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WoT is a MMO based around LEVELING UP tank trees.
Aces High is a SIM based around air to air combat.
WoWP is a MMO based around LEVELING UP aircraft trees.
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In your comparison "You are paying for it in one way or another money/TIME/" etc. - You are stating that every single person in AH has a level fighting chance and in WoT they don't.
WRONG.
I could up a spixteen (the ultimate ezmodeuberplanekillerfornewgu
ysforeverz) against say, Bruv and have him in a JU 87 and he would probably kick my butt. Why? Because in AH it isn't about what ride you're in - it's about how well you can fly that bird. I SUCK at AH but I keep playing because it's fun. Guys like Bruv are good because they........."invested time" - oh and they paid $15 a month.
WoT is free. You don't "pay to win". You just pay to make the grind easier, so you only PAY if you're impatient.
In WoT, I can take an M6 Heavy tank (you seem to be new to WoT since you used a tier 1 comparison) and whoop the hell out of a tier 9 heavy if I play right. When you're in the smaller tanks you play support. You don't fight head to head like you're in CoD.
If it didn't take TIME and CREDIT (In-game currency) to move forward, the game would be "World of Tier Ten Heavy Tanks and Tier 8 Artillery".
There would be ZERO variety. AH involves a constant online session. WoT involves 15 minute battles.
AH involves LOT'S of skill whereas WoT just needs some common sense.
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Not being a dick but pointing out why you can't use that comparison. Plus you haven't played WoWP therefore your input on both is nothing but speculation and therefore unreliable.
I'm in the closed beta and it blows. Why? Not because I have to "grind" for anything but because the players are DUMB (and that is being generous), the game play is cartoonish, the flight stick response time suffers from a huge delay along with several other issues.
AH beats the hell out of WoWP any day of the week. AH could have pneumonia and whoop WoWP's arse.
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"World of Tanks is quantity meaning the more you buy or play the better stuff you were able to have. At least with Aces, you get newer and better stuff without paying extra for it, and when I die in a Panzer versus panzer fight- I was killed by superior skill and position not because that panzer had better equipment than I had because my adversary outspent me in time and/or money."Look at the bolded area... In AH; to get better things you spend PERKS which are earned by investing TIME and your MONEY ($15). The guys who GV in AH aren't just good on the spot. They spend time and money learning the tricks, just like WoT except WoT is FREE.
People want the "uber best" thing off the bat. Guess what? That makes games boring. Working for it makes it enjoyable....exception being the E100...that thing sucks.
You can't hop into a tank on WoT and pen everything because you have the best gun for that tank. The E100 is proof. One of the hardest hitting guns in the game but you know what? If you don't aim for weak spots on enemy armor, guess what? You're going to hear: "That one bounced!", "Ricochet!", "We just dinged them!", "We didn't even scratch them!" etc.