Orange smoke when artillery strike. No explanation needed.
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I have Premium and was bought it for Fathers Day, and I can tell you, I still have to pay for repairs.
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The problem I have with Crew Costs is how unfair it is. Even when moving a crew from one Tiger tank to another almost identicle Tiger tank, or from 1 Spitfire to another almost identicle Spitfire, etc, etc, the crew costs are still FULL PRICE. Why?
They are moving from 1 vehicle to an almost identicle vehicle, but still have to pay in full like they are complete novices to the vehicle despite many battles.
At no point are they forced to quit. Reserve vehicles have no repair cost.
They must have just been holding W and not even touching the mouse. With premium, you cant even lose sl unless you actively try to.
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Crew skills are certainly something Id quite like to see removed or at the very least, overhauled. They are a frustrating handicap for the sake of another grind.
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I barely break even when spading any plane above rank 6, britain suffers. My SL profits after spading aren’t very high either, maybe a few thousand a match unless I’ve top-fragged. If your friends are struggling at the low ranks they just suck, like really really suck
I think the crewing cost is fine, its the cost for an expert crew which is incredibly high. the difference between an expert crew and a normal crew is extreme and an aced crew is even more insane, it gives majorly faster repair times, reload times and G force tolerances, you’re better off grinding for six hours in your previous vehicle to crew and expert your tank than to spade with a regular crew organically.
crew lock was meant to punish deserters of matches but more often than not just screws over a player that got knocked on takeoff or if your game crashed and didn’t give you the option to rejoin.
Absolutely agree with all of these except for maybe the last one- though I wouldnt mind seeing it go for game crashes/etc.
Repair costs have always been rather stupid imo, and crew costs especially since you have to pay per slot are horrible.
the difference between a standard crew and an aced (even expert) is too high it gives an unfair advantage to us experienced players over the newer guys beyond skill or those without enough SL
Extreme example but here’s FV4005 on a level 145 crewslot vs on an aced level 87 crew. This is pretty big even though the standard crew is much higher in level. even half a second is the difference between survival and death sometimes so its just a terrible mechanic
Yep, there are several aircraft like the Harrier II or Gripen that are basically unplayable without ACE in my experience whilst others you barely need maxed crew. But its naval that I feel that expert or even ACE is the most needed of them. The difference it makes is insane.
But also the little things, like Expert and ACE are slot specific drives me nuts.
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Interestingly I dont run into a repair cost problem at all, even when I get no kills I get maybe -1-2k?
Might be a difference between AB and RB, though.
you my GR7 pilot spends a good 10% of every match slumped into the floor as I cant afford to ace the crew playing it. id have to play my Centurion AVRE and sealclub for 30-50k sl a match for a lot of matches to be able to afford it
HMS Belfast is my go-to SL printer and that generates like 200k SL per match :P
But Yeah, I think I got so frustrated with the Gr7 I just GE’ed the ace
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may be an arcade to realistic difference as I barely broke even when bombing a full base and averaging one to two kills if I wasn’t instantly killed by a lucky farkour not getting multipath trolled
Yes, I am extremely in favour of removing crew training costs. It means that have to play another 2-4 matches in a premium vehicle that I’m completely bored of playing in, depending on how unlucky I am.
The vehicle already costs a lot of money, especially if foldered and I have to buy something I’m not gonna use the get that vehicle (e.g. Meteor Mk.8 G.41K). And I’ve had to spend a considerable amount of time farming crew points to put my pilots G-force and Stamina skills to 5/5.
But no, the pilot/tank crew turns into a complete moron every time I buy a new vehicle and he needs special “training costs” all over again.
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The new UI display really highlights them too.
I’ve recently spent my free golden eagles on a new crew slot, and looking at the difference for a comet is pretty damn striking. Plus, as you said - repair speed and crew replacement rate.
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I didnt get fustrated with the harrier GR7 while spading it at all. i got mad with the FA2 though, a 10.7 airframe at 13.0 leaves you wanting a lobotomy.
If naval wasn’t so boring I think I would also run HMS belfast, if the tickets weren’t so extortionate id be on that ship every week I love the ship so much but I do wish HMS Cavalier was in war thunder as I like her more
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Even though it’s supposed to be sighters, it is a bit much now.
To explain this in one quick and short sentence, no. The military still has to purchase the vehicle, fail to see why we shouldn’t either. Yes, it’s a game but it’s still a key aspect. Without it, what you get is a game that leads to people speed-running it and immediately leaving it.
The Removal of Crew Training Cost defeats the entire point of Inexperienced, Experienced/Seasoned, Veterans.
Now the last thing you’re wrong, I have absolutely 0 dang no clue what this is meant to mean. Cause if it is implying that when a crew member goes to sleep, there shouldn’t be a period where a new one replaces them? Cause that is what you meant then you would be completely in the wrong there bud if the vehicle was still in functional shape but the crew was dead then it could be repaired and sent back into service which was often the case.
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This mechanic is so bs and useless (and fully unrealistic too). It’s only blinds you in scope and makes you miss the shot.
The ridiculously unrealistic angle performance of the capped soviet especially 85mm shells also need to be removed.
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