In the next major update, Gaijin will add the Swiss C-3604 to the German tech tree as part of a Swiss subtree.
By itself this is amazing news. It’s a subtree that does help out a lot especially with the higher tiers of the air tree, and the C-3604 specifically is a unique WWII aircraft from Switzerland that’s being added to the main research tree. It’s unique, it’s not locked as a premium and it’s some lower tier appreciation, it’s almost perfect…
Almost…
This, is how they placed it in the tree…
Now to be fair, this is not their fault, it was arguably the most logical possible placement. That is however only because it was the only possible placement.
With all five lines already having a full set of three aircraft besides this one, and foldering it behind some random aircraft arguably being worse, this is the best possible placement for the C-3604.
The implication of this addition now is that the research tree for Rank II of German aviation is full, making it the third full rank of any research tree in the entire game, after Rank II of US aviation and Rank I of German ground.
With the Swiss subtree officially announced this also marks the first official subtree soft banned from receiving researchable vehicles in a certain rank. There now can not be any Swiss ground vehicles in the research tree, outside of an unlikely restructure of the research tree.
Rare event rewards such as the WWI tanks or the Soviet Po-2 make rare exceptions for the 3-per-line rule
I believe this once again proves the need for more space for all involved nations to be able to create a better game with more potential for future growth.