Because a simple fix would be allowing test drives for any vehicle.
It is a problem because what do you mean players before, HAD to research SPAA in order to use it, HAD to use their time researching it instead of rushing tanks and only tanks, and now people who neglected the line (which they shouldnt have), are getting babysat with days worth of work given to them for free.
I hope you know this isnt about spaa being op. Its about it being given away for free when its easy to use, and removes all the point of researching spaa.
Some countries get clearly inferior spaa than others, making it a pretty bad system in general.
The cons overwhelm the pro’s, which arent even that good as I myself, dont play CAS all that much, and I dont really find it OP.
13 armament upgrades I’ve counted, 1 of them is proxy in sweden, the rest are either stingers or rolands, and the tunguska.
All of these SPAA are completely usable (Some more than others), except maybe the swedish Lvkv which doesnt get any proxy/missile at stock (its more of a light tank than an AA)
100% of the players that did not bother grinding out the SPAA line are given this for free, and can compete with players that bothered to grind out the line just as well.
spaa stock: that means if you got m247 no hevt or chaparral with no irccm
no top tier spaa: that means no free buk irist and such, so you still need to grind spaa tree
50% chance of getting a lower br spaa: for example if your lineup its 10.3 you could get a 9.3 spaa
Usually this happens at mid-late game when people already died 2 - 4 times and no longer have tanks to play. I rather have my team play spaa than quit. Also they can play as scout and capture, always do that when no air. Also this thing happened even before the free spaas.
It would be better if they gave a proper MBT with at least some mid pen darts, so that those who only have one tank would at least not just have something to roll into battle with, but also be more or less effective in it.