Hey Paul1224,
When it comes to Tier VIII, there are a few things you need to take into account.
Tier VIII is the most stretched tier in the game, Tier VIIIs have to be able to fill games from Tier VI to Tier X.
There are a decent amount of players that play Tier X, so that draws some Tier VIIIs into those games.
As a Tier VIII you have to change your mindset from being the biggest kid on the playground to the kid that is the friend of the biggest kid on the playground.
In Sub_Octavians Q&A he was asked about Tier VIIIs and this is what he said:
Question 7: Is WG happy with the effect that CVs have on tier VIII MM?
Sub_Octavian's answer: Tier VIII vs Tier X experience is roughly the same regardless of class. Some globacl MM improvements are being worked on but no CV specific changes are currently planned. We want to improve the experience for Tier VIII in ge...
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