sorry for a post like this for the thousands time, but I just cant find a proper answer to be fair.
So I am quite new to the game with 100 hours and started only playing Russian Planes for the YAK Line until 6.3 …Now I got interested in the Tanks and also started with the USSR, since I already had some planes there. … So far I reached around 5.7 BR and I am not really satisfied. Slow Reverse, bad depression and they feel like rocks to me. My goal is to play at around 7-9 BR. I dont like the modern stuff with Lasers and all that tech.
I often read Germany, Sweden or the US as a recommendation but sometimes they say its only good in High Tier.
Can you guys help me with a decision for the Goal of BR 7-9? Top Tier is not planned at this point.
if you dont want slow tanks and want to play around 7.0-9.0 then you have a few options for nations with good lineups for early cold war tanks
germany offers a good 8.0 lineup with the leopard 1, marder 1a3, df105, raketenautomat all at 8.0 and each offering something enjoyable
sweden at 8.3 will give you the Strv 103A, U-SH 405, ikv 91 and a t54 if you want too
italy gives some decent options at 8.0 but not quite as good currently as it has been in the past, you get the of-40, leopard 1a2, and the pzh 2000, m47 105/55, as well as 2 decent 7.3 light tanks if you really need them
Hmm, my favorites are above 8.7 usually, but I get you, plenty of people staying with WW2 and cold war stuff.
I’d say go for:
Italy, it’s very versatile and fun to play.
Go as far as you want tbh, but I have the most fun around 3.7 - 6.0
Germany, classic, I’d recommend to stop around 6.7 tho
Avoid for now:
USA - you’ll get bored quickly, it’s getting interesting above 6.0 but it’s top tier what shines. I’m not pilot myself but CAS is really good.
UK - unique and fun but requires more skill.
Sweden - theirs WW2 stuff is just bad, with few exceptions.
France - beginning of the tech tree is just terrible, above 7.0 it’s getting crazy good.
Japan - mixed feelings, they are not bad by any measure but I think there are better options.
Israel - boring, avoid if you’re not Israeli yourself.
RU and China I got only to the 3 era so I can’t tell much.
Ps. Gameplay shifts where the stabilisation+laser rangefinder combo starts. So if you really want to avoid what’s “modern” you should stop around 8.0. If we look at my list with 8.7+ in mind it would be all different.
That’s my goal, I did that in most ground TT already, I usually stop at around 10.0-11.7, some trees I have top tier tanks but I don’t usually play them.
For Air tho, I want everything!
If I had to pick only one nation for ground. It would be either france, britain or germany (this one is the easiest between the 3). I don’t look for the most OP tree, but the one that offers interesting and strong vehicles at some BR’s I like.