We are entertaining other ideas, mainly the addition of a separated tank-only mode, so people who enjoy combined aspect would still be able to do just that.
Of course the players are upset when they get CAS’d. Most vehicles have little to no chances of fighting back, while some are outright helpless and are just free kills for air units.
The dynamic in which one vehicle is totally helpless from the get go is inherently toxic and will lead to bad experiences.
Suggestions are a thing even in games that are objectively already pretty good. No problem in making a good game even better.
WT hasn’t really progressed much in the last 5-10 years or so outside of adding more modern vehicles. Decade old game modes and maps (not all) will render some vehicles borderline useless, but guess what, community as a whole isn’t acting on that because two reasons:
Players are not experienced enough to realize that the problem exists
Most others will just ignore said vehicles and play other things, as it’s much easier to follow a path of least resistance
Strike aircraft (especially long range bombers) experience loads of issues in ARB which is a mode that hasn’t changed much in years. Just because people have moved on and forgot about those vehicles, doesn’t mean their state is even remotely acceptable.
CAS mains: “no!, without TO mode, new players come in and they will let me bombed whether they liked it or not! Providing us pilots even more targets to have fun with! As long as we can have fun, why should we cared about what other wants right? Hehe how dare you suggest a game mode that doesn’t benefit us pilots even for a slightest?”
It’s actually quite telling the amount of statements that come from these figurative entities all because there’s mere opposition to anything that is suggested… Where here we are trying to make out that CAS players are the only ones who possibly object.
I play CAS, still hate everything about it. Not having a plane in your setup is gimping yourself in forced combined mode. Those less fortunate people have to spend hours and hours playing in planes, even if they didn’t download the game for them. There should at least be disclaimers saying “prepare to waste your evenings getting thrashed in Air RB so you can have a full lineup in GRB”
So you’re saying it’s not necessary to pour hours into another tree to get a fully complete lineup? A TO only mode significantly slashes the grind and allows tank enthusiasts to remain competitive without playing vehicles they don’t care about.
Unless you’re offering free therapy sessions which is unlikely
It is necessary, but it’s not as bad as you’re making out that it is.
The negative whinge mindset is the issue here as people get frustrated and constantly remind themselves how hard it is, so they constantly espose that the game is the issue rather than them.
And this is where we come to the TO advocates…
None of this was anything I said in what you quoted me either…
Maybe it’s not bad if you want to play 4.0 forever.
If you want to play top tier you’re bound to spend millions of RP/SL alongside dozens of hours of playtime.
Same goes for helicopters, although you can research them with tanks you’ll still need to spend large amounts of RP/SL and time to unlock.
That’s a choice you make to play at such the top end, and if the mindless masses can do it without making anything, or killing anything, then why can’t you?