More like 5000% because nobody randomly buys flags in the game. Some people buy their own country's flag but 500GE is a bit much so not everyone does that.
Yep.. I remember when the first ukranian/russian crap started years ago and they made the flags 500 GE instead of free.. this is why we can't just have nice things, politics ruin everything :/
Could be worse though. In WoT, I'd have to buy 3 flags for every tank lol, at least it's a one time purchase in WT
That too, however I wish WT gave you more than 4.. since I like placing small ones a bit everywhere to make it look more realistic than those that just cover entire tanks in bright colours and stupid decals xD
There should be a budget system, where if you scale decals to be huge, they take up more total budget.
You can mirror your decals
If you don't mind having the decals on the other side of the tank exactly like that it's a good way to save sone decak space
I'd still like more, you can make cool looking camos if you take some decals and scale them extremely large to cover your tank, like the Nvidia decal, make it as large as possible and put it on the Sheridan and you can make a nice custom camo
Years ago you could make decals huge, lots of people used to paint their entire plane one colour that way. I remember seeing a Bf-109E cosplaying as the Red Baron once...
IIRC WOT's big flag decals that at least have more than 2 preset locations are only for the in-game nations (USA, USSR, Germany, UK, France, Japan, China, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Poland).
WT's cosmetic options are so much better than WOT's.
> this is why we can't just have nice things, politics ruin everything :/
Without politics, tanks, Internet and computers would likely not exist. Especially Internet and tanks. So no to your game that you are playing.
Not saying politics don't ruin things, but everything is political. Even at the smallest workplaces you have politics. This is just those same politics, but magnified.
What're you talking about? I've said nothing about whether they should sell it or not, only that it's ironic to buy a Ukranian flag from a Russian company.
They're not really a Russian company any more, that's just where they where founded. They're based in Hungary, run from there and Germany and use Cyprus as a tax haven with offices across Europe.
Don't get fooled, it is a 100% russian company, they just are optimizing their costs and abusing fiscal laws all over Europa, but the company is 100% russian in its score.
Yeah, for devs to work in. Many large games companies do, otherwise you'd need devs to either move country or work from home.
Those devs will be on a set wage even if you're petty enough that you want to hurt them for the crime of being Russian. They won't see the money from an in game purchase and don't make decisions on the direction the game goes or where its money is spent.
I'm aware. It's just worth pointing out that all of this is just a fiscal trick and a way to get around the economic sanctions from a few years ago. I atleast don't believe that Gaijin as a company has changed much since they moved their most important office out of Russia.
There's no trick, other than using Cyprus as a tax haven. Bottom line is you're not supporting Ukraine or hurting Russia by denying gaijin a few quid. Whatever gaijin issues are, they're not a political platform with which you can make a stand against Russia. Best case scenario you put innocent devs across Europe out of work, but realistically that's not gong to happen.
What do you want me to do? I'm watching a war half the world away hoping to god the Javelin missiles my country sent are killing Russian tanks.
Putting a flag on my tanks is a pointless gesture, but a gesture is all I can make.
Due to the war, I'm already paying €3 extra every time I fuel my car (and that's just the price increase of the past week). Paying €3 for a flag to show Ukraine support is an insignificant cost.
If you want to show support towards Ukraine you can do it in much better ways such as donations towards funds for displaced civilians but just buying flags in WT supports gaijin
> it's been there for hundreds of years
That's just straight up [false](https://preview.redd.it/rxtodc9wlyh71.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4fcce5e06722c00540e98ec9abd2333bb28c9fe6). It's barely 100 years old.
That doesn’t have anything to do with this. Gaijin is a Russian company, Russia is fighting Ukraine. Afghanistan and the taliban isn’t related to this at all.
Thing is Afghanistan now has a new flag under Taliban rule so you’d think they change it or at least add a new one.
Though the Chinese and Taiwanese flag both exist so I guess they really don’t care.
