3/10 bait i almost bellived it
Yes it’s fun but then the repetitive maps and game modes make the game stale.
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I prefer the M26 over the Super Pershing by far.
Reload and pen matter more to me than externally mounted armor.
ZSU-57-2 is below average against 6.7 tanks.
Ah yes
“Adding funny decoration that became a meme”
Thats what makes you lose hope for humanity, not anything that actually should
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I’m pulling up my IRIS-T just to be an eyesore for the OP.
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Also my custom art piece “average PLayer”
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Well, getting back to the original question, which is always an exciting topic!
Many people say that World of Warcraft has been dying for 20 years… As a WoW veteran, I’ve been reading every year since 2005 that the game is dying. The question is not whether it will cease to exist, but whether it will be popular again. The reason for this is that unfortunately, no developer can satisfy all players’ needs. It’s impossible. Imagine 200,000 people, each wanting something different. This is a tough question for both the community and the developers. For them, money comes first. That’s clear to everyone! Even with half as many players, they could live comfortably. But let’s look at a few other games to understand this question.
Take Counter-Strike, for example. How has it stayed relevant and popular for so long? The answer lies in the game’s esports and competitive scene. Dota is similar, as is PUBG.
PUBG lost 90% of its original player base, but it remains popular thanks to esports and its competitive scene. Esports brings in sponsors, who bring a lot of money into the market. Serious marketing and advertising are built around it, which also generates a lot of money.
In my country, there was a guy 20 years ago who was one of the first esports competitors to make it to the finals in Tokyo, playing Counter-Strike. Back then, second place earned you a Pentium 4 computer. Today, a Counter-Strike player in a final could win millions of dollars. This is the evolution of esports. War Thunder will eventually get its own major esports mode, one way or another. Yes, it already has something, but it’s still in its infancy. However, the start is good! A competitive game mode will be needed as the foundation for esports.
WoW is also 21 years old. It’s going through very tough times. Mythic+ was a brilliant idea that grew into esports (MDI)! Raids have had a similar evolution. These two modes are what are keeping WoW alive. The problem is that Blizzard still has plenty of work to do if they want to be big again. One thing WoW got wrong along the way is the issue of new-generation players, which might also be relevant for War Thunder.
New generation players.
These people, these kids, want everything instantly. While we fought for a year to get a single item in WoW, today’s players want it right away! While we flew around for 30 minutes and spent an hour looking for 3-4 people in the capital city for a good dungeon, today, with one click of a button, it’s done. This is also why there are so many premium players in War Thunder. They have to pay attention to this. The development of a tech tree doesn’t need to be faster, and there’s no need for more XP or SL. This is the foundation of everything. Whether it’s too much or too little for someone. Comfort features aren’t necessary. In fact, I’d create a mode where only top-tier vehicles are allowed, and no premium tanks are allowed! The premium players can still play in the regular mode and shoot at each other. The key point is that the question isn’t whether the game is dying, but whether it will remain popular. The company can get by with half as many players, as long as they’re paying.
Body pillows of course always indicate a dying game.
You lose me here. I am a free player…but i know Gaijin has bills to pay…
Having some mode where paying customers are left out (or at a disadvantage) is commercial suicide…
ANY freemium game has to provide some advantage to paying customers…AFAIK WT does this reasonably well as premiums are not (usually) better than normal vehicles…unlike the games you mention above…
BUT…going the other way simply would not work…no game can survive without paying customers…no matter how unfair it may sound…
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It indicates misplaced priorities.
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No it doesn’t.
Random 3D models in between other work is just keeping busy.
They can “keep busy” with things that fit the theme of an allegedly serious combat game. It’s not like this is Team Fortress 2 where silliness was expected from the start.
i like how this thread is over a year old and the game is still very popular with zero evidence that its gonna implode in the next few months. Admittedly past its huge peak however still one of the most popular steam games, and thats only steam client which doesnt count players like myself who use gaijins own launcher
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I like them adding historical things like body pillows, guns, signs, etc. as well as fictional things such as the Atomic Heart door lock.
Both are neat.
stop it Alvis. Don’t cherry pick modern photos from only the past 10 years of societal brainrot to “prove” that body pillows are 'historic" either.
I wonder if in your past life you just slept without any pillow because you were thinking “duck feather filled pillows are just modern brainrot”…
And now we have cotton filled pillows, and all kinds of bedding.
Crew selecting items to bring with them is us… we’re the crew. Our decisions are just as valid as theirs.
Game consoles, pillows, books, etc. Anything and everything.
Of course you’ll accuse real-world examples of “cherry picking” despite there being thousands of published examples, and ten-thousands more non-published examples.
Cause IRL people tend to keep their personal affects they bring with them to war… personal. In their diaries or personal devices only to be shown to family and close friends.
Just stop.
Not gonna lie carrying a bodypillow on top of a Tank is fun.
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I never said it wasn’t (since “fun” is subjective).
But to say body pillows = historical is frankly silly and he knows it.
And historically accurate!
Yes, makes total sense to see 2000s anime on an M4 Sherman or T-34 because modern day weeaboos did it in a photo.