I heckin' love marathons in World of Tanks

[@bigseth300]

watching great players struggle at times is a great reminder to myself that you cant have good performances every battle

[@sohu86x]

imagine if someone could, on average, take out 50% of the enemy teams HP in tier 8-10 games. that would be something like 20-30k wn8. impossible so far over a large number of battles.

[@bigseth300]

@@sohu86x you are correct

[@sohu86x]

@@bigseth300 cheers

[@Anfield-bn3wg]

yes i agree but this game isnt really skill anymore just rng and im glad I deleted it.

[@greener2497]

@@Anfield-bn3wg holy mother of cope

[@thiccjager2436]

2:58 The reticle in the cross hair: *is literally green* The game: *aRmoUr nOt hIT*

[@xRiv3rx]

One of the most relatable iyouxin videos ever uploaded.

[@darowizna_od_tatusia6585]

Good to see I wasnt the only one struggling with marathon 😅

[@csontimagyar1941]

Casual day for me :D

[@Gabriel-hm7vv]

I completed the first few stages through mastery, and the last 5 by raw xp grind. I can say that in the beginning I was very excited and motivated to get the tank, but when I eventually got the tank I just didn't want to play it. I played the game so much that I feel forced to take a break, I got so tired of playing WoT that when I tried to play after finishing the marathon I just yolo for no reason, like I became a shell of my past self. Before the marathon I was always paying attention into every game, analyzing it to become a better player and whatnot, but when I had to play more games because of the limited amount of time to get the tank, it stopped becoming enjoyable. It is safe to assume that even if they release a BZ-176 killer, I won't play for the marathon. Its unhealthy game time that you need to have to complete this marathon, and for this reason I don't recommend people try to complete this marathon like I did. In the end, it's a scummy tactic made to tire you and pay for the tank.

[@Chan-Lin-Tao]

When you lose sight of the real goal: Having fun. It is better to stop playing.

[@agnisstapkevics2948]

Same feeling

[@jirisukup3283]

my last marathon was for the EBR, when i made 8 stages and bought him. I left the game for a half year after that :D

[@heyocean489]

I had scheduled my time in preparations for the marathon to set my mind on the right track for it. Then, I started with doing basic calculations of required exp and my average on my t8 premiums, I figured out I could get it 90% cheaper if I did 27 battles per day. I've completed stage 9 on October 12 and bought it. Looking back, it was a little to many battles per day, more than 3 hours of play daily is a lot, normally I don't play everyday and rarely more than 10-15 battles, but at least I played with my favorite premiums and it wasn't that bad, because I didn't have to do these insane mastery stages.

[@artek_waffle]

24:56 this man is speaking the truth

[@fatihozdemir6564]

I'm like this every day. I'm playing with a ridiculous and unfair matchmaking. There are at least 3 bots in my team ( 10k+ match 12-400 wn8 ) Critical but no damage.And all my matches end 0-15 or 3-15. The match is over in 3 minutes at most.

[@csontimagyar1941]

Autoloos MM is exist!! :D

[@CB-um8ep]

refreshing to see pro players struggling tbh, had a horrid session yesterday where everything that could go wrong went wrong lmao this makes me feel better

[@mrfigs7804]

I'm a university student, however my university was shut down due to a once a century flood so I had a lot of time to work on the Marathon. I quit the game around 2 years ago as I was basically killing myself trying to play it. (I was averaging 3K wn8, but playing like that made me want to die, now I don't care about my stats, makes the game much more fun). Even with all the free time and a new found enjoyment for the game, I only got up to 70% off on the Grom.

[@christiancolombo87]

The thing with that maratons is that the progress is not linear, when you are at 70% in reality you are at half of the path. I didnt even try to complete the maraton, because the amount of experiencia required in the last missions is insane, and also didnt want to spend tons of credits playing tier 9 or 10.

