@MJ12-Conspiracy its not an mmo its a lobby based multiplayer game.
You can not buy or pay for the best planes.. there are some premium planes but they are not really better than the standard planes they just give a boot to xp gain and cash gain.
Progression is fine and you do not go up against people in planes that are much more powerfull than the one you are in.. it works on a BR rating system and i think at most you will go up against planes that are 1 BR above the one you are in. Those peopel in the higher plaens are also really only against you as they have been doing realyl bad and have lost a lot of games.. anyway sure the BR is not the best thing in the world and it needs to be changed a bit but you can not pay to get any real kind of advantages without actually the game.
The game is very playable for new players and players who have been playing for a long time.
@_distemper they never increase yuor BR rating.. btu they actually drop your BR rating is you are donig really bad all the time and that is when you see the match maknig issues.. but its ok as sure you are going against planes that are a higher lvl but its generally against bad players :)
bias towards japan? in what wat a negative one or a good one? I find the japanese planes to be mostly as good as other nations.. i do find the russian planes to be OP in a lot of areas.. gaining speed, and the speed the cannons fire on russian planes, but the russian planes do have one major draw back they dont pull up very well.. saying that they are a russian company so i guess a bit of bias towards the russian planes is to be expected.
As for the devs.. well they seem to be worknig hard adding new features, planes and vehicles.. I guess they have made some odd decisions mainly the BR system.. but other than that the game is very fun to play and I ahve had no major issues with it.
"t's also hard to figure out the rhyme and reason behind the structure of the in-game economy. Having both the main silver lion and the premium golden eagle currencies is bad enough, but then you toss in the related research points and the option to get bonuses on the above by purchasing a premium account, and you've got a needlessly convoluted system."
There is nothing wrong with this system its very simple.
After a battle you earn silver lions.. this is the in game currency, you also earn research points that go towards the current research you are doing and then also the planes you have flown in the game. You also gain special research you can use if you spend golden eagles and golden eagles are basically the premium currency that you buy for real money. So a combination of the special research you get from playing and the golden eagles allows you to research things straight away if thats what you want to do. Paying for a premium account gives you extra silver lions and extra research so allows you to progress faster and have the extra ingame cash to keep up with that progression.
Also a big note that should be added to this review is that the game is currently stil in beta and the tanks a very new addition to the game.
To start with this is not an MMO but a lobby based game like world of tanks..
Still the game is a lot of fun and you dont see people going around in the same vehicles.. sadly a recent upgrade really messed up the research screen not sure why they decided that was a good diea but there we go.
Progress can be slow unless you sign up for premium access so again similar to world of tanks..
I was thinking about picking this up.. but was not sure about paying £10 for what basically is a tower defense game.. reading this review i may just get it :)
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