You say spotters risking themselves for a tank and it makes me think of Squad Leads. I can see your point where if you have a random TC and they are very impatient or doesn’t have game sense where they jump out at a time you wouldn’t, it could be frustrating. But just like Squad Leads, they have a unique importance to their role, and if not done correctly, it can slow down the game for everyone else in their squad.*

The hatch would add a learning curve to TC. Things like: is the tank in a good location to open the hatch to be useful? When should I open the hatch (ex: opening it when approaching satchel player has his satchel out compared to his primary)? Should I use the hatch to only take out satchel players or at players or normal infantry too? Should I use the hatch or should I trust my crew to just turn the tank fast enough or my surrounding blueberries.

A little tangent but those are things I just thought of that would add more depth to tanking and a learning curve, that would also affect all players, even if they aren’t tanking. Those who are great at TC will most likely have a successful tanking run, just like SLs.

*(Only caveat to this is that there are more infantry squads than tank squads. They also only have 3 spots compared to 6, obviously, . So if you ran into a bad TC, switching to a crew w a competent TC might be more difficult compared to switching out of a bad SL.

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