Diary of a veteran player who cares about history in this "New Enlisted"

ErikaKalkbrenner · January 13, 2024, 3:26pm

clear enough to this point until now i suppose.

and… you seem offley convinced about this?

yeah i’m not sure that will actually happen just to appease few.
just… saying.

let alone giving a supposedly rare tank behind acesss owners for everyone as a replacement.

we have been lucky so far with uniforms, but even there it’s a long stretch.

yeah, it’s kinda the thing that somewhat boggles me.

the two can’t really cohexist for the nature of what one tries to tackle, and the other being the active problem.

such as,

Br = supposedly balanced
HA = creates and is by nature, unbalanced

pity.

i am…

anyway, i fairly sure we’re kinda passed that point with the upcoming japanese wonderland tank ( not particularly against it. personally, if i want a truly authentic ww2, i make my own mods about it against bots ) and the various new proto guns it’s… going south for the likes of you.

but, it’s weird you don’t get to face many of the things you are against outside one or two matches.

great you’re enjoying it so far, one might call it a paradox.

Veekay45 · January 13, 2024, 3:33pm

No, all I mean is tweakes on top of BR which don’t change the BR/balance itself.

I guess the fact that I refuse to play USSR top BR with Fedorov + AS + RPD + MT + Belt DP meta helps with that.

Veekay45 · January 13, 2024, 5:11pm

Game 51.
Germany BR3.
Tractor plant conquest.

Soviet team again suddenly gigachad strong, German team suorisingly low rank and braindead, but WW2 feling was ok, solid point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 39/51

Game 52.
Trying something new: all 4 factions on BR2, “join any team” on (Darkflow XP bonus where?)

Result: USSR on Kamenka River (wow!?) conquest

Paratroopers doing all the work, 0 deaths, but teams felt super unbalanced again.

Solid WW2 point though.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 40/52

Veekay45 · January 13, 2024, 6:17pm

Game 53.
Join any team.
BR2.

Japan. Pacific Munda Trail.

My god impact grenades are such an awesome mechanic…
Especially when this lovely chinese characters guy has 3 on each soldier

WW2 felt nice though, if it was not for constant British paras with Welgun and magic impact grenades spam while we the Japanese don’t have them.

0.75 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 40.75/53

Veekay45 · January 13, 2024, 6:24pm

Game 54.
Join any team.
BR2.

Germany. Ruins of Vaux.
Low BR Germany and US now play in Normandy??

My god, these teams though… what did I do for such karma?

Felt like WW2 though, 1 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 41.75/54

Veekay45 · January 14, 2024, 10:31am

Game 55.
Join any team.
BR2.

Japan. Alligator Creek.

Pacific matches are hard to judge on the WW2 scale because most of the Japanese tree past BR1 is basically made up, so take these ratings with a pinch of salt.

Let’s say 0.75 WW2 points because there were no obvious eye sores.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 42.5/55

Game 56.
Join any team.
BR2.

Japan again. New Georgia.

Another genius team that snipes with bolt actions from far away and doesn’t build rallies.

0.75 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 43.25/56

Game 57.
Join any team.
BR2.

Germany. Steel Mill.

Surprisingly, another low BR Normandy game. I was sure that before Germany low BR was only playing Moscow and Tunisia.
Kind of weird to see MP-28 in late war scenario but I guess “Germany had to scrap whatever they could in Normandy” works here.

Surprisingly, another braindead Germany team where only 1 other person knows how to build rallies.

Felt nice though, solid WW2 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 44.25/57

Now to address this point, I do believe that I created kind of a ‘safe space’ for myself by only playing BR2, where I don’t meet any of the cancerous eye sore BS like Tiger 2 in Stalingrad so far.

So for the sake of experiment the next few games I will play as “Join any team” on BR3 (except Japan BR2 because I simply haven’t unlocked the BR3 stuff) to have all the maps and MM queues available for selection.

However, obviously I do not to waste my own time so any BR4-5 game in Stalingrad will be an insta quit and 0 WW2 points, and my BR3 KV-1 with 76mm T-34 in Berlin also have high chance of being an insta quit.

Veekay45 · January 14, 2024, 2:37pm

But before I move to BR3 tests, some final BR1-2 games:

Game 58.
Germany BR1.

Tunisia Fortress.