[@OscarPet09]

I completed the marathon using only XP and playing mostly Tier 6 and 7 (I have about 50 of them or so) and I really enjoyed playing these tiers, it was very refreshing especially since everyone, including less experienced players, were trying to go via the mastery path making Tier 9 and 10 unplayable for me. Being mostly among Top 5, XP points nicely stacked up as well as free experience since after victory I switched to another tank. I also added one hour of Tier 8 premiums with credit boosters per day just to earn some cash. I am pensioner so I have more time than the others although I believe that most people will have 15-20 EUR to pay for pixels on the screen which is called Grom. But I considered it a challenge and after several years of no marathon I welcomed the challenge. But please only one marathon per year, because there are just too many events - Waffen, now Mir, Onslaught, Steel hunter, then I have to grind normal tanks, earn credits with premiums ... and spending more than 2-3 hours per day is too much for me. There are other things in life than tanks! Spamming one battle after another at the stage 9 and 10 is a reality ... and that is why I enjoyed playing mostly solo. I do not have to compete with my friends for the same positions and combinations of light + TD does not work on every map ... also you do not have to wait once you or your friend die for him to appear back in the garage ...

[@gijsvandergracht8000]

I used the QB video to figure out how much time it would cost me and also set myself a goal. I knew I would not do stage 10, also knew 1 day I could not play. I know my avg exp and set out to do exactly what I wanted. I completed only 3 stages with Mastery, which saved me a tiny bit of time, but I made sure to keep track of my exp requirements every day. Got the Grom for 7 eur, as planned, had fun while grinding (I saved up 5x missions for stock tanks and played premiums for credits). I grinded through Ho-Ri 2, 1 and 3 during the marathon. So clear goals, proper and honest planning, and I have no regrets and lots of fun while doing it. Also, I'm VERY happy with the Grom, I love it. You deal 3 shots of damage, already a good game ;p

[@pray4sacrifice]

Got Grom by grinding, it took around 60-80 hours. My "experience cows" were T-34-85M, Nomad and K-2. It was quite enjoyable getting 1,4-1,6k exp a few times, the last 10k though --- the most annoying part of the marathon that took 4 HOURS (normally it would take 1h20min). I like the fact that I got the tank for free (не витративши ні копійочки) but 15 losses IN A ROW is not something I want to be a part of.

[@SetraFX]

WoT Marathon is the time I am the most motivated at the beginning, but frustrated shortly after, even though my stats are better than ever, and it mostly ends with a break from the game

[@Fettplayerable]

Hey man, i love your videos Really informative, great tips and ideas, always learning something and on top such a nice and humble guy. For the Marathon i played my bourat a lot and through your bourat videos from a couple of month ago i learned to love this tank...having so much fun with it and i am also using your equipm..just the best setup

[@szymon77513]

Before the marathon I was 58%wr, since the start of the marathon I was below 47% wr, AND TODAY I was 37% of 17 battles.

[@Skerrry]

I'm curious, why do you care about your win rate over 17 battles? Everyone gets unlucky at times. Everyone also gets lucky at times.

[@Softload3r]

03:48 now that feeling all to well... when RNG just says *FUCK YOU*

[@Kreez127]

I second most if not all of iyouxin's ideas here. Just throwing an idea out there, but I'd love to see a third option. Taking note of iyouxin's ideas as the masteries, second can remain as base XP but perhaps at a reduced value; and finally third option could be his platoon idea. It could be, get 20k base XP or as a platoon, get 30k base XP together. Say you get 1000 base, your platoon mate gets 1000, so 2000 base XP towards the mission. Wargaming often promote using platoons and inviting your mates into the game to play together. It makes perfect sense as a business.

[@kelvinanjos]

4:25 ngl that´s usually how my games goes

[@Softload3r]

02:21 "Do I feel the Marathon?" "No, nonono, noooo, nono, I'm ... nonono,... Don't feel anyhting, man" Dunno why but this was funnier than it should be xD

[@Depth867]

The marathon event, when considered in a sober way, would be better purchased by working in the real world if the time spent was converted to an hourly rate.

[@Anfield-bn3wg]

Watching those first clips is a good reminder of why I dont play this game anymore. However, Im always happy to watch your vids iyouxin. Keep up the great content.

[@MosinMan12]

@@Anfield-bn3wg your just bad LOL cope tomato

[@Roborkop]

literally me for the whole marathon.... Pain suffering and desperation

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

Can't be worse than all the Groms sitting at the back of the map sniping.

[@ぬんぬんビム]

I did a few stages through mastery and then did the grind. I've done a few of these marathons and my brain gets so fried by stage ~8 or so that I end up just spamming battles and not even thinking about what's happening in each game. I'm a person who likes tough grinds tho so I just take the hit to my stats and look forward to having a new tank.

