The current crisis of the top tier environment .. please read

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I’ve been a player of your beautiful game for a little over 3 years now. The second I found out about this game, I was hooked. It was everything I had ever imagined. I’ve been a huge tank fanatic since I was a little kid. I built models, watched the history channel, (US Military) played early PlayStation games… but nothing ever reached the elements your creation did. I’m a very busy person, I’m a father of 2 beautiful children, I work nearly 50-60 hours a week… but I like to relax and enjoy the game when I can. “When I can” is very minimal in terms of time… My priorities are set and my family life always comes first, but Warthunder has always been a great escape to enjoy. Until recently…

to start I’m a US main… but please dont judge me from there. I understand the gems of the game. The pros and cons of each tech tree, the weak spots, the skills… but what you have recently done has entirely ruined the game for me, and for MANY others who used to enjoy this game. I’m a very adamant high tier player of the US tech tree… and while it’s always had its weaknesses, just as any other tree, what you have implemented is wrong, and purely stupid. This is entirely related to the BMPT…

Nearly EVERY single game I play, wether it’s after a long day of work, or a getaway weekend night, the BMPT truly ruins every aspect of this game. The specifics that ruin it, are it’s truly innacurate guns… the guns shoot a spread like a wild bees nest after a bear… yet you give it the accuracy of a sniper rifle in every shot. YOU know it’s not correct, and so does ever player facing the monstrosity that plagues your game. The armor is very efficient… and that is fine. But the sheer fact that their is little to no way to disable or kill the vehicle in hull down positions in a modern and related battle setting is pure absurdity.

There is NO other vehicle like it in the game. This vehicle can shoot laser beams from 500 meters away; disabling my gun and turret ring while there is no counter except a close range flank… again there is no vehicle like it, and no counter to it. This game is built of fair battle ratings, and relative mechanics to ensure every player has a fair chance to “win”… but not lately…

I honestly believe your desire for income has clouded every bit of judgement to what held this game to a great standard once before. I understand the need to grow… the need to build an income… i understand the need for reward of the great creation you’ve all built… after all, it is a free game… Truly I understand it all… but you have went about it the wrong way to the fullest extent… top tier cannot be played without BMPT spam trolling through the middle of the battlefield while holding “W.” Your game was never meant to be that way. Spawns are crowded instantly, and the only way to escape it is either join the crowd… or avoid the plagued tiers entirely…,

but yet you’ve done it. You’ve created an unbalanced, unpleasant experience for so many of us…

Please. Please… take my word from this… please make the changes needed so we can all enjoy this game once again. Artillery nerfs and small increased battle ratings are NOT the answer… give the auto cannons a much larger spread, give the ability for critical damage in hull down situations… and I mean legitimate damage. Not 7 second later change the belt and resume suppressive fire… you know deep down this is what is needed. You see the results… Let us enjoy your game once again… because as of now… myself and THOUSANDS of other players are on the verge of turning away and never returning again… I truly do not want that, as this is my way to escape reality and enjoy something beautiful that your team created…

I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS WITH GREAT CONSIDERATION…

sincerely,
A beloved Warthunder player, who once enjoyed your game…

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Now some people will reply that it’s a skill issue on your part and say things like “Russia has worst top tier tanks” , Gaijin will not do anything because they think the game is totally “balanced” , BMPT/72 has totally ruined the game from 10.3 BR and above.

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As a Soviet main, the BMPT makes the whole 11.3 bracket just unplayable for most other nations.

10.7 is one of my favourite BR’s in the whole game and I’ve basically given up trying to play my German and Swedish 10.7 lineups due to the BMPT (and Arena/B3) spam.

The BMPT needs no explanation, but I feel the B3 and Arena are 0.3 BR too low. The Arena is way better than the T-90A with it’s poor gun handling, only sacrificing horsepower, with the protection being basically the same but you have hard-kill APS.

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It’s been long enough without changes, it’s clear it’s intentional at this point.

You don’t manage to create something like this and not address it by accident.

The autocannons being more accurate than a bushmaster is… well it’s pathetic to be honest. The guns on the thing are wildly inaccurate in real life and yet not so in game. This is absurd.

The era on it deviates so far from reality that all you can do is laugh.

The missiles don’t overpressure the crew when they explode.

The ammunition belt is intentionally broken. It should cook off all the way down to the ammunition storage which the crew sit on top of, and yet it had an artificial break in it to prevent it from killing the crew. This is intentional.

The damage model is one of the most messed up in the game. Nothing eats rounds that should penetrate or rounds that do no damage like this abomination.

They have intentionally left an utterly broken vehicle which is wrecking multiple br brackets unfixed. This is intentional.

Why is this? There are a few possibilities, and none of them put gaijin in a good light.

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