The release of the Vigilante, in my eyes, pretty much confirms that the Devs do not have a definite future planned for this game and know that it's pretty much doomed at this point. They've given up. I mean, look at these last two months: we've had the Nightstalker, the Wiesel Mk. 1 in Era 2, the GROM (which was inadvertently mega-buffed), and now the T249. Four incredibly toxic, game breaking tanks in LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. The Devs are now simply trying to profit off of the game's destruction as much as they possibly can before it goes under compeltely. The Vigilante was the final straw for me. I've had enough. After nearly a decade, I'm done with WoT Console at the end of 2024. There's just no point in going on. If the Devs don't care, then why should we?
@jacobsekela8691 I just think WG are pretty reckless when it comes to these things. Look at 6.0 totally messed up on release and all for what? What did they gain... so nothing should surprise us at this point.
Played several tier 8-10 games last night, the was at least 3 per side per game. The good news, artillery and the high DPM tank destroyers are pretty much worthless, they get a couple of rounds off and are deleted the only balancing factor is the low health pool
The Game is dying... People say that since game was released. The Game is great but the Players are getting more noob Like. Everyone Just Camp and Play Like theyre alone in Fight. No Teamplay at all
The nuttiest thing is the ammo costs 0 silver per shot. Only silver you spend is consumables and tank repairs. That said it's easily one of the best earners in WWII. Even with the bonus being only 25%
I think the biggest issue with this tank is that it's a glass cannon able to delete a tank in a few seconds but can also be deleted in 1 shot by the bigger guns. My honest opinion is it should have never been released due to the play style alone being either Extremely OP or almost Useless depending on the match up. I can't think of another tank that plays like this able to get one shot yet one clip others. It's a bad play style for the game cause using your HP strategically is a big part of what makes WOT fun.
Wargaming, you CAN fix this game, YOU can make it last year after year, and YOU can bring in more players, but you CANNOT do it by implementing tanks like this.
I’ve been seeing more Superheavy Death Squads ever since these things came out. Literally the only counter to these things is an E-100, Maus or Type 5. But the Bleed Through damage is still really annoying. Easily the dumbest mechanic in the game.
Pulled up in my amx 30b full hp to take a shot at one (hit it once) and whilst running away (auto aimed) sprayed me for 100% of my hp before I could blink. Now I'm seeing 4 on each team, each game... And I just came back to the game a few weeks ago after 6 months off, might need another hiatus.
They need to take it from 25 damage per pen to like 15, and get rid of the bleed through damage, and ever so slightly nerf its view range so it's at least on par with the manticore. Or better yet remove it from the game and give everyone who bought it a full refund
What's even more toxic about this tank is that the 1hp hits can actually set people on fire. 192 chances to proc that 10-20% chance to burn on the engine.
I think they actually buffed a flaw it had. :D The first day it almost stopped when it went through water, even shallow one. Second day there was an update that I think fixed that. The other crazy thing is the shots it randomly bounces. In the first 20 games I bounced an E3, a Borsig and a Ruthless. (yeah, I'm not such a good player and get shot a lot :D) However I already stopped playing it. It's funny to a certain extend but that's it. And I hope most players would feel that way and they will gradually disappear like the Avres and Tarans did. Yesterday I played a game with 4 of them in my team and 6 in the other one (3 of which platooned). Needless to say we lost and 2 of the vigilantes were in the Top 3.
You make a very good point, CG, in that all these toxic tanks that are going to "destroy the game, and bring the downfall of western civilisation as we know it"... after a few months are rarely seen. Because people get them thinking they make every player a good player and instead they are gimmicky, and most players never work them out properly, and interest dies. You have to wonder why WG keeps releasing such things? Is it that they don't know any better? Well of course they know better, it's a calculated marketing decision because they get interest and speculation going about the game again, yes, even controversy is still good publicity. Many people will be of the "gonna get me one and be instant unicum" mindset. This is at least a bonafide light tank with good scouting ability, that's how I'll play it, using the gun for self defense and shots of opportunity, while most will just be YOLO monsters in a tank with paper armour, since most can't play light tanks for shit, and after a while get bored with that. Stay tuned for the next OP toxic release from WG in about 2 months I reckon. Great video though, thanks for sharing.
