Of course it looks "way better" - but not necessarily because of RT but because of the completely redone assets. The old version had some "leaves on a wall" texture, the RT version has complete 3D models of vines growing up a wall with 3D bricks...

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At the moment you can only get one of these things without figuratively handing the keys to your pc over to someone you don't know.

Exactly the opposite: My banking app will ONLY run on a smartphone that has not been rooted. Which in turn means no LineageOS or GrapheneOS.

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I do not recall my bank asking me to provide it to them as a service???

Well, do you have any local software installed that makes your transaction process any faster? No? Thought so.

Anyway, War Thunder does all battle related calculations on the server but they cannot avoid a local software which say increases contrast of your viewport or fakes user input or persists map markers longer, etc. That's what only your local anti cheat can handle.

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Would play it if not for PayToWin(pay to rest your crew, pay for certain behind paywall vehicles, etc.)
I have no problem to pay for game ones. But certainly not over 100$ a year for subscription game.

Far from it. On the contrary: The team with more premium player frequently loses. Why? Because plenty of noobs think that a premium vehicle is in some way superior, spawn, get obliterated immediately and are out of the game again. 2 minutes in the game and of your 16 team members only 8 are left...

Besides: What's the problem of paying 100$ for a game you play frequently for one whole year? If you play less often - just play for free and enjoy the lower tiers which are frequently a lot more fun.

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Until they revert that. I would recommend to anyone, not to spend a dime on such online games. You never know when they will pull the rug.

Why should they? They have been supporting Linux since 2014 (and I have been playing it since then). They have switched from OpenGL to Vulkan, they put some effort into supporting the Steam Deck.

I have been playing and enjoying it for 10+ years now - bummer if I'd followed your advice back a decade ago (when it was much more likely that they "pull the rug").

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Quoting: M@GOidI don't care about the MMO part.

Then we are talking about an entirely different game. Not just "a [different] version".

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Quoting: M@GOidI wish they released a version that is a traditional system, you pay once and get access to everything, no grinding needed. I have no patience for those pay-to-win games, nor for the extortion prices of bugged DCS modules.

I guess I just miss the days of IL-2 1946...

Well, that's pretty much the only way MMO games can work. WT has been around for 12 years now and since then you got tanks. Ships. Vulkan. New maps. More tanks. More planes. Guided missiles. More ships. Destructible environment. Detailed round physics. Tutorials. Night vision. Ray tracing. etc etc.

How could a one-time payment with "access to all" be a feasible approach to financing the servers and all the development poured into the game?

Besides:
It is not pay-to-win. It's pay-to-speed-up-the-grind. If you restrict yourself to lower tiers the grind is more than bearable (and in all honesty those lower tiers are much more fun). Your IL-2 (tier II and III) is unlocked in no time.

It's not pay-to-win but rather the other way round: Whenever they have discounts plenty of players pour into the game with shiny premium vehicles only to be obliterated by seasoned gamers in their standard vehicles. Whichever team has less "premium players" wins. It's really that simple.

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Oh my god... Re-installed it once again to see what has changed and already heading towards the underground railroad. It is still super-captivating.

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Why? I mean, why took it that long? With some consoles in the past I understood that the whole marketing, localization, availability of games, production capacities etc. led to different release dates in Japan, the US and Europe. But 2+ years to bring the Deck to Australia?

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Ruiner is actually "Deck verified".

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