War Thunder is a game about war machines blowing each other to smithereens, a proven formula for fun any day of the week. It is known for having some awesome mods and a playerbase dedicated to its realistic portrayals of wartime weaponry.
For some players, the realism of the war machines that make up the backbone of War Thunder is very important. This leads to some debates over the power levels of various vehicles between players, and while this is usually nothing uncharacteristically destructive, it once got taken too far. Now it has been taken too far in almost the same way, again, by an entirely different player.
Back in July, one player got into a heated debate over the power level of one of the tanks in the game. Being an actual tank operator, they had access to the tank's blueprints and posted them on a forum to prove a point. Unfortunately, since that tank model is still in active use, that player had leaked confidential documents to win a War Thunder argument. The leak was quickly plugged, but now another player has done the same thing for an entirely different tank.
In an almost note for note repeat of the previous offence, someone else claiming to be a tank crew member posted part of the manual for the tank on question. They did this to win an argument about the tank's in-game appearance, just like the previous offender. Once again, the classified information was swiftly taken down and the moderators issued a warning that this should not be a regular issue. Arguments over which War Thunder skin is best or which vehicle is too powerful right now are to be expected, but these players clearly took it way too far.
Obviously someone who actually operates a tank in real life would want their tank to be one of the strongest tanks in War Thunder, a game that prides itself on being accurate to vehicle specs. But trying to prove it with highly confidential real world facts is a good way to no longer be a tank crew member very quickly.
While this would have been odd enough as a one-off problem, the fact that it happened twice is no doubt somewhat disturbing to the game's developers. Perhaps more stringent matters must be taken before players start arguing about War Thunder's best aircraft the same way.
War Thunder is available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Kotaku