[@DaleLClay]

Ok, now I know its not just me, your gave me back my sanity

[@yaodai2459]

Normal time players: camp until the end of match. Marathon time players: PRESS THE W KEY!!😂

[@Fe1ya]

like this format of vids, hope we get more like this at future.

[@them3497]

Stage 6 was the last semi-feasible one completable by mastery. All the others, if you were playing as well as one needed to be, would be accomplished via commitment one or two conditions before completing Mastery.

[@kelvinanjos]

15:18 the exact moment iyouxin became the joker

[@emken0206]

So ive played the first 8 stages with mastery mission in the first 4 days with around 30-40 battles per day, after that I was just tired of the stupid grind for being the best player in the game and always focus on your own dmg (so no light tanks). For stage 9 and 10 I just said fck it i wanna play whatever I want again and dont care about marathon anymore. So I played with friends (which I missed the most during the first 8 stages) and grinded ep just by playing the game. I agree with you that there needs to be more tank variety in the mastery mission but the commitment mission should be a steady grind that you can do every battle with every tank without even thinking about it and I believe just an ep requirement is the best way to do that.

[@AlmostLikeHuman]

15:00 this situation in Live Oaks is my favorite. You can clearly tell that every one of these enemy players is terrible, but it doesn't matter because there's a f*cking hundred of them

[@andreasb9260]

As everybody was on the same mission ( damage ) because it was nearly always the same, WG made sure that we had to grind xp. Marathons should be like the personal Missions. The flood of tds was insane. They could even let the marathon be only for tier1 - 4. That would get the low tiers envolved or even have 2 Marathons: 1 low tier for Styles and minor rewards like Equipment and a high tier for the tank. That would get the less experienced players to have an opportunety to at least get something because not everybody has the time and the cash to get something in the end.

[@Domonkos_K]

Very well articulated ideas

[@casuscnactus4864]

Marathon already has it in the word that you are not supposed to feel enjoyment while you grind it. I needed a week, the first 5 stages are very doable with mastery missions, the 7th aswell, but I wasn't playing too well that day. So I did everything via commitment missions from stage 6 onward. My personal rating is 10100. Edit: You definitely feel the marathon. The amount of people who yolo in for one shot of damage just to get to the next battle faster was special.

[@Canovar]

Lncoming should be happy about this video KEKW

[@marontesla2982]

it sucks that I play rarely and usually only for events like a marathon, and every time I get into such a fierce random and every session 20-35% wins, "good" Або "мммм, а пахне як"))

[@njc964]

Good to see that some of your games are like all of mine 😅

[@luk3149]

Thank you for the most relatable video. I feel a bit better now.

[@Sperthix]

all those clips reminds me of my casual tuesday evening

[@catalinike]

I malded this marathon for my whole life existance XP

[@Bloody7890]

i love these videos that remind me why i deleted the game last year, thank you for that. Sometimes on highlight videos i think i could try it again, but then i realise thats not the real experience :D Long story short, have you ever thought on playing other games on or off stream, just to try them out? Could be refreshing playing some singleplayer story games in the meantime.

[@iyouxintwitch]

I'm actually considering playing other games on stream on a special occasion

[@Alyaex]

I totally agree with the damage missions getting stale, but IIRC in the past there was some spotting missions on the marathon which caused the mm to have an overdose of lights trying to do the missions which was not fun for anyone, so im not sure if adding spotting/kill missions would be the right approach. I finished the marathon myself in 3 days and 195 battles, first 8 stages with mastery and the last 2 with commitment, always enjoyed playing for missions like 260, 279 and the older marathons, so i was happy to see the marathon back in this form 😊 gave me a "reason" to play randoms again even if it didnt last too long.

[@Alyaex]

Patiently waiting for personal missions 3.0 🙏

[@cloudies3671]

This is how i felt today. 10 matches and 8 lost. Not even 2 minutes into the game and half of the team just gone...

