I appreciate you taking the time to write out such a detailed response, even if I clearly disagree with a fair amount of it 😅.
A lot of your concerns come from a very understandable place: the fear that this would turn into a copy-paste-heavy tree with no identity or gameplay purpose. That’s a valid concern in general for any composite tech tree in War Thunder, and it’s something we’ve been actively trying to avoid in the structure of this project.
That said, I do think a few points are being overstated or based on an assumption of the worst possible implementation rather than what is actually being proposed. For example, the idea that this would “steal” vehicles from other nations doesn’t really match how War Thunder already handles shared service vehicles duplication across trees already exists, and isn’t treated as removal or replacement of those vehicles elsewhere.
Similarly, the intent was never to present this as a random collection of vehicles or “nation-hopping gameplay,” but rather a progression of doctrinal phases: inherited British equipment, Soviet-standardization, and finally indigenous development. If that structure wasn’t clear from the post, then that’s on me, and I may need to communicate it more clearly in a revision.
I also want to stress that this is still very much a work in progress. A lot of the finer structure, vehicle selection,BR lineups, and redundancy issues are being actively refined, and feedback like yours is actually useful in identifying where the presentation or composition is unclear or open to misinterpretation.
I do understand the skepticism, especially given how controversial composite trees like Israel or China were when first introduced. But I think it’s also fair to say those trees proved that “mixed origin” doesn’t automatically mean “bad gameplay,” it just requires careful structuring. In addition, many lines of other “Copypaste vehicle line” exist in other trees (France comes to mind, particularly the Dutch Leopards lol…).
Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to engage with it seriously, even if we clearly don’t agree on the conclusion.
PS i feel your pain, the amount of times of gotten cross-mapped by a lvl 18 Su-30 premium makes me start to wonder what gunpowder tastes like😂…
