War Thunder - T29 Pack

I've watched more premium vehicle packs cycle through War Thunder than I care to count, and the T29 is one of the few Rank IV offerings that hasn't aged into irrelevance. The pitch is simple: you're buying a big, slow, American heavy tank built around a 105 mm T5 cannon and enough frontal armour to frustrate most opponents it meets at its battle rating. What that translates to in practice is a vehicle that can anchor a push, absorb punishment from the front, and delete enemies with the T13 APCBC round when they expose their sides. It can also sit back and snipe thanks to a high muzzle velocity, which gives it more tactical flexibility than most pure brawlers. The trade-off is mobility. The T29 is slower than the IS-2 mod.1944 and the Tiger II (H), so if you charge in expecting a medium tank, you will die confused. As a premium, the T29 exists to accelerate Silver Lions and Research Points generation for the US ground forces tree, and at Rank IV it does that job reasonably well. The question every returning or new player has to answer before spending money on War Thunder is whether the ecosystem underneath the vehicle is worth investing in right now. The honest answer is: complicated. Gaijin faced a full-scale community revolt in mid-2023 after an economic update slashed battle rewards and raised repair costs, triggering a review-bomb campaign across multiple platforms. They reversed course, reduced repair costs, and adjusted Silver Lion gains so that average players could break even without a premium account. That's progress, though veterans will tell you the grind to high-tier still assumes you'll either play daily or open your wallet regularly. The game itself remains genuinely populated. Concurrent player counts across all platforms push well past 100,000 during peak hours, which means matchmaking is quick and you're never waiting for a lobby to fill. Three game modes, arcade, realistic, and simulator, give different player types an entry point. Arcade is forgiving and fast; Realistic Battles is where the T29's armour and firepower profile actually matter and where the grind feels most rewarding. The T29 in Realistic Battles is a patient player's vehicle. It rewards hull-down positioning, careful angling, and knowing exactly which part of an opponent's tank to shoot. Players who prefer flanking and speed will bounce off it. The broader War Thunder structure is a live-service treadmill that has outlasted Armored Warfare, World of Warplanes in any meaningful sense, and a dozen smaller vehicle MMOs that tried to compete. That longevity matters. The servers are not going dark anytime soon, the content pipeline is steady, and cross-platform play works. What it is not is a casual purchase. The T29 pack is an entry point into a game that will ask for more time or more money at almost every subsequent tier. If you are specifically building toward the US ground forces Rank IV-V bracket and want a premium vehicle that genuinely accelerates that path while being fun to play in its own right, the T29 delivers. If you are hoping the pack itself is a complete experience, War Thunder does not work that way and never has. Yuki, Scout Team