I'm up to the cromwell (haven't bought it yet) and the churchill 7 on the british line, really struggling to find many good points thus far outside of the pom pom fun early on so I only do my daily doubles with them. See people doing well in Cromwells and the tier 8-10's though so maybe its worth it.
Churchill 1 had a decent gun but the paper turret with no gun mantel was super lame, gun depression was bad too. Enjoyed all the other nations t5 heavies much more.
Churchill 7 I haven't fully upgraded yet so its very much a challenge to even get to the combat on half the maps before the outcome is decided. Its slow enough that i'm having flashbacks to the horrific stock AMX 40/B1.
Crusader felt like a slightly more agile but lower top speed T-34 with a damaged gun.
Artanix said:
it sounds like the french tanks tbh, they really don't kick in until Tier V either and then they get a bit awesome (ELC AMX funtime!)
Awesome right up until you sell the ELC and "upgrade" into the 12t... eugh. Getting into t10 games half the time with 144 penetration is not fun and then once you finally get done with that you get to do it all again for even more exp with the exact same gun on the 13 75!
Currently enjoying going up the american medium line, Sherman Jumbo with premium ammo derp is utterly rediculous. I thought KV-1S was crazy when it landed top tier.. but this is even more deadly as it fires twice as fast for almost comparable damage per shell and has great armor! Anything less than a 2k/steelwall/top gun game feels like a failure.