War Thunder reverses economy changes after Steam review bombing

pcgamesn.com:

Free-to-play naval, aerial, and tank game War Thunder review bombs are through the roof, as the game’s playerbase is reacting to now-revised in-game economy changes that would have seen it become even harder to play the game without paying real-world money. While the future of War Thunder remains unknown, it’s clear that the community wasn’t standing for what they were being faced with.

War Thunder developer and publisher Gaijin told players it was going to implement an array of changes to the game’s economy – which awards you Silver Lions (SL) currency to purchase vehicles, modifications, and repair damaged vehicles after games, and Research Points (RP) to research new vehicles and units before you can buy them – that would essentially make it much harder to progress after matches without paying real-world money.

The premium currency of Golden Eagles can also be used to buy Silver Lions, and that seems to have slowly become more and more necessary to get anywhere in War Thunder, according to players.

Before promising to reverse the planned War Thunder Economy changes, the game’s community went into overdrive. Massive Steam review bombing saw recent reviews tip to “overwhelmingly negative” as players with over 2,000 hours in the game wrote about their issues.

Players have become furious and disillusioned with the drop in Silver Lions and Research Points they get from games already, even if they pay for a premium account and use premium vehicles – both of which require real-world money and increase your SL and RP rewards.

“Gaijin keeps adding nations and vehicles, while at the same time increasing repair costs and lowering RP/SL gain. A premium account isn’t enough to comfortably progress anymore, now you also have to buy