I have been playing the new Frontline mode and thoroughly enjoying it. I acknowledge there are a few bugs but this is to be expected in a new game and I am sure they will be patched.
Frontline has thrown up a few possibilities though.
Frontline has proven that if there is no tier spread the battles at the very least as much fun but in my opinion infinitely better. Also despite all participants being drawn from the same tier the world did not end and the servers did not spontaneously combust furthermore the battles did not lack excitement far from it. Frontline has proven that the tier spread is unnecessary and that it does little more than cause frustration and resentment sucking all the fun from the game as it does.
If all battles were one tier people would have a reason to keep more tanks in their garage so that they could play enjoyably at any tier rather than being caught in an arms race to reach tier 10 so as not be 2 tiers down most battles. By virtue of the fact that they are playing their tanks they will unlock higher tiers and enjoy doing it instead of the current agony.
Another point proven by Frontline is that corridor maps are crap. They are lazy map making and there only to manipulate results. The beauty of the Frontline map is that all tank classes can play to their strengths and are not immediately disadvantaged by terrain.
Finally if Frontline is to become a permanent feature I can buy tier 8 premiums again. I can't be the only one who stopped buying them because I cant see the point in giving Wargaming £40 just to be a punchbag for tier 10 tanks. If you remove the tier spread we can all dust off the tanks we like to play at all tiers and play then again knowing we are not just setting ourselves up to be an xp pinata for stat padders and rerolls.
In conclusion Wargaing please remove the tier spread and corridor maps in randoms or run Frontline at a different tier each month to rejuvenate the game and bring back the fun.
Thank you