Customization is in a pitiful state

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I will keep this short because I’m not asking for an overhaul now, just some quick improvements.
Ever since Tunisia customization was improved in August of 2023, the soldier customization got worse with every major update.
I guess, this has been acknowledged since I did notice an increase in customization orders awarded in events, but no meaningful change has happened.
Please consider that customization does not transfer between campaigns even though campaigns share many customization options or are completely identical as in the case of Bulge and Stalingrad German customization.

I’m not afraid of supporting the game with my money but the price to customize squads are steep and the options are often lackluster with only one or two pouch options being available, so I don’t really feel comfortable with spending on it when it feels like it’s in a half cooked state.
Also Italian uniforms are still only available in Tunisia.

I suspect that Rzhev will release as its own separate campaign, not grouped into Stalingrad or Moscow thus the same winter clothes would have to be bought again for USSR and Germany, as it happened to Bulge as well. This is very inconvenient for players.
The more campaigns get released the more urgent customization improvements get.

Please consider releasing anything that will improve the situation, ideally at or around the same time as the campaign. Some possibilities are:

release more customization pieces especially for the Italians, the editor is full of clothing options.

grouping customization: each faction would need different categories, for example:
for Germany: summer uniforms; winter uniforms; africa uniforms;
for USSR: early war uniforms; late war uniforms;

increase the price but make it a one time purchase

separate the pool of each campaign but buying one clothing piece applies that one clothing piece to all campaigns it’s available in.

at the very least make customization for premium and event squads free

I also happen to have question, I would be happy if someone could answer,
Before the merge M43 field cap was available to German soldiers in the Battle of Berlin, but now they are only on squads that have them as default headgear; was this intentional or the M43 field cap will return to other German squads as well?

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I am still waiting for option for my sov AR engineers to not wear mitts in Berlin…

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It’s protection against tetanus and cuts from broken glass, Berlin is in a sorry state this year of 1945 :thinking:

(At least with imagination it’s less terrible…)

I just wait for a better system overall. Paying for 10 squads, EACH campaigns, for only one faction… green card prices aren’t good enough yet :thinking:

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I really like your new pfp Joe

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From the funny new combat note about engineers.

When I saw Morpheus engy with his mg pills… I received the “call”!

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it was a buyable option for normandy, tunisia and berlin.

unless it’s super rare, those should be available in the customization too.

0 reasons to lock common used clothing to restrict the already lacklaster selection.
especially for those unobtainable squad with gray unifoms.

i refuse categorically to damage even further the customization.

so, i’ll gladly pay 160 cards for a premium item to be used on other squads too. especially since i don’t like how premiums are ( despite bought 6 of them ) and definitely limiting.

but for the rest i agree.

i find it insulting that stalingrad soviet customization has literally more than 80+ selection with all pouches for all tunics, yet for usa , germany, japan and italy has around 6 options with not even all pouches…

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I like to equipping my legacy squads with different weapons so I can build interesting presets for different BR tiers. That is like 12+ assault squads for Germany alone, that all have at least 3 campaigns I would have to customize 7 soldiers for.

In theory the new Rzhev maps are going to add an additional map set to customize for at all BRs, adding thousands of customization orders to the current estimate to customize even some of my squads.

Customization needs a serious overhaul before I even consider really trying to use it.

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And don’t forget that the axis is Missing Oakleaf pattern, smock top.

I think the biggest thing that should be added is the customization options for the accessories on the soldier, the changing of magazine, pouches, and backpacks. I absolutely the idea that every time I want to use a magazine pouch wearable top for the axis, it has to have this ginormous backpack that has no physical use or accessories use for my soldier. I wish that if you had an SMG, equip an SMG, if you have a machine gun, it equipped a machine gun pouch, and if you have an assault rifle equips the assault rifle pouch… Sniper/rifle etc.

Stalingrad has a bunch of customization items that would be feasible for Normandy and some items for Berlin. I’m dumbfounded that it’s not allowed to be used in anything but Stalingrad.

Literally I want MP40 pouches and the removal of the backpack.

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What are you speaking about? I’ve seen a few people say that, where and when was it mentioned it would be added? :star_struck:

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in the new radiomen pre order apparently it gonna be Rzhev

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james grove said rzhev is br 1 -5

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Okay thank you!

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I can’t really comprehend why some campaigns are BR restricted while others are in both high and low BR.
I can forgive a new map being available for a month or two for every BR, but it would about damn time Bulge and Normandy are removed from low BR.

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