I think the entire bias thing (specifically for tanks in this case) comes down to learning curve. This is purely my opinion, but I believe Russian MBTs are more new player friendly short term, especially for premium players. You have a lot of active advantages that other tanks don’t have. Something like the Abrams, which requires more skill to play effectively, is much less player friendly short term (Click bait is a great example of how bad new players are at using it). Russia also gets a lot of premium options at top tier and too many vehicles for lineups. One of the more prominent bias “features” comes down to how ERA is modeled. IRL they don’t just have a set KE protection value, as it depends on the angle it’s struck, the projectile, etc. Gaijin currently cannot model realistic ERA so they slap some numerical values on it and call it a day. If for example the BVM did not have any ERA, it would be lolpenned by most top tier rounds with greater than 550mm of pen through the UFP. I’m a US main and after playing both early Russian MBTs and of course the Abrams, the Abrams is better by miles, but it took time to learn how to play it.
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agree