Not so long ago, I became interested in what the eng forum of our game thinks about balance and which nation is the strongest in one or another BR. Therefore, I want to ask you what do you think about the balance, who is the strongest of the nations, which weapons are strong, which are weak and which are unbalanced?
The majority of the ru forum believes that the Germans and Japanese dominate the game (they are the strongest and most unbalanced), the Americans will be weaker in many ways, and the USSR is the weakest and most terrible nation in all BR. And what do you think about it?
(I apologize for the poor translation, I don’t speak English well myself, so I used a translator )
Germans have the strongest tanks at most BRs. They lack a bit in BR 5 for aircraft, but have really good small arms at most BRs, even if their not the best, they are just a step behind the best.
Japanese tree is just very sad, they have arguably the worst tree by miles however make up for it with Jap mains being cracked.
Soviet tree is insanely good, Though of course their BR5 tanks have a major downside in the form of reload, they make up for it in every other department. Soviet equipment often falls into weird balancing loops where at BR and downtiers they are just straight up broken while in uptiers their vehicles flop and founder quickly, though that is much the same for most nations I suppose, mostly just thinking of the KV-1 facing BR 1 germans.
The Western Allies is just a mixed bag, lots of dumb and odd decisions were made in the tree that leads them to be all over the place, not excelling in their niches and not having true jack of all trades weapons and vehicles to make up for their deficits. I still love them however though I do think they only do well due to the state of German mains.
Overall I dont mind it all too much, I just use the “Join any army” option anyhow so I get to play a bit of everything.
But ignoring the overalls I suppose BR by BR.
BR1 - N/A (except just not Japan)
BR2 - Soviets
BR3 - Soviets in a downtier, Germans in an Uptier
BR4 - Germans in terms of vehicles, Soviets for small arms
BR5 - Germans, Where’s me fuckin’ Super Pershing!
I don’t think any of them are unbalanced. I think that some factions are better at certain BR, but not overly so.
So, my opinion for best by BR;
BR1- Japan
BR2- Germany
BR3- USSR or US, it’s close.
BR4- no clear best, but Japan is the worst.
BR5- not enough games played, but I’m thinking USSR.
This is just my opinion. No warranties are implied, and it is offered “as is”.
My opinion will be based on having most of the premiums and all of the event squads.
Also, my opinion on planes will be different. Most players only care about “Big payload”, where as I care about Air domination first, Then free reign to destroy everything on the ground. The best planes can do both at the same time.
BR 1:
Air: Bombs Germany, Fighters Soviets
Tanks: Germans have the most decent Options
Infantry weapons: Dont think it really matters (Germanys and Soviets have most access to event/unique squads like paras)
BR 2:
Air: Soviets are the most versatile (spitfire and Zero best fighters though)
Tanks: Germany, Soviets and Allies all have a strong lineup
Infantry weapons: this is dominated by event squads and premiums. Everyone has very strong options
BR 3:
Air: Soviets Fighters with really good Anti tank cas, Germany BF110 is better anti infantry CAS
Tanks: Soviets/USA
Infantry weapons: Easily Soviets
BR 4:
Air: Easily USA for CAS, FIghters Italy (G.55)
Tanks: Germans
Infantry weapons: I havent played everyone enough But im just going to say Germans (carried by premiums, events and BP weapons. Breda, mondragon, mg 39/42 early/45)
BR 5: (Class Balance is all fucked up because of selectfires being a Riflemen weapon)
Air: USA easily best Attackers, Japan/Soviets best FIghters
Tanks: Germans (Carried by Tiger 2 H)
Infantry weapons: Forgetting Selectfires, Soviets in most categories (mostly a copy paste of Germany) with better SMGS and MGs
As for player base ability, on average I expect (I mostly only play BR 2-4) Japan > Germany > Soviets > USA
japan has worst equipment, but is compensated by dedicated playerbase on BR5. probably only nation/BR where i could end up in bottom half of leaderboard if i am not actually trying hard.
germany is good all rounder with best tanks. infantry weapons lag behind soviets on most tiers and are on par on some tiers. planes are good although fw190 needs fix.
soviets have best infantry even without body armor, not to mention with it. tank are mostly competitive with germans until KT. planes are good at low BR, meh on high BR.
US has great planes, ok infantry(depending on BR). tanks are behind germany and soviets, but still better than japan. also has shit AT capability for high BR.
if you are talking about playerbase, at least on EU server, japan probably has best players, while soviets have worst. germans and US teams are hit or miss.
