@@Rikitikitave respectfully disagree. The poor turning, low acceleration, and relatively low ammo/clip capability are balancing functions. My opinion is that the amount of Wiesel 1s in the game currently is more the frustration to most than the power of them. Compare the Wiesel 1 to the BMP-2 which can be made almost as fast, quicker, much more maneuverable, twice the ammo in the clip, and have ATGMs. There has to be a selling point for premiums or there would be no point. If the W1 gets nerfed it will be a “$50 sh!t tanks” as someone else put it and the people that bought it will be complaining. In a few weeks the new will wear off and the W1 frustration will be manageable and balance to the force will be reclaimed.
The game and the players have already adapted. You’ll be fine unless you’re grinding a crappy line which is already aweful. People still complain ☝️ about the 4005. I love playing the ‘05 and and I love destroying them too, in any tank. I hunt them in lights and my French mediums. I hunt the WT when I play mine in era 2 to protect my team and especially my platoon. It’s the usual. I noticed people changing how they play era 2 within 2 days of its launch. It Happened with Ignis, the Brunis and even the new Panzer until WOT mucked that up. You all will be fine. One more thing. Give it another month and people will get tired of playing it.
Absolutely bang on Riki. Very well put, and I agree 100%. To those who say, 'learn and adapt', that is the worst argument you could give. If this tank decides to all-in you, regardless of your skill level, there is nothing you can do to stop it taking half or all of your health more often than not. If this thing is in a platoon, then it is even worse. This tank is toxic. It's not good for the game. Is it fun to play? Yes, because you feel like a God. Is it fun to play against? No.
if a weasel goes in on you, even if you don't die, your game is over. you are crippled, tracked and are one shot to anything else. of course, that is if there is only 1 weasel mk1 in game
I won't play era 2 anymore it sheds heavies. You heard it right it sheds heavies. A light tank. Way to keep it REAL war gaming. Refund the weasel and the Munsters. Or all you will have playing era2 are those..
We can't take it anymore, everything is so unbalanced and then all this crap is impossible to play, games that last 3/4 minutes, platoons of 4 of those things, or games with as many as 6 of those things... ABOMINABLE.
The one thing they understand every time they bring in a new op tank is money. I've said this before and I'll say it again, there is absolutely no way they keep getting it wrong like this after all this time. They've done this time and again over the years. To counter the new op premiums they will just release more op premiums. If players want to be able to compete they'll have to buy the latest premiums. Wg know exactly what they are doing and they most definitely aren't going to be honest with anybody outside of the company.
@@M_F754 yes, they learned over the years that the player base they have care to are the so called „wallet warriors“ who are willing to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars in a digital ownership (so they own nothing). WG doesn’t give a shit about f2p players and tech tree grinders who invested years and years in the game. So finally I made a decision. I do not play era 2 anymore. I do not play era 3 anymore. I do play WW2 and sometimes era 1. If WG continues to do similar stupid things in era 1, I will stop playing it immediately. Same with WW2.
With the release of this tank, I have chose not to play WoT anymore. I love this game, been playing over 9 years, and nearly everyday for the past 3 years. I've had enough. This season has absolutely killed it for me, between the absurdly over powered vehicles (and no, you said it right, downright abusive vehicles) and the fumbling of the Halloween event, I just can't take anymore abuse. I'll gladly, yet cautiously return when they make real, positive changes to this game
It will be nerfed in a few weeks when enough people bought it. Look at the dillo back in the day. Total OP and after the sell they nerfed the tank so bad. Same will happen to the Wiesel
@@jethrolionheart182 It doesn't matter if today it is twice as powerful its like he said everyone bitched and moanded that armadillo was over powered especially in the hands of the select few unicum players and wargaming finally nerfed it and now you will be lucky to see a platoon of them anymore. This will be the same fate for the weisel.
I have enough gold to purchase this tank right now but I will not do it. I don't want to contribute to the destruction of this game. I don't enjoy getting destroyed by this tank so I don't think I will enjoy playing this tank knowing how toxic and abusive this tank is. Thanks for the review Riki.
It's only toxic at the moment cause everyone's bought it , in the hands of an average player, it's not that great. Give it a few weeks, and it will fade in like all new tanks. It's up to you if you want to buy it , no one else .
I have also stopped playing era 2 because of this tank, and I advocate to the rest of us to do the same until this problem gets fixed. Boycott playing era two!!!!!
This is not over powered or toxic. Right now it feels like it because there are so many in the queue now. If it wasn’t for the camo of the tank nobody would play it or call this tank broken. Why? Well that’s easy look at any other tank with a small auto gun they all have ATGMS to go along with its small gun. Especially the Marder 1a1 that has the exact gun expect it has 25 less rounds in a clip but it’s gun stats are better in every way plus it has ATGMS and it’s faster. But wait the problem people have with this tank it’s stealthy and can clip you out with one clip. Hmmmm I know multiple tanks like that and one is the M50 Ontos that can do the exact thing as the Wiesel maybe a little bit better. Give it a couple weeks and people won’t think the Wiesel is OP
The rest of Riki's team was only able to survive the early game by hugging the map boundary to protect from the "abusive camo." Good video. The tank is a nuisance to standard play.
Had a match with 5 weasels on my team and two on theirs - under 3 minutes win to us...era 2 is unplayable yes it's abuse to play and WG abuse for cash.
When the bills are due and WG needs money we get tanks like this. When WG says they checked the data and the data says the tanks fine, ask if theybare looking at the tanks performance data or sales data
I couldn't agree more, I picked the worst time to finally pick back up on the challenger line, with how bad the chieftain's power to weight is it can't fight it, the only tanks it doesn't totally screw over are the other tanks with machine guns and good mobility but even then it still does because even tho they're maybe more accurate than the wiesel they're bigger targets
In my opinion, it's impossible for them to ignore what they have done : they know it's OP as F..., you play 5 minutes with it and you know it is : - Ridiculously outrageous camo, - Good speed, - Good HP pool, - Good detection, - Amazing Burst, They just forgot to add 800mm armor in every side of the tank, it will be for next one for sure. But they will sell wagons of Wiesel 1 and maybe in few months they will nerf it. Money goes in front of everything for them, disguting for a game I hardly love.
