Seal Clubbing and Smurfing in War Thunder

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Thank you.

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  1. First i agree with you, it can be hard at the beginng, but don’t you think those players have gone through this as well?

  2. Some Players want to complete the paiges of history, which force you to use rank 1/2 vehicles sometimes.

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First off, I am level 100.
Not because I am good - because I am not. I am average I guess.

But bear with me:
What does level 100 actually mean?
=> It is an indicator how long you have been playing the game, as every RP you earn goes into that. <=
Nothing less, nothing more.
Given enough time, a monkey that logs into Air AB and randomly hammers buttons will reach level 100 faster than writing Shakespeare plays.

What level 100 does NOT mean:

  • Better skills in the game
    (Not necessarily, since you could be good in one game mode and terrible in another. Take me, I am average or mediocre in Air RB - but bad in Naval (except AB where you point and click, or in the planes there) and abysmal in ground, especially in ground RB. So what does my level 100 mean there? Nothing.)
  • Better vehicles or better crew skills
    (May be, but again, not necessarily, same reasons as above apply. I have almost zero tanks unlocked, and of course no ground crew skills worth mentioning)

What remains:

  • A level 100 will have more experience in the metas of the game. They will know how matchmaker and lineups work.
  • A level 100 at 1.0 will likely be there because he wants, not because he has to be there - with the exception of new nations and game mode, but if they want to grind up, they will do so fast. Like, play reserve just long enough to unlock enough vehicles to advance to Rank II, not grind/spade every vehicle…
  • Liking: I myself feel at home in the 3.0 - 5.0 bracket most, I sometimes venture out of that but not much or often

That being said:
Seal clubbing does exist. Like in EVERY OTHER PVP GAME. And you can not prevent it, if people can simply make a new account. Even SBMM would just reset on a new account and the seal-clubber’s skills aren’t in the picture. If the Seal Clubber just gets off on the equivalent of stealing candy from babies… that’s utterly pathetic but nothing you can do about. Unless Gaijin outlaws it and makes means to track abuse, like a per-machine-id with a limited number of accounts allowed. (to allow families playing from the same machine), but that is an entirely different can of worms.

— E.