I’m posting because we as a community really need to do something in order to protest Gaijin’s reveal of the Golden chest. Whilst most people could argue that the silver chest encouraged gambling since silver coins can be bought at the in-game store for real world currency, this new chest directly demands real gold coins purchased with real money in order to purchase and it’s got far better odds of netting weapons and squads than the silver one. Gaijin is manipulating FOMO of many vital sidegrades or even direct upgrades in terms of guns, vehicles and squads in order to force the player’s hand in giving them money and I only worry that sets the beginning of an increasing outlandish monetization scheme, not that it was necessarily under control beforehand but at least they had plausible deniability. The only thing the player hears from Gaijin from this announcement is “Fuck you and gimme all your hard earned money”. Please do not entertain them.
You don’t have to buy them. 
is something really needs to be done about the game and direction devs heading? Yes. but its too late.
in this era, and specificly our devs only understands 2 things, 1. money 2. Are you loyal soviet citizen or not.
So to make them listen or “fix” their faults ppl should start by not feeding them any money.
The less money they gain more work they will put into game. or they will simply shut down the servers and everyone will live happily but seeing people that enjoys that stupid box is a clear sign that no one wants to stop spending money, so everything will continue as always
You really don’t care even though they had to nerf boosters to stop exploiters from using them to farm chests to get more guns but now Gaijin says you can do that freely if you pay them beforehand?
Technically, they’ll continue buffing the Soviets and, in doing so, attract players from other factions to buy more items with real money. Lately, I’ve certainly seen quite a few people with premium squads, and the advantages are usually noticeable. Now, if they put truly effective weapons in the chests, that will only increase the pay-to-win aspect.
The best that’s happened in recent years
GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR I’LL HAVE IT IN DEATH!
Well the fact that they replace the limited squads returning in the store, it is very frustrating
Cannot see the problem. If you like golden chests, you buy them, you know there is no guaranteed win. If you don’t like golden chests, you don’t buy them. There is no FOMO because all the stuff in them can be obtained in other ways, like buying premium squads etc.
Sure golden chests can me made better, e.g. with an algorithm that assures a squad after, say, 10 or 12 chests (in order to avoid very unlucky series) and more priority on squads and weapons vs. clothing.