I am right there with you. I just get lit up from behind and I never see the Wiesel on the radar. I really hope they correct this Wiesel. Another cash grab for sure.
Wargaming honestly doesn't care about complaints about tanks being too powerful. They are likely being short-sighted but they don't have to care about long term. They could easily shut down every single server tomorrow and they are completely within their rights to do so. Every person that has spent money would be out and have no legal recourse. They would lose out on what money they would make in the future but have already made money hand over first for the last 10 years so why should they care. Have you seen the stuff they do to World of Warships? I am pretty certain the majority of their player base were against submarines being introduced but they still put them in the game. People have complained about how powerful carriers are in the game, but it doesn't really change. They only care about the money they get not the opinions of players.
In a game I played before, I met six Wiesel against. The game lasted 2-3 minutes (and I'm not kidding) even the most resistant tanks have no chance in such a context especially considering a drilling in era 2 higher than tanks with similar type of armament in era 3.
Riki, first off, Wargaming is a company that needs to make money in order to continue to make content, we all know this and most are happy to provide money to a game we enjoy if we feel we are getting a fair product. Wargaming does not do that, it has ignored it's paying customers for YEARS, have cut off most communications with it's gamers, dropped employees that actually communicated with it's members, and have constantly dropped vehicles in the game that ruin it. I just cannot fathom how you cannot see this... Regardless of what you spoke about at Tankfest, regardless of what you discuss with them now, they CONTINUE to kill this game by adding these OP vehicles. Even after Beta testing they dropped it in, all the backlash from the Weisel in ERA III, the 292, Thumper, 494A(?), it just continues month after month after month... I appreciate your videos and the time you spend working on getting this game back on track but I'm afraid it's a failed effort. They continue to see the end and want that cash instead of trying to make it work long term, which IS possible, just not in the vision they see it. IF they had put some effort into thinking or playing there own game, had they listened to the community, if they had presented themselves openly and fairly after PainGod (he was a jerk by the way), and if they had someone with a vision, then the game could survive. If, if, if...I know, just thinking while typing. With all that being said, and to keep this shorter, I CAN offer some suggestions to improve game play for all and help this game move on, which I've been playing for almost 11 years now.
I think the number of games where this tank is the top 1 / dominates the top 5 tanks must be showing them that this tank is way too strong. There's no way the data doesn't show them this thing is toxic af! I hope to see you covering the tank again soon in it's new more balanced form!
Yeah I already express my opinion on this toxic thing, I can't play era 2 without getting double-teamed by these things sometimes. Yeah they're going to have to nerf this thing for the good of the game.
Wiesel 1 is a very toxic tank, and WG knows it, but they don't care at all about what the community thinks; it’s all about profits. It doesn’t matter to them that Era 3 is broken and toxic now-they’ve just started messing with Era 2 because they see that Era 3 is no longer what it used to be, since they ruined it themselves and a lot of people stopped playing it. Everything revolves around WG making money. Cold War could be a great mode, which is why I only play Era 1. It still has some tactics and is playable, but I’m worried they’ll eventually ruin it too, and even fewer people will play it than now
WG needs to quit flooding CW with all these broken premiums and give us more tech tree tank lines, like a line for the T-90, wheeled lights, and a new country like Japan
I used to piss and moan about Armadillos, Begleitpanzers, FV4211s, and Monsterjaegers. But at least those things were killable and there was a strategy to them (except the Begleitpanzer, still OP). This thing here? Just one can easily make top 3 without trying. And it trashes the other tanks I mentioned WITH EASE. I have videos where I hit one with the main gun of a medium and it did nothing. It is bad enough aiming at a pumpkin seed with a sniper rifle, but then it is moving at the speed of light, and you can't even spot it until it is 3 feet in front of you. And if it gets behind you? You're dead. Even worse if it sets you on fire which is a high probability. I will watch games where a platoon of these will have no less than 8 kills amongst themselves. It is an absolutely disgusting atrocity, and it needs to be massively fixed.
wargaming is at the forefront of the nastiness of chasing money. puts spectacularly game-destroying Premium tanks in pursuit of players' wallets. I always bought the premium account to support their work. I scolded them bitterly because what they are doing is disgusting. I will never give them a penny again. By the way, thanks for the video Riki :)
i've been on holiday for 3 weeks, finally got in game today and experienced both the Wiesel 1 and the Monsterjager... both battle where i encountered them i was in the RDF/LT. So not the best option for opposing these tanks but geeezzzz dead in 4 secs from the Monsterjager who snuck up on me and 5sec from the Wiesel 1. Totally rediculous that you can die that fast, Era 2 i probably want play my lights again, i have no hope of competing against them. Pity im so close to 2 marking my Scorpion 90.
Good video Riki. In simple terms Wargaming know exactly what they are doing. They have released a chronically overpowered tank as a cash grab. They will eventually slightly nerf it, and rely on apathy from their customers to not ask for a refund. They did exactly the same with the armadillo. I bought that tank, and kept it despite the nerfs. I haven't bothered with the this one as I know they will nerf it, once they have rinsed as much money out of the player base. Recently Wargaming have shown little interest in improving the game, just making as much money as they can. Very poor.
Has anyone else noticed the autocannon buffs to some of the tanks from a couple of weeks ago? I feel like there was more of a reason for those buffs than simple game improvement. Was Wargaming thinking tanks with autocannons were going to be the counter to the Weisel 1 Mk.?
Sadly they do and always have. All you have to do is look up their stats and see how utterly useless they are. The best dev they ever had was barely 2400 wn8.
This tank should have its own battle, which should only be for Wiesels vs Wiesels or some kind of mad tank battles. I was happy when WG reduced the advantage of the TOW now they brought this one out, which has once again ruined normal gameplay and using good skilled battles. WHY WHY WHY Relsolve one Wiesel then replace it with another, I just can't understand why WG did this again😮🤨😏😤😡
You can predict who will win the game before it starts now. Just check the player lists before the countdown ends, the one with the most Wiesels wins. 👍
I‘m glad that I have the fv101 and the fv4005 for era 1 and the Leopard 2A5, the Marder A3 and the BMP 3 for era 3 so I can still play the game until they hopefully nerf this tank. My Marder A1 and my Begleitpanzer are useless against the wiesel. I just saw a fv4211 get ripped in parts of 3 wiesels in 3 seconds. Wtf?!?
