Despite that he uninstalled the game like 2 years ago, I follow the way of the Foch.
I buy premium account, premium tanks, X-mas boxes, and X, Y other stuff, but I dont use any "gold ammo" whatsoever.
I dont even want to know how much money I spent on this game during the years, but this is one absolutely stupid game mechanic I dont want to use, and support. Thing is, there are no downgrades for using "gold ammo". Some tanks have HEAT, that has slower shell velocity, but then, you have tanks, that have the same, or almost the same shell velocity, on both standart and HEAT rounds. Or even better – tanks like Leopard. Standart APCR, and "premium" APCR, that have better pen, and shell velocity. It only costs more.
And dont tell me its not pay to win. What does it matter that anyone can use it, as it costs credits. You can have player, who spends limited money for this game, and carries few "gold rounds", and has to farm credits with his prem tanks. Then, you can have player, who buys every month Fort Knox, and goes full gold, on all his tanks, from tier 5 to tier X, or something.
I actually find some enjoyment, in trying to find actuall weakspots on enemy tanks. Ofc, with so many tanks currently in the game, that work like – weakspot = weakspot after you load gold, its sometimes problematic.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/uks0os/any_other_sadomasochysts_here/