Does this mean that devs do plan to change the engine?
If they only want to add WS-10B equipped J-10C later, changing the current J-10C into a J-10B would make much more sense. It would be outrageously redundant if they make separate " J-10C Early & Late" with the only difference being an engine swap.
However you should also note that this however is inconsistent, since the J-10C in game carries many weapons only available for J-10CE or later batches like IR LS-6 and belly PL-12s.
Gaijin added an early variant for the J-10C, but didn’t think twice about adding the latest possible variant of Su-30SM2 with it’s newest engines and a radar It most likely doesn’t even have
The issue is, with the compression at top tier, 1.7 is just as great of a gap as 2.7 at lower tiers. Afterall I was full ARB mode when EBR joined the game so I didn’t quite get to feel the OPness of it, but from impressions I think a light tank of its calibre can be quite OP but it’s still a light tank. Also which EBR?
There is no compression at top BR ground, if there was M1A1 and Leclerc wouldn’t be 1.0 BRs apart despite being 98% similar in performance.
Bringing up claims of compression makes your argument worse, as there are far more people with reasons for 7.0. Granted there are zero reasons I’ve seen for top BR ground being compressed.
Just reasons given that argue some tanks are over-BR’d.
IF u argue there is no compression then fine, I can not agree with that, and there is to me absolutely 100% compression at 11.0 +.
Also the skill required for BMPT is soooo low that I have seen literally level 1 players getting 7-8 kills in GRB. The fact that a premium tank is holding a 2.0 KD is ridiculous.
I think I’m right in saying many of us are extremely disappointed in this decision, we should have been told this outright from the very beginning to avoid such a pointless debate.
If the model needs to be changed to incorporate a later engine, I don’t believe anyone would have an issue in waiting for that to happen, rather than waiting for the exact same plane to return in the next update with upgrades so slight they are not worth another 420,000rp grind.
All of this controversy and discourse could have been avoided if we had better communication from the developers but I highly doubt that will improve any time soon.