After around 4 or 5 years of being a casual player of this game (Since the tech trees were introduced I have mainly played customs mods as I dont find the game as enjoyable anymore), I belive big change is really neaded.
(Btw sorry if my english is not perfect. I belive I have a good level even if it is not my native tongue but should you have any questions make sure to ask me)
Firstly, we need new campaings.
The second world war is great. And it had loads and loads of armament, however, I think adding too much of them to the tech tree will just make it endless and repetitive, same with maps and scenery. But there is a simple way of solving this. New wars. I belive a great starting point would be either korea or the spanish civil war as they are considered to be the predecessor and precursor of ww2.
Secondly I belive it is of vital importance to improve how the player relates to his own caracter. In game there are some problems when aiming. It feels weird and sometimes slow to react. It also from time to time feels as if the caracter is not aswering to what it is commanded. If we compare this to another fps like rainbow, there it does feel better.
And this brings me to my next point. Controls should be improved. Like in every aspect. Planes need to be more complex and similar to warthunder. Infantry needs to be simpler sometimes.
I know this next problem is probably related to war thunder, as it happens there as well, but wheels need to be improved. In motorcicles, tanks, apc… They turn in a pretty unrealistic way and they are too wably, constantly swerving.
My next point is the most important one (at least according to me). The need for gamemodes. Not in the sense of “conquest” or “destruction”, but in a similar way to war thunder. Arcade, reaslitic and sim battles.
(maybe add third person to planes)
and sometype of chain of command,
removing the pen indicator from
tanks, adding more playeable
area to maps, adding transport
dutties (both supplies and troops)
that give some high rp rewards,
the existance of an airfield
where planes can both take off
and repair, but they continue to
rearm on air, teamkilling eneabled would be some great ideas.
Regarding the command chain I mentioned, it is all quite similar to how hell let loose does it. there should be a commander who is someone with experience in the game that can tell orders to group leaders and also place orders on the map. This orders when placed on the map will show up as objectives to the people who they are assigned to. Also a similar thing should happen to AI. The player that controls them should be able to place some orders to them using the map (make them moke to a position, cover another one or even, if it is AI is operating a mortar, tell them where to shoot and they do it themselves).
Related to planes, they should be able to customize their loadouts. In general planes should be closer to war thunder in many aspects.
Another small point I wanted to make is that console aim assist needs to be improved as it is bad and sometimes aims too much or changes the target you were firstly aiming for.
Maybe and just maybe adding playeable artillery would be great, but this is just an idea and not really that important.
AT guns should be able to be towed, making the transport dutties previusly mentioned even more useful.
Last but not least, comes one of the simplier things yet one of the most impactful ones, passwords. Customs right now have one of the most important options made a premium one. In this type of quality of life small things, the developers should not fall for the greedy need for money (I understand a game runs on money, but making this free would improve profit even if it sounds weird). The main problem with this option is not just that people will not be able to play just with their friends or one vs one them, but a much greater one. You see, when you search up on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Discord Enlisted, you do not usually find much. The reason behind it is that creators cant film videos, as videos in 80/90% of games are actually recorded on customs (take warthunder as an example. By the way, it also is from gaijing but it does allow everyone to use passwords). The same applies to discord servers, as they mostly recreate historical battles with an enfasis on command and control. The problem with it is that this makes the game to have a feeling of having no real community at all and makes the game to loose its main means of getting new players thus, losing them too. Regarding what I said about money, new players means more money.
This is all I have been able to come up with to make enlisted great. This game at its current state is just wasted talent, which is trully sad.
For everyone who read until here, thanks, and make sure to express your opinion or add new needed ideas. If you are a gaijing mod (or enlisted mod), there is no need to add everything, you can just take some ideas, but the game is kind of becoming obsolete and I belive these changes/additions are necessary.
Again thanks for reading,
S.M.rep99.