was there some kind of secret competition to see how quickly you could frustrate your entire player base? If so, congratulations, you’ve absolutely won. I don’t even know where to start. The mechanics, the progression system, the balance—why mess with things that were working perfectly fine? What on earth was the point of these changes? Did someone wake up one day and think, “Hmm, too many people are enjoying this game. Let’s fix that”?

And don’t even try to tell me this was based on "player feedback." Who exactly gave you this feedback? Because I’ve been part of this community long enough to know that nobody was asking for this. Did you guys just pull random ideas out of a hat? Or maybe roll some dice to decide what to ruin first?

Do you even realize how much time and effort players have poured into this game? The grinding, the strategy, the actual fun—all of it feels like it’s being thrown in the trash. And for what? Some grand “vision” that absolutely nobody except you asked for? Oh, but I’m sure you’ll say it’s all to “improve the experience.” Improve it for who, exactly? Certainly not the players who made this game what it is today.

And don’t get me started on how poorly this has been communicated. Were you even planning to listen to the community at any point? Or are you just steamrolling ahead, fully prepared to watch the chaos unfold when the update drops? Because spoiler alert: the chaos is already here. Just take a look at your forums, your social media—anywhere players are talking. We’re not excited. We’re furious.

Do you even care about the people who’ve supported this game for years? Or are we just numbers to you now? Because that’s exactly how it feels. It’s like you’re so focused on chasing some new audience that you’ve completely forgotten about the ones who’ve been here since the beginning. The ones who’ve spent hours (and money!) on this game, only to watch it get gutted by a series of baffling decisions.

If your goal is to drive away loyal players and tank the game’s reputation, then congratulations, you’re absolutely nailing it. But if you actually want World of Tanks Blitz to survive, maybe—just maybe—you should listen to the people who actually play it. Is that really such a radical idea?

I’m frustrated, I’m disappointed, and I’m seriously considering walking away from a game I’ve loved for years. And judging by the community’s reaction, I’m far from alone. So here’s my plea: stop. Just stop. Reevaluate this update, listen to your players, and think about what actually makes this game great. Because if you keep going down this path, there won’t be much of a game left to save.

[delivery-gokko]

Your team doesn’t understand the key features of this game. The daunting extended tech trees, millions of exps to develop crew skills… many players have devoted their time to grind and to catch up with more experienced players. The gaps between veterans and newbies you pointed in this video is one of the feature in which enthusiastic players has the interest.

[Simply_Cheese]

Wargaming is saying that the tech tree couldnt keep up with 680 tanks! But PC has over 1000 tanks in its tech tree

[MFN]

“We can add more commanders with new interesting mechanics”

So in other words you will sell op commanders in the future that can only be obtained by gambling.

Note guys, this is the same company that said that they will never add crates to the game. Now the game is a casino

[OrangeRock]

Bascially for commanders visually people want to see them look like historical figures rather than Concord or Fortnite characters.

[teddy]

Stop calling it "passion", the community is outraged. You are destroying the game and the whole community is telling you but youre blindly plowing ahead anyway

[Notmyname-cosc]

LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS, SCRAP THE UPDATE

[MoraMa.]

Just scrap the update WG, you cant convince anybody that the reforge update is great and better than the current version, just add better physics and graphics and new mechanics on tanks, that's it.