I was a Supertester a few years ago. Everything was tested before release. I wonder if there are still Supertesters. If so....Either they don't do there work, or WG doesn't listen anymore to their feedback.
The plan for 3 minute battles is almost complete, you knew it was going to shit with the 80+kmh speedy lites, and arty nerfing..If they don't nerf this tank, you will have games with 30 of them, already been in games with 6 on each side
You make it look so easy. 😂 if you get around another tank you can shred them, but this thing gets one shot deleted often also. Noticed soft terrain resistance is high. Experienced players make this tank dangerous. Thanks for the video.
@ I literally just went into a match and nuked three of them with my Type 5. If anything, you could’ve hit the spaced armor on the rear or the part right behind the gun. Otherwise, the entire turret is cheese. Sure, you gotta aim a little, but I’ve nuked them for full health many times already
They need to buff all the tanks , at least all heavies and most mediums rear and side armour. Its ridiculous some light tank with gatling gun deletes tanks like this. The strategy of defending your weak spots no longer works. You don't have a time to turn your tanks against this toxic tank
Tier 9 conqueror and 50% of my shots bounce with a 108mm canon with apr and then this piece of shit comes out and 20mm minigun shreds with no bounces garbage af
Thank you for this video. Now i play a lot less but always back in December for Christmas time fun. Well... no fun with this tank anymore... santa got TRAAATATATAAT AND BACK TO THE GARAGE 😂😅 Sad how WG does not care about players who don't Pay to Win. Have a great Christmas everyone 🎉❤
Can't pen but does that 100-200dmg that can easily take you out in a 1v1... If you are with low HP... It just does dmg anyways if they hit you... Totally broken tank...
@@rubemy8065 Arty doesn't need camo or speed. They have 14 other tanks to help shield them by sitting in the back of the map. If arty hits you they're doing 400-700 damage not 200. 200 is a near miss splash.
That bleed through has to be the bug that came with the auto cannons on PC where they too would just randomly deal damage regardless of the armor they shot.
The fact that it still does dmg to super heavies with spall liner while other 120mm and below caliber HEs either bounce or shatter dealing no dmg boggles the mind.
They can still mag dump you for 300 even with Spall Liner when they're hitting you flat on. Just hope for Auto Aim Andy to auto aim at your thick skirts/spaced armor if your tank has any.
I swear the devs at WG have a contest every year who can make the most broken tank. Dev 1- how about the Taran with filthy camo and 950 alpha Next year Dev 2- oh yeah how about an armored fv 4005 that's almost impenetrable from the front Next year Dev 3- hold my beer...... Gatling gun light tank with best camo and view range in class that just deletes tanks from the game before they can react😂😂😂😂
The impression I get from videos and other comments is that this tank will be toxic and OP in the hands of better players, but will suck for the vast majority of players. The last game in the video demonstrates my impression. Of the 4 T249's in the game, CloneGuy was the only one that did more than a 1000 damage. Also, the arty game play just demonstrate how absolutely toxic arty is.
Jfc. just when I thought about coming back to the game.... absolutely fukn not. Glad I stopped playing a while ago. I would've kept putting money in & this would've made me quit
Desinstalei meu jogo hoje, esse tank foi a gota d'água pra min, jogo desde a versão beta, 10 anos jogados no lixo! Obrigado wargaming por destruir o único jogo que qual gostava.
this is my dream tank design. but was in a game last night with eleven vigilantes. total shit show, have to admit it's toxic. guess its back to their seven til this calms down.
