Artillery is supposedly in the game to prevent camping, in my opinion it does the exact opposite. If players see multiple artillery in a match they tend to play a lot safer and stay in cover a lot more (based in personal experience) because if you try to do anything you start getting clicked a fat chunk of your health every 30ish seconds and the longer you contest a position without cover the longer it lasts.
It's not fun losing half your HP to some wanker on the opposite side of the map in the first 2-3 minutes of the game simply because you're trying to pressure a flank and progress the match.
Artillery is the lowest risk/skilp highest reward gameplay I have seen in almost any game I've played. It's literally sitting in hiding and hitting people for 400-800 irrelevant of whether they have armour or not, it's a pointless class that serves no purpose and I think it's about time to remove it.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/emw5t6/artillery_does_the_exact_opposite_of_what_its/
