The source of woe: is grinding still plausible?

I feel like grinding is too limited. Previously 100 gold a day was average; 150-200 was a good day. Now even 80 is average and 100 gold a day is extraordinary.

There was never been a way to grind for Au other than clubbing. You cant really say that saving Au daily from tasks is grinding since it is SLOW.
It is not worth to "grind" in a ethical form, since you have to play so much to earn almost nothing. Just wait and be patient, or farm on leaver league, although it is not worth as well to farm there.

I beg to differ, but it really doesn't matter. The question is grinding still plausible. The poll options are about Au. I voted yes. That is how I make my gold, is by grinding and daily tasks. The added benefit is silver, which I just spent 26 mil on an upgrade today.

But if you like I will delete my post and response to the poll.

Let me know.

Aside, I wounded how many people (if any) spend Au to get Ag at the horrible exchange rate it is set at?

What is meant by "grinding for gold"?

I thought I was grinding for gold by consistently squading, completing daily tasks and chasing beacon gold. Is that not "grinding for gold"?

Or does "grinding for gold" refer to chasing 10 Au each game?

Unless you build a hangar specifically for, or ignore everything but beacons. You're not guaranteed beacon Au. Grinding is in terms of trying to amass any sort of substantial Au.

For example old MM: 5th slot in approximately 33 days at 150Au through tasks (60 Au) And matches (20-30 matches for 90au with any "non clubber" forum approved hangar) vs 50-80 days under the current MM (via Dredd's Gepdiary.)

I never thought that having the optimized gear that is allowed within a given bracket in the old system was clubbing.  The wonkey weighting system is what made it so unfair & it was poor sportsmanship using that to destroy super new players.

 I "Farmed" mostly at 5/7 for a long time leveling 1 of everything to that level to try out before deciding what to leave there for "Farming"/squading/having fun & what to go to L12 with. 

Farming & Grinding are 2 different things in progression based games.  Before you could "Grind" up the resources to get some decent bots & weapons until you were at the top of that bracket.  If you stopped leveling those bots and weapons you could then "Farm" at that level, gathering resources to buy and level equipment in the background while you continue to play at the top of your given "Tier".  

"Grinding" is the hard part where you struggle to get to a temporary high point.  "Farming" is when you take your time at that point to gather resources before moving on to the next "Grind".

 Now with the league system, success pushes you forward ensuring you're always "Grinding" & never "Farming" & prevents you running anything but the best you have to keep from sliding back down the ladder.  Since your continually being pushed up you always feel underpowered & pressured for a quick fix (Gold)

I agree with the original OP that it's too aggressive & will give them a negative result to their bottom line in the long run.  They could find more creative ways to encourage customers to open their wallets that wouldn't cause resentment.

When I first started War Robots I was impressed that you could realistically get to end game content & have everything paying customers have for free in a very reasonable amount of time.  Also, Pix has so far done a good job allowing some Ag/WSP Bots/Weapons to remain viable in end game content, making it even more accessible.  The best part of all was the freedom to play at any level, with anyone, at any time & every pilot could progress at their own pace.

You can always "Grind", but there really isn't any legit means of "farming" outside of Lque/Tanking.  The best you can do is go all out for either beacons or damage & hope for the win.  Maybe Squading to ensure an advantage over randoms is the only legit way to farm gold.

I'm lucky Pix was too late to catch me up, I need silver & time now not gold.

I guess you could theoretically, but it would be so incredibly slow, it wouldn't be worth it for too many. Best to just do your dailies, and get 60-70-80, then pickup whatever else, and not drive yourself mad.

I already have 2 Lancelots and pretty much most gold items I want. I still don't have 3 Zeus, 4 Gekkos, Rogatka, another Galahad, 2 Aphids, Gareth, but they can all wait. Maybe a few paint jobs too. For me, time is the biggest thing I need to grind.