WOT is such a mind numbing grind fest, esp if you have a life or other games to play. Hit t6 easy, but grinding to t7 is mind numbing. (I had T9 in beta) For some reason I have a week free of premium and its still slow.

Now if you want to sink money into it continualy then it's a bit better, but to me it isn't good enough to invest in it like an old school mmo. I really hate this trend of FTP games. (Other ones in particular) who try to bait you in with "free" games, but you are either extremely restricted or so slowed down that they force you into paying. That wouldn't be so bad, but the plan is usually so you end up paying far more than you would if you had simply bought a standard $60 game.

BTW there is also war thunder, which is kinda a WOT/WOP rip off. Seemed familiar when I started up then figured out it's a slightly recoded direct rip from that other companies terrible game Wings of Prey. They basically added some new planes, put them all into the grinding tech tree like WOT, then set you loose in MP games which also offer missions which comically are copies from the original game. (So I dont suggest it basically, also some issues w/ the russian devs making the russian planes far superior I read.)