Nice game, solid WW2 point, however I did feel dirty when using a Czech Pz 38t in Africa.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 45.25/58

Game 59.
USSR BR1.

Kamenka River (!) conquest (boo)

Nice WW2 feel but another unbalanced stomp.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 46.25/59

Game 60.
Japan BR2.

Munda Trail.

Nice WW2 feel, standard Pacific 0.75 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 47/60

Game 61.
Japan BR2.

Gavutu.

Nice WW2 feel, standard Pacific 0.75 points.

Not sure how you can now kill yourself with AP mines?

TOTAL WW2 so far: 47.75/61

Veekay45 · January 14, 2024, 5:58pm

Game 62.
USSR BR1.

Vysokovo Village.

Slugfest and meatgrinder, braindead team refuses to build rallies again, but the Germans finally stopped at the last objective.

Proper Barbarossa experience, solid WW2 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 48.75/62

Game 63.
USSR BR2.

Vysokovo Village again.

Nice WW2 feel again but this time a roflstomp.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 49.75/63

Veekay45 · January 17, 2024, 7:50pm

Game 64.
Join Any Team BR2.
Germany.
Berlin???

Ah. Finally it was my time to be that guy who forgets one squad/weapon and my otherwise BR2 bolt-action based squad got sent to Berlin just because my Sd.Kfz 7 guys had G41s.

Valiant effort by the team though (update, further investigation shows top 3 were a stack ), and decent WW2 feel if it wasn’t for the occasional AS BS in the kill feed.

0.75 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 50.5/64

Veekay45 · January 17, 2024, 9:07pm

Game 65.
USA BR2.

Pacific. Tenaru.

Why do my paratroopers sometimes drop 400+ meters from the destination?

All in all good game I guess. But I still feel dirty using Crusader and SAS boys in shorts.

Standard Pacific 0.75 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 51.25/65

Game 66.
Join Any Team BR2.
Germany.

Normandy Omer.

Sweaty game against a well-coordinated American top 3 and insane reinforcement points, but felt good.

Solid 1 WW2 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 52.25/66

Game 67.
USSR BR1.

Stalingrad Gogol Street.

Meatgrinder of a low tier game, filthy impact grenades spam by the Germans, consistently braindead Soviet team who snipe from 5 km away when the objective is being lost and refuse to build rally points.

2k poinst gap over second place didin’t help to win, but the game felt really like Stalingrad with PPD-34 and MP-38.
No insanities like ASs or Tiger 2 in Stalingrad.
Nice.

Solid 1 WW2 point.

However I truly feel Germany gets way more reinforecement points in Confrontation Stalingrad as compared to USSR.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 53.25/67

Game 68.
Germany BRV.

Normandy D-Day.

Hard fought battle, felt a lot like D-Day slugfest. Nice. Solid point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 54.25/68

Game 69. Nice.
Germany BR5.

Normandy. Gare de Saint-Lo.

For once I decided to play tank in my Tiger 2 H and my team was unable to hold any point for a second, so we turbo-lost to American paras spam and cap time advantage almost under 10 minutes.
Wow, team…

Felt like Germans in July 1944 though, totally inept against paratroopers.
Solid point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 55.25/69

Game 70.
USA BR2.

Pacific Gavutu.

Tough game with well balanced teams. And well, traditional 0.75 WW2 points for the Pacific.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 56/70

Game 71.
USSR BR2.

Stalingrad Gogol St.

Poorly balanced team, the Germans were unable to offer any attacking prowess.

But felt very Stalingrad-y so solid WW2 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 57/71

Game 72.
USSR BR2.

Stalingrad Station conquest.

Fast and quick, but felt right. Solid point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 58/72

Game 73.
USSR BR2.

Moscow Vysokovo.

Very WW2-feeling match but poorly balanced, the Germans were repelled in the snows of Moscow almost like Stalin thought they would have been.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 59/73

Game 74.
USSR BR1.

Moscow Vysokovo.

A real tough Barbarossa style battle to the last point, classic braindead Soviet team refusing to build any rallies, Terminator guy flying all game with ~5 kills and stating in chat he’s been playing Enlisted since 2017…

Solid WW2 point even though it felt like 2v4.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 60/74

Veekay45 · January 18, 2024, 7:09pm

For the sake of experiment I am going out of my comfort zone on BR2 and starting tests with Join Any Team BR3 + Japan on BR2 because I don’t have its BR3 stuff.