Played about 10 years....this game is going to shit...it's not about skill anymore,it's pay to win. That's kind a sad thing to see...i really enjoyed and loved this game. Not anymore.'cause all the skill i had to learn,all the knoledge i had to aquire about other tanks and where to shoot, or how to play different tanks....it's all thrown in to trashcan with these kind of tanks...they are just spitting on everybodys(who learned the game and tanks)face! And that is bs! Big time. This is not the direction the game should be going...they've being doing this couble years now....is it time to everyone to change the game? 'Cause we,the players are getting fckd
So yeah, here we are again. Thanks for the video Ricki. Sadly im 100% sure this is done by WG on purpose. This has now happened so many times, releasing a clearly op tank, lay low until the worst ruckus is over, release a couple of balanced tanks and start over again. They👏do👏not👏care. Its money in their pockets, and way easier then the improvement of life updates we asked for, that btw dosent earn them nearly as much money. Restore old maps ect and bring them online again, or just pick the easy quick money in pocket solution? Easy, money will always win. It sucks, it really really does. But i don't think it will change, WG has choosen their path and sticks to it, no matter how we word or express how bad the wiesel is for the game, they have proven it over and over again.
The atgm changes killed cold war 65 -100m arming distance is too far everyone is camping. I didn't have a problem when their wasn't an arming distance.
Camo equipment on the W1MK gives the wrong bonus. It gives the TD bonus instead of the lower Light tank Bonus. It gives 139.5m instead of 46.5m. The first step is to fix that "BUG".
I don’t think they intentionally screwed the game. But it annoys me that they dealt with this before with the Armadillo! Why would they repeat something they KNOW messed the game up. Also, Riki, when WG talks about a tanks stats a stat about how often it wins is stupid. If the teams are balanced and 3 toxic tanks are on both sides, then the win rate for the tank is 50/50. A better stat would be what percentage of damage a specific type is doing in matches. Maybe they do this and I’ve missed it.
The same happened when the AVRE was added tot he game: Five of them in each team in every game, and Wargaming is like "Winrate very near 50%, it's balanced!"
To check myself right at the start: I'm not interested in Cold War, never played, don't plan to. However, the Wiesel is not at all the only abusive tank, there are plenty of them in WWII mode. If Wargaming gets enough pressure to nerf the Wiesel, this might actually give them licence to continue putting abusive tanks in the game. Because, you know, "we fixed the Wiesel, so we understand you!!!11!!" So all of these abusive tanks needs to get fixed, not just one of them. If that means that a couple of Wiesel or AVRE players will start to cry, then that's an additional perk. Players should keep something in mind, and recall this thought whenever an abusive tank like the Wiesel is discussed: That large number next to your username on the MVP screen? That's not you. It's never you. It's the tank. Keep that in mind, and remind your friends everytime they post large abusive results anywhere. They didn't do it, the tank did. Driving a Wiesel (or any other abusive tank) is like pushing toddlers off a seesaw: If you are proud if it, or entertained by it, there is something seriously wrong with your perspective.
I encourage you to take one of the best heavies (or any tank you want, really) in Era 2 for a spin. You don't stand a chance. Period. This does not even compare to any of the op tanks in ww2.
I play wot by 9 years, 8 in ww2, nothing...NOTHING IS AS BROKEN AS THIS LITTLE PIECE OF SHI TANK, you have to experience this to comprehend.@@korbendallas5318
What would you say is the most toxic, the MonsterJager or this Wiesel 1? I have back to back 10k games in the MonsterJager and it's so OP I love it lol.
Era 2 completely dead, what ever tank you play, can't deal with this toxic Wiesel, those premiums they sold before hopeless as well, for example, VT2 or Leopard 2AV literally garbage now, War gaming deliberately destroying the balance to forcing players to buy new one, its not sustainable strategy unless they faced a financial issues or plan to sell the brand maybe entire company, the best strategy for players is simple, don't play era 2 or quiet the game, its all over.
They should nerf it and offer a total refund to everyone who bought it, same with the panserjager, otherwise people need to start taking legal action against wargaming, this is getting ridicoulous. Every damn month an op premium comes around, gets nerfed in a month, and everyone is 50 quid poorer
Premium tanks get nerfed all the time. For example, I have twelve or so premium tier VIII scout tanks that are made totally useless by the Even 90 and the Bourrasque. Will I get my money (not gold!) back?
This tank can get lost in silence just like any other small tank on the map with that being said you can usually find them in low areas and you can sneak up on something smaller than you in the match.
Immoral marketing practices, compromised gameplay for profit, player experience is not important at all, the marketing dept most likely reading these comments with a big grin on there face. Unless you are sadistic you should not play this game full stop.
I've been playing wot for 7 years, now I'm playing wot console for 7 years, I love this game, but when you put tanks like this in it, it's a complete miss! Unable to play! I hope that something will change soon!
If anyone in era 2 is trying to mark a tank I wouldn't , due to the weisel one of mines gone from 82% down to 70%. No points in game after game after game = lose all your stats
Nerfing this vehicle is not enough. I know that we live in the post accountability world, but people need to be held responsible for this. Era 2 has been completely ruined in a two week span after so much good work was put into fixing the game. That is why I believe that every single person involved in the development and implementation of the Wiesel 1 prototype into the game as it is. Needs. To. Be. Fired. But that's not going to happen. Unfortuantely.
Wargaming does the same across all of their games, even though they have different teams for each of them, they always manage to be just as greedy on every game. Wargaming never cared about the community, they only want money, and as they see that all of their games are going on a downhill, they want to get the most money they can before they all inevitably die.
Everyone is crying it is op and they stop playing, but when I login the game, I see 6 Wiesel on each side 😂 WG will never change, so will the playerbase
OK, I'm going to get howled down. First, I'm sick of acquiring tanks and a week or two later they are nerfed. That would be fine if we got part of the gold price back, as gold not silver. Second, it's a modern simulation, meaning evolution of tanks and weapons. Third watch some footage of Ukraine, 20mm guns and micro weapons systems are in the forefront of battle. Real troops don't have the luxury of having the enemy being nerfed. Sorry, I do normally agree with you Riki, but not on this or the Monsterjager. I think we are lucky its not World of Drones and Shoulder Launchers.
