Oh I've been in spawn fights lately.... it can be intense but for me the fun would wane quickly if I got out of the fight and climbed to a perch and just picked those fighting in the actual battle. Planes or tanks... no real difference. When in the actual fight it can be a blast but you'll need lots of tank parts. lol
the spawns for the two bases were literally on top of each other. There were multiple times when I spawned in and they would spawn in behind me and killed me. As for my location, once I finally got out of the open spawn, I was able to get towards the side of our spawn. But I was still only 600 yards away and Was still in the open, just not directly in front of them as they spawned. multiple times I almost got killed from rounds coming from places I could not see. Had to be repaired a couple times too.
I ended up losing two tiger 1s before even moving and about 15-20 panthers and then about 40 panzers and t34s prior to that sorty.