Game 75 (1)
Germany.
Downtier.

Moscow Manor Conquest.

Not too much of a struggle and a solid WW1 point.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 61/76

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 1/1

Game 76 (2)
Germany (!!).
Uptier.

Berlin Hermann Goering Conquest (!!).

Sweatfest against a stack with Fedorovs, Beltfed DP, AS and all that bullshit.

Not a WW2 feeling experience and we turbo lost in 7 minutes.
0 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 61/77

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 1/2

Game 78.
Germany (!!!).
Uptier.

Berlin bridge defense map.

Got into the match against the same Soviet fake weapons sweatstack, so just quit instantly.
0 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 61/78

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 1/3

Game 79.
Germany (!!!).
Uptier.

Dominant Height Conquest (!!!)

Chill match with not many kills, but felt like WW2.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 62/79

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 2/4

Game 80.
Germany (!!!)
Uptier.

Berlin River Crossing.

Another TWO stacks, another turbo loss.

I don’t know what happened to German teams, guess when you’re not the one carrying with BRV stuff no one can do anything.
However with 2 stacks for Soviets I can’t really blame my team.

Felt nothing like WW2: Fedorov, Horn, etc. – 0 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 62/80

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 2/5

Game 81.
Germany (!!!)
Downtier.

Tunisia Fortress.

Another Germany match, another loss, another game where I am the only ‘golden’ player.

Again PZ IV J in Tunisia…

Other than that, felt somewhat okay, I’ll give it 0.5 points.

This armored assault looked nice:

TOTAL WW2 so far: 62.5/81

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 2.5/6

Seriously, what is up with every Join Any game being Germany?

Veekay45 · January 18, 2024, 7:34pm

Game 82.
Germany (!!!)
Uptier.

Berlin Train escort.

I can’t even. Join any game = Germany.

Of course again bullshit weapons

But at least I found a nice use for the transport halftrack as constant mobile spawn as the train moves
@ErikaKalkbrenner halftrack nice

Poor WW2 feel with Fedorov, LAD and ASs, 0 WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 62.5/82

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 2.5/7

ErikaKalkbrenner · January 18, 2024, 7:36pm

did you just called an halftrack a car?

anyway.

indeed

Veekay45 · January 18, 2024, 8:35pm

After the insanity of playing every “Any” game as Germany, I decided to simply try USSR BR3.

Game 83.
USSR BR3.
Downtier.

Kamenka (yay) Conquest (boo)

German teams really struggle with players now, wtf

Felt great though, very WW2

TOTAL WW2 so far: 63.5/83

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 3.5/8

Game 84.
USSR BR3.
Downtier.

Quarry.

Wow German teamsa re really struggling. No wonder every “Any” game is Germany today.

Finally tried out KV-1 post-merge. It’s good.

Great WW2 feel as well.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 64.5/84

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 4.5/9

Game 85.
USA BR2.
Tunisia Conquest.

Decent WW2 game, standard 0.75 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 65.25/85

iso_seppo123 · January 19, 2024, 9:02am

Gotta hate the impact nades. They should get removed or nerfed to the ground

iso_seppo123 · January 19, 2024, 9:04am

If you or enemy shoots your ap mine and you are close it will kill you

Veekay45 · January 20, 2024, 10:55am

Game 86.
Germany BR3.

Normandy.

Felt like WW2 but another turbo loss.
It’s not funny at this point. Germany is pretty much unplayable.

Stug 3 F is super useless BTW, doesn’t pen Jumbo and Jumbo OHKs it.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 66.25/86

TOTAL WW2 in pure BR3 test: 4.5/9

Veekay45 · January 20, 2024, 11:37am

Game 87.
Japan BR2.

Guess sometimes you are just destined to keep losing. No matter how many rallies and cars you spawn.

0.75 Pacific WW2 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 67/87

Veekay45 · January 21, 2024, 11:15am

Game 88.
USA BR2.

Pacific Gavutu North.

For once a chill game where I didn’t have to carry. Nice feel and standard pacific 0.75 points.

TOTAL WW2 so far: 67.75/88

VoyoMayPL · January 21, 2024, 1:13pm

No! Muh StuG. StuG best!