In this post, let us discuss, what makes a Plane, Tank, Ship premnium. What makes a vehicle premnium? Is it about it camo, battalion, or becouse it is unique? Or becouse it is a protoype/experimental? Can we even call a tank ,special" becouse it has a camo net on it? Or a plane unique becouse it belongs to a special squadron?
Let us discuss, argue and find soulutions for premnium vehicle additons on major updates.
Plaese follow the forum rules, do not get off topic.
Premium vehicles are a way to allow a fast grind for those willing, however they lock vehicles behind a paywall in a game where most of the content is free and grinded, therefore I think premium vehicles should always be either copypasted (or very similar to a tech tree vehicle), unoriginal (bringing nothing that tech tree vehicles don’t) or really niche/gimmicky.
Premium ships are basically some special variant of that specific TT ship or the first variant or more powerful variants. Like more anti airs, more guns or better armor or speed. (sometimes worse).
For me…
3 is the only bit that matters.
I’d love a premium american F4U-4 that’s literally a F4U-4 just with premium economy.
Same for a german Bf 109 F-4 that’s literally a 109 F-4 just with premium economy.
I’d buy those.
Please gaijin.
Especially midlow tiers, pretty fun vehicles
not to be off-topic but what are the characteristics for a squadron vehicle?
We should separate premiums and squadrons.
Hey so about that… if you have an Xbox…
Not sure what a premnium is, but a PREMIUM is a vehicle you spend $80 on, just to get smoked by a v*rgin that has analysed every single pixel in the game and will snipe you from spawn the second you load in.
For one its Premium*
And two one is 80 dollars with Research and SL boost
And non-premiums are not $80 and don’t have a Research and SL boost
Squadrons are vehicles that you either spend $50 on, and have to actually grind it out (or pay to spade), but you cannot get RP for anything below the 100% RP range (Rank 8 Squadron cannot research Rank 6 and below).
Well said, boyo
For me, I think premium vehicles that are added, should have a relative tech tree counterpart as well. For example, the brumbar in the German tech tree is one of my favorite premiums to play, but it’s only premium. However, there are a couple of other variations that could be added. One has a machine gun on it, which could easily be the tech tree counterpart.
Depends, they can be experimental, captured, ace/ hero unit or just straight copy paste and occasionaly mainline equipment that probably should be in the TT. Ultimately I think it’s just a matter of what Gaijin thinks will sell well, and if they can copy paste one version into multiple nations, all the better as they can sell the same 3D model more times with no extra cost (which makes sense from a business perspective, but isn’t great for making the TTs unique).
how many people would be pleased to buy it. Thats closely it. Either that or “C&P something fast so we can sell it to make grinders grind”-ish behaviour. They dont seem to follow the pattern here.
squadrons are 1) stock, 2) RP & Sl % are the same like TT, 3) you cant grind from low to top
also there are basically no special rules. Devs decide something and make it.
this is the problem that warthunder has. New Players doeesnt want to be pacient and lern how to Aim, dogfight, drive etc…, they just buy straight a 80 $ vehilce and bomb there way up to toptier, only knowing how to bomb! In my opinion, new Players should be forbidden to buy any prmnium that is higher then their current rank. in this way, New Players lerns, step by step how to play the game, and in the end, they become a avarage player
that makes premium vehicles useless so that winn never happen. Thats basicaly against gameplay whatsoever.
nonono, Players like you and me, who have at least any kind of TT done, can buy for other nations toptiers premnium, as they know what they are doing. this is only for newbies. This mechanic prevents newbies to waste their money on something difficult to learn and use. ( egs: F/A-18C, need to know radars and notching and multipathing— uptiers to ARH missels, players doent know how to kill, goes to basebombing, in the end knwo how to bomb.)
