even as a collector Im being tempted to pass on them
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Yeah no way I’m doing this.
Wanted to write down all that bothers me but they are just not worth it.
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Same, with the St Chamond, A7V and H.P.12 I got something that is somewhat useable, but the other vehicles from the first event and the two “new” fighters are just gonna collect dust in my hangar.
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I grinded all previous vehicles, but the ones I wanted the most were these, but now to “equal the grind” I need to remake the entire event for 2 planes that can’t even be used for events? I love WW1 stuff but this is just being a jerk
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People really want that airship
Poor mods Gaijin dropped the Led Zeppelin on top of them…
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I honestly would of grinded for them if it weren’t 7 stages per plane
Perhaps next year Germany will get its own Friedrichshafen G.III bomber?
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Flakpanzer A7V when?
3 prototypes were made. 3rd one used German guns, first 2 used Russian guns.
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Ilya Muromets when Gaijin?
(Shameless plug)
But yeah the Friedrichshafen bombers or even the Gotha bombers would be great counterparts to the Type O/400.
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straight up this could be 2.7 its a flak gun on a box with AP rounds
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Glad to see the WW1 event return and that new players and those who missed out get to get the tanks, sad to see that there is nothing of value for us who played the first iteration of the event.
I really don’t believe any argument that the Zeppelin would be unbalanced, slow and fragile as it is. both ground and air players, even total newbs should be able to figure out quickly that they can just MG and cannon the big balloon full of flammable gas.
I don’t like that there’s separate score pools for the different sides or that you get to pick which side you wanna play on. as seen in the original run of WW1, and also the Nuclear Thunder, event the ability to pick team and people collectively deciding to only play what they think is or actually is the stronger team made the stages for one side much more difficult to get as the opposing team was severely diminished.
I didn’t mind playing the Entente side during the event, but i would complete the stage for the Entente in less time than what i spent queueing for a match for the german empire. If it didn’t matter which side you played, you could omit the ability to pick side, run a 5k and a 10k stage concurrently (instead of 2x 5k, one for each side) and we can all play WW1 Thunder instead of Queue Thunder.
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BR 1.0 noob player in their stuart tank witnessing the full power of a WW1 German Zeppelin
Her only power is size… 😔
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Tbh I think the Zeppelin would be useless in ground battles, because it’s hard to hit moving targets with it due to poor handling and said stuart tank could probably set it alight with the pintle mount MG.
I see it as more viable in air battles, assuming it gets some escort and the battle lasts long enough for it to get to its targets.
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I don’t mind them in game it’s just a big meme vehicle however its addition for Gaijin likely be more painful then its worth (how will she fit in the hanger?)
What exactly are the rules for which event vics will be re-added in future events like this?
Would it be limited to vics that aren’t on the market or?
Yeah, that’s what Smin was saying, but honestly I wouldn’t care about it being bad, because as you said it is a meme vehicle with a super niche gimmick characteristic. A man can dream, though.
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I really appreciate you guys brought these vehicles back for those that missed them but i am scratching my head at the decision to tag the fighter aircraft onto the end making it so everyone has to grind all 7 stages as opposed to putting them into the “random vehicle” reward pool as was done for all the other vehicles.
would it be possible for someone to explain the thought process to me?
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Because:
As Smin explained it, if they didn’t make everyone grind it, then the player pool might fall off and queue times would suffer (and Gaijin is all about queue times).
I think this is dubious. There has to be a majority that didn’t get them all last time and I it would make it better if the sweats who got them last time weren’t motivated to make the mode harder to play/“win”.
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The event already had pretty low player counts the first time and I suspect that most people only played for the rewards.
If there wasn’t a reward for the Entente side, people probably would have been stuck in the queues for hours trying to find enough players willing to play the objectively inferior side.
I would be surprised if this event is more popular this time.
Sadly no Zeppelin