(The road map that has been proposed by gaijan looks very promising and is a serious change up that the game, I will. Remove/change my review once they have actually started the changes)
Ive got 883 hours in war thunder and I'm still not at top tier(10.0 GRB- 9.0 ARB). I enjoy the game but the grind is insane, if I had known that it was going to take me this long to get to where I am, I never would have played it. It has so much potential but the monetisation and grind is absurd. I recently saw the Reddit post showing all the things gaijan have taken away from the game to stop people earning silver lions and it truly shows how far the game has fallen from what it used to be. The sad thing is the base game is good and I will happily change my review once the grind and economy are fixed. But for now I encourage anyone who's thinking about it to steer clear and if you're thinking of buying any premium, invest that money in a different game, no matter what it is, you'll see a far sooner return then if you invest it in war thunder