So good to see there's some War Thunder players on Steemit! I just joined both as a content creator coming from YouTube and as just someone searching for a better social network. Nice write up. I really feel like you hit the head on the nail.
The one thing I'd add to this is that the grind in War Thunder is going to be longer than that in World of Tanks. In World of Tanks, you can reach tier X with relative ease, but War Thunder its a bit more complicated. This is because you can't just research all of the tanks in the light tree and forget the others. Instead, WarThunder requires you to research up to 6 vehicles in each tier before proceeding. This means you can't just rush to get the Leopard, but rather have to also research the maus, SPAA, ferdinand, etc. A good and important thing to note about the game!