a huge portion of their playerbase
You say a huge portion of the playerbase has ancient hardware and plays on 480p? Source?
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Do you really think that someone who plays at 20 FPS is going to spend money on the game?
Someone who plays that way can only be for 2 reasons, he is casual and plays little or he is very poor.
In none of these cases is going to spend money in the game 99% of the time.
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Anything they want and can afford. Take a walk outside, read a book, visit their family, spend time with their kids/wives/GFs, exercise/sport…
There are plenty of free or low-cost activities…
No need for a paid course. One can learn new things for free, for example by reading. Apparently ULQ players have a PC with internet, so there’s no barrier between them and the vast amount of knowledge out there. I did that and completely changed my field of work from what I studied/got a degree.
I know ppl who massively improved their income by learnig to code or do some graphic stuff. All they needed was the will to do so, and the will is free of charge…
As I said before: been there, done that…
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There isnt one, but if you look at the steam hardware survey, you’ll see that some of the most popular GPUs are 10 series, and a decent chunk of people are still using integrated cpu graphics
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I don’t think any of those would have to run the game on 480p or on ULQ either way.
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I like the graphics, even on medium settings.
This whole paragraph looks more like gatekeeping than anything else. We also have to consider that due to the difference of buying power of currencies, what is affordable to you or me is very much not affordable to others.
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Have you never played on max graphics with SSAA? It looks beautiful, especially the sunsets.
You dont think Integrated CPU graphics would have to run the game on ULQ to get a stable 30FPS? One of my friends has a 1060 and has to run on Low with several settings turned down, so any worse will defo be in that area
Its a level of entitlement and privelige that its difficult to even comprehend
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It is a classic saying that with a potato they play deluxe 😅😅.
they should do what was done in world of tanks, recreate the game from scratch, the engine is very old, it goes back to the time when software only used the main core of the processor and nowadays multi core is the goal, and the game does not use this feature.
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Who knows… should that be our problem by giving them wallhacks to compensate for it because Gaijin wants to cater to an audience that brings in no money and negatively affects those that do?
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Yes, because they do spend money on the game.
I’m poorer than most non-gaming computer owners playing War Thunder.
The most common reason is their work doesn’t require a more powerful computer so they don’t see a reason of getting one.
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Yep, its a small price to pay for accessability of the game, one any half decent person should be willing to pay. Like I said earlier, just because people abuse it to sweat doesnt mean we should be stopping people playing the game. War thunder isnt a competative game, its an arcade shooter. If you want a fully fair game go play tournaments where everyone just abuses meta vehicles.
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How is an online PvP game not competitive? And sacrificing the competitive integrity of the game is hardly a small price to pay.
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I wouldnt say no to a bit of a ground-up overhaul of the engine. There are some clear examples of spaghetti code at times and some things really need overhauls like IR signatures of aircraft, which I suspect would take quite a fundamental rework.
Graphics are fine. I think they do need to overhaul VR graphics at some point, and things like render distances need work. But overall they are pretty good.
(im not going to get into this argument, but the ULQ “issues” do need to be looked at. The game should be accessible to everyone, but UQL does give a significant advantage if you dont mind playing on the lower graphics. Im sure there is a middle ground, like making all foliage appear, just at a lower resolution)
Physics engine could do with an update at some point too. So that things like airframe damage could be better modeled. At the moment an aircraft looses an entire wing where perhaps instead a hole should be created in that wing and that damage and its aerodynamic impact modeled. But that is kinda extensive as well.
I would like to see higher fidelity damage model for aircraft in general though,
TLDR: I dont think I want a second game persay, but I wouldnt say no to some fundamental overhauls of some of the base components of the game at some point
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Nah just get a stronger computer, I run this game in 4k and max settings its straight up great looking.
To think I have 2 gaming PCs capable of handling the game in higher settings…
Which changes absolutely nothing…
Can afford? Good for you…
Can not afford? Do something about it…
“It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead.”
Again, it’s called life and unlike you or ULQ defenders, I’m not standing on a corner with a cup in my hand begging others to give me their coin. I prefer to work for that coin…
A small price (which is not small at all) that should be paid by ULQ users, one any half decent person would not ask to be paid by others…
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