"Q: If players’ opinion does indeed have a key influence on game development, can you please show me where you asked for players’ opinion re: XP on LT8/9?

A: There is no such thing as too much freebies. No survey was needed in this case [Chigrizund: so as to find out what the players preferences would be, I guess]

Q: Wait a second, where do you see freebies here? The XP on LT-8s was accumulated fairly, in full compliance with your game rules, in tier 9-10-11 battles. Why all of a sudden after the new patch these XP points will be treated as if they had been accumulated in tier 8-9-10 battles? What is the reason for this devaluation of XP?

A: These XP points were accumulated in current realities. The realities will change, so will the tanks.

Q: This does not make sense, can you explain this to me, like I am a third-grader? Besides, this XP had been accumulated in tanks that were, according to your own words, too weak for tier 9 battles? People were playing these unbuffable tanks and now you call them moochers? [Chigrizund: in Russian “freebie” and “moocher” share the same root – халява and халявщик and this part made more sense in Russian]. Are you that full of yourselves there?

A: Let me explain: the new LT-10 should be earned in the new realities, where there is new MM and the LT tech trees are updated and where the LTs are no longer support tanks, but full-fledged combat units."