i'd rather spend 100$ to get my balls stomped on than to give it to this company

edit: nothing has changed, in fact, it has gotten worse. This game is the definition of play to win, as it is virtually impossible to play and enjoy this game completely F2P. The changes to the silver lions and research XP is just completely ridiculous and does nothing but forces people to spend real life cash to have any actual progression.

Tank not armored enough? Spend 5$ and get that "extra" armor add on (just why?)

Shells not doing penning or doing damage? Spend 5$ and get a historically inaccurate round for a heavy tank that can pen 260+mm in 2.7 BR

Focus on the wrong nation and now want to switch it up and play something else? That sucks, Spend 100+ dollars to research past every unplayable vehicle to have 20~ minutes of fun.

Spend all your time upgrading a BR, only to get worse vehicles in the next BR, and having to (pay) level them up to even have the ability to play the game normally.

The longer you play this game, the more you will understand the absolute money printer that Gaijin has created and the control these re***ds have on the War Thunder player base. This game only continues because of console players and people who have already wasted their time and money on the game.

TL;DR
PROS:
- Cool to see historical vehicles in action

CONS:
- Writing the book on predatory business practices and pay to win video games.
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥ enough that it made me type all this ♥♥♥♥ out.

i'd rather spend 100$ to get my balls stomped on than to give it to this company edit: nothing has changed, in fact, it has gotten worse. This game is the definition of play to win, as it is virtually impossible to play and enjoy this game completely F2P. The changes to the silver lions and research XP is just completely ridiculous and does nothing but forces people to spend real life cash to have any actual progression. Tank not armored enough? Spend 5$ and get that "extra" armor add on (just why?) Shells not doing penning or doing damage? Spend 5$ and get a historically inaccurate round for a heavy tank that can pen 260+mm in 2.7 BR Focus on the wrong nation and now want to switch it up and play something else? That sucks, Spend 100+ dollars to research past every unplayable vehicle to have 20~ minutes of fun. Spend all your time upgrading a BR, only to get worse vehicles in the next BR, and having to (pay) level them up to even have the ability to play the game normally. The longer you play this game, the more you will understand the absolute money printer that Gaijin has created and the control these re***ds have on the War Thunder player base. This game only continues because of console players and people who have already wasted their time and money on the game. TL;DR PROS: - Cool to see historical vehicles in action CONS: - Writing the book on predatory business practices and pay to win video games. - Shitty enough that it made me type all this shit out.