History YMMV / WorldOfTanks

** "You were camping" is a common response to any player victimized by artillery. Actual camping entirely optional. This one comes from a nonsensical defense of [=SPGs=] from their mains, which claim, somehow, that artillery prevents "Camping", which is [[https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/josgoo/artillery_is_a_fun_balanced_and_engaging_aspect/ blatantly untrue]]. Other mocked claims include "you should have been an in arty safe position (basically nonexistent on most maps), or "Just don't get spotted" (which returns back to how arty supposedly ''deters'' camping).

** "You were camping" is a common response to any player victimized by artillery. Actual camping entirely optional. This one comes from a nonsensical defense of [=SPGs=] from their mains, which claim, somehow, that artillery prevents "Camping", when in truth the class practically enforces it. Other mocked claims include "you should have been an in arty safe position (basically nonexistent on most maps), or "Just don't get spotted" (which returns back to how arty supposedly ''deters'' camping).

* {{Scrub}}: People who regularly complain in game about those who use Artillery, or Gold Ammunition, as well as select tanks such as the Wt. auf E-100 (on the premise that these remove 'skill' from the game). While there may be legitimate complains to be made, these people are basically just in rage over being killed by something they consider 'cheap' even though they could use it themselves.

** T-50-2s for artillery players, before they were removed in patch 8.7. They're insanely fast and very hard for anyone to land hits on, can survive a shot or two from most things trying to keep them off you, and are quite capable of taking you down quickly.
** The French Tier 7 and 9 light tanks, the AMX 13/75 and /90 are this. They are almost as fast and maneuverable as the T-50-2, present a relatively small target and can ''kill just about anything Tier 7 and below with one salvo!''

** Artillery has in general fallen victim to this as repeated nerfs have rendered them nigh on useless. Their damage, accuracy and penetration have been brought so low that they will struggle to even leave a scratch on most vehicles they go up against even on direct hits, and that is if they can even manage to hit their target in the first place. And to add insult to injury, this also makes their EXP and credits grind painfully slow even with the addition of gaining extra from the stun mechanic, especially for French SPG's due to their abysmally small blast radius. Ironically, this has done nothing to appease the arty-haters, and has probably had the opposite effect because while arty is far less ''powerful'' than it used to be before the nerfs, getting stunned is widely perceived as far more ''annoying'' than merely tanking the occasional high-damage hits from arty.

* VocalMinority: Despite all the whining about artillery 83% of players have at least one end-tier artillery in their garage and 90% have a low-to-mid tier vehicle, per a very angry [=SerB=] in [[http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/03/insider-wargaming-thoughts-on-arty/ the leaked contents of a dev meeting]]. While not everybody who sometimes plays artillery actually ''likes'' artillery (the campaigns to earn several free reward tanks, including some highly desirable ones like the Object 279e, require completing 15 missions for ''each'' tank class, including arty), people who actively hate the class and ''only'' play it for missions are unlikely to grind all the way to a Tier X artillery since mid-tier arty is perfectly capable of completing said missions.

** "Unfair plane; he kemp bush!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Derived from a random battle in-game chat featured by BigNameFan The Mighty Jingles on his "''The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly''" video series ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qAlQCPSqsE Episode 7]], to be precise). The line was said by a Löwe driver who was behaving terribly throughout the game, particularly against the player who had been carrying the team properly in the first place.[[/labelnote]]

** The [=FV304=][[note]]Or, as BigNameFan Circonflexes called it, "Bert the Avenger"[[/note]]. It sports a gun that is, for all intents and purposes, a 105mm howizter with slightly better penetration and damage and, as an arty, possesses a maximum range of roughly 500m and a very slow shell. However, a well trained crew and equipment can bring the reload under 11 seconds, and the gun arc is amongst the best in the game, allowing the tank to inflict a DeathOfAThousandCuts onto tanks by tracking them over and over in positions most other arty can't reach. Even worse, the [=FV304=] has ''light tank'' levels of camo and speed, meaning that in a late game situation it can rush across the map and suddenly pop up right next to enemy arty, assassinate them, and then be able to assist the team while capping out the opposing base.

