Regular infantry doesnt help you anyway. If you are fightin in rares, little enemy groups can easily sneak and blow you up with tnt/ explosives.
This game markets itself " tactical realistic" .
If normal player dont support their tanks, ai can do.
Tanks didnt fight at battles solely in ww2 . Every tank group has armored battalions whic support and protect them from enemy infantry. Also normally, armored batallions have recoinassance units with motorcycle and light armored vehicles.
German panzergprenadiers are the best example of of it.
My suggestion is;
Give 4-5 ai bots to every vehicle that always will be around and move with vehicle. This ai soldier will be able to inform tank commander about any enemy infantry closer to 10 meter radius circle away from tanks when you are driving the tank.
Losing those guys will end up losing warning ability arıund near enemies. With this way :
Tank player will not rush unless they want to lose all their ground support. Vehicle gameplay will be more tactical.
Actually, motorcycle squad should be in every campaign maybe except pacific. If a smart player stick to tank guy and run around tank, giving info about fprward enemy positions and other tanks, tank play will be epic.
I think the infantry would just end up as experience piniatas for enemy tanks
Tank are already experience pinatas at the current state. Look how many destroyed tanks you see in average match.
You cant change players skill. If someone is shit with tank, he wll be even with infantry.
Limitations when you are using a tank ( slower movement than infantry, narrow view, to be sniped easily when you expose yourself to use binocular etc…) have nothing to do with skill issue. Stop defending every obvious flaw in the game by labeling everythin as “skill issue”.
Then have friend to cover you, you cant change a way players play. How long do you think those bots will last with that how long normal infantry bot lasts?
This is why i am proposing bots. Oh and based on my observation and experience, i am pretty sure they will do 10 times better than %90 of real players.
I think they should add a “defend this position” but on tanks, and giving options for hiding behind the tank or spread out and cover it.
Bots are too dumb to know what to do and no way just one person could defend a tank.