dont get me wrong, i absolutely think the game is more than profitable but my point is that we dont know. For all we know they could be grossly overpaying their CEO or maybe they have to pay a ton of money to the russian mafia (government) for protection
I mean you have 0 idea how expensive running the game is, neither do i so you saying how much something “should” cost is completely irrelevant. At the end of the day that one 80€ purchase subsidizes a couple players like your friends
War Thunder back in 2023 was rated as one of the best selling games on Steam and this was prior to any £80 packs in the Gaijin Store. This was also prior to the introduction of gambling on a large scale (both SL and GE) and rank 8 vehicles.
Reddit on this topic
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/18wrkew/war_thunder_is_one_of_highest_earning_games_on/
This is also excluding the actual revenue generated from the Gaijin Store and in-game purchases from War Thunder proper, it may just be me but I personally think War Thunder was doing perfectly fine prior to the addition of £80 packs…
Would you like it better if Gaijin sold you every major update for 15€ or if war thunder was 10€ a month for everyone but the grind would be better
What type of parasite has infected your brain to be conditioned to defend predatory tactics employed by Gaijin on games like War Thunder?
Spending such sums of money on games in general is ridiculous and especially when you take into account the individual time which is most likely hundreds of hours you have to input just to obtain the specific vehicle you want/like.
I’ll always praise the work of the developers as they’re not the ones making these ridiculous prices but all I’m saying is that Gaijin as a company and War Thunder as a game will continue to get worse and we as a community will continue to be blind of this fact.
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you do realize that the time you put in to get the vehicle you like is playing the game right? Its not your day job to grind top tier and then the game begins. Im not defending any tactics but you dont seem to grasp the concept that game developers are companies and not charities so there needs to be some kind of monetization. Gaijins monetization is not different to any game developer whatsoever
So we established that money isn’t a major concern, or the lack there would be if we reduced the prices of premium by a small fraction. The issue is the fact you purchase a premium just to obtain the chance of grinding a tech tree of your choice to finally unlock a vehicle you like.
This is nothing short of ridiculous, if it was a option to purchase a individual vehicle regardless of premium status (such as a F-16C) then I wouldn’t have a issue with price. It’s the fact that you must purchase a premium, spend a significant amount of time and only then you’ll finally get the vehicle you desire.
No other game other than maybe WoT does this, Gaijin promotes inactivity in real life to attach individuals onto a screen to make the most of their premium time once their purchase a premium pack, then those individuals usually end up spending a unhealthy amount of time grinding and only then their money will be spent well “worth” it.
All I’m saying is prices should be reduced with the introduction of higher ranking premiums and new ranks introduced into the game and if not then prices for premiums will continue to rise (like as of now).
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right over your head lol
You’ll notice you can’t research it, it’s there for you to be able to view it in your hangar.
It’s a spawnable vehicle and that has been explicitly stated dozens of times.
Meh idk pretty much every game that has a grind loop works like that and in every game the grind feels like work if you dont enjoy it. War thunder has always been a shitty experience if your target was to only play a high tier vehicle. Dont get me wrong i also think that the prices for top tier premiums are insane but in the scope of f2p games its not an outlier at all. My personal opinion is that the prices can stay as they are but the rewards for paying player should be way higher. I should be able to grind an air tree in a much more reasonable time if i pay 80€ for a premium plane
Dont take up flight simulator as a hobby then… if you think War Thunder is expensive, you would have a stroke getting in on XPlane or MSFS rofl
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must be the P.7.T AA
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They changed the LoS check for scouting so if you have a drone up it checks from the drone instead of the vic (i think), the end result is most matches in grb play like arcade where half the enemy team is scouted permenately.
So if you are playing above 8.0 and it feels lile ppl have wall hacks thats why.
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I totally feel you. I am a 0.8KD player.
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I agree agree on bad map design and bugs, but not the economy.
booster.
Ye and that you can get free daily through assault mode, recycling stuff and warbond shop.
Here, just got another one
Edit : Just opened another warbond box
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Edit 2: Did another warbond box
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You all are forgetting many people don’t pay for premium time or premium packs because they can buy it with gaijin coin that u can easily make from selling event vehicle gaijin is not forcing you to pay
they gonna need to use ADs to fund the game it so poor compare to literally every other newer games…
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true but someone bought those gaijin coins as well so the core principle of few spenders subsidize more f2p players still stands
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For most games 20% are paying, 80% is not. But this is wt. The 80% part have payed here, and more than 90% in active community as we all can see.
indeed if you had checked anything regarding the last update you’d know that you only need to research the radar vehicle, and the missile vehicle comes as part of it
Of course they did. Why am I surprised they implemented such a terrible thing.
Welcome to “everyone targets you, the game crashes and you earn -30K SL and 0 RP because your missile decided your teammate was more interesting despite requiring a 50% loss in energy to change course to him” hell that is the activation of anything more than a 75% booster.