Huge emphasis on ‘based on.’ The map we get is not even at the scene or scale of the actual irl battle. You don’t even get to see the front of the cathedral.
Same with Berlin.
Both maps are unnecessarily compressed, and with multiple more tanks in the fight, it’s not really fun and spawncamping is easy.
Fields of Poland is one of the better maps, but the fake geometry, like the giant hill at the south that looks upon the entirety of the rest of the map hinder it badly. It’s easy to take that spot and spawncamp either side.
Pradesh and red desert is just bad gaijin map making. A large map that somehow manages to feel arcade-y.
You didn’t mention European province. I’ll say it now, it’s the best map in the game. It’s a shame you can’t get it for lower tiers. With the graphical update they made it even better. You go from sniping through the European forests into the close quarters town. The point capture gamemode still hinders it ofc, but it’s above all. Getting battle on european province is probably the best you’ll get to experience WT at. I once got a 5.7+ game on it with battle and it was a blast. Only thing it was missing was more dynamic elements like AI targets.
I’m hoping Nuclear Thunder may be at least a slim possibility gaijin is moving towards a better direction in making new modes and maps, hopefully some day for ground too. I want to see Nuclear Thunder, but for GRB.
They’re fine when premium grinding to top tier but when you’re actually at top tier and flying aircraft that can easily go Mach 2+ the maps do feel tiny and there’s not enough space to “enjoy” your aircraft or be able to defend and give yourself room to accelerate to counterattack or whatever have you.
The nuclear thunder event provided this in a limited time and made it glaringly obvious to me that in fact I don’t need to full AB everywhere with the 9-13 MiG-29 😅 (USA mains, this is the equivalent of flying the F-15A with no drop tanks on an EC map)
maps should increase in size as BR goes up, it makes no sense that maps become tiny while weapon systems get enhaced range and shell velocity let alone the fact ww2 maps are still used for cold war or modern warfare scenarios in war thunder
even a flat giant map 10x10km without trees or cover would be interesting
There are more bigger maps available at higher BR’s, it’s just that you can also still get put in those smaller maps too atm, which I think is fine for a change of pace, but I agree it should favour larger maps the higher you go
For me WT isn’t a shooter, but more also a tactical game: Good maps are very important for me, and size plays a very important part here.
I like to play tank destroyers and light tanks most, usually, so vehicles that don’t just rush in and meet in the middle, but use terrain and vegetation to get into advantageous positions to support the team best.
And frankly, those close quarter maps are simply not made for the use of such vehicles, especially the higher up one goes the trees: What should I do with a flimsy ATGM carrier in a map which is restricted to a 800x 1200m corridor in a city?!?
I really find those small “telephone booth” battles extremely boring and unmotivating.
If you’re fighting for A or C as your second cap instead of B on europeaan province you’re genuinely beyond saving. Genuinely how do zero percent of war thunder players understand what spawn control means
Every large map in top tier can largely be described as “sniperslop” and most people do not think playing Sightline Simulator 20xx is remotely enjoyable when you’re doing it literally every game.
