Yeah, except that I refuse to believe that it was a balancing decision. Performance has never stopped them from adding broken stuff to the game… I mean the BI exists lol.
This is not even a financially smart decision.
They gave the aircraft the entire MM.495 design and for whatever reason didn’t include the most important part of it…? It’s not even an accurate MM.494 variant either.
It’s basically the most boring battle pass since the french M46.
How can you mess this up so badly?
Same situation as with sholef, a very cool vehicle stripped of literally everything that made it cool and reduced to borderline copypaste slop.
They literally shot their own foot with this
I don’t know if this is the case, but it’s something they did a couple of times. One example on the top of my mind is when they removed the stabiliser on the T25.
I’m saying I support this kind of decisions, but if they choose to do an unhistorical nerf at least change the br accordingly.
Specially given that MM.495 is written on the tail section, on both the standard and unlockable camouflage.
Yep, I seen it.
There’s like nothing that can justify this aircraft being the way it is right now. It’s an abomination.
So did the tech mod or anyone else ever elaborate on the rejection? I don’t understand how they can justify a completely fictional configuration of the plane, especially when advertised as a specific real variant. As far as I know, the VDM propeller was ONLY fitted in conjunction with the new MW-50 boosted engine. Even the MM.494 didn’t fit the propeller. The thrust loss on the current version is also weird, probably to do with having the wrong propeller for the engine.
Fantasy nerfs as some sort of balance is just so disappointing, worse than the infamous “late war steel” modifier for german heavies. But nobody cares because it’s an obscure Italian prop. People go to war over the IRIS-T or the EF-2000 but don’t care about this thing.
If Gaijin wanted a copy-paste Re.2005 they should’ve just used the MM.494.
@S_bastienZ88 @paolgand1975-psn @Real_K_Soze
I made a forum post on the VDM situation The Re.2005 VDM situation is crazy
Perhaps if we get enough attention we can get Gaijin to fix this. Please feel free to suggest any modification to the post
I wrote you an email and look if the other great great people can help you too like @paolgand1975-psn etc
Hi
will take a look this evening
thank you
War Thunder Battle Pass – From Premium Content to Minimal Rewards
When the first Battle Pass launched in December 2020, War Thunder’s top ground vehicles had a maximum Battle Rating of 10.7, and the tech tree ended at Rank VII.
Back then, the Battle Pass felt like a real event — it offered variety, value, and a fair sense of progression.
The very first season included four exclusive vehicles:
]one premium tank
one aircraft
one ship
one additional ground vehicle
Each branch received meaningful content, and the effort to complete the pass was well balanced with the rewards.
Today, the situation looks very different.
The maximum BR has increased to 12.7 for ground vehicles and 14.3 for aircraft, and the game now goes up to Rank VIII.
The grind is much longer and more complex — but the Battle Pass now offers only two vehicles and a low-tier vehicle coupon, usually for the cheapest items in the store.
Value comparison:
Season I (2020): 100% value baseline
Current Season (2025): around 40–45% of that value
Players now have to invest more time for fewer rewards, which makes the modern Battle Pass feel more like a filler than a celebration.
Gaijin keeps raising the BR cap and adding higher ranks, but the Battle Pass rewards haven’t scaled accordingly.
It would be fair if the value and reward structure evolved with the game — not in the opposite direction.
Summary:
The first Battle Pass celebrated War Thunder’s diversity and rewarded the effort.
The current Battle Pass feels like a minimal package with lower value despite higher grind requirements.
Honestly i don’t even care about the old 4 vehicle battle pass, i can see how this model was unsustainable long term. Hell, i don’t even mind there only being 2 new vehicles.
But for the love of god, if you want to give out only 2 vehicles instead of 4, at least make those 2 any interesting. Scraping the BP out of all meaningful rewards and then setting a copypaste slop like french M46 or butchered unhistorical crap like new Re 2005 VDM as the main reward is just insulting.
If we kept getting rewards like A-1H, M551 76, Cent mk 2, M6A2E1 or whatever i would still buy the BP.
