Elite status
The state of a vehicle whose modules and successors are all researched, which unlocks crew training and experience conversion.
Also known as elite, elite vehicle.
Once everything a vehicle leads to is researched, it becomes elite. Its experience can then be redirected into accelerated crew training or converted into free experience with gold, instead of accumulating with nothing to buy.
Elite status is also what opens field modifications, so it is the point at which a vehicle stops being a step in a grind and becomes something a player keeps.
Related terms
ResearchSpending a vehicle's experience to unlock its modules and the vehicles that follow it in the tree.Free experienceExperience that can be spent on any vehicle or module, accumulated as a small share of everything earned and convertible from elite vehicles with gold.Crew trainingA crew member's proficiency in their main role, as a percentage, which scales every stat that role governs.Field modificationsPer-vehicle upgrades unlocked after a vehicle is elite, trading one stat against another in a series of choices.