Frustration and disappointment from above, for the last time.

Yeah, your eyes aren't lying to you, that is arty.

I don't have a lot of battles (this last one makes it to the count of twelve!) in the tier IV 2S1 Gvosdika and for good reason. It has been just about a year since I wrote about my first battle and thoughts about it here and the last time I took it out is here. Since then, it has been nothing more than a forgotten dust collector in my garage.

With the big changes coming up with Update 0.19, the artillery playstyle as it has been will be gone forever. Some will rejoice with the fact that this indirect fire, hidden enemy will now have to fight in the same fashion as every other vehicle in the game. Their complaints cross over from World of Tanks to Armored Warfare, since the mechanics are similar, but not exactly the same. With the removal of the current way artillery is used in the game, a small portion of the playerbase must be just salivating with the prospects of rolling through the battlefields with near impunity, no fear from falling skies.

That is, until they voice their "concerns" of the next class that fills the vacuum, I am willing to bet it will be Tank Destroyers. 

Long time arty players will either adapt to the new designation and role, move on to a different class all together or just leave the game. I can empathize with them. To spend all that time, effort (despite what the popular opinion is, there is effort required to be somewhat successful with arty) and in some cases, real world money, just to have this drastic of a change take place.

Sure, there will be a compensation package and an option to reset all of their progress, but still. It's a shame, really.

Nevertheless, I decided to break out the Gvosdika and take one final spin. It wasn't a great battle by any means and even with a background program popping up and nearly ruining the video, I lived and my team won. Check it out for yourself.