I've redone my review for this game so many times now I want to leave it at something neutral.
So, the game is definitely entertaining and quite realistic in performance of many vehicles, but at the same time its so horribly balanced and certain areas are so underlooked that it feels like an insult for gaijin to try and offer them to play for any entertainment.

It doesn't seem like balance is anything that will be looked into high mid to top tier anytime in the present or future and I can't say im suprised when most mods respond to any query about fixing the BR spread and blatant BR imbalances with "hurr durr queue times & confidential statistics" or just ignore you entirely.

The playerbase also isn't much to speak of in a good light as well, there are players out there that are friendly and can help you through a good chunk of the game but like in any MMO game, there are endless numbers of people who both think they're better than everybody else and/or don't care about other people and this usually ends up in terrible gameplay experiences, at least from what i've seen.

The only shining light i've found in gameplay for ground and air battles is Assault mode, and although it is the slowest and most monotonous method of grinding vehicles, it's very consistent in outcome for winning and i've never had any issue losing SL even at top tier with all ammunition spent. If you have time to spare and plan right with a good squad, it doesn't take more than a single day to get a top tier vehicle unlocked and with good positioning around the map, ground or air, consistent winning is entirely possible.

There is also helicopters for those who want to ruin the fun in top tier ground forces since unless your with a nation with a good AA vehicle like the US with the ADATS or have incredible aim in a tank, you're screwed in counterattacking.
I would mention naval but it's literally and I mean *literally* unplayable, basically no rewards for effort put in and getting spawncamped literally from your own spawn, what fun. Basically another way to get money out of people who like boats more than planes and tanks.

Overall, if you like wartime vehicles and have friends to play with you, go wild, nothing will stop you but know that after rank III vehicles, the fun starts to decrease more and more until you hit rock bottom, at least that's what happened to me.