Hi! I wanted to see the player opinion on what “Top Tier” is. Feel free to explain your choice if you have the time to do so.
Also, there are jets with missiles as low as 8.3
But they are less common, missile combat really becomes relevant after 9.3 where everyone gets their AIM-9Bs or equivalents. Thanks for sharing!
isn’t just “tier” synonymous with “rank”?
That’s kinda why I made this poll, it’s really loosely defined so I wanted everyone’s opinions on it
I just feel like it literally can’t be tied to BR since the “top tier” BR ranges in ground/air/coastal/bluewater/heli are all different.
tier/rank/era . . all the same same … used in various places throughout the game. It has always been this way since I have been here 10+ years.
Ahhh ok.
Mhm
“Top Tier” is a very subjective term, means different things to different people. I do not think there is a definitive/subjective answer for that. I generally refer to it as “High Tier” and to me that basically means the upper end of trees/vehicles that I do not play. While I own a great many “high tier” vehicles, just not the game play I enjoy and I prefer to play “mid-tiers” . . lol, or what used to be called mid tiers. Top Tier used to mean 7.0 - 7.7 a long time ago . . . lol, but the game has changed drastically in my time here, and especially in the last 3 - 4 years with the advent of all the modern vehicles.
Top Tier is basically the imaginary “carrot on the stick” that many feel is the “end game” for WT. Personally I do not think there is an end to the game specifically. I mean even if you manage to get all the vehicles in the game, they will just add more . . . lol. So it doesn’t really end.
I have managed to get every researchable vehicle in the game, 5 or 6 times, and even after a few nations got tanks. But those days are long gone as they have added so many new vehicles(and nations), it’s just not feasible anymore. It used to be a doable goal to get everything, now I think it is more along the school of thought to get everything in 1 nation, or even 1 tech tree. Game changes, player base changes, wants, wishes and goals change. Current meta now seems to be top tier this or top tier that, basically almost the only thing Devs seem to work on anymore. So here we are . . . until it changes again . … lol,. and I am sure that it will . . . just give it some time
If there is top tier then there must be mid tier and low tier. So just split the tech tree in three parts and you get top tier.
However, there might be a top tier and “top tier” where players refer to top tier as highest BR bracket.
Thanks for using my reference lmao
Thats you, thinking top tier is good because its on “top”
Reserve tier: 1.0-2.7, it’s mostly pre or early war vehicles and new players, I hate the terrible performance that turns combat into avoid the ground simulator
Low tier: 3.0-4.7, early war vehicles, pretty fun, overlooked by experienced players
Mid tier: 5.0-6.7, your classic WWII vehicles that everyone likes, superprops are peak and body early jets
Medium tier: 7.0-8.7, early jets, pretty fun, no climb rate again frustrates combat, most players are struggling to adjust from props
High tier: 9.0-10.7, compression and premiums
Top tier: 11.0-12.7, good high tier gameplay but many toxic single nation mains who claim they suffer
Hype tier: 13.0+, 95% of game advertisements and attention, Gaijin completely ignores history and balance in favour of hype, playerbase is simultaneously the least skilled and most toxic
I do not, not at all. I mean yeah everything looks cool and goes fast(faster is not better, it’s just faster is all) but I personally do not see the “game” to most of it. I play 4.7 - 5.3 in AB planes, a little higher in tanks, like 4.7 - 6.7, but also AB. I do play RB in naval and I do enjoy the “top tier” play there a good deal, but that is not all that I play. And mainly because AB & RB in naval are not as vastly different as they are in planes & tanks. Just personal preference, that’s all. I play what I enjoy and I expect others to do the same thing, regardless of mode they like, or the BR’s they play. It’s a game, the main objective is to have fun, everything else is secondary.
If I’m not mistaken, as low as 8.0 actually, as last I checked there was a hidden British premium at 8.0 with 2 Aim-9Bs
You’re right. Well kinda. Idk what British one you’re talking about, but there is a German sea Hawk that is 8.0 with aim-9’s
Ah you’re right, that’s the one I was thinking about, don’t know why my brain thought it was British haha
I mean, in all fairness it is a British made plane 🤷
There’s lots of missiles spotted around different trees but at 9.3 almost everyone gets some kind of low-end missile and that’s kinda where “missile thunder” starts. For a pretty long time top tier has been defined by the existence of missiles but half of all planes have missiles now so it may be time to re-organize a different definition.