Why isn't anybody complaining about the paid player base by wargaming. Those players are hurting the game more with the buffs and abilities they get to make social media and UA-cam videos. It is a conflict of interest and basically allowing them players to cheat.
Original makers of this game, Belarusian studio guys, they actually played the game. These guys now, they merely supervising it. And thats, my friends, is the reason we Got freak tanks in Ww2 lobby. All they do care about is precentage of this and that, where to find sponsor to maximize profit ans Such. Take care.
It's not anything to do with definitions...Wargaming knows EXACTLY what it's doing. The reason WG isn't listening to your Negative feedback is because it interferes with the $$$ they will make $elling it. End of story😮
I rarely play cold war anymore but after watching the first vid I immediately went and bought it. Even though i don't play it often, i cannot remember the last CW match i had (in any era) that didn't have a large bot presence on both teams. I think the way Cold War was rolled out has been a flop, then the economy rework killed off most of the remaining casual CW players. Now they just roll out broken premiums to get people like me spending money and filling up the lobbies to make their numbers look better. Will it get nerfed? I dunno - maybe. It took them a year and a half to nerf the Armadillo, so i wouldn't hold my breath for anything to happen anytime soon. I mean, it's still in the store lol. For my taste CW was barely playable before this tank and this didn't move the needle on my opinion. Clearly, this is a money grab by Wargaming. Development of this game has been nearly non-existent for years in my opinion. I highly doubt this will be the last blatantly OP tank that hits the store as the game sunsets. Why waste time on new large CW maps or other quality of life changes that generate no revenue when you can release a broken tank that will generate massive sales/revenue? They gotta keep the lights on like the rest of us.
This tank is the final straw. I've been pissed off a lot lately with this game but this tank is just stupid! Too many missiles and too many weasels. If I'm not getting wasted by tanks with op pea shooters im getting ammo racked in era 3 and one shot by 4005's in era 1 and ww2 is boring. Uninstalling to make room for a game that sells because it's good quality and no pay to win elements at all. I think Wankgaming is a more appropriate name than wargaming!
What can you expect from devs that don't know what their own game is or how its played ... that or they don't give a single fuck about any community feedback. They nerfed armadillo and then release a tank that is 3x better than it. They have memory of a goldfish ... or simpler explanation - they don't give 2 fucks about balance
You're no longer supposed to learn the game and its mechanics, you're just supposed to buy a strong premium and that's it. It this won‘t be fixed Era 2 is dead for me.
They won't nerf it as they know what they're doing in making it as OP as they did as it means they can keep milking money for the community, plus they keep using the same BS excuse in some law is stopping them from doing so despite over video game companies being able to nerf paid content
time to be toxic and abusive😃 this tank is for joe plumber. The guy who makes 200k and enjoys video games, but doesn't have the time to develop his skills to roll with the ace players. Wot has always been imbalanced in giving crap players a chance, best part of the game👍. Never been imbalanced in red vs green. Either runaway to another teir or learn to punch up. Snake bite, vanguard, weasel. All the same find it's weakness and hunt them down.
Tbh Wiesel Tow is nothing compared to that thing, even before the nerf. Era3 Wiesel is fun as hell, was pure joy but it’s still a good tank to earn silver. But it’s not even OP anymore. But this new rat, running in packs, is just pure shit. I’m gonna buy it just to see if it’s really so bad, and return it couze I feel like it’s only toxic in the hand of good players with weasel exp, especially running in packs. As for the solo, medium skilled players this prob isn’t as bad as Obj477.
Part 2 of 2. My final thoughts on the Wiesel 1.
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Had to get that of your chest mate, can't blame you😂
@@Rikitikitave respectfully disagree. The poor turning, low acceleration, and relatively low ammo/clip capability are balancing functions. My opinion is that the amount of Wiesel 1s in the game currently is more the frustration to most than the power of them. Compare the Wiesel 1 to the BMP-2 which can be made almost as fast, quicker, much more maneuverable, twice the ammo in the clip, and have ATGMs. There has to be a selling point for premiums or there would be no point. If the W1 gets nerfed it will be a “$50 sh!t tanks” as someone else put it and the people that bought it will be complaining. In a few weeks the new will wear off and the W1 frustration will be manageable and balance to the force will be reclaimed.
So is era 1 with fv4005
@JasonMarshall-mq2bu exactly juice from rory😊
The game and the players have already adapted. You’ll be fine unless you’re grinding a crappy line which is already aweful. People still complain ☝️ about the 4005. I love playing the ‘05 and and I love destroying them too, in any tank. I hunt them in lights and my French mediums. I hunt the WT when I play mine in era 2 to protect my team and especially my platoon. It’s the usual. I noticed people changing how they play era 2 within 2 days of its launch. It Happened with Ignis, the Brunis and even the new Panzer until WOT mucked that up. You all will be fine.
One more thing. Give it another month and people will get tired of playing it.
Absolutely bang on Riki. Very well put, and I agree 100%.
To those who say, 'learn and adapt', that is the worst argument you could give. If this tank decides to all-in you, regardless of your skill level, there is nothing you can do to stop it taking half or all of your health more often than not. If this thing is in a platoon, then it is even worse.
This tank is toxic. It's not good for the game. Is it fun to play? Yes, because you feel like a God. Is it fun to play against? No.
if a weasel goes in on you, even if you don't die, your game is over. you are crippled, tracked and are one shot to anything else. of course, that is if there is only 1 weasel mk1 in game
true the platoons are deadly.
I stopped playing Era 2 because of this tank
Me too
I won't play era 2 anymore it sheds heavies. You heard it right it sheds heavies. A light tank. Way to keep it REAL war gaming. Refund the weasel and the Munsters. Or all you will have playing era2 are those..
Agree stopped playing era 3 and 2
I am in a jaguar black and one of this pest ram me, and I died !!!! Wtf wargaming
Same
ERA 2 is dead because of one tank. Did they even test this tank to see the impact it could potentially have? So unfortunate
Ja. Das sehe ich auch so.
Wargaming doesn't care about anything but your money.
We can't take it anymore, everything is so unbalanced and then all this crap is impossible to play, games that last 3/4 minutes, platoons of 4 of those things, or games with as many as 6 of those things... ABOMINABLE.