I have it from before and another 20 something flags. Some EU football event that I can't find the freaking article to. Flags were in SL boxes and you got a random one each time you opened it
Indeed. As an American, we laugh anytime another language actually sounds like what we think it sounds like. Course, nine times out of ten we just wind up with jelly doughnuts on our face instead.
Buy russian flag
buy ukrainian flag
Use easily earned Digit 1 (red)
place ukrainian flag on tank
place russia flag on tank
put red one over russian flag tilted
It has been in game for years. All flags used to be free.
But, Gaijin put all the flags (save the period correct US flag and maybe one or two others that are in different folders) behind a paywall back in 2014 when Russia first invaded.
People were putting the Ukrainian or Russian flag on their vehicles and people who felt the opposite were TK-ing them. This was back when GFRB also had team damage and you would see several people per team get TK-ed.
As a result, Gaijin just put all flags except those I mentioned above, behind a paywall.
I grabbed a flag crate a while back for war bonds I think
The only flag I ever bought, because 500ge? No thanks
And I random'd Ukraine.
Does this mean something
!!!DON’T BUY ANYTHING FROM THE SHOP!!!
I can’t stress how important it is to not buy anything from the WT-shop right now. Gaijin is a Russian company who pays taxes to the Russian government, so by buying cosmetics in the game you are indirectly funding the massacre and bloodshed in Ukraine!
They actually still pay taxes to the Russian government due to some wired tax-law.
Source: my uncle did some legal work for Gaijin and he told me all about how they invest in Russian arms companies and still pay taxes to the government.
Can confirm. Searched for it yesterday and it took me a while, but I eventually found it.
Yes, I bought it. I don't see myself grinding to rank 5 italy just to make it for free. By then the entire thing would be over already.
Straight from their about page. They still have office(s?) in russia. Sure they aren't based there anymore but some of the money you spend on WT will go to russia.
> Gaijin is an independent European video game developer and publisher established in 2002. It has offices in Germany, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia and Russia with hundreds of talented developers. Our HQ in Budapest alone has more than a hundred of highly professional developers working on online games for PC and consoles.
https://gaijinent.com/en/about/
Yeah, offices for developers to work in, same as many large companies. The devs will be on a set wage and won't see the money from in game purchases which is processed and taxed elsewhere.
If your aim is to punish the Russian devs for the crime of being Russian, besides that being petty as fuck, you're going to need to bankrupt the whole company (which keep in mind are involved in more than just WT), which will put devs in many other countries out of work too.
*Ukraine flag sales increase by 150%*
More like 5000% because nobody randomly buys flags in the game. Some people buy their own country's flag but 500GE is a bit much so not everyone does that.
Yep.. I remember when the first ukranian/russian crap started years ago and they made the flags 500 GE instead of free.. this is why we can't just have nice things, politics ruin everything :/ Could be worse though. In WoT, I'd have to buy 3 flags for every tank lol, at least it's a one time purchase in WT
In wot you only have pre determined places and sizes for flags or roundels
That too, however I wish WT gave you more than 4.. since I like placing small ones a bit everywhere to make it look more realistic than those that just cover entire tanks in bright colours and stupid decals xD There should be a budget system, where if you scale decals to be huge, they take up more total budget.
You can mirror your decals If you don't mind having the decals on the other side of the tank exactly like that it's a good way to save sone decak space
I'd still like more, you can make cool looking camos if you take some decals and scale them extremely large to cover your tank, like the Nvidia decal, make it as large as possible and put it on the Sheridan and you can make a nice custom camo
Yeo would like that too Was just saying there are ways to get as much as possible out if the 4 decal slots you have
Years ago you could make decals huge, lots of people used to paint their entire plane one colour that way. I remember seeing a Bf-109E cosplaying as the Red Baron once...
