The last traditional Crafting Event in War Thunder was “Tokushu Heiki: Assemble and test an honorable missile,” held in September/October 2023.
With it, we also lost a huge amount of GJC (Gaijin Coins) movement within the internal market. Nowadays, we mostly have vehicles that barely go above $50 or $70 in special cases, while others don’t even reach $30, since current events are simply too easy to complete. Whether you’re using a Wyvern at 4.7/5.7 in Simulator/Realistic Battles or simply playing an Su-30MKK, spamming missiles every match and then returning to the hangar, the process is relatively straightforward.
We’ve become too comfortable knowing that a vehicle simply isn’t worth the effort or the hours required to obtain it. However, this wasn’t the case with the Crafting Events we used to have, because you had to go through a vehicle that you would obtain “for free” during the event, even if you didn’t make it all the way to the main reward.
Then, after that, you could finally obtain the main reward of the event, whether it was a tank or an aircraft, along with the materials required to build it. Some of those items took 20–30 minutes to manufacture, while, if you were lucky enough to obtain reports by finishing first in a match, you could reduce that time to around 10 minutes.
This created a demand for parts, materials, tradable reports, and eventually resulted in a huge BOOM in market sales, with genuinely good prices for the effort you had put into the entire event.
For newer players, this might seem difficult when looking back at that period, especially because the amount of time you spent could vary depending on how patiently you played and whether you managed to finish first on your team.
But if this type of event were to return, don’t be intimidated! There are plenty of content creators who explain how these events work and provide useful tips that can make the learning curve much easier.
You might not get the main reward during your first event… but on your second attempt, you’ll certainly be much better prepared to get your hands on something that actually feels worth the effort and who knows, maybe something that can also be worth a good amount on the game’s internal market.
Why I Would Like to See Them Return
After playing War Thunder for so many years, I would like to see events return that make players feel like they are building and achieving something, rather than simply filling up a progress bar.
Crafting Events could return with a different philosophy:
less obligation, more progression;
less repetition, more objectives;
less burnout, more sense of reward.
It doesn’t have to be the same system from 2023.
It could be Crafting 2.0.
But I believe completely removing this type of event also removed one of the most interesting forms of temporary progression War Thunder has ever had.
For players who have been playing for many years, events like these weren’t just another way to obtain vehicles.
They were part of the War Thunder experience.
I would like to see them return. They motivated me to learn about maps and positions so I could finish first on my team, and bringing these events back would make a lot of players happy!
Let me know what you think about this. I’ll be paying attention to your opinions, even if I don’t respond to them immediately.
