Enlisted’s campaigns were merged into research trees in December 2023.
If we assume that the Merge was reportedly prepared for ~1 year (2022) before that, how is it possible that by 2025 none of these obvious issues caused by the Merge have been foreseen/adressed?
1. Tanks
Goes without saying. I used to have a yellow Pz III J in my Tunisia campaign:
And a white-washed Pz III J in my Moscow campaign:
But then you stole them from me (merged with another Pz III J) and since December 2023 I am no longer allowed to have it yellow in Tunisia and white in Moscow? wtf?
RESOLUTION:
Add a system for vehicles just like the one you have for soldiers, where every campaign gets a biome-themed default camo and additional camos can be unlocked with getting X kills/experience with certain tanks.
Yes! Not just for GOLD. Getting X kills/experience with certain tanks could incentivize people to play with less popuilar tanks: silver/ingame challenges/BP/events.
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Every vehicle by default should come with accurate, immersive, appropriate, historically accurate generic decals and turret numbers randomized for each vehicle in the match:
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These default skins should change their base color/paintjob according to the map they’re placed on
Example:
Default T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps
Optional “improved” skin for T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps
Optional “improved” skin for T-34 for Moscow, Stalingrad and Rzhev maps
A. Basic faction insignia
German tanks must have Balkenkreuz, American tanks must have white stars (Soviet tanks must not have red stars - those were mostly for parades).
And no they must not be sold for gold. They must be pre-rendered on all skins with fixed sizes and positions according to army regulations of the time, e.g.:
B. Basic color change according to the biome
Any and all Pz III must be dark yellow in Tunisia; grey/white in Moscow, Rzhev and Stalingrad; dark green/ambush in Normandy, Ardennes and Berlin.
These must work exactly like soldiers’ automatic clothing change, and any additionally purchased/unlocked colorway must only be applicable within the appropriate biome preset.
And no they must not be sold for gold.
C. Basic random turret numbers
Simple randomized turren numbers must be added to add life to generic looking tanks.
For example a German tank numbered 243 would mean 2nd company, 4th platoon, 3rd vehicle.
And no they must not be sold for gold.
2. Planes
Did no one really thought before the Merge Ju 87 in desert camo and BF 109 trop would look silly on winter maps?
Was it really not clear that we’d need the same system as with soldiers, and as I proposed with tanks?
This looks so obvious and would allow for so many new plane skins to be added (to appropriate biome selection)!
3. APCs
Selling every single APC camo for GOLD without links to biome is once again NOT a solution.
RESOLUTION:
Every APC should automaticaly have basic biome camo switching with additional, more fancy options unlockable with silver/ingame challenges/BP/events.
4. Motorbikes
Why is my German motorbike always sandy yellow and with a palm (DAK) decal even on the Eastern Front or in the Ardennes?
How difficult is color grey/white-washed on winter maps?
RESOLUTION:
Bikes should automaticaly have basic biome camo switching with possible additional, more fancy options unlockable with silver/ingame challenges/BP/events.
5. AT/AA guns
These also used to be white-washed in Moscow and again you stole it from us with the Merge
Now we can only have one color, regardless of the map:
Why on earth was it possible to have yellow AT cannon in Tunisia before the Merge but became impossible after?
RESOLUTION:
AT/AA guns should automaticaly have basic biome camo switching.
6. Transport vehicles
Why do all Kubelwagen cars have to be grey on every map?
Would it really be so difficult to make transport vehicles yellow for Tunisia?
RESOLUTION:
Transport vehicles should automaticaly have basic biome camo switching.
7. Final Thoughts
We used to have unique visuals for each campaign/map-set and the Merge stole it from us.
It’s little things like this that matter and that allow the game to look more high quality with attention to detail, that improve the player’s immersion and suspension of disbelief.
TLDR: add/return automatic colorway-biome links for everything!
@JestersTM @Marty_Hoffman @SnowieW @MajorMcDonalds @RanDagon I hope you can send feedback upstairs
