Hey wow, a completely different game that is known for the mode and why people play it instead of asking for something different? Really got them this time Alvis.
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Another topic on this forum got me thinking that perhaps a better video to have been made would have been an insight into how Gaijin approaches flash point topics within the game; giving players an depth view at the discussions, meetings, and such on how they come to a decision that they truly believe is best for everyone.
To the average War Thunder player, it wouls have been a pointless video. Sure. But to those players who routinely engage in forums such as here or Reddit or on Gaijin streams, it would have meant quite a bit. Or I’d like to think so.
I am not saying it needs to be on something as super hot as the review bombing a few years ago but…maybe it could have been on the topic like ASEAN nations and China. I would have enjoyed seeing a video that was styled like the old school Bungie ViDocs where we got to meet more of the War Thunder staff (if they were comfortable with us seeing them).
But to see Community Managers collecting comments, building reports or whatever their method is, meeting with BVVD or other devs staff, and actually show dialogue happening between the various branches would have been a significant bump in transparency and showing value to player engagement here.
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In short a live streaming answering player coments live in YT/Twitch.
Minute 11:08
I wonder why the diversity of vehicles would shrink, maybe if we stoped getting copy pasta each update things would change, anyway, here is your brand new Su-30 for china everyone.
1:1 copy to the russian Su-30 premium
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Im pretty sure he meant Diversity of vehicles as in the type of vehicles we will encounter would shrink like light, medium, heavies to just mostly heavies or just mostly lights etc… Not by Copy paste vehicles. Could be wrong, but that was my interpretation of it.
I think he means in terms of models, but that can be too
Dont forget that after saying premiums should give you no direct advantage, they added the BMPT-72 thingy as a premium that has 2 huge advantages over the TT version, and not just bc its functional and the TT one isnt lol
More armour from shrapnel generally
Higher protection from the likes of big guns and side armour is improved
It also has commander thermals over the TT
only “disadvantage” is 2 less crew but it will be one shot most likely and thus almost meaningless
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I saw it on the devstream, Oxy saying that the premium would be a little better than the TT version, its hard to not hate this company
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There is no hardline in War Thunder. The goal posts are moving constantly because Gaijin choses to move them. The best ones are when you get different answers from say a community manager and a bug report manager on the same issue.
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That aside, I’m glad we’re finally getting some top tier-ish jets that have latest weapon systems.
Nah fuck this, if it was 13.7 i would have no problem, but at 13.3 is obviously downtiered
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Nah bro I love stock grinding my 12.3/12.7 jets against a clearly hard to fly top tier premium
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What do you mean BR spread of ±0.7!? Think about the waiting times, doesn’t anyone think about the waiting times?!
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I’m a bit curious and wanted to ask Who do people prefer, the current Game Director Bulannikov or Anton?
- Bulannikov
- Anton
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voters
How about none?
…and are not interested in player feedback.
I mean we were told that ai planes won’t have a ticket impact (in Air RB) in order to avoid the situation that ai turns around games without player input.
This is flat wrong.
Example?
I invite everybody to watch this replay:
Gaijin Entertainment - Single Sign On
or to read this summary:
Unbalanced Maps in Air RB - Feedback thread - #5 by Real_K_Soze
Based on the replay or my summary it is more than obvious that gaijin is not aware of that their statements are wrong (ai plane ground kills won’t have ticket impact) and that even if players try to put their attention on that, these efforts are useless.
You can win there without any action as ai will win for you ; same as on some Pacific maps.
To make things even worse: This nonsense with late spawning ai planes (imho the only map with this “feature”) was already part of this map long before they changed this map into a “Frontline” map. My Bug report is still open.
So from a holistic pov it looks more like that the chances that our cat would get a job as corporate security consultant are way higher than that gaijin would be able (or willing) to fix even basic flaws in Air RB…
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As BVVD said in Q&A video,
Q: Are there any plans to introduce more WW2 vehicles to make mid range BRs more diverse?
A:
I checked – each year, we add about 30 to 40 vehicles from the first half of the 20th century.Given how many mid-rank vehicles are already in the game and how well those parts of the tech tree are filled out, adding even more vehicles of that era doesn’t make much sense.
That’s why we more often than not use those kinds of vehicles in special events and activities.
Still, there are quite a few interesting vehicles from that era that can and will be added over time.
I know that you are not saying that you are no longer adding any WW2 vehicles, but I have to reject the premise behind this answer. Does the first half of each tree technically have more vehicles than the second half? Yes. Are there more modern vehicles that need to be added to fill out the top ranks? Yes. However, I feel as if there is an insinuation that these WW2 vehicles are mere roadblocks to players who want to access top-tier vehicles. Or, at the very least, that the development of WW2 vehicles is “done”. This is not fair, and not true to what War Thunder should be. War Thunder isn’t just a modern vehicle game. It’s supposed to be WW2, the Cold War, AND the modern era. There should be no surprise that there are players who favor WW2 vehicles even when they have top tier, like myself, or even that there are players who play WW2-era vehicles exclusively despite being Level 100.
What I am hearing here is that it “doesn’t make much sense” to continue to support these players by adding new and interesting vehicles from this era to the game. There are dozens, if not hundreds of vehicles from this era that can be added to each tree. And I sadly must assert that these additions of “30 to 40 vehicles” each update are really anemic. How many of those are copied from other trees? Take a look at France. It has an extremely underdeveloped air tree despite the storied history of French aviation. If we include early Cold War aviation as well, it seems to me that HALF of the French air tree is just copypasted vehicles from the USA and the UK. This is a disgrace for a country that has countless unique indigenous airframes. And then you added the Netherlands to make the play more interesting, but have decided to drip-feed unique Dutch airframes while adding copypastes wherever you can. And, if we do get any highly anticipated WW2 vehicles, why should players have to hold their breath to see if these vehicles are going to be event-locked or premium? As a Japan main, I see that the only WW2 vehicles added to Japan in the last couple of years were the B7A2 and Ki-48, both of which are technically event vehicles. Where is the Ki-64? The Ki-93, the A6M8? The Ki-46?? I’m sure fans of other nations can name other anticipated planes that have yet to be added to War Thunder. And yet, now you say that it “doesn’t make much sense”. Since when? Did you always think like this? Because as far as I can tell, Gaijin has been kicking the can of WW2 vehicles down the road for a long, long time.
Sure, I get it. A lot of players are excited to see the addition of new modern vehicles and weapons. As am I. However, it shouldn’t be necessary to remind you that War Thunder is also a WW2 game. There should be no reason for it to atrophy. With this announcement, you have simply confirmed the fears of many players. I already know a few prominent suggestors who have decided to call it quits because now their WW2 vehicles are unlikely to ever come. If you think it’s an issue of progress, and you’re afraid of players complaining about “WW2 slop” when they want their shiny new Su-35 in the future, then you need to make the brave choice of separating WW2 vehicles so that they have their own tree to ensure development.
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I guess gajin introduce ARM from mid 60’s ~ mid 70’s era
USA tech tree lack heavy bomber between B-17G/B-24D group & B-29A (battle rating 6.0 ~ 6.7), and none Boeing B-50 Superfortress