This game started off reasonably ok, but with each new patch and each new year Wargaming are getting greedier and greedier, and with the new update to come, it proves this is a fully pay to win game, that is if you can even win any games.
Most of the matches are over in approximately 4 to 5 minutes, instead of the standard 15 minutes and one team is getting absolutely ROFL stomped with little or no chance to do anything, so good luck trying to progress through tanks requiring approximately 75k experience at tier 8 just to unlock the tank, (not including thousands of extra XP to unlock the components needed just to be competitive).
At the end of said ROFL stomp, you look at the stats of the players on each team and then the penny starts to drop as you see a trend of mostly very good players on one team, and average or lower on the other! Yes, this is a game that rewards their best, and also it seems favourite players, with very favourable matchmaking, as well as the best players in the game get the very best and almost impossible to get hold of overpowered tanks, good luck playing against a Super Unicum with a tank that will obliterate you with relative ease!
Getting back to the new patch coming up, well it seems that if have a standard premium account, which up till now was relatively adequate and giving some rewards (such are x3 XP for 5 wijns in a game, don't forget how hard it is to win a game so you can spend all night trying to get these), now Wargaming have the WoT Plus subscription, a new additional upgraded premium account, so pay twice the amount per month for even better perks! HUGE pay to win move here.
Getting to the point, if you are a new player or someone wondering if this game is worth it, PLEASE AVOID THIS GAME LIKE IT IS THE PLAGUE!!! At least wait to see if they ever bring back balance to this game as I pity any person trying to play it now!