Why are the CC’s loosing their minds on this tank? Do any of you remember the t3 PZ-1c German light tank about 6 yrs ago maybe 7 was a tank a lot of us when u had platoons of 5 ppl would get together and run around the map and just blast things? It was breaking up the frustration of the game. This is just the t10 version in a few months it will be used but not as much as right now. Everytime a new tank takes the field the first month it’s always in the game 4 to 5 per team in a month it will be one per game if that. And every now and then maybe a platoon of them. So just think of has a tank to just have fun in and relieves the frustration that this game has really become famous for now because WG ing doesn’t listen to gamers asking for like NEW MAPS NOT THE SAME DAMN MAPS THAT ARE HAS OLD AS THE GAME IS ON CONSOLE
I love this tank and I see it as the answer to all the campers high alpha td arty and avre. I called it the freedom bringer. I don’t think is better than the avre or more broken than the avre cause the avre can deal against anything with a higher pen and has the bucket and I don’t think it is more broken than the taran cause the taran can pen anything for 1k and not get spotted.
The release of the Vigilante, in my eyes, pretty much confirms that the Devs do not have a definite future planned for this game and know that it's pretty much doomed at this point. They've given up. I mean, look at these last two months: we've had the Nightstalker, the Wiesel Mk. 1 in Era 2, the GROM (which was inadvertently mega-buffed), and now the T249.
Four incredibly toxic, game breaking tanks in LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. The Devs are now simply trying to profit off of the game's destruction as much as they possibly can before it goes under compeltely.
The Vigilante was the final straw for me. I've had enough. After nearly a decade, I'm done with WoT Console at the end of 2024. There's just no point in going on. If the Devs don't care, then why should we?
The game finally dying would give me reason to play PC
Concordo com você, hoje foi meu último dia jogando esse jogo, já desinstalei do Xbox, nunca achei que esse dia chegaria, jogo desde a versão beta.
@jacobsekela8691 I just think WG are pretty reckless when it comes to these things. Look at 6.0 totally messed up on release and all for what? What did they gain... so nothing should surprise us at this point.
How was the Grom buffed?
Будь мужчиной удали игру и не плачь. 😂
Please give me my 6 shots back in tier 10 Waffle if this is the new state of the game
Here-here!
4 shot 150mm pls
Agreed but sheww bad time to be playing a waffle as long as this is in the game
Played several tier 8-10 games last night, the was at least 3 per side per game. The good news, artillery and the high DPM tank destroyers are pretty much worthless, they get a couple of rounds off and are deleted the only balancing factor is the low health pool
Yay! Arty nerf XD
They destroy Cold War. Now they are destroying WWII . The game is dying.😭🙏😭🙏😭🤮🤮🤮
The Game is dying... People say that since game was released. The Game is great but the Players are getting more noob Like. Everyone Just Camp and Play Like theyre alone in Fight. No Teamplay at all
Не ной убогий😂
The nuttiest thing is the ammo costs 0 silver per shot. Only silver you spend is consumables and tank repairs. That said it's easily one of the best earners in WWII. Even with the bonus being only 25%
Well said with unnoticed points. Thank you
Update: they patched it. It's now 8 silver per shot. Emptying all 2400 rounds costs 19,200. You'll still earn good money regardless lol
Seems like superheavies are about to become more popular just so they can't get deleted
I think the 279 has collected enough dust
I think the biggest issue with this tank is that it's a glass cannon able to delete a tank in a few seconds but can also be deleted in 1 shot by the bigger guns. My honest opinion is it should have never been released due to the play style alone being either Extremely OP or almost Useless depending on the match up. I can't think of another tank that plays like this able to get one shot yet one clip others. It's a bad play style for the game cause using your HP strategically is a big part of what makes WOT fun.
Must make the games even faster! -WG
Wargaming, you CAN fix this game, YOU can make it last year after year, and YOU can bring in more players, but you CANNOT do it by implementing tanks like this.
I’ve been seeing more Superheavy Death Squads ever since these things came out.
Literally the only counter to these things is an E-100, Maus or Type 5.