The one thing they understand every time they bring in a new op tank is money. I've said this before and I'll say it again, there is absolutely no way they keep getting it wrong like this after all this time. They've done this time and again over the years. To counter the new op premiums they will just release more op premiums. If players want to be able to compete they'll have to buy the latest premiums. Wg know exactly what they are doing and they most definitely aren't going to be honest with anybody outside of the company.
Agree! Wargaming is a Billion-dollar company. They know EXACTLY what they are doing.
That's why I don't buy tanks unless I know they are _not_ abusive. Simple really.
@@korbendallas5318 that is why I do not spend a cent on this game anymore
@@M_F754 yes, they learned over the years that the player base they have care to are the so called „wallet warriors“ who are willing to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars in a digital ownership (so they own nothing). WG doesn’t give a shit about f2p players and tech tree grinders who invested years and years in the game.
So finally I made a decision. I do not play era 2 anymore. I do not play era 3 anymore. I do play WW2 and sometimes era 1. If WG continues to do similar stupid things in era 1, I will stop playing it immediately. Same with WW2.
So many companies get greedy and ultimately it becomes their demise. You'd think people would have learned this at some point, but here we are.
That was so eloquently delivered! Thanks for sticking up for us and helping to keep the game playable.
With the release of this tank, I have chose not to play WoT anymore. I love this game, been playing over 9 years, and nearly everyday for the past 3 years. I've had enough. This season has absolutely killed it for me, between the absurdly over powered vehicles (and no, you said it right, downright abusive vehicles) and the fumbling of the Halloween event, I just can't take anymore abuse. I'll gladly, yet cautiously return when they make real, positive changes to this game
It will be nerfed in a few weeks when enough people bought it. Look at the dillo back in the day. Total OP and after the sell they nerfed the tank so bad. Same will happen to the Wiesel
This new weasel is twice as powerful as the old armadillo was in its original form
I hope so.
@@jethrolionheart182 It doesn't matter if today it is twice as powerful its like he said everyone bitched and moanded that armadillo was over powered especially in the hands of the select few unicum players and wargaming finally nerfed it and now you will be lucky to see a platoon of them anymore. This will be the same fate for the weisel.
I have enough gold to purchase this tank right now but I will not do it. I don't want to contribute to the destruction of this game. I don't enjoy getting destroyed by this tank so I don't think I will enjoy playing this tank knowing how toxic and abusive this tank is. Thanks for the review Riki.
It's only toxic at the moment cause everyone's bought it , in the hands of an average player, it's not that great. Give it a few weeks, and it will fade in like all new tanks. It's up to you if you want to buy it , no one else .
And the OP Equivalant in WW2 Mode is the stupid *Nightstalker* 😑
Juste Saw videos on it, you're fully right, amazingly OP, even for X tier tanks
I have also stopped playing era 2 because of this tank, and I advocate to the rest of us to do the same until this problem gets fixed. Boycott playing era two!!!!!
This is not over powered or toxic. Right now it feels like it because there are so many in the queue now. If it wasn’t for the camo of the tank nobody would play it or call this tank broken. Why? Well that’s easy look at any other tank with a small auto gun they all have ATGMS to go along with its small gun. Especially the Marder 1a1 that has the exact gun expect it has 25 less rounds in a clip but it’s gun stats are better in every way plus it has ATGMS and it’s faster. But wait the problem people have with this tank it’s stealthy and can clip you out with one clip. Hmmmm I know multiple tanks like that and one is the M50 Ontos that can do the exact thing as the Wiesel maybe a little bit better. Give it a couple weeks and people won’t think the Wiesel is OP
The rest of Riki's team was only able to survive the early game by hugging the map boundary to protect from the "abusive camo." Good video. The tank is a nuisance to standard play.
I kept getting hammered by mk1s so I bought one. I came 1st place with 4 kills in my very 1st game. If you can't beat em join em
Just played a battle in which 4 weasels on the opposing team destroyed 13 of 15 vehicles.
Had a match with 5 weasels on my team and two on theirs - under 3 minutes win to us...era 2 is unplayable yes it's abuse to play and WG abuse for cash.
When the bills are due and WG needs money we get tanks like this. When WG says they checked the data and the data says the tanks fine, ask if theybare looking at the tanks performance data or sales data
I couldn't agree more, I picked the worst time to finally pick back up on the challenger line, with how bad the chieftain's power to weight is it can't fight it, the only tanks it doesn't totally screw over are the other tanks with machine guns and good mobility but even then it still does because even tho they're maybe more accurate than the wiesel they're bigger targets
In my opinion, it's impossible for them to ignore what they have done : they know it's OP as F..., you play 5 minutes with it and you know it is :
- Ridiculously outrageous camo,
- Good speed,
- Good HP pool,
- Good detection,
- Amazing Burst,
They just forgot to add 800mm armor in every side of the tank, it will be for next one for sure. But they will sell wagons of Wiesel 1 and maybe in few months they will nerf it.
Money goes in front of everything for them, disguting for a game I hardly love.
Agreed. I'm able to get shots into the Tow but this one is nearly impossible with the Era 2 tanks
@@jaumesoldugacosta575 Yes very difficult to aim with that speed, better solution is to wait until they are slowed.
yes it is ,i agree,,i dont even play era 2 anymore ,,only 1 and 3 era...its sad..
i agree , I play e2 on co-op only to slowly grind a commander
I am right there with you. I just get lit up from behind and I never see the Wiesel on the radar. I really hope they correct this Wiesel. Another cash grab for sure.
Exactly, only playing Era 1 and 3(to keep my sanity) somehow Era 3 actually seems normal-ish compared to Era 2. I do miss my M3A1 Bradley 😕
Wargaming honestly doesn't care about complaints about tanks being too powerful. They are likely being short-sighted but they don't have to care about long term. They could easily shut down every single server tomorrow and they are completely within their rights to do so. Every person that has spent money would be out and have no legal recourse. They would lose out on what money they would make in the future but have already made money hand over first for the last 10 years so why should they care. Have you seen the stuff they do to World of Warships? I am pretty certain the majority of their player base were against submarines being introduced but they still put them in the game. People have complained about how powerful carriers are in the game, but it doesn't really change. They only care about the money they get not the opinions of players.