[@jirisukup3283]

The marathon day had started and i went through the exp, so i decided to play my favorite tier 8. EBR from last marathon. I played 7 battles, in 3 battles i was set on the fire :D i lost that and left the game that day :D and it was always by FIRST SHOT. The worst was 2v2 clutch, when tier 6 VK 28 oneshot me with the fire xd This never happened to me in 800battles on EBR :D Anyway, I hope you're doing better now, all of you :)

[@LittleDino-vq8nc]

14:05 began one of the most stressful moment I've ever seen in wot, it even stressed myself

[@rpower1401]

Seeing your pain somehow makes mine a little less TY

[@hopefalls2039]

I got Grom for free due to commitment xp farm. Grinded mostly Hori-2, Hori-1, 53TP, CS-53. Last one I surprisingly had the most memorable battles with. Maybe because it is an underdog tank. I guess it were about 400 battles in total. I only commited seriously halfway through the marathon like on the 5th day but I had the time. Also reached gold in onslaught and second mark with my T57. It was a good week.

[@TRayTV]

I didn't really care about the Grom. But I feel your pain. I remember (perhaps) the first grind which was for the IS-6.

[@m.al-h9108]

love your videos i subbed recently

[@Lupo-Exulans]

I find a bit of comfort watching you endure the same bullshit I had to suffer.

[@croissant3875]

Honestly I did with commitment but didnt even feel it due to having purchased bourassque so I was having a blast cheers

[@andreighetu9376]

8:30 this is my normal battle in wot nowadays 😳 remain alone and die in few seconds 😅

[@brewerbrian420]

This is nearly every match on the US server. 2-15 or 15-2

[@RudolfJelin]

The play at 14:20 was actually genius, WP

[@fravain4863]

12:30 why just not wait ? Sometimes doing mission or marathon make us do things that we wouldn't usually do. And I talk to myself too

[@lonewolflonewolf8850]

welcome to my world

[@mf-bp2fd]

glad to see i wasnt the only one getting terrible games all of a sudden as the marathon was on

[@unfortunate6893]

it was actually quite fun to grind xp...I just turned on credits buster and played my premium tear 8s and 9s. at the end got grom for free and 47mil credits profit

[@nico7674]

tbf, I kinda liked the marathon and I didn't play that much because I got the grom through missions for the most part (so not the xp commitment stuff). But well, I played 260, vkk, 907 and s conq for the most part and I'd say I'm a quite good player so it wasn't too exhausting to do.

[@matyasliska9588]

I managed to get to 80% sale mainly with comitement missions and most of the time I was playing tier 8 premium tanks and making credits in the end I managed to get 80% sale 2 days before the end of marathon and I made around 10m credits and I fairly enjoyed it because I was playing with my favourite premium tanks plus I was making credits which I need and I was also learning about stuff in the game

[@lslatni]

I got the Grom 12 minutes before deadline...if I could afford it I would have boought it with a discount

[@LycKoss]

I stopped playing this game about 1 year ago ,,,, and I think it was the best decision,

[@en8042]

I got the Grom in 6 days with the commitment missions. I didn't do anything special, I play 12+ hours a day anyway, the Grom was just a byproduct for me.

[@lucille284]

Ah! Looks like one of my typical nights.

[@mcbain7392]

Hey iyouxin something to note and I don't know if it was talked before, engine fires now are seeing more often because there is no preventive maintenance anymore so watch out when you peek with your back trying to get back in cover faster. That 20% was a big deal IMO.

[@iyouxintwitch]

Of course! Loved that crew skill

[@rafasobol4997]

10 days of marathon, accually played maybe 4. The last day showed that the most 1,5k exp for the next stage. I have spended around 2h gaining 500 exp. Somehow early morning i needed only 2 battles for 1k. Bough Grom with 40% discout. My wallet is charmed but at least my mental health is better than it might be after doing marathon 😂😂😂

[@kizzzit5724]

HAHA This looks like EVERY Game I've played this Year !! Except its on NA.. Last night I played 15 games in 5 different Tier 8's and ALL 15 were Tier 10 games and All 10 ended in 15/1-3 LOL At least in EU server ya have like 4 server choices to move to and Try out :) Thanks Video !! It actually Cheered me up after the last Month :)

[@jovidiantosoesilodewo9688]

It took me 330-ish battles to complete the marathon, played about 150+ matches (almost a whole day of grind) on the last day to complete the last two missions. Those 2 missions were dumb af with the current mm, I just started not caring and playing Tier VIII Alt Proto as it's the easiest tank to top exp in and IS7/260 meme W build. I'm but a husk and got my well-deserved sleep after getting the tank.

