No one here has asked other people if they want infantry or not… Because infantry has already been confirmed in datamines/leaks!
The topic is: “what are your expectations about infantry”, not “do you want infanrry to be added?”.
well my expectations for it is for it to be gone
Why though?
I respect your opinion, but i’m just curious about why.
Especially since infantry will surely be added in a new gamemode, and not GRB.
How many of you are actually going to play infantry? Why would I play War Thunder as an infantry combined arms simulator game when there are so many better options out there that will not require 3 months to grind from ww2 to modern? It is a terrible waste of effort as well as time for the devs as infantry would just die rather quickly as a mode just like how naval died. There just isn’t that many people that would want to play infantry in war thunder. If they want to make an infantry game, sure, they can go make another modern Enlisted. But it shouldn’t be in War Thunder. The core of War Thunder is vehicle combat from the start. Even when tanks were not added, planes can still be considered vehicles. Breaking the core of the game so easily and hardly with any strong public support is foolish. I just think that infantry takes resources and time away from the more important things in the game and that infantry would be dying rather quickly
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And also, seeing how Enlisted ended up as a game, I don’t think that Gaijin-made infantry names are popular
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Clearly something is in the works. There have been multiple leaks and datamines.
Im guessing its going to be an aspect of vehicle based combat. Like being able to deploy a squad to go do something from an IFV rather than an FPS. But we’ll have to wait and see.
If you don’t want to play infantry, it probably won’t affect your gameplay. As I said before, it’s probably going to be a new gamemode, so you could just stick to GRB.
Then, personally, I would really like to play infantry with the possibility of switching to the vehicle affiliated with said squad. Deploying it with my helicopter, then support it with the latter, for example.
Of course again, i wouldn’t like it in GRB. I’d like it only as a separate gamemode.
Pretty sure enlisted and naval are very bad comparisons for your points. (Not saying i agree or disagree, But using these as your examples don’t work too well)
Navel first and for most is the most brain dead type of gameplay in the entire game, especially arcade. Point & click, wait 40 seconds, move 20 feet. Not surprising that making every match a 3 point cap or death match in view of each other would push away anyone that doesn’t like that slow automated type of combat.
(Though coastal is a bit fun and could be a good comparison for how infantry would fair against Vehicles.)
Enlisted on the other hand had a very bad progression (Locking new and current content behind a paywall) system along with no br type match making. (At least when i played when it came out.) You could get into a game where the many players on the enemy team had the best upgrades in the game at that point while your starting out)
Not to mention its horrible steam release incident.
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Id personally disagree… Though from the context of NRB.
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I’d say normal naval RB is slightly better. You at least need to aim. Naval RB EC being the best mode for naval. (I did stop at the uss nevada when it came out so i might be out of the loop)
(Not to bag on naval, But when compared to air and ground, ehhhh.)
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For me, NRB beats out GRB.
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Fair fair.
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I doubt I will bother, as there is already so much content in WT I’m yet to explore.
But that’s besides the point.
We know it’s coming and we know there will be a separate game mode at least (no clue if they will be added to other game modes too and in what form). The question posited in this thread is, what kind of implementation do you expect? What are they planning? Nothing regarding our personal preferences. I’m surprised to see so many people skip the former and just repeat the latter like a refrain.
Honestly for the sake of it they could just let it deploy troops. I can’t see Gaijin adding another Blackhawk variant just for that purpose. Or like others have said make it an optional with a mod specifically for DAP.
Similarly we could also see MH-60M for troop transport with a DAP mod which would be interesting. Would have upgraded engines and a terrain following radar.
I wouldnt be too opposed to it tbh as it would give some reason to use it over the AH-64/AH-1’s
I’ve also always thought that giving these more support based helis the ability to resupply teammates could be quite good. Either by landing or dropping off a supply point, nearby teammates could rearm as if they were on a cap point for a limited time.
The only problem is getting said heli into position on such a tiny map
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No I just want you to shut up, because quite frankly you’re projecting and not even answering the question itself
When will it come out though
Gonna guess early next year or the second major update of next year.
I think this next major update will either be Harms/ECM or a new naval type of ship such as submarines or carriers.
Could be even longer than that. Our last Submarine test event was 2 years ago:
and there was another before that.
We have yet to get subs. could be years before we see anything more about infantry.
I think hints maybe next year, but probably not until 2027 would be more realistic