Thank you for speaking out about these garbage overpowered peices of junk and wargamings horrid decision making
In a game I played before, I met six Wiesel against. The game lasted 2-3 minutes (and I'm not kidding) even the most resistant tanks have no chance in such a context especially considering a drilling in era 2 higher than tanks with similar type of armament in era 3.
Riki, first off, Wargaming is a company that needs to make money in order to continue to make content, we all know this and most are happy to provide money to a game we enjoy if we feel we are getting a fair product.
Wargaming does not do that, it has ignored it's paying customers for YEARS, have cut off most communications with it's gamers, dropped employees that actually communicated with it's members, and have constantly dropped vehicles in the game that ruin it. I just cannot fathom how you cannot see this...
Regardless of what you spoke about at Tankfest, regardless of what you discuss with them now, they CONTINUE to kill this game by adding these OP vehicles. Even after Beta testing they dropped it in, all the backlash from the Weisel in ERA III, the 292, Thumper, 494A(?), it just continues month after month after month...
I appreciate your videos and the time you spend working on getting this game back on track but I'm afraid it's a failed effort. They continue to see the end and want that cash instead of trying to make it work long term, which IS possible, just not in the vision they see it.
IF they had put some effort into thinking or playing there own game, had they listened to the community, if they had presented themselves openly and fairly after PainGod (he was a jerk by the way), and if they had someone with a vision, then the game could survive. If, if, if...I know, just thinking while typing.
With all that being said, and to keep this shorter, I CAN offer some suggestions to improve game play for all and help this game move on, which I've been playing for almost 11 years now.
basically cunts in the local vernacular.
I think the number of games where this tank is the top 1 / dominates the top 5 tanks must be showing them that this tank is way too strong.
There's no way the data doesn't show them this thing is toxic af!
I hope to see you covering the tank again soon in it's new more balanced form!
Yeah I already express my opinion on this toxic thing, I can't play era 2 without getting double-teamed by these things sometimes. Yeah they're going to have to nerf this thing for the good of the game.
Wiesel 1 is a very toxic tank, and WG knows it, but they don't care at all about what the community thinks; it’s all about profits. It doesn’t matter to them that Era 3 is broken and toxic now-they’ve just started messing with Era 2 because they see that Era 3 is no longer what it used to be, since they ruined it themselves and a lot of people stopped playing it. Everything revolves around WG making money. Cold War could be a great mode, which is why I only play Era 1. It still has some tactics and is playable, but I’m worried they’ll eventually ruin it too, and even fewer people will play it than now
Watching this makes me so happy i moved over to WarThunder.
Excellent video, thank you for speaking out so loud and clear!
WG needs to quit flooding CW with all these broken premiums and give us more tech tree tank lines, like a line for the T-90, wheeled lights, and a new country like Japan
Respect for not playing this op vehicle again riki, I sold my AVRE for the same reason
Well said Riki. And a really good video showing how stupid this thing is even without dealing any damage. 👌🏼
I used to piss and moan about Armadillos, Begleitpanzers, FV4211s, and Monsterjaegers. But at least those things were killable and there was a strategy to them (except the Begleitpanzer, still OP). This thing here? Just one can easily make top 3 without trying. And it trashes the other tanks I mentioned WITH EASE. I have videos where I hit one with the main gun of a medium and it did nothing. It is bad enough aiming at a pumpkin seed with a sniper rifle, but then it is moving at the speed of light, and you can't even spot it until it is 3 feet in front of you. And if it gets behind you? You're dead. Even worse if it sets you on fire which is a high probability. I will watch games where a platoon of these will have no less than 8 kills amongst themselves. It is an absolutely disgusting atrocity, and it needs to be massively fixed.
When i played my CTR and got shredded, i quit Era 2. Been playing Era 3 since.
wargaming is at the forefront of the nastiness of chasing money. puts spectacularly game-destroying Premium tanks in pursuit of players' wallets. I always bought the premium account to support their work. I scolded them bitterly because what they are doing is disgusting. I will never give them a penny again.
By the way, thanks for the video Riki :)
Jede Stufe/Ära bekommt nach und nach einen Panzer der die Stufe unspielbar macht.
Avre, Wiesel zwei mal, FV4005 etc.
i've been on holiday for 3 weeks, finally got in game today and experienced both the Wiesel 1 and the Monsterjager... both battle where i encountered them i was in the RDF/LT. So not the best option for opposing these tanks but geeezzzz dead in 4 secs from the Monsterjager who snuck up on me and 5sec from the Wiesel 1. Totally rediculous that you can die that fast, Era 2 i probably want play my lights again, i have no hope of competing against them. Pity im so close to 2 marking my Scorpion 90.
Good video Riki. In simple terms Wargaming know exactly what they are doing. They have released a chronically overpowered tank as a cash grab. They will eventually slightly nerf it, and rely on apathy from their customers to not ask for a refund. They did exactly the same with the armadillo. I bought that tank, and kept it despite the nerfs. I haven't bothered with the this one as I know they will nerf it, once they have rinsed as much money out of the player base. Recently Wargaming have shown little interest in improving the game, just making as much money as they can. Very poor.
Has anyone else noticed the autocannon buffs to some of the tanks from a couple of weeks ago? I feel like there was more of a reason for those buffs than simple game improvement. Was Wargaming thinking tanks with autocannons were going to be the counter to the Weisel 1 Mk.?
I believe the popularity of this tank is a reflection of the type of gamers who are coming up. No sense of fair play.
The winning data means nothing because if you have the same number on each team it will always show up as 50% win.
It’s toxic, but not as bad as the ERA 3 Weisel before it was nerfed.
I have a real question; Do WarGaming developers are playing their OWN game (World of Tanks Modern Armor)?
I am sure they not
There are a lot of things in the game that are so stupid that _the most well-meaning_ explanation is "they don't play it, they can't know it."
Sadly they do and always have. All you have to do is look up their stats and see how utterly useless they are. The best dev they ever had was barely 2400 wn8.
That's the problem, I think they do and find this to be just an ok situation
A question as old as time...
This tank should have its own battle, which should only be for Wiesels vs Wiesels or some kind of mad tank battles. I was happy when WG reduced the advantage of the TOW now they brought this one out, which has once again ruined normal gameplay and using good skilled battles. WHY WHY WHY Relsolve one Wiesel then replace it with another, I just can't understand why WG did this again😮🤨😏😤😡
You can predict who will win the game before it starts now.
