Grind Analysis: Soviet Air Tech Tree (Rank VI to Rank VIII) (Screenshot)

[ArrowViper]

So, Here it Goes: From my current position (screenshot), it will take the following time and grind to get MiG-29:
Research of following vehicles needed: Yak-9UT (82K RP), Yak-15P (95K RP), Yak-23 (130K RP), Yak-30D (150K RP), Yak-38M (220K RP), Su-7B (180K RP), Su-7BKL (220K RP), MiG-21F-13 (220K RP, ''originally'' 270K), Su-17M2 (340K RP), Su-17M4 (390K RP), MiG-21SMT (340K RP), MiG-21bis (390K RP), MiG-23M (390K RP), and now the "fastest" route to MiG-29 is: MiG-23MLD (410K RP) and finally MiG-29 is "gentle" 420K RP....

So all accounted for, in total, It's 3 977 000, or just shy of 4 MILLION RESEARCH POINTS...

Bear in mind you need atleast 5 rank VI vehicles for rank VII to be even unlocked (researchable), same on rank VII...but rank VIII doesn't have this requirement, so you can go straight to MiG-29...i included some of the prop planes because i need the Yak-38M and i'm the closest to it (i have Yak-3U from that research branch so i need to research atleast one vehicle from each ''slot'' under it to research Yak-38M)
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Time and SL Calculation
Now, let's make a rough calculation of how long it would roughly take to research all of this:
3 977 000RP, let's say you have some good battles and you get atleast 4000RP every battle, which is about 1kill and assist every battle, you can ground pound but you get missiled every time you try...so let's just assume you get 4K RP every battle...now, let's say every battle takes about 12 minutes, which was my average time of battle with MiG-19PT, larger maps take longer but on average it took 12 minutes to finish...(dying fast is not counted here, as i play safe and hang back)...

So, you have 3 977 000 RP divided by 4000, which gives you the number of battles you would need to play on ''average'', that number is....GET READY: 994 (994,25)....that's alot.

Now let's calculate our time, like said, average mission time of 12 minutes.
So we multiply the number 994 by 12, and we get number (in minutes) of how long it would take in time, THAT NUMBER IS: 11 928, Which is (divided by 60 to get hours): 198,8 HOURS OF CONSTANT, NON STOP GRINDING. (or 8 days of sitting and playing non-stop)

That doesn't sound too bad right? There is a BIGGER PROBLEM, the Silver Lions (aka the ingame money), to PURCHASE all of these aircraft, it would cost (repair costs, crews and modifications not included, they are really expensive too)... : 10 980 000 (11 MILLION)
You gain SL every battle along with RP, but SL gains are often really random and unpredictable, becuase if you die you lose pretty much all of them...so i won't calculate them here...but it would take a really long time to grind 11mil alone.

Just keep in mind this post takes the best case scenarios in mind. you might have better or worse battles, but average player has primarly worse battles in the endless max uptiers and premium spam...
I can guarantee that in reality, it's not 8 days but 8 months, as you need to sleep, go to work (or school) and so many other factors...

End note: RP gains need to be atleast doubled, same with SL gains. Buying premium time halves your time to grind, so it's a good investment...but don't feed the snail until they fix the economy for non-paying people....i will buy premium stuff again if the game deserves it...happy customers, more money....but they went down the: frustrated customers, expensive neccesary stuff = even more money.