** Artillery has in general fallen victim to this as repeated nerfs have rendered them nigh on useless. Their damage, accuracy and penetration have been brought so low that they will struggle to even leave a scratch on most vehicles they go up against even on direct hits, and that is if they can even manage to hit their target in the first place. And to add insult to injury, this also makes their EXP and credits grind painfully slow even with the addition of gaining extra from the stun mechanic, especially for French SPG's due to their abysmally small blast radius.

* VocalMinority: Despite all the whining about artillery 83% of players have at least one end-tier artillery in their garage and 90% have a low-to-mid tier vehicle, per a very angry [=SerB=] in [[http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/03/insider-wargaming-thoughts-on-arty/ the leaked contents of a dev meeting]].

** The French Tier 7 and 8 light tanks, the AMX 13/75 and /90 are this. They are almost as fast and maneuverable as the T-50-2, present a relatively small target and can ''kill just about anything Tier 7 and below with one salvo!''

** Many light tanks tier IV or higher receive a special "Scout" designation that artificially ramps up their matchmaking Battle Tier. It has since been reduced to +3, but in the past tanks could see tanks up to four tiers higher, leaving them completely outclassed as they had no hope of damaging heavies even when flanking and would often be outspotted by mediums and tank destroyers. It's almost universally reviled by fans who enjoy light tanks, and players who want to transition up certain tech tree lines that have tier 4 light tanks leading to mediums/heavies. Notable lines that require scout play include the Maus line (Pz 38 nA), T57 Heavy (M5 Stuart), and the entire Chinese tree ([=M5A1=] Stuart). Steps have been taken to lessen scout matchmaking, including the aforementioned lowering of the max battletier and removing scout status from lights in non-dedicated scout lines.

*** It also has led to follow-ups like [[spoiler:"Panthers gonna Pant".]] Trust us, [[IncrediblyLamePun the spoiler is there for your protection]].

** A pun arises from Autobalancer's wide tier spreads: when you are faced with a team filled with multiple Löwes, Autobalancer has dealt you a ''[[IncrediblyLamePun Löwe blow]]''.

** I was going to tell you a joke about the TOG, but it was too long (among other silly TOG related jokes). Due to the fact that the TOG is the largest and near slowest tank in the game, it is subject to much ridicule and/or joking, often from its drivers as well. It's also commonly called a battleship/aircraft carrier/submarine or a whale. (Witch prompts the other team to man the harpoons.)

* BrokenBase: Has it's own page [[BrokenBase/WorldOfTanks here.]]

* The Object 279 early, the Tier X reward tank for completing Personal Missions 2.0. Like many heavy tanks of its tier, it has excellent frontal armor. The difference is, it doesn't have any need to go hull-down to exploit that armor. Most tanks with generally strong frontal armor have a weak point in the form of their lower glacis. The 279(e) doesn't need to hide its lower glacis because ''it doesn't have one''. Instead it has an extra pair of tracks in between the outer tracks. This means it's easier to immobilize (since there's more tracks to hit), but as long as its flanks are protected you're going to have trouble damaging it afterward. Because its hull and turret are both extremely well-sloped. It also has a strong gun and better mobility than most heavy tanks. It also has a 60-65% win rate on all servers.

** [[TheJuggernaut The Type 5 Heavy]]. It has a good frontal armour, lots of HP and a disgustingly powerful 15.2 cm cannon which fires HE shells with high damage. What's the problem with it? Because HE shells don't have to pierce through armour to deal damage to foes. And if the player loads premium munitions, the average damage from HE shells is increased from 1100 to 1400. Because of that, you can't use your armour to completely absorb damage from its shots - the Type 5 Heavy will always damage you, regardless from the point of hit.

** The ''dink'' of enemy rounds bouncing harmlessly off your armour. Can become a DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound with a sufficiently fast-firing weapon.