[@iskenderrahmanov]

Very enjoyable moment of the game E3 and E5 it was fun of the video may be it was me absolutely my hand was shaking and fast heartbeat 😅

[@markusxuxu]

For me, I got it though XP only and I had to grind 90k in 48 hours which was a big grind but possible for me. I did enjoy it even tho i aswell experienced the rather "tryhard" or aggressive way of the games with more gold rounds shot and way more suicidal and fast rounds than usual. People pressure themselves and everyone wants to either go big or try again asap which leads to those rather frustrating games. I had in those last 48 hours a total of 6 ammoracks from full hp to withstand :D The initial design of the marathon is alright imo. The problem I can think of with too diverse objectives is that you might need many different tanks or even platoons so some ppl might not have the tanks or people to optimize it and are straight up forced to go for the tidius grind which is also okay but if you are good enough to be capable for the skilled missions (unlike me) but then get held back by not having a specific tank that makes it possible or easier I can imagine its just a question of what is more fair to everyone. Obviously the Marathon is supposed to be hell of a grind since they dont want to gift the tank away for free and they want you to spend a high amount of time into the game for it as exchange either way but I do think that is just fair. The only thing I rly would have loved to know more in advance is when it is actually happening so you are able to prepare as example making those days clear or even book in vacation days if you wanna go full nuts on the grind for it.

[@megtvedt6120]

I did 3-5 with the non xp way, the rest i did with xp. Bought it with 90% off. Games was to fast do to top dmg consistent enough for me at least. Also more meds than expected in the mm. The tank, I would not say it is worth more than 30euros max.

[@Jayden_o777]

Teams during marathons and events like Christmas and shit are just horrific. It's the absolute worst time to play

[@demon_gerttv9809]

That’s literally how all my matches go 😂

[@grahammarkhorn]

Ummmm this vid is what every day wotlife looks like to mere mortals.

[@stralee-qb9qe]

there is no excuses im free to play player and i have only 1 t9 Leopard PTA and i was at 8th mission

[@wonderpvp3201]

90% of my battles every day, no joke

[@patricioferrari4667]

hahaha I felt it extra weird today. like extra hard. I see I am not the only one feeling this pain.

[@sohu86x]

look at that team folding like cheese at 8:00. those are basically all 4-5k WTR players. lmao. i did commitment and finished 9 levels. took about 8-9 days of grinding 4-5 hours average each day. im a 3k wn8 player but playing NA from the UK so 140 ping with packet loss. couldn't do the left mission because im low on credits and wanted to grind credits in tier 8 while doing the missions. think i made about 8 mil credits in those games. bought grom for 7.76 usd, worth it imo because its credit shells are excellent, making it a good credit grinder.

[@K_LeShaeya]

Marathons: Main reason to take a 10-day break

[@theyjustcallmemc]

dude I love this video, I literally had the same experience, im a 4,5k overall wn8 player and I just got owned over and over again till u start to wonder wtf is happening xD

[@rowdyyy23]

4,5k ? sure...show us

[@theyjustcallmemc]

@@rowdyyy23 sure, why not, sp1nx5k

[@coin5212]

Iyouxin, will you make a collab with The Awesome Epic Guys? That would be so fun watching you 3 playing together on the stream. Totally awesome (and epic)

[@xavierlewis4945]

Some days it feels like these are the only games you have i stg.

[@davidhoffmann8203]

Good that marathon has ended!

[@M0DERN_B0REFARE]

I fixed the marathon by getting 40% discount and saying "F that, I'm buying it now" after just 3 days. 🤣 Also, this video is every dy for me in WoT, lol.

[@MrCam70]

Finally !, my belief of you as my God of Wot is smashed 😂

[@ivansukara1223]

Amazing video iyouxin,keep going. Marathon was good keep in mind that maybe 70% of players just buy The tank whitout trying to get it free..❤

[@fakedakillzor8]

I dont have time and i grind it to 9 stage and get it for lik 5 or 6 euros easy

[@danydany590]

i did 90% and still don't wanna buy..i don't care about that

[@fakedakillzor8]

@@danydany590 thats totaly fine

[@sohu86x]

@@danydany590 its worth it due to the fact that it is an excellent credit grinder alone

[@danydany590]

@@sohu86x I have a lot of premium grinder. I don’t like it, it’s not my type. And of course I have some premium tanks which I haven’t play in years. And another reason is I’m not spending my money on this game. Only on Christmas boxes

[@lodagin]

You are right with your suggestions but you have to remember, WG has made the calculations already and they have come to the conclusion that making it stressful is the best way to make money. Since the formula works for them right now, they won't risk it by making it more enjoyable for the players and risking that all the people who buy the tank to skip the grind instead completes it and don't spend a single cent.

