Hello, I’d like to discuss the future of HIFV’s being added into War Thunder, how they would be balanced if added, and if they would or would not be hard to balance.
To Start, what is an HIFV? A HIFV or Heavy IFV is a heavily armored version of an IFV, usually based on an MBT’s Chassis, to enhance survivability and protection. Personally, I love Heavy IFVs and would like to see more added to the game.
With the addition of the BMPT into the game, it has added 2 more HIFV’s into the game, making the total count to 4 HIFV’s in game, the other 2 being the Israeli Namer 30 and Namer Tsrikhon (You could class the PUMA and KF41 as HIFV’s, which in that case, there are 6 HIFV’s)
But speaking of the BMPT, the BMPT has quickly built a reputation of being OP, and a broken vehicle in-game, which makes me worry about the future of HIFVs in the game if they would be too hard to balance. On the contrary, the Namer’s hasn’t really built a reputation of anything good, really, at least to my knowledge.
This post is not supposed to be a “how to balance the BMPT” rant or anything, but instead to tackle the idea of HIFVs, whether if they would be hard to balance or not, and why, and to also look at HIFVs that could be added into the game, and if so, if they would become problematic or not.
Because honestly, I have no idea if other HIFV’s would be broken like the BMPT, or lackluster like the Namer’s
Up for your interpretation of other HIFVs being added into the game or not.