But the Bleed Through damage is still really annoying. Easily the dumbest mechanic in the game.
Join Blitz 🤙💯
@ I have a blitz account, just haven’t used I for a couple years.
Might have to come back if they don’t fix this mess.
Pulled up in my amx 30b full hp to take a shot at one (hit it once) and whilst running away (auto aimed) sprayed me for 100% of my hp before I could blink. Now I'm seeing 4 on each team, each game... And I just came back to the game a few weeks ago after 6 months off, might need another hiatus.
That was fast XD
Getting 6 to 7 LTs in each team now, 4 to 5 being T249s
WG all about that money now fella, all three versions are filled with cash grabs that entirely fucks the entire game tbh
They need to take it from 25 damage per pen to like 15, and get rid of the bleed through damage, and ever so slightly nerf its view range so it's at least on par with the manticore. Or better yet remove it from the game and give everyone who bought it a full refund
Maybe make it a quick burst of 48 rounds or something like that. That’s still 1,200 damage that would be outputted in 0.92 seconds.
Even hull down in the Machine the T249 took 400hp spraying my turret.
What's even more toxic about this tank is that the 1hp hits can actually set people on fire. 192 chances to proc that 10-20% chance to burn on the engine.
and remember, the manticore was nerfed in the last balance pass...
Accuracy debuff, reload debuff, was the best passive scouter sniper with a good alpha
I think they actually buffed a flaw it had. :D The first day it almost stopped when it went through water, even shallow one. Second day there was an update that I think fixed that.
The other crazy thing is the shots it randomly bounces. In the first 20 games I bounced an E3, a Borsig and a Ruthless. (yeah, I'm not such a good player and get shot a lot :D)
However I already stopped playing it. It's funny to a certain extend but that's it. And I hope most players would feel that way and they will gradually disappear like the Avres and Tarans did. Yesterday I played a game with 4 of them in my team and 6 in the other one (3 of which platooned). Needless to say we lost and 2 of the vigilantes were in the Top 3.
Your scream at 10:33... Priceless. 🤣😂🤣
You make a very good point, CG, in that all these toxic tanks that are going to "destroy the game, and bring the downfall of western civilisation as we know it"... after a few months are rarely seen. Because people get them thinking they make every player a good player and instead they are gimmicky, and most players never work them out properly, and interest dies.
You have to wonder why WG keeps releasing such things? Is it that they don't know any better? Well of course they know better, it's a calculated marketing decision because they get interest and speculation going about the game again, yes, even controversy is still good publicity. Many people will be of the "gonna get me one and be instant unicum" mindset.
This is at least a bonafide light tank with good scouting ability, that's how I'll play it, using the gun for self defense and shots of opportunity, while most will just be YOLO monsters in a tank with paper armour, since most can't play light tanks for shit, and after a while get bored with that.
Stay tuned for the next OP toxic release from WG in about 2 months I reckon.
Great video though, thanks for sharing.
I was a Supertester a few years ago. Everything was tested before release. I wonder if there are still Supertesters. If so....Either they don't do there work, or WG doesn't listen anymore to their feedback.
well, as you proved, it can be deadly in right hand but I saw people who are struggling with this tank as well.
The plan for 3 minute battles is almost complete, you knew it was going to shit with the 80+kmh speedy lites, and arty nerfing..If they don't nerf this tank, you will have games with 30 of them, already been in games with 6 on each side
You make it look so easy. 😂 if you get around another tank you can shred them, but this thing gets one shot deleted often also. Noticed soft terrain resistance is high. Experienced players make this tank dangerous. Thanks for the video.
This should have been Modern Armor NOT WW2
The Type 5 Heavy can One-Shot this thing. Just a friendly reminder.
Still desperately needs nerfed but I’ll be safe until then.
@@CaptainKotetsu it's got stupid armour, good luck with penning it with HE. It bounces shots like a light never should.
