I`ve been playing War Thunder for 6-7 years. It was glorious times, when airplanes felt agile, quick and not heavily overdone. Nowadays i return to this garbage for a week in whole year and game become`s even worse. So this is a list of reasons why you should not play War Thunder.
1. Account protection.
From the start, if you`re new player - get phone veryfication. Seriously. Or one day you will find in your mailbox, that you log in from Uganda or stuff like that. Especially if you willing to buy premium vehicles(which you shouldn`t, but we will come to this later)
2.Progression.
It is not just slow, but imagine Pluto doing full its orbit in 300+ years or so. At that time you`ll be able to obtain yor first tier 5. But hold on THERE`S MORE. Most of vehicle`s(excluding premium) require you to research it`s own tech tree. For example - your tank shooting Montain dew cans instead of shells. So...There`s better Ammo for research, but until then, you have to continue suffering with bad ammo, (You dont even realise how bad things can be).
Same for planes, but a bit better. You still have to research ammo for guns, flight enhancements etc., but in the end - planes are most fair tree.
Boats........
3.monetization
Yes, War Thunder is free, but devs did pretty good job to make you pay, otherwise i`m not sure about your sanity. So that`s premium account, which makes you more money and exp, but once more, THERE`S MORE.
Premium vehicles. They weren`t the problem back in the days, the were pretty balanced, of course unique, but, you know, free game, small developer. And they had rules: No top tier stuff; No better, than same battle raiting vehicles(well that one fell pretty quick). That was true, until some point...
Now we have tier 5 planes and tanks, even tier 6. Yeah, okay. Moreover, some of them are broken AF. Easy example - premium soviet boat(tier one as i remember) with high caliber guns and it`s body mostly submerged in water, which makes killing it with most common tier 1 weapon - MG, extremely hard. German tugboat - floating annihilator , but at least it slower than torpedoes.
4. Balance.
Garbage. Just garbage. Imagine todler in fight with McGregor. Well, you will eventualy experience it. I had this painfull stuff with my first Jet F2H. There was a time, when this plane had reasonable BR, maybe a bit too low, but overall it was good plane. but when i reached my desired jet, GaiOchinchin raised BR of banshee so high, that it will fly with MF Sabre and Mig-15! The tops at the time! Should i say that they practicaly killed this plane? That it was, perhapse, not smart move?
But i continued. I thought, maybe it`ll be better to try Shooting star? It`s BR low enough.
Oh wait, i did researched it, but Gaijin family sent they`re regards. Even though i researched plane, devs added new planes before it , and now i need to research them first, before i can finaly by what i need.
This is beyond my comprehension. Imagine You grinded for months, but hipity hopity, your time is now devs property. ♥♥♥♥ off , honestly,
5.Planes.
I did say, that planes were agile. Not anymore though. flight models changed, it`s like planes now overweight feminists. And back in days, g tolerance were useless thing to invest for your pilot, your screen went black more often in dogfight, but nothing more. So noone did it. And devs spotted it. And they did oopsie. Now Your pilot passes out, your plane just uncontrollable for solid 10 seconds. But the fact, that no one invested in it previously, made new change unsufferable. Now your plane uncontrollable and you will deal with it pretty long time, till you finaly invest enough your time and nerves in it.
And now top tier feels like bad copy of Ace Combat.
6.Tanks
If you prostate exam fan, you`ll like it.
On one hand - it emmersive, you can oneshot people, they can oneshot you or not penetrate at all(almost never nowadays), tanks feel like tanks - heavy, bolky, powerfull. but dont let it blind you.
Balance issues much bigger, Progression even slower than in plane`s tree, and gameplay is far ,FAR worse.
It`s pretty much like in real life, but it`s not fun. And game where`s no fun - kinda yikes.
Going to talk only from RB perspective:
If you trying to push - you most likely going to die from bush, corner, from behind, you name it. Even from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ skies. And i worked out, that simple best tactic - be fast. Dont rely on armor - everything now is penetretable. Be quick , be sneaky like a rat, shoot from side or behind. And it`s, like, pretty simple for everyone, right?
WRONG! Say it for german tech tree, where it`s only turtles with tons of useless armor(french from 500 meters to your right very impressed with your armor).
Also, War thunder have this "New players connection in alredy started battle". "Pretty well tought stuff for insufficient player battle" - You may say. Also wrong. Now fast sneaky guys have even more advantage over you. You just spawned, but they already secured the point. Good luck.
Ah, and maps. Al,ost all of them are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Maybe Poland is most decent one.
7.Ships.
Well, most of them are boats.
They made relatively well, compared to tanks. Multiple gun system sometimes bad, but overall - good enough.
but there`s catch. From 1 tier to 2 there boat, that require exp as planes from 4 tier to 5. this must be a joke.

And lots, lots more problems that i`m lazy to pu here or i just forgot about them. Packet loss one of them. But i think i`ve said enough.

