The secret to good tank battles lies in the old crater map. You could have very long shots or move in close. The air guys hated the map because it was such a good tank battle no one flew planes. I enjoy tank battles, but the skies were empty on thee crater map.
The strats. Easly destroyed strats changes the balance between defense and offense play. With guns down for a long time makes for guarding bases which means fewer offensive fights. Same with long run times to rebuild starts and long downtime auto guns. Still though you need a payoff for long bomber runs. Tough balance job for sure. During two countries aginst one nights, often the one country fighting two countries has their strats flattened while the other two countries have 100% strats.
On 88s. They can be the only way to push back runway vulchers. Not sure about this but an 88 in town might be interesting.
This is not meant to be a complaint at all. Just feedback on current map play.
The number of new maps is really encouraging. Thank you map makers.