In the latest F-18E dev gaijin said they will add rank IX in 2026 early,i think that’s a silly idea.
Rank IX means rank VII packs can not grind top tier any more(and so do all the rank VII planes),and gaijin won’t folder any planes,it also means new pre-order packs will have a higher price to buy.
Time to say NO!
Edit:More reason for say no
1:the current rank system seems too hard to do a decompression,the RP cost of rank VII is still a high amount,and that makes gaijin can’t add enough planes to decompression.
2:the basic machinery of War Thunder don’t support more modern jets so much,players can not do effective BVR and also BVR imo isn’t very fun,I prefer War Thunder slower the step to 5th gen jets and do more improvements and fix
So it should be valid to people with Rank V premium airplanes to complain about not being able to research Rank VII? This won’t work, the game has to evolve past 4.5 generation and being free-to-play doesn’t mean free-to-game, Gaijin has to take money from somewhere and premium vehicles may be the main income source.
Alot of the rank 8 and 7 planes will see a major reduction in rp and sl cost which inturn make grinding for them easier, which sane person will refuse improvement in the grind with how rare gaijin does them.
definitely should say no to adding rank 8 premiums as we dont need infiinte noobs at every br just stop at a point and allow higher research rank efficiency for end of the line premiums
I don’t have a problem with adding Rank IX, I have a problem with them doing it before patching everything else up first. I am more than willing to see 2026 be Big Refactor Year.
The bigger problem here is the extremely fast technology advancement cycle Gaijin is doing. Tiers and research bonuses are more of a symptom than the actual problem. It wasn’t long after ARHs were added in June 2024 (Seek and Destroy update) that Eurofighter and Rafael were added (Dec 2024, Storm Warning).
Sure, it’s been a year at this point, but ARHs are still massively underperforming in power/range across the board (with exception of AIM-120A and B). Countless historical accuracy bugs are unfixed and countless munitions are missing. Gamemodes are neglected, especially Air Simulator. And perhaps most importantly, there are many iconic aircraft missing, this is most noticeable starting at BR 10.0.
Oh nooo, it means that [check notes] you bad to GRIND (and actually fly) tops and not just buy your way to the top (that’s for now, more prems to come~)
Gonna sneak this in here but anyhow. Im pretty sure more ranks would be better for the game sense it does reduce RP cost for lower planes and expands the amount of space for vehicles we could get.
Ngl, should probably be at rank 10 for current planes with rank 11 being pure 5th gens. (Along with br going up to lets say 18.0 ish just to even out the lower tiers as well.)
And Hopefully No rank 9 prems to sour the top tier for a bit