Hot Take – Black Market 2020 Deals Were No Worse Than 2019

Unlike last year's rendition, 2020's Black Market event was heavily criticized throughout, especially by the NA server. Last year was novel, exciting, and ran smoothly; this year was truly awful.

Or was it? The technical issues were very frustrating (as someone who woke up at 4am PST every day for this, I get it), and shame on WG for fucking up so badly and so frequently. However, let me emphasize this, this was HQ's fault. WGNA had no control whatsover of the situation. So many people are hung up on the lack of Christmas deals and are still on the WGNA hate train over that. Criticism is fine, just apply it where it's deserved.

Back on topic. Were the deals themselves worse this year? Well, let's compare them side-by-side, sorted to align the comparable deals with each other:

Tier 8s for Credits

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
M 41 90 GF 5,000,000 credits Lansen C 8,500,000 credits
Caernarvon AX 9,000,000 credits Schwarzpanzer 58 Auction, 3,000,000 credits
T34 B 8,500,000 credits Chrysler K GF Auction, 3,000,000 credits
T34 B 8,500,000 credits (Yes, this was listed twice)

It's a tossup which year was better, but I think they're about equal overall. The Caernarvon AX is an especially good heavy, but the T34 B is especially not so good, balancing it out. Both the Schwarzpanzer and Chrysler K were better values than their counterparts.

Tier 8s for Gold

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
IS 6 B 8,000 gold Caernarvon AX Auction, 5,000 gold
WZ-111 Alpine Tiger 10,000 gold EBR 75 (FL 10) Auction, 10,000 gold
Type 59 G 25,000 gold Type 59 G Auction, 20,000 gold

2020 was significantly better. The Type 59 G was much more expensive in 2020, but given the population of players being targeted (whales), I don't think is a huge issue.

Tier 10s for Credits

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
FV215b (183) 23,000,000 credits FV215b (183) 22,000,000 credits
AMX 50 Foch 155 25,000,000 credits

2019 wins here, but I'll note 2020's lone offering was a bit cheaper.

Mid Tier Offerings

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
Pz.Kpfw. IV Hydrostat 6,500,000 credits AMX 13 57 GF 7,000 gold

These aren't that comparable, I just happened to group them together.

Fuck the Low Tiers

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. J 15,000 gold SU-76I 15,000 gold
Sexton I 500,000 credits Pz.Kpfw. 38H 735 (f) 9,500 gold
FCM 36 Pak 40 3,500,000 credits BT-SV Auction, 10,000,000 credits
Pz.Kpfw. V/IV 5,500 gold 105 leFH18B2 300 gold

The superb seal-clubbers were the same price. The Sexton I isn't that oppressive, nor is the Pz 38H these days (a lot of tanks have enough AP pen to penetrate it). The BT-SV is not nearly as gamebreaking as the Pak 40, and the leFH18B2 was sold in extremely limited numbers. Both years were about equally toxic, but if I had to say which was more toxic, I'd say 2019.

Miscellaneous Offers

BM 2019 2019 Price BM 2020 2020 Price
4 Camos 3,500 gold ea. Object 261 style Auction, 261 gold
First Campaign Order Forms x3 1,500 gold

2020 wins, hands down.

Conclusion

Were the deals better this year? It's hard to say. Were they worse? Not in my opinion, no.

Gamer

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