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In the olden days, T8 premium tanks were slightly less powerful than tech tree tanks, however this changed and unchecked power creep emerged
Now T8 is extremely oversaturated with premium tanks that deliver ~800 damage bursts (2/3 to half of the HP for T6 tanks), are immune to counter fire and will hunt you down because they are more mobile
Your stock crappy tech tree T6 tank is just there to feed them, and you will find yourself on the bottom of the food chain more often than not due to the oversaturation
WG hasn't nerfed any premium tanks in 8 years