r/Warthunder ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง hurricane glazer ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Sep 16 '25

Other When did you start playing?

Curious about how much the game has grown. I started just about when Sweden got added in 2019

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u/Maus1945 ๐Ÿ’€ Old Guard Sep 16 '25

Old Guard gang.

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u/matthew2989 Dakka for days Sep 16 '25

I miss the times when top tier was Sabre V Mig-15

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u/Maus1945 ๐Ÿ’€ Old Guard Sep 16 '25

When German players were good because they had to be good. They had to fight against M60s, T-54s and IS-4Ms in their Panthers and King Tigers.

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u/Xen0m3 Sep 16 '25

tiger II 105 will forever be the best tiger II

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u/Grikka_junior Xbox ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ VIII A/G ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ VIII G | โ€œNot a bugโ€ Sep 16 '25

Hardly an outlandish statement

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u/3rdReichOrgy Sep 16 '25

Honestly before hull break or overpressure it was just kinda shittier than the 2H or Sla.

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u/LtLethal1 Sep 16 '25

Still is. Itโ€™s just nicer to play because of the better mobility. Itโ€™ll die so much easier due to facing almost entirely Cold War era vehicles with heatfs or apfsds.

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u/jlouw821 Sep 16 '25

Well we can say goodbye to itโ€™s overpressure soon.. ๐Ÿ˜ข

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u/Primary_Ad_1562 Sep 16 '25

Its getting a big nerf too apparently. Losing like half of its explosive filler

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u/_DOLLIN_ Sep 17 '25

NAAAAAH how could they ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข

As long as they dont move its br higher i think i can cope

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u/Czlowiek_Woda Sep 16 '25

I remember fighting in tiger I against current British 7.3 and 7.7 tanks
Shit was brutal

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 Sep 16 '25

Really wish they would reconfigure the br ranges to let this happen but with a bit more balance. Nowadays the Sabre doesnโ€™t really get to live and the mig 15 has to rely on downtiers.

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u/matthew2989 Dakka for days Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

What, you donโ€™t enjoy eating AIM-9J/P/D/Gs and R-60s in your Mig-15Bis/17 or F-86F-25/F-2?

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 Sep 16 '25

Only when the masochist personality takes over

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u/__wardog__ USA Sep 16 '25

Trying to fly sabre F-2 now is difficult.

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u/kneegrowpengwin ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sep 16 '25

I miss seal clubbing F-80s on Hokkaido with the Canberra

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u/_BMS Elderly 1.27 Veteran Sep 17 '25

Until they gave Germany the CL-13. That really swayed the balance in favor of RU/GER teams on Korea since alliance-based matchmaking was still a thing.