Gaijin asked for constructive feedback in their latest post, here's my very short (and polite!) comment

[_tkg 24]

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Progression and economy should, as far as possible, provide a variety of vehicles encountered in battle, otherwise it's just boring. I.e. there should not be too many "farming" vehicles, and especially if they are statistically stronger in battles (otherwise only the same popular vehicles will appear in battle).

I'll post my comment as an image. Gaslight me daddy.
 

Edited May 20, 2023 by _tkg
better formatting v.2

[_Zeppe 3]

Every high tier premium tank is better then it's tech tier coutnerpart. So this point is pure hypocrisy. 
Average time to farm top tier tank in smaller tech tries with premium can take more than half of the year.

[El Bananito@live 829]

Only real problem I have with the game's economy is that repair cost are too high. I can't play sim with a TT jet without having a negative balance. Simply don't allow matches to nett a loss and I'll be satisfied!

[_tkg 24]

Playing anything other than a premium feels like "a waste of my time".

[CaptnBerner 312]

5 minutes ago, _tkg said:

Playing anything other than a premium feels like "a waste of my time".

Playing this game feels like a waste of my time. It's like Gaijin got a taste of premium money and couldn't stop making the game worse while racking in the dosh.

[Belenor85 159]

12 hours ago, _tkg said:

I'll post my comment as an image. Gaslight me daddy.

Yeah and when they die 2 minutes into the game and then leave, is also very fun!

[_J_ackal_ 284]

All we got so far is a bunch of words and not a single change (A revert doesn't count, since it was a problem they created)

Trying to weasel out of this with words wont help you at all neither playing the victim will. The community demands a lot of changes

[FlanChan 41]

15 minutes ago, _J_ackal_ said:

All we got so far is a bunch of words and not a single change (A revert doesn't count, since it was a problem they created)

Trying to weasel out of this with words wont help you at all neither playing the victim will. The community demands a lot of changes

Well, whatever crazy demands they take out of the soup of suggestions we've made, keep in mind it will take ages. We're working on corporate time here. They have to first schedule a meeting about the meeting they need to have about the player hubbub, first it'll take place next week, it's Saturday so that means May 29th at the earliest. After that, they can discuss the meeting they need to have, once everyone is up to speed and understanding of the problem. That'll mean another week from then, so probably June 6th.

Don't expect anything concrete from them soon, like their battle plans for fixing the economy. That's going to take a while, once they've figured out it is the economy we're upset about.

[Lanata 29]

13 hours ago, El Bananito@live said:

Only real problem I have with the game's economy is that repair cost are too high. I can't play sim with a TT jet without having a negative balance. Simply don't allow matches to nett a loss and I'll be satisfied!

This is my main problem as well. I don't play the game much to grind, mostly just to have fun in sim. But when I do, I'm punished for it. 'Repair costs' are the most idiotic game mechanic, from a perspective of what makes a game fun. But that's not the point. The point of repair costs are to push players into giving gaijin hundreds so that they can play the game without being punished for it.

If they want players to pay to play the game, they should just do that. Though, of course, I would never pay for this, at best, mediocre game. The only value this game has is its assortment of vehicles. The mechanics in matches, especially in ground battles, are abhorrent. Capture points only serve to direct where the fights are, and maps are not even made based on gameplay in mind.

 

Another issue is that gaijin also treats repair costs as 'balancing' the matches. A vehicle is good whether or not costs 1 million to repair. The only thing that repair costs changes is that it makes it so you have to pay gaijin to play it. I.e. a pay to win mechanic.

 

Gaslight, Gatekeep; Gaijin

[El Bananito@live 829]

11 minutes ago, Lanata said:

This is my main problem as well. I don't play the game much to grind, mostly just to have fun in sim. But when I do, I'm punished for it. 'Repair costs' are the most idiotic game mechanic, from a perspective of what makes a game fun. But that's not the point. The point of repair costs are to push players into giving gaijin hundreds so that they can play the game without being punished for it.

If they want players to pay to play the game, they should just do that. Though, of course, I would never pay for this, at best, mediocre game. The only value this game has is its assortment of vehicles. The mechanics in matches, especially in ground battles, are abhorrent. Capture points only serve to direct where the fights are, and maps are not even made based on gameplay in mind.

 

Another issue is that gaijin also treats repair costs as 'balancing' the matches. A vehicle is good whether or not costs 1 million to repair. The only thing that repair costs changes is that it makes it so you have to pay gaijin to play it. I.e. a pay to win mechanic.

 

Gaslight, Gatekeep; Gaijin

Yeah I'd stop complaining if negative SL in a sim match netted 0. This way you use premiums to progress and tt to play.

Just remove the punishing and I'm satisfied!

 

They could do the same for RB. Instead of repair cost you get a spawn penalty subtracted from your rewards and not your SL reserve. Negative rewards simply mean 0.

Edited May 20, 2023 by El Bananito@live

[Zucc_Boi 657]

14 hours ago, _Zeppe said:

Every high tier premium tank is better then it's tech tier coutnerpart. So this point is pure hypocrisy. 
Average time to farm top tier tank in smaller tech tries with premium can take more than half of the year.

True, and by a huge margin. In Israel I play a Merkava 1-2 lineup. My Merkava 2D can fire APFSDS, but my Merkava 1B and 2B can only fire HEAT. This is stupid. IRL they all had stock APFSDS.

[Culusion 254]

Rant thread closed.
Please use the Economy thread when discussing economy changes.