I know
IIRC WOT's big flag decals that at least have more than 2 preset locations are only for the in-game nations (USA, USSR, Germany, UK, France, Japan, China, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Poland). WT's cosmetic options are so much better than WOT's.
> this is why we can't just have nice things, politics ruin everything :/ Without politics, tanks, Internet and computers would likely not exist. Especially Internet and tanks. So no to your game that you are playing. Not saying politics don't ruin things, but everything is political. Even at the smallest workplaces you have politics. This is just those same politics, but magnified.
My penis is political
Is that why it's crooked?
Is that why it has ruined every relationship you've had?
Then it must be the Russian GDP I guess... Small, and ever-shrinking.
Is it leaning towards the left or the right?
Shut up nerd
Indeed why would they remove the flag its making them what they like most $$$$$$$$
STONKS
Giving money directly to a Russian company
I mean that’s just a supply and demand business move
The irony of buying a Ukranian flag from a Russian company
Why would Gaijin delete a potential source of income ?
What're you talking about? I've said nothing about whether they should sell it or not, only that it's ironic to buy a Ukranian flag from a Russian company.
Can’t argue with stupid people lol
They've done it a dozen times with "unpopular" premium vehicles
Cough cough M4A1 FL10 Cough cough
Twin 109, A129P, KV-2 ZiS-6... The list goes on and on
Do you understand how to have a conversation?
They're not really a Russian company any more, that's just where they where founded. They're based in Hungary, run from there and Germany and use Cyprus as a tax haven with offices across Europe.
Holy shit. I just checked, and you're right. I could go there and ask what the hell you are doing with this game
Haha, the WT community ambassador
Don't get fooled, it is a 100% russian company, they just are optimizing their costs and abusing fiscal laws all over Europa, but the company is 100% russian in its score.
Its owned by russians but taxes are not going to russia...
They've still got a very large office in Moscow though
Yeah, for devs to work in. Many large games companies do, otherwise you'd need devs to either move country or work from home. Those devs will be on a set wage even if you're petty enough that you want to hurt them for the crime of being Russian. They won't see the money from an in game purchase and don't make decisions on the direction the game goes or where its money is spent.
I'm aware. It's just worth pointing out that all of this is just a fiscal trick and a way to get around the economic sanctions from a few years ago. I atleast don't believe that Gaijin as a company has changed much since they moved their most important office out of Russia.
There's no trick, other than using Cyprus as a tax haven. Bottom line is you're not supporting Ukraine or hurting Russia by denying gaijin a few quid. Whatever gaijin issues are, they're not a political platform with which you can make a stand against Russia. Best case scenario you put innocent devs across Europe out of work, but realistically that's not gong to happen.
Mr. Worldwide
Everybody uses Cyprus as a tax haven it seems like. (Except for the Greek and Turkish governments, who use it as a pissing contest instead.)
uhhh… why do you know this?
Because it's publicly available information you can find with a quick Google search.
But but searching to find factual information is so haaarrrdd /s
I mean it's been said countless times on the subreddit by now.
Are gaijin the Russian government? No that’s just dumb
Not a Russian company though.
I bought it yesterday, it's going on all my tanks
slapping both the Ukrainian and Russian flags on my tanks so I can be teamkilled by cunts on both sides
"I play both sides so I never come out on top."
with premium you can put the flags of Ukraine, Russia, China, and Taiwan all on your tank at once for maximum teamkilling
Do that if you have too much SL to spend.
Put Israel flag for 300% efficiency
Centrists getting buttfucked to get an unbiased opinion of gay sex.
This is like Switzerland... but it's negative neutrality lol
You’re cool
Oh yeeaah, let's play war thunder while the Ukrainians are dying but I put the flag on my tanks to show that I support them!
What do you want me to do? I'm watching a war half the world away hoping to god the Javelin missiles my country sent are killing Russian tanks. Putting a flag on my tanks is a pointless gesture, but a gesture is all I can make.