** The voiceover calling out repeated penetrations on the enemy, or even better, killing multiple enemies in short order. "Got 'em!" "Enemy armor destroyed!" "He's gone, find another target!" Conversely, the call-outs for repeated bounces off tough enemy armor also classify as DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound.

** The ''dink'' of enemy rounds bouncing harmlessly off your armour. Can become a MostAnnoyingSound with a sufficiently fast-firing weapon.

** The voiceover calling out repeated penetrations on the enemy, or even better, killing multiple enemies in short order. "Got 'em!" "Enemy armor destroyed!" "He's gone, find another target!" Conversely, the call-outs for repeated bounces off tough enemy armor also classify as MostAnnoyingSound.

* EarWorm: Some of the holiday themed garage music present in the game can really grind on your nerves since they're on a ''constant'' loop for however long the event lasts. The rest of the game's music, however, borders between "alright", and AutobotsRockOut. But you'll almost never find yourself humming those tunes... oh no... you'll more often find yourself humming the holiday tunes that have managed to dig their way into your brain like a damned drill.

*** An aversion to this is the Tier VI premium Tiger 131, a historically-accurate Tiger placed a tier lower than the non-premium version. Even with its weaker gun (the Tier VII Tiger gets access to the historical armament of the Tiger II/King Tiger to fit into the higher tier), at least when top tier the Tiger 131 can perform similarly to what a Tiger would be expected to do. This has led to lots of requests from players for a similar downtiered premium versions of the Panther and Tiger II with their historically correct guns, but thus far none exist. Though to an extent, the Tier VI [=VK 30.02 (M)=] could be seen the real-life Panther.

** [[AIIsACrapshoot Go home Matchmaker, you're drunk]] -- The autobalancer normally arranges the teams well enough to claim it's doing its job properly, but it can't stand an influx of players on holidays. Teams consisting only of [=SPGs=]? [=PzKpfw II=] against Maus? MS-1 vs. VK 16.02 Leopard? Anything can happen.
*** Many would contend the autobalancer is [[AIIsACrapshoot in fact some kind of fiendish genius, intent on pairing them with lots of idiots for match after match.]]

** "how terrible..." another quote from [=SerB=], originally from when he was answering questions that he perceived as whines, and now repeated by the forums whenever a player posts a thread claiming a tank they have is underpowered or an enemy tank is overpowered.

* [[TierInducedScrappy Tier-Induced Scrapheap]]: Some tanks are reviled because they are considered much less effective then their same-tier counterparts, and some players actively avoid playing these tanks, preferring to skip them via free XP, if they're played at all. Nearly every line has that one tank that is considered a pure grind to reach the next tank, but some stand out:

* [[UnexpectedCharacter Unexpected Tank]]: There have long been requests for a premium version of the popular KV-2, but the ideas proposed have been along the lines of the German captured and modified KV-II 754(r)[[note]]The Panzer IV cupola added to the top of the turret would create a new weakspot but would also increase its max spotting range.[[/note]] or perhaps the famous KV-2 of the Battle of Raseiniai (for which the Raseiniai Heroes' Medal is named). Nobody expected [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 a KV-2 in the service of the Imperium of Man]]. But via a collaboration with Creator/GamesWorkshop's Warhammer 40K, that's exactly what we got in the form of the KV-2 (R) with "Valhallan Ragnarok" skin.[[note]]The Valhallan Ice Warriors are Imperial Guard regiments that are based on the Red Army of [=WW2=], and the Ragnarok is an Imperium of Man tank that's based on the KV-2.[[/note]] Even more unexpected was the not particularly popular French Tier V heavy tank BDR G1 B getting a "Mordian" skin.[[note]]The Mordian Iron Guards are another unit of the Imperial Guard, though they have nothing to do with France. The BDR G1 B being chosen is probably because it vaguely resembles Warhammer 40K's iconic Leman Russ tank.[[/note]]

