War Thunder's Biggest Problem

The recent economy changes in War Thunder were the last straw for many players, with many calling for a boycott and leaving negative reviews on Steam. Gaijin has made several responses, but none have appeased the playerbase. I'm well known for making "Spookston rants" about this kind of stuff in the past, so I figured I would weigh in.

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War Thunder's Biggest Problem

[Spookston]

Yea I made a PyroLIVE thumbnail, sorry.

The only video I watched related to this topic was Odd's EBR video, so sorry if I retread some talking points that have already been brought up.

There were some more things I wanted to talk about but I started to feel really under the weather when I went to record, so I omitted some of my thoughts. I've been enjoying making gameplay videos without having to worry about this kind of stuff, and I hope I don't have to make any more "problem" videos in the future, but I'm not optimistic.

[softwhite]

Gaijin: "we are not the greedy one"

My brother you control the economy

[Mean_Beans_]

I’m glad to see more war thunder content creators are talking about this issue

[Solruc_]

Gaijin: "It's my game"
The community: "It's my money"
Gaijin: "Not fair."

[Crusader-tugb]

Imagine pulling all of the rebar out of your building's foundations to sell it for a quick buck, then being surprised when it comes crashing down. Gaijin's decision makers are simply out of touch or indifferent to the community. It won't end well.

[puggle]

As someone with almost 2 thousand hours in this amazingly awful game, I just feel sad about this situation. This game could be so much more.

[Penigale]

It's great to hear a sponsored partner not talk shit on behalf of the dev team. Well done for speaking out!

[homiedaclown]

I've sunk nearly 4000 hours and more money than I care to admit into this game, and this whole gaslighting and blaming the playerbase situation makes me regret doing so. If there was one time for Gaijin to listen to the community, it's now. Instead they spit in our faces and tell us that we're the problem. This is unbelievable

[MilitaryHistory]

Their threat to shut down the game couldn't have backfired any more horrifically

[liambarber]

Imagine having the mentality of "im scared to give you what you want, because you will leave".. who hurt you Gaijin?

[FatherGrigori]

Gaijin try not to piss off their community challenge, impossible

[thegamesweplayvm]

Honestly, it's kind of impressive how Gaijin can take a game with such amazing bones (War Thunder is still a good game at its heart, nothing will ever tell me otherwise) and just pile-drive it into the ground with terrible management. It's the golden goose all over again.

[unowno]

I love the excuse of "its overwhelming to new players" when in reality overwhelming new players with content is usually what gets them hyped up and excited, as in all that content they likely choose one aspect or playstyle they want to explore in your game.

[FoxElliott]

My favorite part about all of this is how Gaijin said:
"Guys, review-bombing us is not the answer or way to get our attention."

But then immediately proves themselves wrong, reversing changes just like in the past. Gaijin has proven to us that the only language Free-to-Play companies understand is money, threatening them with bad PR and potential revenue costs is the only way the community can get its point across or be heard at all. I say keep the bad reviews coming until we get a good game.

[skipthefox]

Update: The "All reviews" thing is now mixed instead of mostly positive and the recent reviews are "overwhelmingly negative" now

[constantijnv.d.g]

Recently started playing again.

The worst things for me are:

-Planes in Ground Battles.
-Extremely slow, unfun grind.
-Russian Tanks.
-High Repair Costs. (Literally being punished for playing)
-Pay to win mechanics (like Leave Camos)

Probably going to stop playing soon.

[KY-qxip]

As a guy who browse WT sub reddits regularly, I’m both proud and surprised to see this normally considered toxic community can be this unified.
Gaijin simply can not slip through this time like they always does.
Edit:I was wrong 💀

[reentrysfs]

This is breath of fresh air from all the gameplay videos.
Don’t get me wrong I like both but I would like to see more videos like how bad was x vehicle.

[saavedra]

As a former Wargaming player and Supertester I experienced a similar situation with the infamous USS Puerto Rico scam and later even worse situations up to the mass exodus of Community Contributors. Gaijin is following the same path but in a more intense rate, a very, very worrying pace! This is a like hostage negotiation and both sides are failing miserably...

[crazeelazee]

Remember when people asked for free parts and FPE and Gaijin acted like we just asked for their kidneys and part of their liver?