if i download war thunder off the microsoft store, will i be able to play war thunder with all of my progress and everything i had still there? or is the transfers still not gonna work
You can log in and play with your console account on PC, either through the Microsoft store or the normal standalone client. You’re logging in to the same account as on your console so all progress is kept.
The transfers is for those that want to convert their account from console to PC only, the most common reason is to be able to access the PC sales and the Gaijin market which console accounts can’t access (More info here: Transfer of console-created accounts suspended until further notice) .