Why not?
I actually NEVER played a “realistic” battle. The closes i played were some events where the battle had vehicles form the same era…BUT (and this is a big “but”) the NUMBER of vehicles were not adjusted for balance and the game conditions also were not adjusted. Matches were usually 16vs16 and the better tanks would win…even worse due to the fact that the lesser tanks often would have players quit in the first minutes.
A realistic match would need to have asymmetrical teams (i.e the weaker tanks be superior in numbers), different objectives (a team having a defensive advantage) or different air support. And more important…the lesser vehicles would need to provide MUCH BIGGER rewards.
I honestly think that EVEN IF MADE CORRECTLY (historical, balanced), realistic battles would not work as lots of players said in past discussions that they “demand” their “right” to play the better tanks and will leave battle if forced to play lesser vehicles…
BUT…i would love to see it properly implemented to check if it has a chance to work…not optimistic…but would be glad to see and play it…
People want to play their preferred tanks too.
Like back when it was like Sherman 76 then Chaffee and I was like “I want to play this Sherman 76 but it’s already locked out.” I either leave or I play a tank I just didn’t want to play cause I chose that to play the Sherman 76.
Now I can play a 5.7 lineup, and if I want to play a Chaffee in that lineup I’ll add it to the lineup, otherwise I have better options and there are no longer blatantly OP teams.
100% yes, as an EC-type mode using the SP system for balancing.
I never understood why previous historical battles were a stampede to play Germany.
If BR is equal then the sides should be equal. Also Germany are a team that are poor late WW2 according to the stats.
The game does celebrate history so why it doesn’t adhere to it in the game itself is baffling.Poor engine? Poor Devs? Change of management with different Ideas?
The game does exhibit some contradictory ideology if that’s the right word.
Would they like to do History but cant fill the line ups? Or is it they can’t make the BR work?
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Yes. Fourth mode a more sim-ly RB
Gaijin could just make sim playable.
It’s popular because of the sheer level of glazing German WWII equipment gets from historical vehicle/armour enthusiasts, every time this gets asked about everyone auto-defaults to “omg Tiger” as every wehraboo (term predates War Thunder btw) wants to larp as Michael Wittman.
Even though a Western Front scenario would be mostly Sherman 75s vs StuGs, not Tigers and Panthers.
I’ve played “historical battles” with figures since 1972 and on computers since about 1983 - so I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I pretty much KNOW they are fun.
People who think that historical battles cant be balanced just think they can’t be balanced despite never having played them and realising how easy it is.
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The first season of world war had some fun historical scenarios and some alternate history scenarios, that were very much unbalanced, yet they were legitimately fun (at least I thought so).
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Im pretty sure one of the events did that. It was the lower tier one where the boss tanks, t34 and panzer 4 f2, were limited to like 2-3 per team.
Yeah, i cant blame them. People tend to want to play things that are better than the rest.
If you offered people the choice of using a stug/panzer4 or a panther/tiger in the same match, they will choose the panther/tiger
So let them - 1 Panther for the whole game or 4 Pz-4’s… they can get their KDR up and their win rate right down…
Not only that you can have asymmetrical victory conditions too - that’ll totally mess with the FPS brigade! :)
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So many suggestion posts are answered the same way.
Why dont we do this? Gaijin cant make it work
Why dont we do that ? Gaijin can’t make it work
BR suggestion? Gaijn can’t make it work
Can we change the game play style for something more interesting ? The spawn zones?
can we sort out ODL ? no because …
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I would say that “so many want them” is that so many werent here when we used to effectively have them. They were not fun for the guys on the side getting clapped.
It often comes down to people wanting to meme in a tiger against shermans, people forget Matilda II vs L3s would also be a thing.
@Josephs_Piano
Well unlike you, I did play historical battles, and Germany won every time because they had the superior lineup in every single battle.
IRL German tank operations were ripe with bad communications, maintenance, and other blatant skill issues in manufacturing and use.
In-game we don’t have those skill issues thanks to plenty of online sources on how to be good at shooters.
They couldn’t balance them because then they wouldn’t be historical battles anymore, cause the moment you stop allowing Tigers into battles that had Tigers IRL, they stop being historical and start being realistic instead.
How much fun is any part of the game when you are getting clapped?
What is all this talk of unbalance when we have a BR system ?
Then why are Germany’s stats so bad at WW2 levels?
Cause it stopped being Tiger vs Sherman 75 and M10 Wolverine, and started being Tiger vs M18, M6A1, and Sherman 76.
They had to start angling and use tactics rather than relying exclusively on their flat armor.
Also I’d say my stats are at least average.
I never played Tigers in the live Historical Battles, only the closed test that had stats reset for.
Enough battles to make me realize Arcade Battles were more fun & fair even if my tanks were faster.
Perhaps Poor Players?
Imagine devs make a historiacal prokhorovka-like battle where you get to play a lot of T34s (76mm) vs a few Tigers/Panthers and perhaps a few PzIVs (all with historical guns and ammo)…or any other “realistic battle”…
Do you really believe that IN THE PRESENT system, players would stay and play the T34s?
Imagine they build a set of historical battles with asymetrical teams…and some better tanks on all scenarios. You would bet randomly put on a tank you owned BUT probably not the best tank in the map.
Do you REALLY believe that most players would stay (on the weaker tanks) and fight it out??? I can take you to the “I am entitled to ODL” or “Uptiers are unfair” topics where lots of players say they leave for A LOT LESS!
THAT SAID…i do believe devs could try to make a GOOD EVENT out of this idea. Get a battle were balance was easier (PzIVs vs T34s or M4s)…and see how it went and how players took it. Hell i actually think that a good event where we would get a single TIger (with Support) vs a number of M4s or T34s might work if sold right…(rewards, map, conditions).
BUT…i dont see a game mode out of this…not when players can leave the game…and there is no way to force players to play…
Why should Tiger vs M18 be an issue when the M18 stomps the Tiger is so many games? Both 6BR what is the issue?
Is it beyond a game maker to balance a game? apparently it is.It seems to me that when we ask what the biggest draw back to Warthuder is the answer is always Gaijin.
I really wish they would hand the game over to somebody who can do something with it.