Changes to the Cost of Researching and Purchasing Rank VI+ Aircraft + Update 2.53.0.112

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The issue is, this is Gaijin. No research reduction or pro-player economy change comes without a catch. So Im curious to see what stealth nerfs are being implemented and not disclosed. Assists rewarding less, player elimations pay out less, etc. On the surface it looks fairly good this is a company that historically works one step forward, two steps backwards.

winning a low rank talisman when you’re already at rank 8/9 and while having premium vehicles up to rank 6 it’s totally useless xD

i am one of those people myself

a temporary sale is far from the same thing as a permanent knock down on the price in a video game where you pay with time instead
you’re speaking far outta league if you think that’s something you can compare

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I feel bad for these ppl

It will get them soon™

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Thanks for the quick heads up!

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Anything about refunds for those who lost millions and dozens of hours?

Do you also get a refund when one of the irl products you buy goes down in price months or even years after you bought it?

The headset (that I don’t use anymore) I bought years ago for 150 euro is now priced around 120-130 euros, I guess I should get the difference refunded too using your logic?

There are dozens, if not hundreds of businesses that have such a policy. Sure, its not for the life of the product but generally within the return policy of item. If I go to Best Buy, and buy a $250 keyboard and in six days it drops down to $150, I can absolutely go back and get the difference in price refunded. Some companies will even do it if a competitor has it at a lower price. Oh, Amazon is selling the same keyboard for $125, then you can indeed get the $125 back.

So the claim isn’t illogical. And Gaijin loses nothing if they do this. In fact, it gains them good favor. There is nothing stopping Gaijin from refunding players.

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I was researching the Typhoon (AESA) in the british tree, will i get stuck behind the rank 8 requirement? I was almost done researching it. Id hate to have to backtrack seeing that i was almost done.

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LOL thank you very quick reply

A lot comments made me perplexed, confused. No matter what gaijin does, they’re always someone complaining. to me this is a great update and improvement. The trade off is kinda fair

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Gaijin is very much a one step forward, two step backwards studio though. Reducing RP and SL at the expense of locking people out of an aircraft they were just about unlock is an example of that.

Imagine the 50% sales, as someone who almost grinded the Japanese side of the tree I’m going to have a field day on November lol

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Warnings about the new rank and reshuffle of some trees has been announced and shown time ago, so it’s not their fault if someone got their planes locked. I was prepared for that, plus every time a new rank is added it comes with reductions of SL and RP for previous ones, nothing new tbh. Ofc I put a talisman on a rank8 because i knew that at a certain point we’d have had rank9 and such aircraft is now a rank7, but i’m fine with that, because the grind I planned now requires me less rp and less sl to spend.

I am the first one complaining when they plan something arguable, and tbh even this time I was a bit scared, but when I opened the game I actually enjoyed the result

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It’s cool you’re cool with the changes. But it doesnt equate to you being right or Gaijin not earning the frustration directed at it. Your opinion does not override anyone else’s stance or opinion.

Take the turret basket implementation. Players have routinely said they don’t like it as it feels like a massive, still leaving feedback on the original dev blog and yet Gaijin doesn’t acknowledge it and keeps adding to it. You may be cool with that but others aren’t and this is the place to voice them.

hang-first-time

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