Introduction:
War Thunder currently has many removed / hidden vehicles (not event or reward vehicles!), such as the Panther II, Flakpanzer 341, R2Y2 V1-V3, German P-47D, Chinese PT-76, Yer-2 (M-105R) TAT, and quite a few others. All of the removed / hidden vehicles were made so for various reasons and are currently unobtainable to any player that does not already have them.
As of right now, convertible RP is currently used for boosting research of vehicles w/ GE, for a ratio of 1 GE to 45 RP. Outside of this, convertible RP cannot be used, creating huge stockpiles of it that can’t be used for other things.
I want to bring to the table a potential usage for large portions of convertible RP for a sort of event every year.
My idea would be to introduce an event every anniversary, that runs the same amount of time as the Maus is available to research (around 1 week long). The event would let players exchange their stockpiles of convertible RP for the ability to research and unlock said removed / hidden vehicles.
How would this event work?
During the duration of the event, every removed or hidden vehicle (excluding event or reward vehicles, such as the event Ar-196 A-3 or gift Pe-2 for aircraft CBT) will be possible to have the ability to research (like the Maus) if you have enough convertible RP to exchange for the ability to research the removed / hidden vehicle of choice.
How much convertible RP would this take for each vehicle?
My idea is to start with a baseline of 10,000,000 convertible RP, and multiply it by the rank of the removed vehicle. This will not cost GE to exchange the convertible RP for this, instead just taking a lot of convertible RP.
For example…
Panther II (Rank IV) = 40,000,000 Convertible RP
R2Y2 V1 (Rank V) = 50,000,000 Convertible RP
Ki-10-II C (Rank I) = 10,000,000 Convertible RP
What about removed / hidden golden eagle premiums, such as the German P-47D?
In this case, you would spend 30,000,000 convertible RP (Rank III) for the ability to purchase the P-47D for it’s full GE cost (1300 GE).
I believe this amount of convertible RP is not impossible to obtain, but will make it so these vehicles aren’t filling matches everywhere… they should be very difficult to obtain and not super common.
These vehicles were removed though! Why bring them back?
A majority of these removed vehicles were removed during times where War Thunder was not as popular, as such there is a lot more newer players on War Thunder that currently will never be able to experience some of these vehicles. This would bring a very difficult, once a year way to get hands on these removed vehicles.
A number of these vehicles are fake / historically wrong in their configuration, yet it is still possible to currently encounter and or fight these vehicles. These vehicles are a part of the history of War Thunder and yet currently remain unavailable to many old and new players. These vehicles are also not really an issue in game, can be balanced quite freely due to the ahistorical nature of them, and are even still getting changes done to them today! This event would make it so these vehicles are not limited to only the owners before they were removed, but also still make them rare / uncommon enough, to where it wouldn’t change all too much from how often they are currently encountered.
Quite a few of these vehicles do also provide unique gameplay compared to what is available now and or can help bolster a line up. Some are also nice to have for collection / completion reasons.
What does Gaijin benefit from this?
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Gaijin would benefit from having more year round player activity trying to grind the convertible RP for the anniversary each year.
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Premium vehicles and premium time would significantly increase the RP gain for convertible RP, meaning there would be even more reason to have premium time and premium vehicles, to maximize the efficiency of convertible RP gain.
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The event wouldn’t need to have new vehicles modeled or implemented, as all the vehicles still exist in the files. Overall, it would be a decently simple event to implement alongside the Maus for a week.
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Specifically removed / hidden premium vehicles would still need to be bought with GE after unlocking the ability to purchase them with the convertible RP.
What does the player benefit from this?
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Every player could have the opportunity to get said removed / hidden vehicles every anniversary, if they have the convertible RP to exchange for it.
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Players would have something to big to grind for every year, even if they happen to be finished with a tech-tree, giving them something to work for / do at all times.
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It’s possible for F2P players, with the option of paid premium time and premium vehicles being more efficient. Convertible RP cannot be bought, so it has to be earned through playing.
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Players can play whatever vehicles they want, as there is no convertible RP rank efficiency, as it’s not researching a rank specific vehicle.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, an event like this would be a win-win for the players and Gaijin. I hope my idea can be considered and it would be nice if somehow this event could potentially happen for the upcoming 13th anniversary in early November 2025 and possibly continue to happen every anniversary afterwards.
I will try to respond to any comments or suggestions to my idea, I just ask to please read it all the way through first!
P.S. plz Gaijin