We have heard You!

Dear players!

The recently proposed economy changes, according to calculations, were on average helpful to players as they reduced the repair costs, and the total amount of Research Points for most vehicles. We wrote more about this in our answers to your questions on the 12th of May and the overall picture is clearly visible in the table sheet with changes. We have been following the feedback closely and we see that whilst some players generally agree with us, we also see that there are players who feel that these changes are not helpful to them. For this reason, we have decided not to implement the economy changes from the 16th of May.

We believe that the game and its changes should create positive emotions and that players’ emotions are more important to us than calculations and numbers. In the future we will try to better explain our actions, and their benefits for players and also encourage you to leave constructive requests and questions in the special form.

Previously announced economic changes have been rolled back:

• The previously announced economic changes have been implemented.
• Free repair time in the hangar has been changed. The minimum time of free repair now depends on the economic rank (vehicle rank and its position in the tech tree). Previously, it was dependent on repair cost in Silver Lions.
• Cost of the “Crew replenishment” modification now depends on the economic rank (vehicle rank and its position in the tech tree). Previously it was dependent on the vehicle's rank. Repair costs of reserve vehicles have been reduced from 100 to 10 SL; other rank I vehicles have had their repair costs reduced from 100 to 40-70 SL. Repair costs of the rank VII vehicles increased from 700 to 1,000-1,100 SL.
• Research and purchase costs of some squadron vehicles have been changed (table).
• Purchase costs and RP multipliers of some Premium vehicles have been changed (table).
• Research, purchase costs, as well as other auxiliary parameters of some researchable vehicles have been changed (table) .
• The following position changes have been implemented for the research trees:
  • M3A1 Stuart — taken out of the M3/M3A1 Stuart research group.
  • Pz.III J — taken out of the Pz.III F/J group.
  • Pz.IV C — moved to the position before Pz.II C.
  • Pz.II F — taken out of the Pz.II C/F group.
  • Pz.35(t) — moved to the position before Sd.Kfz.221 (s.Pz.B.41).
  • Pz.38(t) A, Pz.38(t) F — moved to the position after Sd.Kfz.221 (s.Pz.B.41).
  • Pz.38(t) F — taken out of the Pz.38(t) A/F group.
  • 15cm sIG 33 B Sfl, Panzerjäger I, Sd.Kfz.251/9 — moved to the position before StuG III A.
  • Т-28 — taken out of the Т-28/Т-28E group and moved to rank I.
  • Ratel 20 — moved to rank IV to a position after Ratel 90.
  • G6 — moved to rank V to a position after Eland 90 Mk.7.
  • Spj fm/43-44 and Sav m/43 (1944) — switched places.
  • PTL02 — moved to rank VI to a position after CM25.
  • Ki-109 — moved to rank I to a position after Ki-45 tei.
  • Ki-45 hei — taken out of the Ki-45 group.
  • J1N1 — moved to rank II to a position after Ki-45 hei.
  • Ki-45 otsu — moved to a position after J1N1.
  • B6N1 Model 11 — taken out of the B6N group and moved to rank I.
  • D4Y3 Ko — taken out of the D4Y group.
  • P1Y1 mod. 11 — moved to rank III to a position before B7A2.
  • H8K2 — moved to a position after Ki-49-IIa.
  • T18B and T18B (57) — switched places and moved to rank III; the requirement to open ranks IV and V have been adjusted.
• R3 T20 FA-HS — BR (in RB and SB mode) has been changed from 5.0 to 5.7.
• The following changes to be implemented with the upcoming major update:
  • Begleitpanzer 57 — moved to a position after the Radkampfwagen 90.
  • PUMA — moved to a position after the Begleitpanzer 57.
  • SIDAM 25 — moved to rank VI.

The current provided changelog reflects the major changes within the game as part of this Update. Some updates, additions and fixes may not be listed in the provided notes. War Thunder is constantly improving and specific fixes may be implemented without the client being updated.