I've seen this tank bounce Ho Ri shells even though if should overmatch it anywhere but nope just keep bouncing
@ I literally just went into a match and nuked three of them with my Type 5. If anything, you could’ve hit the spaced armor on the rear or the part right behind the gun. Otherwise, the entire turret is cheese.
Sure, you gotta aim a little, but I’ve nuked them for full health many times already
They need to buff all the tanks , at least all heavies and most mediums rear and side armour. Its ridiculous some light tank with gatling gun deletes tanks like this. The strategy of defending your weak spots no longer works. You don't have a time to turn your tanks against this toxic tank
I just might as well sell all my tanks I ground for. With the Taran, Avre, and these things you have to pay to play.
Tomorrow’s video will cover just that
Tier 9 conqueror and 50% of my shots bounce with a 108mm canon with apr and then this piece of shit comes out and 20mm minigun shreds with no bounces garbage af
Thank you for this video. Now i play a lot less but always back in December for Christmas time fun. Well... no fun with this tank anymore... santa got TRAAATATATAAT AND BACK TO THE GARAGE 😂😅 Sad how WG does not care about players who don't Pay to Win.
Have a great Christmas everyone 🎉❤
They willing to release this after Jagerhunter and Wiesel mk1 are crazy
WOGG World of Gatling Gun
A question: Does it have a noticable and disturbing delay when you pull the trigger or it happens to me only?
Its a gatling gun so it has to rev up
Wth is Happening with this already Broken Game?
Are there NO Playtests or CC's anymore!???
Even superheavy tanks take damage for this shit its just auto lock and shoot ... Totaly brainless tank... That bleed damage was totally unnecessary...
So when does project CW drop?
Can we all go back to pre 6.0?
A comprehensive list of tanks that the T249 can't pen. The Jgpz E-100, E-100, VKK, Maus, IS-7, IS-4, Obj. 279e, ST-II, Type 5, 60TP, Nemesis, Rogal Dorn, Mauerbrecher, Ferdinand, Chrysler K, Obj. 259A, KV-4 KTTS, KV-4, O-Ho, Lowe, VK 75.01 K, Jagtigers, Brick, Obj. 752, Obj 257, VK 100.01 P, ST-1, Mauschen, VK 45.02 B, Bar, Tortoise, Type 4, and Hardcase.
Can't pen but does that 100-200dmg that can easily take you out in a 1v1... If you are with low HP... It just does dmg anyways if they hit you... Totally broken tank...
@ So can arty and they'll hit you harder.
@@ShapeshifterOS if they hit... Arty can miss and they don't have camo or speed
@@rubemy8065 Arty doesn't need camo or speed. They have 14 other tanks to help shield them by sitting in the back of the map. If arty hits you they're doing 400-700 damage not 200. 200 is a near miss splash.
I rarely play tier 10 anymore because I like to make silver.
Looks like a nice, well balanced tank. Must get one to help me learn the game and improve.
I concur
We all want to improve. Your video had me pmsl! Thanks mate for your brilliant content 💯
Bleed damage?? It either pens or it does fuck all. Whats with that?
It should bounce off instead of doing tiny damage on non-pens
@CloneGuy exactly. I don't get that machanic. I know Wot is an arcade game, but that's just stupid.
That bleed through has to be the bug that came with the auto cannons on PC where they too would just randomly deal damage regardless of the armor they shot.
The fact that it still does dmg to super heavies with spall liner while other 120mm and below caliber HEs either bounce or shatter dealing no dmg boggles the mind.
@@superstraight2667boggles the mind but fills the WG coffers
Might as well have just removed TD's, arty, lights, and most mediums from tiers 8, 9, and 10.
Everyone is claiming it can only delete heavies IF if gets around you however it is even high alpha against hull down heavies at tier ten.
They can still mag dump you for 300 even with Spall Liner when they're hitting you flat on. Just hope for Auto Aim Andy to auto aim at your thick skirts/spaced armor if your tank has any.
