Thats why i was wondering
I feel this will be a thing in the future, maybe later than dooner but eventually
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Yeah, im thinking the exact same thing. Though for sure it aint real, it 100% is there to test some feature. Usually the feature tested isnt obvious (ie mobile infantry tested spikes)
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they have baited us before but that is a really bad example because most of that could be true (the only bit false is M1A2 is already in rank 8 and was in rank 7)
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dooner? gooner?
Sooner
They’re probably testing the infantry, but only AI controlled ones in trenches, not playable. We might see them add those for all maps in the future.
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This is such a fun topic to speak on aha! Everybody wants to hear that fkn SQUISH sound from command & conquer along with the death scream when the infantry get ran over also!
The game would not be made better by adding a half-baked crappy Infantry system. People hoping for this are not aware of how War Thunder works or how gaijin develops.
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I understand your pov. Its still fun to digress on.
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Looking at infantry in WW1 event, it’s definitely a joke.
Ahahaha
The did did say it was a work in progress
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While true, the problem I have with that statement is, back then, we hadn’t even gotten a T-72 yet, at least from what I recall, so the absurdity of those claims are readily apparent. And, even so, at this point, we know we will eventually get all of those. It’s also the fact that the trailer didn’t drop on April 1st and that Infantry in War Thunder isn’t that absurd. They also usually do one event, not two, so it would be entirely new behavior for them to do this. It doesn’t track well with Gaijin’s past behavior.
My guess is that Gaijin is considering merging Enlisted with War Thunder due to the title not doing very well, whereas War Thunder is doing quite well. Enlisted, at this point, is in many ways a War Thunder gamemode that is arbitrarily split off as it’s own title, so why not merge the two games and leverage War Thunder’s renown? The trailer was to see how the playerbase would feel about infantry. That way, if it’s widely panned, they can easily walk it back as a joke, but if it garners hype, they can move forward with it and start playing around with the idea more seriously.
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I hope we get Infantry tech trees!
The addition of infantry could also mean the addition of SPHs like the Hummel, or M7!
They made a whole game that is war thunder with infantry. No reason to add them to war thunder.
I think this is what you are asking about?
It depends a lot on how they implement infantry.
With the current arena style mission design i don’t think it would work.
I also have issues seeing how they are going to differentiate the gameplay between AB RB and SB. I mean they already screwed up tanks, where there is little to no difference between the gamemodes.
The only way to make it work i see is going full milsim. But then infantry would be sim only (no AB/RB infantry) and the tanks need a multicrew rework for it.
And a complete mission design overhaul.
They better make a seperate milsim game.
If they go the battlefield route it will be an unbalancable mess.
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Doing so would lose them their 13+ rating, which would be very detrimental to a significant user demographic. Right now any kiddo can install the game for free without any parental controls, and once hooked, can bug mommy for her credit card.
Getting a mature rating by showing violence and death to persons will introduce “engagement friction” and cut out that market segment.
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Dude you think the demographic would be an issue?
Going full milsim would lose them all the shooter players, so the AB and RB crowd.
I said going full milsim would be the only way to make infantry work. I didn’t say it would be as popular as the current game.
Milsim has a far lower audience than a vehicle shooter.
It could be one of the greatest milsims ever however and i personally would enjoy it.
A milsim would be a great own game and they could reuse a lot of WT assets. It would be a better idea than aces of thunder.