Let’s see…
This is not the end goal they think for the players, because the game has no actual end-goal. They produce material as an end goal for the “average player” (average player has nothing to do with skill in their eyes, has to do with hours in the game and money that person may spend) .
It’s different to see in the end of the line of a tech tree a plane like Rafale than Mirage III for example.
Yes, you -me and the boyz may know (or at least find it as an opportunity to learn) things about military aviation… and may love Mirage III more than Rafale and keep spending hours with it and learning about it (RL features/action etc.) , but in the “current” world people know Rafale.
The average ^player^ may not knew about MIII in his life (personal experience, a RL friend thought every delta wing is M2K) .
The kids of today know of F-16 as your everyday fighter plane in NATO nations , the first thing i saw and i instantly wanted to be a pilot was F-4E Phantom II low flying over the sea! Young people today may not know even what a Phantom looks like! But if they see F-16 they want to play that!
It’s about marketing!
The “average player” doesn’t have to be an aviation enthousiast (or tank or ship) . The “average player” is a gamer. Giving them an “end goal” that they know what it is brings them in .And of course they will sell more premiums of any kind because the player wants to play with what he/she likes!
In order for the game to be sustained and even expand they need that kind of players … they don’t have to be enthousiasts. Just players. And of course you may never see them in the forum as well.
However , for the enthousiasts … there is no end game in a game like WT. They can play WW2 forever. They will play F-86 10000 games. That doesn’t bring more people=money to the game. Rafale will. Iconic planes of our era (F-14/15/Su-27) will.
In the end playerbase is a bag with many mixed and different people and interests. There is no actual line to what someone sees as “end game” and especially when the game is the vehicles and us .
Yes…i question if this is working…for Gaijin itself…
In my PERSONAL case it is not…i simply GAVE UP on grinding to top tier almost all nations i play…i am moving so slow in higher tiers that i prefer to research vehicles i don’t have yet on the lower tiers…and a few hugh tier, but very slowly…
The odd part is that 8.0 grind is already the top i am willing to grind…higher than that is beyond the time i have available for gaming…
Of course that if Gaijin has enough players grinding to the top, the this is a moot point…me (and players like me) will play middle tiers…and guys that play much more (or better) will go to top tier…
I can complain that i will never play MBTs or jets…but lots of others will…and i actually don’t believe i am “entitled” to it…game is free and grind is part of the model…
MY POINT is that it would be better FOR THE GAME and GAIJIN to have easier access to top tier…ibut i have no data to check it…
You will still need the SL to crew and expert the stuff. And every two months, you no longer have all the top tier RU and GER stuff. It won’t end, if tree completion is your goal.
I maintain my previous statement. "There is no grind”.
It’s just a collective mass psychosis, and it’s all in your own head.
I guarantee you that if you drop the idea of “the grind”, you will have infinitely more fun when you play.
I don’t have an issue with it, since I only play vehicles I enjoy, and don’t force myself to progress to meet the META, however your statement about war thunder not having top tier as an end point for most players is objectively false and I felt the need to address it
“special taste” weird, I just think most ppl would prefer to play the vehicles they see their air force/army using yk , thats why you see a shit ton of ppl buying the clickbait f4s etc , cuz they aren’t stupid enough to grind the whole game as f2p to get the vehicles they actualy want to play with
your joking right ? , there is no way your saying this for real, how long did you take to get the vehicles you have btw ? , a day or something like that ? either way your grinding in the game anyways…
What do you mean by this?
Are you out of arguments and just trowing shit over ?
If you want to live playing this game go on , good luck, if you think its normal to have over 500hours of grind to reach the endgame , your the definition of insane
That it only becomes “grind” if you play for the sole purpose. If you would only live to reach an age, a certain academic degree, a certain amount of wealth, then life would be horrible (to me). The purpose or enjoyment is the journey.
Do you seek confrontation everywhere?
What about having fun playing the game for 500 hours and ending up with a load of new vehicles?
Yk what im not forcing myself into this type of discussion , this is your opinion ok, but the fact is , your grinding anyways, even if your not doing for exacly the vehicle your doing so,
Sorry, but you miss my point. I don’t have to. I play because I like to play, and I don’t really care much about the specific vehicles. If I have something new, I eventually give it a spin. I am in no hurry to see it all.
Yeah right, you are aging anyway, even if you are not doing it for the salary at the end of the month. Compelling argument.
I have no issue and that’s because i have time to play and can afford to feed the snail from time to time. Just for the sake of playing with my friends and squad-mates who cannot do the same, can we please increase bonuses for premium slightly or maybe increase rewards from single and co-op missions. This will help everyone enjoy their time playing more instead of dreading that next rank grind lol. Thank you.