Just check the player lists before the countdown ends, the one with the most Wiesels wins. 👍
Keep fighting the good fight Riki!
They really skrewed the pooch with this annoying tank.
They don’t understand cause most of them don’t regularly play there game!
I‘m glad that I have the fv101 and the fv4005 for era 1 and the Leopard 2A5, the Marder A3 and the BMP 3 for era 3 so I can still play the game until they hopefully nerf this tank.
My Marder A1 and my Begleitpanzer are useless against the wiesel.
I just saw a fv4211 get ripped in parts of 3 wiesels in 3 seconds. Wtf?!?
Played about 10 years....this game is going to shit...it's not about skill anymore,it's pay to win. That's kind a sad thing to see...i really enjoyed and loved this game. Not anymore.'cause all the skill i had to learn,all the knoledge i had to aquire about other tanks and where to shoot, or how to play different tanks....it's all thrown in to trashcan with these kind of tanks...they are just spitting on everybodys(who learned the game and tanks)face! And that is bs! Big time. This is not the direction the game should be going...they've being doing this couble years now....is it time to everyone to change the game? 'Cause we,the players are getting fckd
So yeah, here we are again. Thanks for the video Ricki. Sadly im 100% sure this is done by WG on purpose. This has now happened so many times, releasing a clearly op tank, lay low until the worst ruckus is over, release a couple of balanced tanks and start over again. They👏do👏not👏care. Its money in their pockets, and way easier then the improvement of life updates we asked for, that btw dosent earn them nearly as much money. Restore old maps ect and bring them online again, or just pick the easy quick money in pocket solution? Easy, money will always win. It sucks, it really really does. But i don't think it will change, WG has choosen their path and sticks to it, no matter how we word or express how bad the wiesel is for the game, they have proven it over and over again.
The atgm changes killed cold war 65 -100m arming distance is too far everyone is camping. I didn't have a problem when their wasn't an arming distance.
Camo equipment on the W1MK gives the wrong bonus. It gives the TD bonus instead of the lower Light tank Bonus. It gives 139.5m instead of 46.5m. The first step is to fix that "BUG".
I don’t think they intentionally screwed the game. But it annoys me that they dealt with this before with the Armadillo! Why would they repeat something they KNOW messed the game up.
Also, Riki, when WG talks about a tanks stats a stat about how often it wins is stupid. If the teams are balanced and 3 toxic tanks are on both sides, then the win rate for the tank is 50/50. A better stat would be what percentage of damage a specific type is doing in matches. Maybe they do this and I’ve missed it.
The same happened when the AVRE was added tot he game: Five of them in each team in every game, and Wargaming is like "Winrate very near 50%, it's balanced!"
To check myself right at the start: I'm not interested in Cold War, never played, don't plan to. However, the Wiesel is not at all the only abusive tank, there are plenty of them in WWII mode. If Wargaming gets enough pressure to nerf the Wiesel, this might actually give them licence to continue putting abusive tanks in the game. Because, you know, "we fixed the Wiesel, so we understand you!!!11!!"
So all of these abusive tanks needs to get fixed, not just one of them. If that means that a couple of Wiesel or AVRE players will start to cry, then that's an additional perk.
Players should keep something in mind, and recall this thought whenever an abusive tank like the Wiesel is discussed: That large number next to your username on the MVP screen? That's not you. It's never you. It's the tank. Keep that in mind, and remind your friends everytime they post large abusive results anywhere. They didn't do it, the tank did. Driving a Wiesel (or any other abusive tank) is like pushing toddlers off a seesaw: If you are proud if it, or entertained by it, there is something seriously wrong with your perspective.
I encourage you to take one of the best heavies (or any tank you want, really) in Era 2 for a spin. You don't stand a chance. Period.
This does not even compare to any of the op tanks in ww2.
@@jaumesoldugacosta575 Of course it does. The Wiesel might be the worst, that does not mean that the others are not abusive.
I play wot by 9 years, 8 in ww2, nothing...NOTHING IS AS BROKEN AS THIS LITTLE PIECE OF SHI TANK, you have to experience this to comprehend.@@korbendallas5318
@@giacomoalaimo9151 It's bad, I get it.
What would you say is the most toxic, the MonsterJager or this Wiesel 1? I have back to back 10k games in the MonsterJager and it's so OP I love it lol.
Era 2 completely dead, what ever tank you play, can't deal with this toxic Wiesel, those premiums they sold before hopeless as well, for example, VT2 or Leopard 2AV literally garbage now, War gaming deliberately destroying the balance to forcing players to buy new one, its not sustainable strategy unless they faced a financial issues or plan to sell the brand maybe entire company, the best strategy for players is simple, don't play era 2 or quiet the game, its all over.
They should nerf it and offer a total refund to everyone who bought it, same with the panserjager, otherwise people need to start taking legal action against wargaming, this is getting ridicoulous. Every damn month an op premium comes around, gets nerfed in a month, and everyone is 50 quid poorer
Premium tanks get nerfed all the time. For example, I have twelve or so premium tier VIII scout tanks that are made totally useless by the Even 90 and the Bourrasque. Will I get my money (not gold!) back?
This tank can get lost in silence just like any other small tank on the map with that being said you can usually find them in low areas and you can sneak up on something smaller than you in the match.
Absolutely don’t know how to play Era 2 anymore
Somehow, I managed to work on my Scorpion 90 to get to the painfully crap Chieftain 11 while this was something to deal with. 😂
Immoral marketing practices, compromised gameplay for profit, player experience is not important at all, the marketing dept most likely reading these comments with a big grin on there face. Unless you are sadistic you should not play this game full stop.
With the fv4005 stop playing era 1, they finaly nerf it. With the wiesel tow stop playing era 3, they nerf it, so do the same with era 2...
This machine is disgusting.
I've been playing wot for 7 years, now I'm playing wot console for 7 years, I love this game, but when you put tanks like this in it, it's a complete miss! Unable to play! I hope that something will change soon!
I stop playing Era 3 long time ago. Now I have quit on Era 2. From now on I will play only WWII. I asked myself why do I even play the game?
