Yes, you are right.
Russia should just fight every other nations, including China. In every game.
Only way to balance NATO side.
Why die on that hill, really, I don’t get it.
You’re avoiding any problematic point I’m bringing like LMUR flightpath vs JAGM and others. Hell, even the hilarious LDIRCM frontal zone on the Mi-28NM out of an emitter that doesn’t exist.
It’s not hard to admit Gaijin is artificially buffing top tier Russia out of favoritism as of late. They’re a hundred million $ profit company. They’re not stupid. It’s on purpose when they trash the JAGM but give pristine performance to the LMUR.
It’s not like BVVD is personally paying you to defend the honor of Gaijin.
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I don’t even get it why they do that
If they want $$$, just model very powerful vehicles in every nations
The game is played worldwide, they have the opportunity to make big money giving incredible vehicles to every players worldwide. But they just give the bias to Russia, I don’t get it.
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Their flight path is nothing in comparison to how LDIRCM works in this game.
64E wouldn’t perform as well if JAGMs were so trashy.
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My theory is that there is one or a few lead devs at Gaijin who are hardcore Pro-Russians and/or big believers that Russian technology is superior to all. Might not even be BVVD himself but simply one OG dev in a strategical leadership spot in the studio. Other devs either don’t care enough to say anything about it or can’t say anything about it due to his leadership role.
Eugen, the French studio behind Wargame/WARNO, had that exact situation at some point. One of the lead OG devs was very pro-France and gave nonsense buffs to France as a result even though part of the studio wasn’t in agreement with that.
I met many Russian individuals of this type during my travels to Eastern Europe + those I met online. They truly believe stuff made in the West is inferior to anything made in Russia. This is exactly how you end up with situations in War Thunder where the Stinger is nerfed solely because they don’t believe it can pull more G than the Igla. Or how manufacturer information bug report on the EF-2000 is denied by calling it ‘Marketing lies’.
It’s not even malice really, just what they truly believe deep down.
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Damn
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No need for the tinfoil hat. The russian tree is the most played in the game by quite a good margin and judging by the insane premium numbers also quite profitable, keeping them artificially strong is plain and simply good business for Gaijin.
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Did I say that ? Or average russian biased believer schizoing in my reply
Considering the amount of sketchy buffs Russia has received over the years, and this behavior from Gaijin being ancient, I’m not sure bro.
I still remember the time when APDS had a massive penetration drop above a certain angle that, by sheer coincidence as always, was the exact angle of the T-62 or T-55 UFP(don’t remember exactly which one it was). This APDS hidden nerf was later datamined and only removed then due to community push.
Or when Russian tanks, by coincidence again, had more barrel health than other nations.
Or when the MiG-19 was first added with an absolute UFO flight model capable of supercruising(It had like no drag value). That lasted for months and playing the F-100D during all that time was CBT. And so on, and so on.
USSR is the most played tree in the game partly due to how strong it always is. People want to win so they’ll flock to the tree perceived as the strongest. Like, the Rafale has more matches last month than the F-15C GE, despite the US being one of the big three.
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They’re internal tests carried out for design/procurement/upgrade purposes, not for selling.
You’re genuinely just coping.
You`ll be the first one to say “Its not proven because NII STALI tells lies!!!” if we reverse that
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I’m talking about actual FIRING TRIALS carried out INTERNALLY by the producer AND the defense ministry AS DEMANDED by the MILITARY due to their ONGOING UPGRADE/PRODUCTION needs, not about a COMPANY talking about something very vaguely.
Quit your vatnicope
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Insider info:
The reason why Leopard 2s don’t have their real armors? There’s a dev at Gaijin who doesn’t think it’s possible even when looking at Swedish Trials, which is why, even when compared to the data from that, which was for a Leopard 2A5 prototype, tanks newer than the prototype have got worse armor
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Believe me, your theories are most likely in 99.9% correct more often than not about the devs.
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Really? If so, lol, lmao even.
I know for a fact that was the reason as to why the Type 10 ended up with such weak frontal armor. Back when it was first added, one of the devs on the old RU forum straight up said he didn’t think the Type 10 could realistically have strong armor because of its weight. He went on about how it was a bad tank and all that.
He confirmed that this is why he modeled the armor the way he did in game. Honestly, reading his posts back then was kind of wild, the guy clearly had a massive hate hardon against the Type 10. No clue if he’s still at Gaijin, but it definitely says something.
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I don’t think it’s too far fetched.
I have also felt like there are one or more people among the lead team that are massive Hornet/Super Hornet fanboys, which would explain Gaijin’s love for the Hornets and some inconsistent decisions regarding these planes.
However that is off topic.
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He is.
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lmaoooo. Why am I not surprised by certain recent decisions then.
Thank you for the info. o7
I flank and get in close on one of your many blindspots.
There is no map in War Thunder that is exclusively open fields.
That can really, REALLY, be felt with the Rafale. The French ground tree is utter garbage at top tier, with the Leclerc still using weak outdated ammo since forever, and now getting slapped with the turret basket.
Then there’s the Rafale reigning supreme for so long, MICA getting a better seeker than everybody else for… reason? Hammer overperforming. Wasn’t there a dev that in fact said the Rafale was his favorite plane in a somewhat recent dev QnA or devblog?
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I agree with the rest but top tier France ground is good.
Rafale is good CAS.
AH-64E is OP, like other LDIRCM Helis.
Leclercs are still solid, not like turret basket changes a large % of engagements considering Leclercs lack of crew (survivability) anyway.
2A5/6 are still great and are a better spawn over Leclercs on maps where you can use the turret.
Ito is among the best for dealing with LDIRCM Helis compared to other SPAA, bar Pantsirs. Not to say its a counter, but its one of the best options for it.
Aster is one of the best multi vehicle AAs.
EBRC Jaguar is a fantastic light tank for spawning in CAS.
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Utter garbage might be a tad hyperbole but it kind of has nothing great/unique going for it other than the Aster and the ERBC. The Leclerc is a worse Abrams in pretty much every way. German, ITA, and Swe have the 2A7/Strv 122 so nothing more to say there about the NL 2A6.
Ito is nice but was added back then because France really had nothing else to improve upon the horrible Roland. AH-64E is just a copypasta.
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Its a tad bland but still one of the better nations at top tier, especially in the battle of attrition, where they can spawn an absolute sht ton of stuff.