Gaijin really needs to clearly explain their actual policy when it comes to adding vehicles to War Thunder. Players deserve transparency about which vehicles are being added, why they’re chosen, and what the criteria are for inclusion.
Right now, it’s incredibly inconsistent. We have prototypes in the game that were never mass-produced—some were barely even built, or only existed as wooden mock-ups. Yet somehow, they made it into the game. At the same time, other vehicles have been removed for exactly the same reasons—being prototypes or never seeing production.
To make things more confusing, after recent leaks, Gaijin is adding vehicles like the Object 640 (Black Eagle)—a tank that was never built beyond a prototype and never went into production. It’s considered overpowered and is being introduced at a time when the community is already concerned about balance and fairness.
There’s also the issue with unique vehicles. More and more of them are being released as premium options, rather than being part of the regular tech trees. Why aren’t we seeing these special vehicles in the tech tree for everyone to progress toward? It feels like the focus has shifted too much toward monetization.
And it’s not just tanks—ships are heading in the same direction. Most Tier VII ships are part of the tech tree for other nations, but for some reason, Russia’s equivalent is locked behind a premium paywall. Why the double standard?
In the past few months, Gaijin’s monetization strategy has gone from 0 to 100. Between the paywalled premiums, the inconsistent vehicle logic, and the unclear development direction, it’s hard not to feel like the game is being driven more by profits than by historical authenticity or gameplay balance.
All Tier VII ships are part of the tech trees—except the Russian one, which is premium. Why?
Now there’s a new premium helicopter too. People on the forums voted for it to be a tech tree vehicle, yet it ends up as premium anyway. The RAH-66 was also voted as a tech tree addition, but it’s being sold as a pack instead. I could go on and on with examples like this.
So what exactly do you mean by “transparency”? Do you even understand what that word means? Because right now, what’s happening feels like the exact opposite.
You mean rank 6, and Soviets already have rank 6 battleships.
Also RAH-66 would be a rather terrible tech tree addition being foldered with the AH-64A at best.
Speculating on leaks is not for dedicated topics, that’s for rumor roundup.
The Russian battleship Sevastopol will be a premium ship.
The USA’s Iowa won’t be as premium.
The UK’s Vanguard won’t be a premium.
Italy’s Roma won’t be a premium either.
So why is Russia’s ship premium?
The tech tree ships are becoming copy-paste across all nations, while premium vehicles are the ones that are unique. I don’t know what you’re talking about—check the wiki or something.
Leaks aren’t the same as Gaijin’s vehicle addition policy for ground, naval and air. All the criticism you pose or hint at here are either because of legacy vehicles which have been criticized before for being inconsistent with their current policy (think of some German vehicles like the Panther II) Gaijin’s policy has changed over the years to be more strict for ground additions especially. Your criticism is also focused on vehicles which have not yet been announced by gaijin themselves. We know that the leak lists by Gszabi and others are most often about 50-80% correct (depending on the leaker and how near a release date), because of decisions of Gaijin that can change them in the last month of development.
Maybe wait with criticism untill they actually announce it (like with the black eagle and the ships)?
Is own power as per the spec or as soon as I put any engine in the thing it will count and get its planned engine even if said engine never existed?
Same goes for the transmission.
And at what part is it a tank prototype.
If I test the turret on chassis x and the true chassis seperately but never combine the two until the vehicle enters a museum without its internal parts like engine or transmission, does it count as a prototype moving under its own power?
You are the first to ever find that, as no ostwind II, even in the proposed form, have ever been build, let alone tested. So it can not have moved under its own power ever XD
Stop myking stuff up or provide the source which you apparently are the first to ever find and see
