After 1 day of playing with the update here are my thoughts.
Match Maker
I had several battles all the same tier, and several battles with a 3-5-7 three tier split.
There is a missions to run the new light tanks so there has been a lot of LTs running around influencing the team make ups. Also the Luchs seems to be a monster now.
But I LOVE it. I personally have seen very few 15-1 or 3-15 blowouts. The only issues are:
1) Currently Arty cannot platoon. I think WG should allow 1 arty in each 3 tank platoon. Also
2) Tanks with pref MM. They cant be in mixed tier platoons and are being dragged up into tiers whey don't compete well in - WG seems is pretending they don't exist.
Arty
I've found myself hit by arty a bunch of times yesterday causing me to panic and fight hard to stay alive. Sometimes I did, more often I didn't. Arty has killed me, but I felt like I had a fighting chance. This is good game play! Besides, anything beats being instantly surprise deleted by the invisible mad-God. I like it. The only recommendation I have for WG is when you get stunned I'd like to see a brief moment of white-out or some dizzying effect to highlight what has happened. Right now there is a moment of confusion as to what caused damage (the tanks I'm trading with for example).
New LTs
Haven't played em. Can't comment.
Edited by MacDaddyMatty, Apr 19 2017 - 16:50.