I ditch World of Tanks for WarThunder years ago for less RNG and more realism. but now, WarThunder continues to shit on its users with bad decisions regarding its economy, and wish to move on from it as well.
I think Steel Beasts is the most advanced tank sim game on the market.
115 dollars
ouch :( also it seems they market to government defense agencies so im not sure if i want to buy into this program
Someone explain why WT sucks, please, I apparently haven't played enough to learn that yet. Side note: I just fly for now.
Tbh, I wouldn't say that it sucks, more that it's "almost fun." Overall, it's a pretty solid game, but there's also a lot of questionable gameplay/economy balance decisions that have been made over the years. For example, balancing OP tanks/aircraft by making their repair costs so incredibly high that you'll wind up loosing SL if you die, no matter how good you actually did in a given match.
Battle rating compression is the other big issue. Basically, the BR balance is overall designed with the goal of getting players into matches as quickly as possible, which results in the BR spread being such that there's always plenty of vehicles within +/- 1.0 BR from the BR of the vehicle(s) you are playing. As such, this results in a lot of cases of WW2 vehicles fighting vehicles from the early/mid cold war, which is fine in some cases but frustrating in others. It also results in cases where certain vehicles are OP at their current BR, but bumping them up just one BR bracket results in them being completely useless (and also vice versa, where a bad vehicle can't be moved down 'cause it would be too OP).
BR spread
Oh god, I got Bungie.net-during-Halo-3 flashbacks reading this, lol
Thanks for the explanation!
but bumping them up just one BR bracket results in them being completely useless (and also vice versa, where a bad vehicle can’t be moved down 'cause it would be too OP)
See: anything with heavy armor, unless your tank has the name Panther and has a 5.7 BR, then you're just allowed to roam around stomping everything around you. Unless you get sucked up to the other BR black hole, 6.7, which doesn't really matter because your opponents overall don't really change much on how you play, just there might be a bigger gun here and there.
On the flipside, in the air US just gets handed so many generous BRs mostly because a lot of the people who play US also love lawnmowing.
It’s a good game being killed by the profit model because the dev needs to make some cash from their free to play model
isn't it one of the oldest games ever tho?
not bagging on it I liked it
am currently playing the free demo, i am enjoying it. I will keep my eye on its development for when it comes out of alpha, and adds multiplayer!
Steel Armor: Blaze of War is basically m60 and t-62 simulator. I haven't played it but it's been on my wishlist for a while.
Wolfeinstein Enemy Territory... because they're always broken, never where you need them, and when you try to fix them you get shot at.
IL-2: Tank crew is a great game, but focuses on tank crews rather than the tank itself, its also a wee bit expensive