But sadly i am not spending 2000 GE + effort to complete all the quests for whatever they try offering us now
It’s standard enshitificatiln. You launch something at very high value so people get really excited. Once they’re locked in, you start slowly reducing the value you’re offering so that your relative margin increases. Companies do this stuff all the time - think Amazon and its Black Friday sales.
I ask Snail to make a pack (battlepass or just in the store) with all the pin-ups from the thematic series (like “Lady Death”, “Muerte”). Is this even possible?
Been using Re 2005 because I bought Tigris in sale. I forgot how damn good it is. I only use it in GRB, but it just dunks on the majority of things you’ll ever face. Love it. Even if BP 2005 is slightly worse, it’ll be good fun.
@Thodin here is the current Battlepass thread. I would suggest that you delete your question in that other thread since it doesn’t apply to that old BP (Your question that I quoted will still stay in my reply here, since it is a quote and not a link.) My reply to your Light Rocket task question:
First, the SK-5 rockets are under 5kg, many of these planes have ballistic computers too, like the Su-25K etc (and carry a LOT of them.) Organize the Rank column on the right to see which ones are lowest if you want to find as lowest of BR as possible.
Other options for the same rockets are the Mig-15 bis ISh or Su-7BKL if you don’t have that premium Mig. Both have a rocket ballistic computer and are fairly low BR.
Also note that it does not have to be in GRB, you can do it in Air AB/RB/SB, or even Naval if you want to try that. I usually just do Air battles for these unguided rocket tasks and just head on enemies with something that has a ton of unguided rockets, like the Su-25’s.
Or for the medium/larger rockets the Phantoms: Mighty Mouse/Zuni’s. The A-10’s can also work, carry a ton of hydras (none of those will work for the light rocket task though) The Russian SK-5’s are the only ones I know off hand that are small enough for the light rockets task.
EDIT: Another rocket that is small enough, the 2-inch RP rockets: 2-inch RP rocket | Weaponry | War Thunder Wiki
EDIT #2: And if you are crazy and want to use something without a ballistic computer but is much lower BR and still a jet, a few of the Me 262’s have rockets that are smol enough, the R4M’s:
Me 262 A-1a
Me 262 A-1a/Jabo
Me 262 A-2a
Top, so I have to use jets. Oh man, so have do the painfull grind in the 262 for the modules and then try to kill someone in that junk.
Yeah I personally wouldn’t even attempt it with the Me 262’s lol, just wanted to mention in case SOMEONE wanted to try 😂 I am really not good using rockets without ballistic computers (THOUGH for Air battles the Me 262’s might not be as bad as trying it in GRB.)
I’ve tried to learn how to aim unguided rockets without ballistic computers on and off over the years but my brain just does not want to cooperate 😭 That is also a reason why I just prefer doing these rocket tasks in Air Battles instead of Ground Battles. But everyone has their own preferences 🙂
I´m playing AB only so I got the lead indicator but it´s more a guess. The other thing is I absolutly don´t like all that modern stuff. Early cold war is ok but everthings afterwards is a big NO NO. Perhaps I just ignore that task.
I see that you have the A-4E Early unlocked, it has both the Mighty Mouse and Zuni rockets, MM’s will work for Medium Rockets task, and the Zuni’s will work for the Heavy Rockets task. Did you already complete those two parts of the Meta Task? If so, then yeah the Me 262’s might be your only option for the Light Rockets task.
I will glance for a little bit and see if there are any other Tier 3+ planes that have smol enough rockets, that you also have unlocked.
Nope, nothing that is Tier 3+ outside of what I already posted previously. Dang. I think that the Me 262’s will be your only option that you have unlocked already.
Yup, that is a shame. Other threads talking about how they should increase the Light Rockets task to even 5.05kg or 5.10kg, would open up a lot of other options. Or even increase it enough so that the Mighty Mouse rockets count. I agree. The options for the Light Rockets is very limited, especially for players who are new and/or do not play higher Tiers/BR’s/Jets etc because they just do not enjoy the higher ranked stuff.
First up, thanks for the help.
I got the medium and heavy rockets task done. I hoped the Panzerblitz would do the trick for the light rockets but they´re just a bit to heavy.
The 109 F-2 has small rockets but since it always has to be rank 3 this doesn´t work either.