Suggestion to Improve Match Variety and Tactical Gameplay
First of all, I would like to say that War Thunder offers an impressive amount of content. The number of vehicles, nations, and battle environments is one of the things that makes the game unique, and the matchmaker generally does a good job keeping queue times reasonable despite the large number of BR brackets.
Because the game now has such a large and diverse vehicle pool, there may be an opportunity to further improve battle variety and player experience.
Recently, many battles at higher BRs tend to follow very similar patterns, often resulting in CCCP vs everyone else, or sometimes CCCP vs CCCP matchups. While this is not necessarily a technical issue, the repetition can make battles feel predictable over time.
One possible quality-of-life improvement could be the introduction of an optional nation preference filter.
The idea would be simple:
Players could temporarily exclude one nation from matchmaking, for example for 24 hours. This would be a completely optional setting that players could enable or disable at any time.
Such a feature could help:
• Increase nation matchup variety
• Reduce player fatigue from repetitive battles
• Encourage players to experiment with different nations
• Improve long-term player engagement
Another idea that could improve gameplay variety would be an optional small-battle matchmaking mode, similar to how night battles work as a selectable option.
Sometimes the smaller matches, such as 9 vs 9 battles, are actually more enjoyable because players have more space to maneuver and use tactics instead of immediately encountering large vehicle clusters. These types of battles often feel more strategic and less chaotic.
Allowing players to opt into smaller battles occasionally, similar to the night battle option, could add another layer of gameplay variety without replacing the standard battle format.
This could also be interesting for Simulator Battles, where Western nations often fight mainly CCCP and China. Allowing more varied nation combinations there could make simulator battles feel more dynamic as well.
The key point is that these would all be optional preferences, not mandatory changes. Players who enjoy the current system could simply ignore them, while others would gain a bit more control over their gameplay experience.
War Thunder already offers an incredible variety of vehicles. Small matchmaking improvements like these could help ensure that the battles themselves reflect that same level of variety and tactical depth.
