The Great War Event

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I am not enjoying the Great War Event.

The iconic WW1 British lozenge tanks are the weakest, particularly because it takes too long to locate and range an enemy by binoculars and then bring a gun to bear to shoot the enemy. Also ironically, it’s a tank but the most fragile of all the ground vehicles. The Mark IVs and Vs are the Cinderella’s in a battlefield should be their playground.

On the same track, the Garford, a vehicle I never heard about until War Thunder’s last Great War Event is OP, incredible agility on the battlefield despite being wheeled, often highly resilient, and armed with a powerful gun on an effective turret.

Another issue is one of skill or possibly physical capability. I’m an older player, and my computer is now out of date, and I feel I’m being beaten by players with younger eyes, faster reflexes, and more powerful rigs. There isn’t an Arcade mode, and so I find myself looking for enemies, which is tiring for my eyes, and often I’ve zero’d in first and killed, or someone on my team kills the target I am about to shoot.

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Arcade would be worst.

What I learned playing the last event, use the gun trucks and stick to the flanks. They seem mobile, but until you spade them out, they are horribly slow and have little torque and can barely climb hills unless they are up to speed.

The Mark IV/V suck, I just stuck to the French tank. Even then it’s gun handling are an issue as it’s mounted low, but once you lock in the ranges, it’s not terrible.

The German tank seems invincible, but that’s just because it has a lot of crew.

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Neither the Mark IVs or the Mark Vs were significantly armoured.
They were made to end trench warfare, not to fight other tanks.
They were made for infantry support, breaking fortifications and barbed wire, and crossing trenches.