I`ve been playing War Thunder for 6-7 years. It was glorious times, when airplanes felt agile, quick and not heavily overdone. Nowadays i return to this garbage for a week in whole year and game become`s even worse. So this is a list of reasons why you should not play War Thunder. 1. Account protection. From the start, if you`re new player - get phone veryfication. Seriously. Or one day you will find in your mailbox, that you log in from Uganda or stuff like that. Especially if you willing to buy premium vehicles(which you shouldn`t, but we will come to this later) 2.Progression. It is not just slow, but imagine Pluto doing full its orbit in 300+ years or so. At that time you`ll be able to obtain yor first tier 5. But hold on THERE`S MORE. Most of vehicle`s(excluding premium) require you to research it`s own tech tree. For example - your tank shooting Montain dew cans instead of shells. So...There`s better Ammo for research, but until then, you have to continue suffering with bad ammo, (You dont even realise how bad things can be). Same for planes, but a bit better. You still have to research ammo for guns, flight enhancements etc., but in the end - planes are most fair tree. Boats........ 3.monetization Yes, War Thunder is free, but devs did pretty good job to make you pay, otherwise i`m not sure about your sanity. So that`s premium account, which makes you more money and exp, but once more, THERE`S MORE. Premium vehicles. They weren`t the problem back in the days, the were pretty balanced, of course unique, but, you know, free game, small developer. And they had rules: No top tier stuff; No better, than same battle raiting vehicles(well that one fell pretty quick). That was true, until some point... Now we have tier 5 planes and tanks, even tier 6. Yeah, okay. Moreover, some of them are broken AF. Easy example - premium soviet boat(tier one as i remember) with high caliber guns and it`s body mostly submerged in water, which makes killing it with most common tier 1 weapon - MG, extremely hard. German tugboat - floating annihilator , but at least it slower than torpedoes. 4. Balance. Garbage. Just garbage. Imagine todler in fight with McGregor. Well, you will eventualy experience it. I had this painfull stuff with my first Jet F2H. There was a time, when this plane had reasonable BR, maybe a bit too low, but overall it was good plane. but when i reached my desired jet, GaiOchinchin raised BR of banshee so high, that it will fly with MF Sabre and Mig-15! The tops at the time! Should i say that they practicaly killed this plane? That it was, perhapse, not smart move? But i continued. I thought, maybe it`ll be better to try Shooting star? It`s BR low enough. Oh wait, i did researched it, but Gaijin family sent they`re regards. Even though i researched plane, devs added new planes before it , and now i need to research them first, before i can finaly by what i need. This is beyond my comprehension. Imagine You grinded for months, but hipity hopity, your time is now devs property. Fuck off , honestly, 5.Planes. I did say, that planes were agile. Not anymore though. flight models changed, it`s like planes now overweight feminists. And back in days, g tolerance were useless thing to invest for your pilot, your screen went black more often in dogfight, but nothing more. So noone did it. And devs spotted it. And they did oopsie. Now Your pilot passes out, your plane just uncontrollable for solid 10 seconds. But the fact, that no one invested in it previously, made new change unsufferable. Now your plane uncontrollable and you will deal with it pretty long time, till you finaly invest enough your time and nerves in it. And now top tier feels like bad copy of Ace Combat. 6.Tanks If you prostate exam fan, you`ll like it. On one hand - it emmersive, you can oneshot people, they can oneshot you or not penetrate at all(almost never nowadays), tanks feel like tanks - heavy, bolky, powerfull. but dont let it blind you. Balance issues much bigger, Progression even slower than in plane`s tree, and gameplay is far ,FAR worse. It`s pretty much like in real life, but it`s not fun. And game where`s no fun - kinda yikes. Going to talk only from RB perspective: If you trying to push - you most likely going to die from bush, corner, from behind, you name it. Even from fucking skies. And i worked out, that simple best tactic - be fast. Dont rely on armor - everything now is penetretable. Be quick , be sneaky like a rat, shoot from side or behind. And it`s, like, pretty simple for everyone, right? WRONG! Say it for german tech tree, where it`s only turtles with tons of useless armor(french from 500 meters to your right very impressed with your armor). Also, War thunder have this "New players connection in alredy started battle". "Pretty well tought stuff for insufficient player battle" - You may say. Also wrong. Now fast sneaky guys have even more advantage over you. You just spawned, but they already secured the point. Good luck. Ah, and maps. Al,ost all of them are shitholes. Maybe Poland is most decent one. 7.Ships. Well, most of them are boats. They made relatively well, compared to tanks. Multiple gun system sometimes bad, but overall - good enough. but there`s catch. From 1 tier to 2 there boat, that require exp as planes from 4 tier to 5. this must be a joke. And lots, lots more problems that i`m lazy to pu here or i just forgot about them. Packet loss one of them. But i think i`ve said enough.