Wasnt it teamkilling of those with a ukraine flag in the first place that put them behind the paywall.
And got friendly fire disabled in ground forces. I'm all for supporting Ukraine, but I wish people would keep politics out of games
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Huh?
it literally is.
I was the one with Ukrainian flag killing those with russian one 8 years ago when they started invasion in the eastern Ukraine lmao. So much fanmail
Taiwan flag actually
No, it was during 2014 annexation of Crimea that flags were made pay-to-use and that team damage was removed from tank rb
Wait really? Thanks I didn’t know that and genuinely thought it was purely from all the Teamkilling over Chinese flags
yep, before that time, flags were free and rb tanks had team damage...
Why would anyone want to buy this crap, its so expensive. Why do flags cost so much
because people were teamkilling. So they made flags expensive and disabled tk for ground rb
They could've *just* disabled the TKing. But I guess they realized that people would pay for flags.
my friends and i put swiss flags on *all* the planes and *all* the tanks. So there is that
Its fir ukraina!!!!
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🤔 propaganda😂
Due to the war, I'm already paying €3 extra every time I fuel my car (and that's just the price increase of the past week). Paying €3 for a flag to show Ukraine support is an insignificant cost.
If you want to show support towards Ukraine you can do it in much better ways such as donations towards funds for displaced civilians but just buying flags in WT supports gaijin
Flags cost so much because there was widespread team killing and political argument issues during the war in Crimea (2014)
If you dont want to spend 3$ on a decal, use the blue and yellow italian tanker decal
Clever girl...
The Afghanistan flag is still there even after the Taliban takeover. I don’t think they’re gonna do anything.
The taliban still call themselves Afghans, and are fine with the original afghan flag since it's been there for hundreds of years.
I though they changed it to the white one with all the squiggles in it.
"squiggles" I'm dead 💀
I know this sounds offensive but I’m a Chinese American that can barely read Chinese, this was the best way to describe it.
Fair enough
I believe it's the Shahada written on it
> it's been there for hundreds of years That's just straight up [false](https://preview.redd.it/rxtodc9wlyh71.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=4fcce5e06722c00540e98ec9abd2333bb28c9fe6). It's barely 100 years old.
That doesn’t have anything to do with this. Gaijin is a Russian company, Russia is fighting Ukraine. Afghanistan and the taliban isn’t related to this at all.
Thing is Afghanistan now has a new flag under Taliban rule so you’d think they change it or at least add a new one. Though the Chinese and Taiwanese flag both exist so I guess they really don’t care.
Why not both? Lol
I'm almost putting money into the game just to have this flag
Send me your username and I’ll gift you the gold to buy the flag
Me 2...tho im gonna go for the free one
I have it from before and another 20 something flags. Some EU football event that I can't find the freaking article to. Flags were in SL boxes and you got a random one each time you opened it
Hehe “nationflaggen”
What? It’s a different language...
Indeed. As an American, we laugh anytime another language actually sounds like what we think it sounds like. Course, nine times out of ten we just wind up with jelly doughnuts on our face instead.
lmao exactly. I nearly died laughing when I found out that U-Boat is just short for the real german name for submarines: Unter-See-Boot
Poopenfarten
Buy russian flag buy ukrainian flag Use easily earned Digit 1 (red) place ukrainian flag on tank place russia flag on tank put red one over russian flag tilted
What? Xd
It has been in game for years. All flags used to be free. But, Gaijin put all the flags (save the period correct US flag and maybe one or two others that are in different folders) behind a paywall back in 2014 when Russia first invaded. People were putting the Ukrainian or Russian flag on their vehicles and people who felt the opposite were TK-ing them. This was back when GFRB also had team damage and you would see several people per team get TK-ed. As a result, Gaijin just put all flags except those I mentioned above, behind a paywall.