why URRS is bad? oh well easy to answer: is the nation player base the URRS have amazing handycaped stuff which in the correct hands makes everything go down into a bullet and bias hell but lucky their players are brain dead in almost every way stacks have alredy released the true power of the URRS and dont seems to be to weaker…
Then we have the allies which only dominates on Cas and premium stuff but is more than enough to make this nation powerfull speically on the air
Japanese, the most underrated nation is hard to play? yes… but once you realize what is capable to nothing will stop you but it need more content like idk? a decent plane with good loadout and better tanks i guess…
AND FINALLY germansss… they dominate on tanks but SF are weaker against americans but superior to soviets, this nation suffer on low br specially because the smgs and kv-1s with soviets but they can easily stomp americans on br 2 br 3 they are sligthy better but still sucking until br 4 where they dominate with tanks and panzersherks and planes are not behind
and br 5… the slautherhouse and grave of GE listen… urrs and us have like 10 ways to counter tanks, planes need better loaout and FW SERIES SUCK, then the obvious and funny no belt fed mg and then we got decent SMg for medium ranges Ge but sucks on close combat and this whiout mentioning some strategies and event stuff that you could use on your favor… but again… player base SUCKS for soviets which makes belive that br 5 germans are more powerfull
but lucky im gonna stop playing GE this week and rest…
Br 1:
smgs: ge (beretta m38 20 round is accurate and deadly)
At weapons: jp (type 97 shreds every br 1 tank and doubles as sa rifle)
Rifles: jp (arisaka type 38 rifle is really good)
Tanks: ge (semovente can deal with any br 1-2 tank while pz 3j is reliable in almost every task)
Planes: ge (IAR-81C gets 3 bombs in br 1 + 20mm)
Br 2:
Smgs: ussr (pps 43 is without a question the best br 2 weapon)
At weapons: usa/ussr (i prefer bazookas quick reload over the more penetrating grb 39)
Mgs: jp (scoped machinegun)
Rifles: usa (lee enfield gets 10 rounds, perfect sights, fast reload, fast firerate and bayonet)
Tanks: ge (panzer 3n has great mix of mobility, firerate, firepower and survivability. I even bring it to br 3)
Planes: ge/usa (tie between stuka and dauntless)
Br 3:
Smgs: ussr (ppsh 41 is more accurate than some semi auto rifles and gets 1200rpm)
At weapons: ge/ussr (panzerfaust is just awesome)
Mgs: usa (m1918a2 is literally assault rifle disguised as mg)
Rifles: ussr (svt 38 gets 10 rounds and mag reload instead of stripper clips)
Tanks: ussr ( t34e stz and kv 1 are all extremely powerful and practically unkillable if they get downtiered)
Planes: ge (bf 110 g2 has devastating firepower and decent maneuverability)
Br 4:
Smgs: ussr (ppd 34/38 gets 71 round drum and high firerate )
At weapons: ge/ussr (panzerfaust again)
Mgs: ge (mg 34 patronentrommel is superior compared to johnson or dt 29)
Rifles: tie
Tanks: ge (panther and tiger h1 is all i need to say)
Planes: usa ( 8 hvar rockets and 20mms in the ap4c)
Br 5:
Smgs: ussr (as 44 is just copy of stg 44 but it got bayonet so its better)
Mgs: ussr (rd 44 is superior)
Rifles: jp (type hei got 30 rounds and practically no recoil)
Tanks: ge (tiger 2h)
Planes: usa (p47 is just ww2 a-10 warthog)
I have a different opinion
The Japanese camp is a new camp, it has many mechanical imperfections and DF has no intention of improving it
But the Japanese camp always wins. This is not because this camp is too strong, but because this camp has a very good player group and they can always overcome these shortcomings and win.
But believe me, in a game with enough players, the United States can easily crush Japan, because the Japanese camp has relatively no advantage. Whether it is T20 or P47, they are both powerful for Japan. Although Japan Tanks have some advantages on the ground, but they are extremely vulnerable to air power. I can even penetrate it with a .50 heavy machine gun, which is ridiculous, and the American camp has the strongest air force in the game… . …
The reason why the USSR cannot win is the same. The USSR player base is the worst I have ever seen. In BR5, they would also hide in the gray area and use snipers, while the German camp was almost all fighting on the front line at this time.
Naturally, we cannot achieve victory by fighting passively like this.
By the way, currently USSR BR3 is very powerful because they have ppsh(box)
My opinion is:
The American and German camps are the two most powerful camps in the game. They have the best mechanics and combat systems, powerful vehicles, and powerful infantry weapons.
Whether it is FG42-2 or T20, King Tiger or P47, the strength of these weapons is beyond the reach of the other two camps.
Japan and the Soviet Union each have their own problems. The Japanese camp lacks supplements, so that players can only dispatch a few vehicles in BR5. However, in the Soviet Union, player skills are a problem. It is difficult to lead Soviet players to the direction without forming a team. victory
The impact of equipment and mechanisms is not as much as that of player abilities.
Maybe you should fix the player classification first
Instead of putting idiots and normal people together to poison each other
Because the problem was never the Axis powers with their Super-Cs or Hitler’s tree-cutting machines but the idiots who couldn’t do anything but move forward and get shot.
I think overall Japan has the weakest equipment minus some infantry equipment in BR5 but that’s completely overshadowed by those that main Japan and play really well no matter the BR and equipment.
US is pretty solid all around and if they’ve got enough competent players they can crush anyone.
Germans are good all rounders with some really good players here and there.
USSR has some great infantry equipment and planes but my goddddd they have perhaps the weakest playerbase. You’re lucky if you get even 1-2 competent team mates.
Soviets are only weak in BR1, they are very strong in every other BR.
They have the best BR3 and BR2 equipment as well as the Fedorov, best weapon in the game.
BR1 - JP or USA (USA has edge in tanks but Japan has amazing type 97 at rifle and super fast firing arisaka)
BR2 - Soviets (best guns, great tanks and good enough planes)
BR3 - Soviets (best tanks, best guns)
BR4 - GER (great tanks and good guns)
BR5 - GER (tanks) + Soviets (small arms)
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