* InternetBackdraft: Just about every update and patch has complaints. One a more specific note...
** The Chrysler K GF, a premium tank with a weak gun no frontal weak spots, has prompted much outrage among the community for its [[BribingYourWayToVictory Pay-to-Win]] status that requires player driving this tank and those fighting against it to load premium ammo. For those using it, the poor accuracy and penetration of the tank's gun forces players to use premium ammo and premium consumables to make the gun competitive in mid-high tier games. Likewise due to the virtually impregnable frontal armor, those fighting against the tank have to use their premium ammo.[[note]]While the most-cited issue is that that the machine gun ports aren't modeled as weak spots, unlike on basically every other tank, the real-life Chrysler K prototype had remote-control machine guns that were completely isolated from the tank's cabin and thus didn't actually form a hole in the armor. On the other hand there ''should'' be flat un-angled armor ''behind'' those machine gun pods which would still be a relative weak spot compared to the extremely well-angled upper glacis, and ''that'' isn't included in the armor model either.[[/note]] Almost ''everyone'' hates this thing because it's a huge money sink.
** '''[=FochGate=]''' is the incident in which [=SirFoch=] was terminated by Wargaming Europe ([=WGEU=]) from the Community Contributor program in retaliation for harshly criticizing the Chrysler K GF[[note]]As in, ranting with ClusterFBomb about the tank's BribingYourWayToVictory qualities [[/note]].[[labelnote:clarification]]While most people would also add Circonflexes into this incident (for having been removed at roughly the same time as Foch), his removal from the program was apparently from an unrelated issue regarding some of the map designs.[[/labelnote]] Upon removing Foch from the program, [=WGEU=] then threatened to file a copyright violation claim against his Website/YouTube channel, which ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfiring]] in their faces because the public see this as nothing more than a poorly-disguised, heavy-handed silencing of criticism, and attacked Wargaming EU fiercely for it. [=WGEU=] did ultimately back-step from their unpleasant position and reinstated [=SirFoch=] as an apology. Unfortunately, Wargaming's North American division got into a pickle when it also dove into the mess and mixed up the previous message to "do what is necessary" regarding the previous debacle. Despite clarifications from Wargaming's top brass siding with [=WGEU=]'s recent backtracking, the confusion apparently compelled WebVideo/TheMightyJingles and several other Community Contributors to leave the program on their own accord.
* JackOfAllTrades:
** In its own tier, a fully-upgraded Hetzer. It moves reasonably quickly, bounces shots almost in a manner akin to the AMX 40, and can OneHitKill ''anything'' Tier IV and below (bar the Matilda from anywhere except the rear).
** The [=FV304=] Tier-6 SPG[[note]] AKA ''Bert the Avenger''[[/note]]. Has low profile and great acceleration, like most light tanks; has a pretty damn accurate gun for its type, although low on alpha damage; and if played properly, can function as a Tank Destroyer. The only thing keeping it from reaching GameBreaker levels is its SPG-grade view range and near-inexistent armor.
** The M4 Sherman (and its MovesetClone in the British tree) is very much this trope thanks to being ''the'' JackOfAllStats . It can handle many tasks adequately--scouting, flanking, brawling, defending, and sniping--just not as well as tanks better dedicated to those roles. This is both its weakness and its strength: most of the time, it will beat a more specialized vehicle in every way ''except'' for the role that the enemy vehicle specializes in. The challenge of driving the Sherman is not letting enemy vehicles arrange the encounter in such a way that they can employ their specializaton.

*** Even when fully upgraded, the Char B1 is a repulsive and frustrating liability that seems to be only good for one thing: Being an easy target. The 47mm is decent enough for dealing with Lights but is almost useless against most Mediums and Heavies of equal tiers. Even the Churchills are immune to B1s firing Gold Ammo at point-blank range. To make things worse, since the game doesn't currently support multiple guns, the B1's hull-mounted 75mm howitzer (which would've at least had the potential to be a lower-tier Derpgun) functions only to create a big obvious weak point in the frontal armour. And God help you if the matchmaker sticks you in a higher-tier match; ''everything'' at Tier 5 can pen the Tier 4 Char B1 at any angle. You either have to waste your Free XP to bypass this awful machine or suffer through a hundred battles with it to get the BDR G1 B.