A comment for the Suggestion Moderators:
Please do not consider this suggestion to be “Passed to the Developers”. I want this post to remain open for discussion at all times.
– super_cacti
- Yes
- No
- As it’s own standalone yearly event.
- As a replacement of the War Thunder Birthday event.
- As a replacement of the SUMMER event.
- As a replacement of the WINTER event.
- Other [Please explain]
- I said “No” in the first question.
This event is made to bring back (almost) ALL hidden/removed content from the game.
Think of things such as:
- Old event vehicles
- Hidden vehicles
- Old event 3D decorations
- Old event decals
- Profile icons
- Profile titles
Before I dive straight in, I think it’s important to point out some houserules.
I know a lot of people are very sensitive about the idea of bringing back old event vehicles, so hopefully I can put some of you at ease with these houserules.
- This event will not give tradable coupons of ANY KIND.
Everything unlocked in this event is instantly activated on the players account.
NO COUPONS!
If a player already owns something for sale in this event, then the player simply won’t be able to buy it since it’s already on it’s account.
- This event does not include the Twitch Drop vehicles.
The Twitch Drop things already have a proper platform where they can be re-introduced so it won’t be necessary here.
- This event does not include Tournament related content.
There are some rare Tournament things ingame, such as the 2019 YouTube Cup vehicles. Since these vehicles are just special re-skins of existing vehicles, and they were earned during a special tournament, they will not be given away in this event.
- In order to claim a vehicle, the player must have the rank tied to set vehicle unlocked for that techtree.
Example 1: If you want to claim the VK 45.01 (P), then you need to have Rank III for German ground unlocked in the researchable techtree.
Example 2: If you want to claim the MiG-25PD, then you need to have Rank VII for USSR air unlocked in the researchable techtree.
With that out of the way, let’s dive in!
1.0: The event setup and rules.
The setup and rules of this event are very simple since it will be a direct copy of those seen in the yearly SUMMER and WINTER events.
Players will be able to unlock stars (
) for each vehicle type ingame, by playing the game and earning ingame mission points for the respective vehicle type. And the tasks are renewed every two days at 11:00 GMT.
But instead of unlocking rewards as the player gets more and more , I instead propose that the are used as a currency that can be used to buy all the old content that is being brought back with this event.
One chance I propose for this Operation R.E.L.I.C. is that the maximum number of that can be earned for each vehicle type is 12, instead of the current 10 that is used for the SUMMER and WINTER events.
Being able to earn 12 stars for each vehicle type used to be the norm back in the day, as can be seen with the Summer Landing (2021) and Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. (2021).
This means that players can earn 12 Air , 12 Ground , and 12 Naval .
Having a max of 12 for each vehicle type, instead of 10, gives us much more flexibility in the reward prices. It rewards new players to have the ability to buy more lower Rank vehicles, and it increases the rarity of high price vehicles that require more grinding to unlock.
1.1: Why bring back old event vehicles?
Over the years we’ve been given tons of new event vehicles, but the old onces rarely make a return. Personally I think this is a bad thing, I would want new players to have the ability to experience the vehicles I’ve been able to unlock over the years. I know a lot of people want their collection to stay rare, and flex on the new players. But honestly I find this way of thinking very selfish, and I think everyone should be able to experience everything the game has to offer in one way or another.
A suggestion had been made some years ago addressing this issue, and proposes some basic ways to bring them back.
Ofcourse in this suggestion I’m showing my idea on how to bring them back in an Event format.
1.2: How do we keep certain vehicles rarer then others?
The beauty of this event setup idea is that it is extremely adaptable. The most obvious way to make something rarer then others is to increase it’s price.
But I will give many more examples on how to “lock” event vehicles behind high requirements in section 3.0.
But in short, we can “connect/folder” vehicles together. This would mean that you must unlock a certain event vehicle before being able to unlock the next. For new players that don’t have any event vehicles already, this would mean that there is a massive amount of grinding they would have to do to unlock some of the truely rare vehicles.
2.0: Setup of the rewards.
All rewards for this event will be displayed in an ingame store page. This store page will use the overall layout of already ingame techtrees, but now it will only display the hidden/event vehicles/decorations/etc. At the top of this store page will the tabs that allow people to switch through the vehicles, decorations and other pages.
