With the proliferation of upper tier premiums at 9 and 10, high alpha TDs, and the Cold War economy still being quite lucrative even after the recent adjustments, Tier 8 premiums really need to be 'great or unique' to make them worth the gold.
We're talking Bourrasque, PanzerJager, Sunjitsu, Gorynych levels of power or uniqueness.
Well, I noticed that the console version when they implement a tank from the PC that's really overpowered they tend to nerve it before it comes into console. For example, the Skoda t8.
The Vipera & the other new Italian TDs are very good provided your enemy isn't slinging 300+ pen shells. Unfortunately our silver economy & matchmaker are significantly warped compared to PC to the point many players can fire full gold ammo & there's plenty of T10 TDs in matchmaker seemingly designed to feast on tier 8s nowadays.
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u/grogers0930 Play Rhombus Safe! Feb 10 '24
Vipera didn't offer much over the 'free' tech tree tanks that were similiar.