I really want to like the game itself, it has grown to become one of my favorite games.

However, with the state of the economy and Gaijin's response to recent events, I am going to have to give this a negative review. I have never seen a company so tone-deaf to the state of the in-game economy. Instead of taking action, they gaslight the community and come up with the worst excuses to justify it. You are essentially forced to buy a premium account just to make the grind somewhat bearable and even then, it's still horrible. I am all for having some grinding aspects to the game, having to unlock things by doing specific tasks, but in this game, it's just peppered with micro-transactions and does everything it can to make the game unbearable without paying money.

While the game play itself is mostly good, there needs to be strides made to balance the economy and to fix the current BR compression issues. If such issues are fixed, I am more than willing to change the review.

I really want to like the game itself, it has grown to become one of my favorite games. However, with the state of the economy and Gaijin's response to recent events, I am going to have to give this a negative review. I have never seen a company so tone-deaf to the state of the in-game economy. Instead of taking action, they gaslight the community and come up with the worst excuses to justify it. You are essentially forced to buy a premium account just to make the grind somewhat bearable and even then, it's still horrible. I am all for having some grinding aspects to the game, having to unlock things by doing specific tasks, but in this game, it's just peppered with micro-transactions and does everything it can to make the game unbearable without paying money. While the game play itself is mostly good, there needs to be strides made to balance the economy and to fix the current BR compression issues. If such issues are fixed, I am more than willing to change the review.