Thanks to “Lovejoy-Fedora” and trankie00 for the piece of info :)
Hello everyone,
all plans change apparently – even the good ones :) Some time ago (roughly a month back or so), it was stated by Tanitha that there’s a possibility of Type 59 appearing for one time only special sale event on the ASIA server, along with other exclusive tank – BT-SV. While BT-SV was indeed sold, Type 59 was not. Now, Tanitha confirms that the thought was indeed scrapped:
The type 59 isn’t planned for sale. I just replied to a player’s question about rare tanks, that we are currently considering the type 59, so it was currently unknown. The type 59 however will continue in the same format as it has been for the past ~2 years..
“Currently not available for sale, unlikely to be sold again, no planned/intended sales, will continue to have limited availability as competition prizes”
We have some competitions coming up over the festive period where players have the chance to win one. So keep an eye out for those.
aww i wanted a type
I’d love to see long term (1 year or so) mission with type59 as a reward
how to kill your game server 101
It has to be alive to die..
>implying sea wasn’t always a dead server with 95% of people blocking or spamming gold
whining….
The problem is less that they spam gold and more that they are bots.
Huh. I am glad.
Really.
And now, make a mission with MTLS as reward.
but the type 59 hasn’t been buffed through patches so it’s kinda crappy now?? I faced one in my T25/2 and demolished it so
it’s not crap, it’s still the best premium med
Yeah, but you’re awesome and Type 59s don’t deal too well with awesome.
my WN8 I’m pretty sure is about 0.2
it is obviously not the best tier 8 med, that 0.39 accuracy and 2.9s aim time will troll you a lot in battle. Also, the worst HP, DPM and alpha in tier 8 are just bad.
The reason type 59 being the top OP tier 8 med in noobmeter is because it is a rare tank, and only skilled players drive them.
If you looking for a OP tank type 59 will not satisfy you.
You should go for IS-6 or 112, they are WAY better than type 59 as a whole.
”The reason type 59 being the top OP tier 8 med in noobmeter is because it is a rare tank, and only skilled players drive them.”
Fuck no, Most type 59 are red, pink-ish red and sometimes yellow. Sure there are a few blue’s and purples driving it but generally most players are just bloody deep red. the type 59 is better than the T-34-2 despite having limited matchmaking unlike the T-34-2.
The type 59 is practically a T-44 with the gun of the T-34-2 and great armour. It’s sluggish compared to the T-44 even with a far better topspeed. But it’s certainly better than the Superpershing and T-34-3. Sure it isn’t great compared to the premium heavy tank of the french but that thing is strong because it has the heavy tag.
the only thing the type 59 has over the T-34-2 is better armor, top speed, and gun depression.
the T-34-2 has better overall mobility (especially acceleration), a better gun, much smaller profile, much better camo rating (according to tank inspector it has the same camo rating as an WZ-132 when not moving).
This.
I’m seeing way more tomatos/bananas in Type 59′s than blues/unicorns.
It’s an awesome and quite forgiving medium premium tank. Mix up some premium ammo and with 4 skill crews, it’s a blast to drive. The best part is the special MM and not having to see tier 10s… And it’s exclusive to older players from 2011-12…
Dont care. Got mine right when it was released back in the day <3 Best choice of my liiiive :D
Nice. So now Asia server will not be shut down.
Should I be happy or not?
I still don’t see a valid business reason not to sell certain tanks in your inventory. I can understand the rarity thing, and it can be kept by keeping a limited release of product. The player base can be made to understand that while you get the exclusive use of a rare tank, that after some period of time (6 months, 1 year, 2 years, or whatever) that tank should be available to the player base as a whole. You can still set limits on when it’s offered just as you do certain tanks in the inventory now. It’s a win-win. Players have an opportunity to purchase tanks, WG makes money hand over fist.
@Viper069
“The player base can be made to understand that while you get the exclusive use of a rare tank, that after some period of time (6 months, 1 year, 2 years, or whatever) that tank should be available to the player base as a whole.”
So I guess you weren’t here when the preorder tanks were put on sale again? ;)
Concerning: “We have some competitions coming up over the festive period where players have the chance to win one. So keep an eye out for those.” …
Ok … If:
- Type 59 is part of some future individual mission – great,
- Type 59 is only for very few lucky players (one, two, three … less than ten .. for the whole EU server) – another big disappointment for huge number of players.
And too many hopes followed by too many disappointments … “game over”.
The type 59 is excellent money maker and in the right hands and with 5 crew skills is a boss tank.
When you can earn well over 100,000 with out even trying.
Its just a credit making machine.
Its the best tier 8 med and with pref MM what more could a tanker need.
“We have some competitions coming up over the festive period where players have the chance to win one. So keep an eye out for those.” Does anybody know if he means competitions just on SEA or for other servers as well? For example a competition to get a Type 59 on NA?