[@nothankyou190]

It was very helpful to see a great player lose your mind because of the marathon gameplay. I felt the same way. I had no intention of buying the grom, but was just olaying randoms and holy moly what an awful experience. To top off a horrible session, I got one shotted in a full health progetto 46 by a borsig. Never ever happened to me before. Alt F4

[@agnisstapkevics2948]

You are 100% right it's very very frustrating. After 4 stage I started to play with tier 8, because realized no way to do faster with missions. Missions can't do 90%- 95% of players... Funny!!! AscI continue play with tier 8 I choose my favorite tier 8 tank - Somua. I am not very skillful player but with Somua it's more or less good results - average 1650 damage and more then 6000 record battles. On Marathon was do many battles when I was able do only 600 -1000 damages!!! Short conclusion after marathon- my win rate Is down, wtr rating down, emotional I frustrating and will so some brake from tanks now

[@robertrigo6904]

Ooohhh.. this is the feeleng what i feelnewery day 🤣 My suffer os Yours now 😅 Remember.. i asked You to do this video and dedicate to me.. i love it 😂

[@stefanstenzel6297]

My pen indicator aiming cross does not work being zoomed in. Any idea how to fix this?

[@roque9452]

I hate the marathon but I am okay with it if it brings us more videos like this lol

[@mingxuanzhang98]

What shows in this video, hapens to me 70% of the game I play in NA server. After I got the stage 4, I give up to get the Grom.

[@pavelperina7629]

Marathon is crazy. Imagine that average player has like 800-900xp average. Oh, that's with premium account, so more like 550xp, about half of the battles are lost, you know. 260kXP ... only 470 battles, or 47 battles a day. Yeah, playing 30 battles a day is doable, but it's extremely tiring when you have job, some duties ... basically it means dedicate all your time to work, sleep, game, repeat. Imagine that your job requires some thinking and there's no time to relax. My solution to marathon is to get like to level 5-6 and buy a tank if I decide I want it. Funny is that we, mortals, cannot trust unicums in rating the tank. I remember when most of them agreed that bourrasque is trash due to bad gun and awful aim time. Yes, but that matters only for 2nd shot at range, it has great accuracy on the move with IRM and bond vstab. Some rated ShTPK or Kpz07rh as bad tanks that are hard to play. Yes they are, kpz07rh is still fun, rewarding and i guess above average (well, getting tier 10 mountain pass and many other maps sux)

[@rodix7584]

Grinding experience for me was big pain bcs I was grinding ho ri 3 and t8 is bad af. On t9 and t10 I was already tired and fun was at level 0. after that I grinded exp with premium tanks bcs of low ammount of credits.

[@Mut4ntG4m3r]

Well, a Marathon should more or less be a side Hustle - enjoy playing and once its over decide if you will pay less for that Tank, or dont get it. The goals are made this way too... I only grinded one of the early ones actively, it was inky possible because of the xp Grind Missions, so i would say they can stay. Personally i am Not a fan of forcing classes(stun, damage over distance) or platoons... At least for such Marathon - its Not a Sprint after all;) Some changes in mastery requirements may be nice, but currently i would say theay are well balamced so that good Players wont have it much easier than grinding players - a good Thing imo... Maybe add some with support damage... Or medals... In General hard to make untoxic requirements - damage is probably the fairest one... Maybe make it a % of your own hitpoints instead of any regard to the team... But only in victories? Adding victories as requirememt seems to be too cut oit for good Players though ... Hard topic for me to theorize on

[@maxsun8810]

World of Casino World of Stress

[@Timo-wv3dd]

Aaah, it is sooo consoling to see that even the pros suck at times. Makes me feel slightly less bad myself 😅. Just slightly, but still

[@justmalfu]

8 hours/day for 10 days for me to finish marathon. 5 every 10 games of a mental breakdance. only for slight improvement after. yep, no more marathon 💀