Is tier 8 a dead tier

Draschel: No offense, but you are off by 40 yards. Real off. I don't think you understand how things work Short answer is, you have no idea. Long answer is, well long. The game was designed, a decade ago to have convenience delivered, in the form of rewards+time, AKA gains primarily seen with premium account. Yes, early available tanks like Churchilll III, IS6, Type 59, Lowe, Mutant 6 were great, especially stacking with premium account but premium account is the major thing. Remember, there were no 5x victory reserve multipliers, were no boosters, were no battle pass. These things are now things, that people didn't have for years. So when you say nonsense such as I can't make that money in borsig, you sound laughable.So, free to play existed and still exists. Sure. And players can still do it, at a very fine competent level. But it discards convenience, time, value. And people DIDN'T DO IT, with a tier 8. Cromwells, T150, M4  &  Pz IV, Jumbo, BDR GR1, KV1, Jag panzer IV, SU100, T67 were the earners. Do you think free to play players, are going to sit in a tier with expensive repairs, where most ammo costs 1k per shot? Tier 5 and 6 has the ratios people, wise enough to easily realize, require. T67 can spend 300 credits for 300 damage. Even a Lowe though a great eanrer, spends 1K to cause 320. Thats just not the free to play, viable economy. Free to play economy, didn't invoke grinding. It was one step forward, 3 steps to the side, 1 step forward again, 3 to the side. AKA, play your tier 5 + 6  -3x, then get your doubles in 2-3 tier 7-8-9 grinds, then -3x of your 5-6 earners again.  Does such an economy still exist? It can but isn't popular, and with all the new boons is rare nowadays. Boosters, battle pass, missions, campaign side quest rewards, tournaments ease the pain of the once tedious grind, and yes now its something you can do in tier 7-8. But the truly responsible, account manager who wants to progressively earn and not dig a whole, isn't grinding tier 8s for cash unless FL: (rentals)  clan SH,  tournaments, and putting tournament rewards to use.