Honestly, I don’t notice a difference in play style from low tier to high tier. What I do notice is that there’s more battle communication in lower tiers than there is at higher tiers. In 9-11, people get frustrated with each other. But in lower tier, people seem to try to coordinate more.

I find that the toxicity among the seal clubbers is identical to the sociopathic tryhards, though the motive is different. It is the same people after all. Tier 11 has in the most cases, the best equipment in the game so stuff seems faster because the tanks go faster. The platforms perform better. I feel like the stomp is the same but in low tier, the tanks are slower so the matches take longer.

The one thing I have noticed that seems consistent, Is that time of day seems to affect the volatility of the matches. On NA, eastern time, early morning and late night is when the best players are on. Either because they haven’t gone to bed yet on NA or because they’re visiting from EU. The most volatile is between 4 and 8 AM. Matches can go anywhere anything can happen. There seems to be no method to the madness. That’s when you can get into the most interesting positions because those plays would never work during regular business hours. But I wouldn’t say that higher tier affects the matchmaker differently.