@ I’m finding Hardcase is pretty effective.
Oh yeah, and this just obsoleted every 10 light tank out there, 1 on 1 it beats them all then just gets to roam free around the map un-harassed.
Man people are gonna lose so much silver being deleted in this fashion. Not even a chance to retaliate.
Even the 249 can’t retaliate against itself. Its toxic side spares no one.
The reload needs to be changed to the overheat mechanic, it would half the damage and give other players a chance.........maybe
yea this shit made me quit the game
In my JagPZE100 they couldn’t kill me 😂
So they made the A-10 into a tank. What could go wrong!? 🙄😒
I swear the devs at WG have a contest every year who can make the most broken tank.
Dev 1- how about the Taran with filthy camo and 950 alpha
Next year
Dev 2- oh yeah how about an armored fv 4005 that's almost impenetrable from the front
Next year
Dev 3- hold my beer...... Gatling gun light tank with best camo and view range in class that just deletes tanks from the game before they can react😂😂😂😂
See this why we can not have nice things
The impression I get from videos and other comments is that this tank will be toxic and OP in the hands of better players, but will suck for the vast majority of players. The last game in the video demonstrates my impression. Of the 4 T249's in the game, CloneGuy was the only one that did more than a 1000 damage. Also, the arty game play just demonstrate how absolutely toxic arty is.
Hehehe, I’m told by some arty lovers that the reason I don’t play arty is because I’m bad with them
@@CloneGuy, it they're arty lovers then they obviously have emotional health issues.
Wouldn't dead eye good damage modules
That’s a great question. Potentially
This tank is absurd.
Cancer. BTW how long have there been high tier bots? I've noticed many bots at tier 8.
Time to play tier 7 and below the
Doing the Charlamain Contract now Im stuck doing ERA1 since the only annoying LTs are the brits but thats manageable.
FFS...
just end this shitshow of a relic
What is that?
I think Wargaming can save a few bucks and cut out the middleman. Just let the idiots pay for eg. taking a IS-7 into tier VI and tier VII battles.
Yeee playing arty is ok, non toxic😂
Jfc. just when I thought about coming back to the game.... absolutely fukn not. Glad I stopped playing a while ago. I would've kept putting money in & this would've made me quit
The Hailstorm in wot pc is more balanced than this thing
Oof
More BS...
Why is that.
Desinstalei meu jogo hoje, esse tank foi a gota d'água pra min, jogo desde a versão beta, 10 anos jogados no lixo! Obrigado wargaming por destruir o único jogo que qual gostava.
o7
I bought the 2 pack! If you can't beat them join them! lol
XD For shame
😂
this is my dream tank design. but was in a game last night with eleven vigilantes. total shit show, have to admit it's toxic. guess its back to their seven til this calms down.
Or tier 4
Not gonna lie, soooooo glad i dont play this anymore, wtaf is the bs in ww2?? Reminds me of armadillo in CW but much much worse
Why are the CC’s loosing their minds on this tank? Do any of you remember the t3 PZ-1c German light tank about 6 yrs ago maybe 7 was a tank a lot of us when u had platoons of 5 ppl would get together and run around the map and just blast things? It was breaking up the frustration of the game. This is just the t10 version in a few months it will be used but not as much as right now. Everytime a new tank takes the field the first month it’s always in the game 4 to 5 per team in a month it will be one per game if that. And every now and then maybe a platoon of them. So just think of has a tank to just have fun in and relieves the frustration that this game has really become famous for now because WG ing doesn’t listen to gamers asking for like NEW MAPS NOT THE SAME DAMN MAPS THAT ARE HAS OLD AS THE GAME IS ON CONSOLE
I love this tank and I see it as the answer to all the campers high alpha td arty and avre. I called it the freedom bringer.
I don’t think is better than the avre or more broken than the avre cause the avre can deal against anything with a higher pen and has the bucket and I don’t think it is more broken than the taran cause the taran can pen anything for 1k and not get spotted.