As stated in section 1.0. The max number of that can be unlocked is 12 for each vehicle type! (So 12 Air , 12 Ground , and 12 Naval ).
2.1: 3D decorations, Skins, and other smaller rewards.
Item prices: 1 - 4
There are so many old decorations and things that have been added during event over the years. Many people might not even know of some of the rarer onces. I’m talking about you Tri colour aerobatic smoke.
Bringing all these cool items back would be really nice for new players. Even if a player is not able to get enough to buy a nice event vehicle, the player will still be able to spend it on some nice decorations!
- Things like Player profile icons and decals should be around the price of 1.
- 3D decorations and pre-order/special camouflages should be more towards 2 - 3.
- And very rare decorations and special things like the Tri colour aerobatic smoke are around 4.
2.2: Event vehicles.
Item prices: 3 - 12
This is ofcourse the main focus of the entire event. People want the nice shiny event vehicle more then a small 3D decoration ofcourse. That is why the price range for event vehicles is that much larger then the onces for the decorations.
When assigning a price to each event vehicle I propose assigning a rough price determined by the Rank and BR of the vehicle.
Which would look something like this:
Rank I: 3 - 4.
Rank II: 4 - 5.
Rank III: 5 - 6.
Rank IV: 6 - 7.
Rank V: 7 - 8.
Rank VI: 8 - 9.
Rank VII: 9 - 10.
But this only counts for the normal/common event vehicles. The truely rare onces will deviate from this. Like the E-100 or IS-7 that should cost the maximum 12. And things like the old M4 748 (a) and T-34 Prototype, which should be very expensive for their Rank. I honestly think they should still cost something like 11.
3.0: Example illustration of ground vehicles for this event.
In order to perfectly demonstrate my idea on what the Event Vehicle store for this event should look like I’ve made the illustration seen below. Take a good look and make sure to read the notes for additional information and ideas.
Note 1: (Top left)
vehicle locked behind a 4 one. This means that a player needs 13 to get both. Now since you can only get 12 in this event, this means that the player would have to play this event again the next year to unlock the second vehicle. Note 2: (Top left)
Note 3: (Middle left)
and 9, it is impossible to unlock them both in one year. Meaning that to get the E-100, you have to play the event for three years straight. Note 4: (Middle right)
Some more examples not shown in the illustration:
Premium examples:
- VK 45.01 (P) requires the Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P to be purchased
- Excelsior requires the T14 to be purchased (Both tanks were part of the same program in real life)
Techtree examples:
- Panzer IV/70(A) requires the Panzer IV/70(V) to be unlocked
- Churchill Crocodile requires the Churchill VII to be unlocked
Note 5: (Bottom left)
left to buy other things on top of the LOSAT.4.0: Why bring back everything in one single event?
Event vehicles are ofcourse rare, that is the whole point. So making an event that bring back EVERYTHING feels kind of counter intuitive. But because there are so many event vehicles ingame as of now, there is simply put, too much choice.
Yes everything comes back for players to unlock. But even if you grind all day long for this event, you only get 12 for each vehicle type. Air, Ground and Naval. If you would only play this event to unlock event vehicles, you will very quickly start to lag behind. If you choose just the mid tier rewards, you’ll be able to get six vehicles in total (Two Air, Two Ground and Two Naval). But looking at the Battlepass, the frequent events, the SUMMER or WINTER events…all in all, over a normal year there will certainly be more then 6 new event vehicles added to the game. If you only play this event I suggest here, you will lag behind and never be able to unlock everything.
Even veteran players that have played many of the older events already will still be missing some vehicles and take years to unlock them all using this event I suggest here.
So in the end, this event I suggest here would drown players in choice. So many cool things to unlock, and yet not enough to get it all in one go. An event like this should encourage players to come back to it year after year. And for the Veteran players it allows them to pick up the vehicles or items they are still missing.
5.0: Conclusion and final words.
So there you have it, this has been an idea long in the making for me. I used to have a suggestion for an event like this on the old forum. But that is now taken offline ofcourse, and I thought I was time to re-make it again on the new forum.
I would want this suggestion to become a nice civil discussion ground on how to bring back old event vehicles and rewards. Please let me know what you think, is there anything you would chance? Would you add something to this event?
Please keep it civil, there will ofcourse be people that dissagree with my suggestion and that is okay. I look forward to hearing all of your opinions and ideas!
– super_cacti
