Basic:
5 man engineers premium squad, fully unlocked
1 x gold order engineer with some free perk re-rolls
4 x basic soldiers, unleveled but equipped with all the basics
Enough silver to purchase the first squad unlock and fully equip it’s first soldier.
Something like 7 days premium and 300 gold towards battle pass.
Intermediate
As above, but with a vehicle squad on top.
Extra premium time, gold and silver
Premium
All the above, plus a unique squad - like paras/APC or something.
Extra premium time/silver and maybe throw in the battle pass…
I think this would guide new players the right way, not upset the balance and not be pay to win.
Crucially though:
All should be BR2 max - there are plenty of high tier premiums to buy later, these are starter packs. Don’t mislead new players unwittingly into high tier games. Also don’t want to overshadow all the early unlocks - just compliment them.
All factions equal - the last thing we want is an obviously unbalanced player based like we just saw with Japan! People will always have their favourites, but all starter packs should be as even as possible.
current exp gains are not a problem because unlike before we have BR (even if the system is not perfect) you don’t need to rush to the M2 carbine since you are not facing Stg or FG-42 every match. Never understood people being also mad at this on WT since unlike wargaming games lower tier are much more playable.
Now Silver gains are a completely different animal, like in War Thunder it is very likely you will have more unlocked stuff than the ones you can buy specifically around tier 3. I introduced the game to my IRL friends when the merge was released and all of them are at Tier V but they can’t buy the P-47 or the Pershing because they are still buying mid tier tanks and planes.
Soldiers, upgrades and weapons cost too much. An MP-40 or a Bren cost as much to buy and fully upgrade as an FG-42 II or a 30. cal.
I think all 3 bundles will contain multiple premiums they also mentioned they will have vehicles not just soldier squads. They are really vague so we won’t know for sure. And how will you know for which nation you will be getting that squad with engineer(s)? If they give everyone premium of the same nation we will end with one nation full of new people playing and other being half deserted.
i was referring to his idea of halving current xp gains that would make grinding weapons just terrible experience.
also in general i dont like idea of grinding. if there was option of paying e.g. 60$ to unlock all tech tree weapons i would take it over premium accounts + grind. i want to fully experience the game, not be limited by grind. some people may find this enjoyable, but i dont.
