Half-joke, half not joke topic. While I do know that many WW1 vehicles would struggle against even some of the lowest tier tanks in the game - especially just about any SPAA fielding something bigger than a maxim MG - I also think that they offer an excellent and fun challenge into the game, and even help to “level the playing field” when you’ve got level 100 basement dwelling gooner failures (me fr) fighting fresh, virgin new players who accidentally installed the game.
So why not throw in a few WW1 vehicles in a pack for $25, and call it a day? Would they be awful machines? Absolutely. A WW1 Albatross probably won’t like fighting Gladiators, a Gotha bomber is probably going to end up great target practice for the M16 on the ground, and a Renault FT is… also good target practice for that same M16. But it WILL be absolutely a challenge to win in them, and either way, they will either die horribly or win gloriously. And you don’t even need classified documents for them.
And just LOOK at these paint schemes. Just the Fokker they added for April Fool’s is an angel on the wing, and look at the paint on that Albatross. Or that lovely SPAD.
I like the Central Powers fighters a little more, but you get the picture.
Or the WW1 vehicles, they’re pretty neat too - and absolutely ridiculous too. Gun wagon Flakpanzer A7V? Yes, please. Mark I Gun Carrier with a 5" Gun? That looks like fun, doesn’t it? Or about this wretched abomination from the Empire of Ma- the United States of America, the Holt Gas-Electric?
The Fiat 2000! Yes, please! Maybe even give WW1 tanks some economic bonuses, so that there’s incentive for high-LVL players to use them over other low tier tanks? Could help to give new players a natural edge over the high level losers that like beating new players like unwanted stepchildren, like me.
Also - if we want some Russian Bias, we get this monster - the huge Ilya Muromets! Now you want Russian Bias, THAT is Russian Bias! One of the biggest bombers of it’s time short of a zeppelin!
Try to support them as always, WW1 is just that historically important since people just didn’t know what to do or what did the vehicles had to look like.
dozens of unique models completely different from one another.
And that’s just WW1, creep a little forward and early interwar periods becomes even more insane.
Tanks . . . don’t even bother. Not that I am against tanks, but true tank vs tank
battles really didn’t even develop until WW II had been going on a while.
But the planes?? . . . . oh my word the number of planes and the air combat
that could be had . . . . it’s phenomenal . . yes please and thank you very much.
Unfortunately, Gaijin has already responded with “Go play Ace Thunder” previously.
(Yeah, all FOUR WW I planes over there . . lol), so . . . I do not see any of this happening any time soon™, if ever. But as far as many are concerned(and I think this includes Gaijin)
If it ain’t modern high tier missile slinging stuff . . . it won’t get any attention anyway.
Just the way things are.
All we can do is ask and hope . . . .(but holding your breath might not be a good idea)
Well, they’re gonna have to do SOMETHING right eventually - because those bad reviews on steam aren’t going away anytime soon, and the more they decide to be “classic ol’ Gaijin” the more other, better devs are going to want to make a better game and steal the market. I would NOT be surprised at all if there’s something already in the works somewhere in the world, so Gaijin might want to get back in gear or call it quits soon.
Exactly. Slow biplanes are what we need; why not throw a challenge at the LvL 100 players that want to play low tier? You can always play a better airplane (and chances are low levels will, so they can just grind to better ones) - but if you want a challenge! Play a low tier Aviatik, and see what you can do. Now that sounds like fun!
