Interestingly While Wargaming.net has this system. They have spent the last couple years trying to get rid of it or minimize it's effects. It warped matchmaking pretty strongly and negatively. They no longer introduce new vehicles with "Premium" matchmaking. In fact, they are actively working to slowly remove the existing "premium" matchmaking vehicles from the game. Mostly by attrition and changes to the overall game system that makes them unattractive to play.
According to the BBC. This wasn't a isolated incident from the accused trader. He has been using the tactic as late as April 6th of this year. He's made $40 million in the last 5 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/busine...
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Interestingly While Wargaming.net has this system. They have spent the last couple years trying to get rid of it or minimize it's effects. It warped matchmaking pretty strongly and negatively. They no longer introduce new vehicles with "Premium" matchmaking. In fact, they are actively working to slowly remove the existing "premium" matchmaking vehicles from the game. Mostly by attrition and changes to the overall game system that makes them unattractive to play.
According to the BBC. This wasn't a isolated incident from the accused trader. He has been using the tactic as late as April 6th of this year. He's made $40 million in the last 5 years. http://www.bbc.com/news/busine...
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