Like you hinted, The main issue with splitting too many times is it splits the player-base, causing more bot games.
As this (at least to my understanding) is one of the reasons for doing the merge, it becomes counter-productive to do so too many times.
With current plan you have 4 factions queuing into effectively 8 Queues (2 per faction), but has an option that you can effectively queue into 2 simultaneously (Tier III).
If you split it to 3 it becomes 12 Queues and loses the multi queuing ability
I just feel like any equipment which is totally overshadowed and inferior to another item of the same type, should be at the lower range of the tier with the capability to downtier. If there is no reason to use a Panther over a KT, it should be able to downtier. If there is no reason to use an MKb over an StG, it should be able to downtier. If there is no reason to use a PPD-34/38 over a PPSH-41, it should be able to downtier. Obviously some items are so close in performance to where that shouldn’t be the case, but I’m not focusing on the items that don’t need adjustment.
I appreciate that Jpz IV 70 got 1 BR lower, but can you do that for every TD/casemate tanks except the M8 Scott? M8 scott should be BR2, not 1, cuz 1 makes Stuart irrelevant
Because if we took the same liberties on placing premiums or event squads because of its potential, then wouldn’t the chauchat squad end up as BR4 because it has the potential to build a heavy machine gun? etc
I don’t really agree with Panzer IV J going into BR 3, still think that devs should look into the possibility of using weapon rarity/stars to compensate for weakee late-war weapons. Worth remembering everyone here that the ratio of 3-star weapons compared to 1 and 2-star weapons has drastically gone up with the Tech Tree, as now half thw weapons have become 3-star by default and thus making the in-game economy more expensive.
Also from what I’ve read the problem with the KV-1 is that its armor for some weird reason is stronger than what the numbers tell us. Like, in theory should be penned by way more stuff than it does in practice. Might be a bug, idk. I’d rather keep it at BR3 with a “fixed” armor and see later KV variants (like the KV-1S) on BR4.
Just to be clear, My feed back isn’t because I think the KV-1 doesn’t belong at BR III. I think it does.
BUT
“Not while BR 3s can see BR 1s”. Having a KV-1 in low tier just dumpsters almost a dozen of fun options for low tiers and they can do nothing about it.
What happened to protecting the stuart from the tiger? Or did that literally only apply to the stuart?
If KV-1 has to suffer a little at BR IV until the ques sort themselves out to save a dozen other “starter” vehicles/equipment from suffering (especially your new players). so be it.
idk if ±1 BR is possible cause it would add extra 2 queues per nation. at best they could put 6 BR and have low (1-2), mid(3-4) and high(5-6) queue per nation. someone suggested this in another topic and more i think about it, it seems better solution than 5 BR and 2 BR queues or 4 BR queues.
I went with the chauchat since it’s a underperforming weapon. Sure it was better on the test but it’s still a fun meh weapon. Like stein said, the squads potential of generating (building, airdrops) extra stuff shouldn’t influence the gun BR that is tied to such squad.
