Somebody made a now deleted post on reddit this morning basically confirming that its not April fools and is a genuine thing, just timed poorly or timed perfectly to annoy us.
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I really want to know how a random person confirmed it’s real.
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They spoke to a suggestion moderator who confirmed it wasn’t an April Fools joke, Sorry previous post with link was shadow-deleted.
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A suggestion mod would not have insider information.
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I’m only speaking from my memory, I read and saw that post as soon as I woke up thinking it was a dream. Can’t remember if it was a Suggestion Moderator, but it was definitely a Moderator of some sort who gave a reply that it was genuine.
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It was a curious situation. A user contacted customer support asking if the infantry trailer was an April fools joke, and the representative that responded confirmed that it was not a joke.
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I am not sure if it is a good idea to put trust into a post. That was deleted.
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Excuse me if I doubt it.
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If it were posted when it was still April 1st I wouldn’t. But it wasn’t, the image and responses looked genuine and it was one of two posts the user made today on the topic, both were deleted for unsaid reasons.
Customer Support! That’s what it was, thank you. Also glad I’m not the only one who saw it, I felt like I had hallucinated it for a bit.
this will make HEAT (FS) stock grinds much more bearable as HEAT can kill infantry
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@DefinitelySatan @Thenighthunter
For those interested, the Reddit post is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/1jqchgt/modern_infantry_is_not_april_fooks_ffs/
It appears the user’s account was deleted, for some reason.
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I still think it was a apirl 1st joke they even changed the date that the video “devblog” realsed from the 31st to the 1st
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I saw someone post the image of the email on the forum, it was swiftly deleted as well. It could be something to mess with us or throw us off because it was the 1st, but it could also be real, and it wasn’t meant to be fully revealed yet.
I don’t think infantry will stay or come in any other way other than NPCs, and the email was a mistake on behalf of the employee that sent it, Gaijin probably wants to avoid confusion or any legal problems.
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if it really was April fools why has none come forward to say “HAHA April fools got you all really good didnt we”
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They never did that in the past doubt thatd do it now
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Especially if we get the programmable HEAT shells. However they would be getting javelins, molotovs, IED packs and RPGs. A single soldier can knock out a tank incredibly easily in enlisted (I don’t fear tanks at all playing that game) so us tankers will have to be a lot more wary in urban areas
i hope we get technicals. like what if we get an engineer class that can place AT, AA, or stationary weapons on stuff. Imagine a Toyota Hilux with a 125mm 2A46
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Or you being a bradley/bmp/warrior with your mate that’s got a grenadier squad in the back to control a town centre.
I do wanna see a hilux with a machine gun on it. we kinda have that with the ystervark and bosvark and they are pretty decent to play.
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I think it’s almost certainly just an April Fool’s gag. I know they sometimes sort of shadow beta test new features, but it isn’t like there’s any indication of submarines coming. Sometimes it is just a gag. You always know it’s April Fool’s when they actually talk about something new or fun or a new game mode.
All that said, I actually would love this, so long as infantry was AI. I don’t want it to become infantry focused for players, as that’s what Enlisted (which also has its charms) is for. I think it shouldn’t even just be pure infantry, things like field guns we’ve seen in World War maps would be cool too, and logistics and transport AI vehicles too like cargo ships in naval. We’d need appropriate infantry and support weapons by BR though.
I still miss the days when Air RB, or Historical Battles as it was then, were longer and were actually operations where you were supporting an overall battle. There were issues of course, but I think ditching it to cater to fighter-exclusive players who wanted quick, arcade team deathmatch without admitting they play arcade was beyond throwing out the baby with the bath water. I wish they’d built upon it, and then the pieces would have been there to have that in GRB too. There’s be objectives like taking out artillery batteries (that could even influence the ability or performance of artillery strikes) or supporting/stopping an offensive. Not just IFVs, but tanks were often designed to attack infantry and fortified installations more than other armor. You’d have a reason to carry some HE, or even shrapnel rounds. This lets these vehicles actually fulfill more of the job they were built for.
You’d still need to outplay other players who would be the tanks on the map, but keeping people invested in a game like this instead of maximizing churn means making sure all levels of player can feel like they had fun. Note I’m not saying get carried. Even good players (and I’m under no pretense I am one) know how frustrating even a very short streak of being killed by a guy you didn’t see without accomplishing anything and going back to hangar can be. Lots of games have ways to keep them engaged without it meaning skill doesn’t pay off to win matches. It’s not like random lobbies need to have e-sports rules.
I don’t think this is coming at all, and I definitely can’t see them going through the effort to actually ever improve a game mode again, but honestly it would be a shot in the arm for the game. Imagine if all those new players during pandemic lockdowns had an experience that encouraged player retention instead of giving them reason if they didn’t drop the game outright to join in the throngs demanding Gaijin do better. I know they can if they want to. I’d love the idea of them actually having a revolutionary update to not be a joke.
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