NEMO.

Re.: Arty in 8.6, it’s pretty pointless in the lower tiers – only tier X is any fun as the nerf on that level is minute.

Glad I don’t have to grind my way up to GW E-100.

I found the Lorr. 155 50 amazingly fun before. Good precision, fast aim, fast reload and a fast moving machine. Only drawback was low damage and zero splash, but you can’t get it all.

Now it’s slow aim, slow reload, low precision with low damage and zero splash. The only thing you got going is the fast drive, but it’s secondary really.

IMO, WG should have just nerfed damage on all the arty’s. This wouldn’t make it any less fun to play, but at the same time it would make arty less decisive in the games. And as I understood it, the problem with arty wasn’t that it was too fun, but that it was OP.

Now it’s just not fun. And why would you want to play a vehicle that isn’t fun? At the same time WG is introducing new arty-lines. Good luck, I say.

And while SerB’s “if you don’t like arty don’t play it” is true and all, I’m pretty sure WG will lose many of the arty players entirely, as it’s now just a frustrating experience without any real redeeming qualities.

Just saying.

average distance driven divided by (Frequency of deaths to arty multiplied with average HP percentage lost to arty)

would be the only statistical thing telling anything about player abilities.