As a veteran WT player i have been here since nearly the launch of the game, i only play RB and i play it for my own enjoyment. i play matches to win matches, i have had a premium account for most of the last decade so i don’t care about SL, or the grind. i am generally good with 99% of ground maps save one or two.
I already know Gaijin will not era separate the tiers (to keep the player base together) so i have just gotten used to seeing PT 76s in my WWII games (where i prefer to play) even though i find it annoying and immersion breaking.
my real problem is naval.
I love playing with my boats and ships but there are a few items that are huge problems in map design.
1.tier lock-all maps not for boats (the tiny ones) should have no level cap. it forces players who are above mid tier into a very few really badly designed maps. there are only 7 maps without a top tier lock above 6.3 and 5 of them are garbage. especially now that Kvarken has been completely removed.
You could literally double the available maps if the cap on all the 6.0+ were removed.
I have the reverse problem with RGBs because many of the newer maps are tier locked for 5.0 or higher so we cannot fight WWII battles on them.
2.open water maps-they are dumb (jungle, la manche etc…) and i won’t play on them i will exit out and drop in another nation or wait out the 9 minutes. maps with line of sight blocking terrain lend themselves to close quarters combat which is where the game is actually more fun. examples of great maps i enjoy-aleutian islands, franz josef*, palau*, new zealand cape, japanese port
*these maps were great until the most recent update- the spawn points are now to far apart on Franz (we used to have some really great fights over points A/B) and the removal of the islands on palau made the map much less enjoyable even if it is still one of the best high tier maps.
3.locked spawn points for blue water- meaning destroyers cruiser or battle ships should be able to spawn in at any blue water point. the amount of traffic/spawn stacking because you cannot use all of the blue water points for any blue water classed ship creates an early game nightmare. i hate to say this but i used to play WOWS and they actually didn’t do something this dumb even though their game play was overall worse.
- i pretty much know Gaijin don’t really care and this is just a bit of venting, but i have said my bit.