If anyone in era 2 is trying to mark a tank I wouldn't , due to the weisel one of mines gone from 82% down to 70%. No points in game after game after game = lose all your stats
Nerfing this vehicle is not enough. I know that we live in the post accountability world, but people need to be held responsible for this. Era 2 has been completely ruined in a two week span after so much good work was put into fixing the game. That is why I believe that every single person involved in the development and implementation of the Wiesel 1 prototype into the game as it is. Needs. To. Be. Fired.
But that's not going to happen. Unfortuantely.
Great video 👍
is the game out now?
Wargaming does the same across all of their games, even though they have different teams for each of them, they always manage to be just as greedy on every game. Wargaming never cared about the community, they only want money, and as they see that all of their games are going on a downhill, they want to get the most money they can before they all inevitably die.
Everyone is crying it is op and they stop playing, but when I login the game, I see 6 Wiesel on each side 😂 WG will never change, so will the playerbase
Data: 5 weasel’s on each side= 50% win rate. Useful data🤣
OK, I'm going to get howled down. First, I'm sick of acquiring tanks and a week or two later they are nerfed. That would be fine if we got part of the gold price back, as gold not silver.
Second, it's a modern simulation, meaning evolution of tanks and weapons.
Third watch some footage of Ukraine, 20mm guns and micro weapons systems are in the forefront of battle.
Real troops don't have the luxury of having the enemy being nerfed.
Sorry, I do normally agree with you Riki, but not on this or the Monsterjager. I think we are lucky its not World of Drones and Shoulder Launchers.
Why isn't anybody complaining about the paid player base by wargaming. Those players are hurting the game more with the buffs and abilities they get to make social media and UA-cam videos. It is a conflict of interest and basically allowing them players to cheat.
When are we gonna learn that Wargaming doesn’t care and they mever have!!! Its all about the money!!!!
Take the shot man! The game need tanks like these 11k gold is nothing
That’s almost 50€.
Original makers of this game, Belarusian studio guys, they actually played the game. These guys now, they merely supervising it. And thats, my friends, is the reason we Got freak tanks in Ww2 lobby. All they do care about is precentage of this and that, where to find sponsor to maximize profit ans Such. Take care.
It's not anything to do with definitions...Wargaming knows EXACTLY what it's doing.
The reason WG isn't listening to your Negative feedback is because it interferes with the $$$ they will make $elling it.
End of story😮
I rarely play cold war anymore but after watching the first vid I immediately went and bought it.
Even though i don't play it often, i cannot remember the last CW match i had (in any era) that didn't have a large bot presence on both teams. I think the way Cold War was rolled out has been a flop, then the economy rework killed off most of the remaining casual CW players. Now they just roll out broken premiums to get people like me spending money and filling up the lobbies to make their numbers look better.
Will it get nerfed? I dunno - maybe. It took them a year and a half to nerf the Armadillo, so i wouldn't hold my breath for anything to happen anytime soon. I mean, it's still in the store lol. For my taste CW was barely playable before this tank and this didn't move the needle on my opinion.
Clearly, this is a money grab by Wargaming. Development of this game has been nearly non-existent for years in my opinion. I highly doubt this will be the last blatantly OP tank that hits the store as the game sunsets. Why waste time on new large CW maps or other quality of life changes that generate no revenue when you can release a broken tank that will generate massive sales/revenue? They gotta keep the lights on like the rest of us.
Well this will be my last purchase with wot i’m pretty tired of falling for scams and spending money
Worse than Wiesel tow
This tank is the final straw. I've been pissed off a lot lately with this game but this tank is just stupid! Too many missiles and too many weasels. If I'm not getting wasted by tanks with op pea shooters im getting ammo racked in era 3 and one shot by 4005's in era 1 and ww2 is boring. Uninstalling to make room for a game that sells because it's good quality and no pay to win elements at all. I think Wankgaming is a more appropriate name than wargaming!
nerf the ammo count to 60 and up reload to 30
What can you expect from devs that don't know what their own game is or how its played ... that or they don't give a single fuck about any community feedback. They nerfed armadillo and then release a tank that is 3x better than it. They have memory of a goldfish ... or simpler explanation - they don't give 2 fucks about balance
This tank is good for the game
Good video, hope they fix it. Please work for them 😂
Ich Spiele Epoche 2 die nächste Zeit nicht mehr.
You're no longer supposed to learn the game and its mechanics, you're just supposed to buy a strong premium and that's it.
It this won‘t be fixed Era 2 is dead for me.
They won't nerf it as they know what they're doing in making it as OP as they did as it means they can keep milking money for the community, plus they keep using the same BS excuse in some law is stopping them from doing so despite over video game companies being able to nerf paid content
I shouldn’t be able to nerf a tank substantially without giving refunds.. if they don’t, it should be consideredfraudulent and a scam
Tell war gaming to give me back my money if they Nerf it!
Just play Space Marine 2 instead. At least those devs listen to the community.
time to be toxic and abusive😃 this tank is for joe plumber. The guy who makes 200k and enjoys video games, but doesn't have the time to develop his skills to roll with the ace players. Wot has always been imbalanced in giving crap players a chance, best part of the game👍. Never been imbalanced in red vs green. Either runaway to another teir or learn to punch up. Snake bite, vanguard, weasel. All the same find it's weakness and hunt them down.
I find it hilarious all the missile tank drivers are butt hurt over this tank😂
Says the guy who's played 472 games in the weasel tow after telling us it's toxic and not to play it because it ruins the game for everyone 🙄
Tbh Wiesel Tow is nothing compared to that thing, even before the nerf. Era3 Wiesel is fun as hell, was pure joy but it’s still a good tank to earn silver. But it’s not even OP anymore. But this new rat, running in packs, is just pure shit. I’m gonna buy it just to see if it’s really so bad, and return it couze I feel like it’s only toxic in the hand of good players with weasel exp, especially running in packs.
As for the solo, medium skilled players this prob isn’t as bad as Obj477.
@@ztvorekAgree.
So same as other weisel 😂 toxic and a game killer thanks WOT
You play like you are on the Red Team
Absolute disgrace wargaming
3rd place with 0 damage 😮🫣🤔🤐🫤😳😳🤦🏾♂️🤦♀️🤷🏾♂️🤷♀️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾😏
Very Very TOXIC 🤬