Still waiting, this is very frustrating!
The changes to make the game easier for new players are terrible, you either like the game or you don't, regardless of whether you get blasted by experienced players when you are starting. That was always the case, I got wrecked many times, but I persisted and learned. Moreover, in my opinion:
- Giving good players a worse RNG is a terrible idea. I get a lot of missed shots lately, even more shots go nowhere, even at very short distance. No bounce, no miss, no indication that I have shot other than having to reload. Frustrates me very much! I have over 34k battles in my EU account and never experienced this until I moved to Australia and the latest versions were released. Something changed... Even with the same tanks my win rate has suffered very much since the last versions. For instance, in EU my Crom B has 62%WR over +600 battles, in Asia I average 59% and simply miss many shots. I am the same player!
- Banners are ok, but can't see how they help new players. A tutorial would be better?
- Stop allowing new players to buy tier 8 prem tanks! If I am a new player, I will be terribly frustrated if I can buy an IS-6 and then get blasted by experienced players. This is exactly what would make me abandon the game! When I started, I would have to *painfully* grind, and learn to play, until I managed to get to tier 8. Then I could buy an IS-6 and defend myself.
Wargaming, I think you are about to loose thousands of experienced (and money-spending) players because you are ruining their game experience. Helping new players is ok, but you can find ways of doing it without damaging the good players experience with the game.