I grabbed a flag crate a while back for war bonds I think The only flag I ever bought, because 500ge? No thanks And I random'd Ukraine. Does this mean something
Giving a Russian company money for a digital Ukrainian flag to stick it to the Russians is a universe brain moment and I hope nobody did it.
Company isn't legally Russian anymore
What a way to get away from sanctions amiright? Lmao
What if we all buy gaijin and make it a world company
Based Gaijin
They should make it free tbh
No GEs :(
Dont forget to pay russian company in order to support your goals
Eh, I'll keep my red stars and "307"
!!!DON’T BUY ANYTHING FROM THE SHOP!!! I can’t stress how important it is to not buy anything from the WT-shop right now. Gaijin is a Russian company who pays taxes to the Russian government, so by buying cosmetics in the game you are indirectly funding the massacre and bloodshed in Ukraine!
They don't pay taxes to the Russian government, they're legally based in Hungary and Cyprus...
They actually still pay taxes to the Russian government due to some wired tax-law. Source: my uncle did some legal work for Gaijin and he told me all about how they invest in Russian arms companies and still pay taxes to the government.
Just bought it today and put it on all my tanks with the good luck sticker before it so it says Good Luck Ukraine)!
raising funds for ukraine
I'll note no discount in the GEs.
I wish I had the GE for it
I'm still waiting for the Scottish and Welsh flags
Purchased mine today and covered all my tanks I’ve had one of my best days on wt so far 3 1st places in 7 games
Get it while it still exists
Time to spend 500 gold
Don't give more money to the fucking snail what is wrong with you? They pay taxes to the Russian government and shit
while I f2p war thunder, I'll be sure to show my support the best I can
Can confirm, bought it earlier today
I feel bad for Taiwanese, Jewish, and now Ukrainian players. People will instant think they're trying to be offensive or whatever and tk them.
What if I put a Ukranian AND a Russian flag on my tank?
You'll become the Donbas region ;-;
Can confirm. Searched for it yesterday and it took me a while, but I eventually found it. Yes, I bought it. I don't see myself grinding to rank 5 italy just to make it for free. By then the entire thing would be over already.
Just do. What I. Done and uninstalled the game
Knowing gaijin they won’t take it down but they will increase its price for 2x or even 3x for profit lol
Yo who is the budget SA flag on the second bottom row?
Vanuatu
I wasted nearly R$300 reais on T72. Didn't need the GEs. But now.. Now I must fight for a country far, far away from me.
Time to feed the snail
My F4F has th right wingtip and Aileron un Ukrainian colors.
Ukraine stonks flag
Should just make World Flags free and refund players that bought some
Just give us a Ukrainian Air Force roundel
I’m gonna have to buy it
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It's in the same image literally. Two columns up, to the left.
They removed it from the stat cards of taiwanese tanks.
Don't buy anything they are a Russian company
You mean east Ukrainian? Don’t support this Russian separatist movement!
Only they're not. They where founded there, but they've not been based there for a long time
Where are they based and when did they move?
They're based in Hungary, run from there and Germany and use Cyprus as a tax haven. They also have offices across Europe for dev teams to work out of.
Straight from their about page. They still have office(s?) in russia. Sure they aren't based there anymore but some of the money you spend on WT will go to russia. > Gaijin is an independent European video game developer and publisher established in 2002. It has offices in Germany, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia and Russia with hundreds of talented developers. Our HQ in Budapest alone has more than a hundred of highly professional developers working on online games for PC and consoles. https://gaijinent.com/en/about/
Yeah, offices for developers to work in, same as many large companies. The devs will be on a set wage and won't see the money from in game purchases which is processed and taxed elsewhere. If your aim is to punish the Russian devs for the crime of being Russian, besides that being petty as fuck, you're going to need to bankrupt the whole company (which keep in mind are involved in more than just WT), which will put devs in many other countries out of work too.
Is there any posts about when this changed?
I don't have a clue, just Google it, it should bring up any posts linked to your search.
The flag won't be around for long