I don’t mind stuff like the KA52 etc. being 400k RP, but stuff like the mi24’s being nearly 300k etc. sucks.
And premium helis aren’t for grinding helis, they are just something you can buy that has all the modifications unlocked and skip the grind. Heli RP from helis themselves are terrible, in GRB and in Heli PvE. You HAVE to use tanks to grind them, and you have to GE mods unless you are a literal pyscho.
Modifications are the big thing. I’m grinding the ka52 and mi28 and it sucks sure, but what sucks even more is after all that pain, I’m gonna have to spend at bare minimum 4k GE per vehicle to make them even useable, so I’m grinding like 100’s of hours for 2 helis just for the priviledge of having to spend about 40 dollars to make each of them actually flyable.
Ground gains are terrible, that applies to CAS as well. The problem is activity time is the majority of your RP/SL gains, and you don’t exactly live too long in helis, I guess you could spawn, afk for 2 minutes then go fight to stretch it out. Actually does make finding some busted position to play worth the time for sure if you care about grinding out mods and aren’t just buying them.