I miss when low/mid-Tier ships were a thing.....
As per title, I feel like nowadays, everything is just about higher Tiers. Devblogs are always adding more Tier 8+ premiums, Tier 9+ Steel and RB ships (not coal lol) and of course, the godawful Tier 8+ Experimental Ships.
Tech lines are starting at Tier 8 whenever possible.
Regarding premiums, you occasionnally get Tier 7s like the Gambia and Lugdunum, mostly during events. At Tier 6, we "recently" had the Orion '44 and Montcalm. Tier 5: new additions basically don't exist for years now, besides the Kalmar. Tier 4 and below: we are reaching the unfathomable void of the abyss. Battle passes are recycling the same old premiums (Molotov, Yahagi).
Some might say modelling lower Tier ships isn't as profitable as high Tier ones, but since the split with Lesta, ships are for most a bunch of copy-pastas and re-used assets anyway. On top of that, many historical ships would require little-to-no model modifications (like Gambia). A cool concept, balance it, make a skin and voilĂ . Personnally, I'd be more inclined to spend money on these instead of "what-if the non-existent soviet navy gave a paper ship to the chinese Navy Tier 9+"...
TLDR: Could we please get some love for the lower Tiers instead of high-tier blueprints, please, WeGee?