Allow backups equipped on vehicles to be exchanged for a free repair for that vehicle.

[Would you like to see this in-game?]
  • Yes
  • No
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Background:

Backups are a very useful feature in Arcade, Ground Realistic, and Naval Realistic battles, however they have no uses in Air Realistic or Air Sim. Additionally, Gaijin had added daily universal backups that override the option to use universal backups, which can prevent casual players from ever using the backups they earn on a vehicle.

The Suggestion:

I am suggesting to add a button in the vehicle backup menu under the “Activate” and “Purchase” buttons that will allow you to exchange the backups you have equipped to free repairs for that vehicle.

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Clicking on that button will bring up a slider similar to the one below, allowing you to choose how many you want to convert.

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Benefits:

  1. Players who don’t play Arcade or Ground battles will now be able to exchange their aircraft backups into something more useful.

  2. With the addition of daily universal backups, players may not ever get the chance to use all of their backups on a vehicle, severely limiting their value.

  3. Players who have hundreds of universal backups saved up will now have a way to use all of them.

  4. Saving a few thousand SL per death will help players keep more of their SL

  5. Free backups for premium aircraft would be much more valuable, because they will now have a use if you primarily play Air Realistic.

3 Likes

Why won’t it give me your back ups?
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+1. Especialy for ARB it would great, all those planes with backups and no way too use them because you only get one spawn.

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Would be nice, repair costs can be a real problem when spading a suffer machine

+1 from me, with the new daily backups I’ve collected a ton of the universal backups, so to be able to effectively exchange them for more SL would be a great change.