6 free to play squads felt really good because you could have a squad with a couple different specializations. Maybe run an SMG squad, a Sniping, throw a tank and pilot one in there, and then any of the many other classes to diversify the gameplay. And as you play the game you unlock even more so when we had the 6 free squads slots with the opportunity for more. As I played the game more I felt like I would be interested.
But now we’ve been locked behind a Pay2Play gate where you get a claustrophobic 4 slots. For the vast amount of specialist types. Its plain awful. You get maybe 2 of your average contest point classes, a ranged class, and a vehicle class. Which feels so limiting compared to 6 where I could change my playstyle to the flow of the fight And now we’re capped at 6 squad slots total. Which is a good sweet spot in theory. But I feel like 4 F2P classes is very limiting in being able to adapt to the fight you’re in.
Ex. If one team stacks a bunch of tanks and you’ve stacked Assault classes since they’re fairly strong and what else are you gonna do with a 4 class, 3 class cycle between deaths. You’re gonna put 2-3 of your main class, a hybrid, and a specialist/situational class. And lose the fight because you might be lucky to have a grenade do minimal damage to a moving tank.
I get the idea of spamming vehicle classes so maybe put a limit on that. But I feel like the game just gained traction and now it’s putting in its Pay2Play feature like any other money grab game.
Honestly I think the standard squad limit should be 4 infantry and 2 vehicle squads. This allows ftp players to still be able to bring most of what they want without putting them at much of a disadvantage. And anyone who buys more slots will be able to bring more squads but it won’t be a significant advantage unlike currently
When was 6 squads an standard without Premium time? in CBT i had to play with 3/1 Infantry/Vehicle slots and it was nothing really limiting. I never really had problem with it.
But to the point, you can have even more then 6 slots, as premium opens you 2 more slots, one for each class. But you can buy at least one more slot, maybe more, didnt really buyed.
I think the Pre alpha? Thats the only time it may have been
honestly, those slots should complealty disappear.
as the beta and alpha, those things were not present because if you lack of something, you had to relay on your team. not just chaning by necessity.
it kinda lost it’s own purpouse of having a challenge based on the differences between you and your opponent using skills.
as i have been gifted the premium for 14 days, i really didn’t liked the ability to literally being able to revenge kills 9/10 of the times.
like, i use a puma and i get destroyed.
well, jokes on him, i can just spawn in the back using a pz IV H and blast him out of existance.
or, if i get destroyed by a tank or from an anti tank cannon, too bad for him that i can use a plane and revenge kill him.
or yet, did i got killed by that tank/plane? i’m sure he is gonna love the fact that i can spawn as enginner / AT squad or even with a plane just to deal with him.
it’s so frustrating. and not logical at all. that’s why enlisted was better when you had to adapt, avoid the tank and leave it for the other.
" did i got destroyed? well, next time i’ll be more carefull. "
not being revenged killed each meters. it’s utterly bs.
but that’s what i think about it.
Honestly wouldn’t mind that either, but we know gaijin won’t let darkflow change it back to reduce money spent on slots
I have to agree 3/1 feels about right. People should make more balanced teams. Right now it’s way easy to Run a tank->Run a tank->Run infantry ->Run a Tank.
Also right now only a few squads actually feel good to run.
Infantry → 9 Soldiers
Assault: 4 SMG bois (8 infantry in total)
Engineer: for AT/AA Placement
Radio: 40 second artillery (The better sniper squad imo as you can artillery peoples cover, forcing them off and picking them out.)
LMG: 3 LMG bois
Bad squads
Sniper: Good for the sniper AI, who can shoot through walls, but a lot of that is them just abusing glitches and can laser point a bullet through the clipping of the terrain (IDK how many times one randomly has sniped me through sandbags that was directly infront and I was prone.) But IMO a radio squad is way more annoying as instead of 2 AI who like to give your position off that you send off behind you. You get AI behind you that can call of artillery
Flamethrower: AI doesn’t even use it, preferring their rifle… which just makes it a subpar infantry squad. Unlike Motolvs they cant take out engine/crew with tanks.
Mortar: is alright, but requires people to spot for you. I play the USA when I’m solo, and that faction people wouldn’t spot a german tank to save their grandma.
I am kind of fine with the current slot capacity but I am highly in protest for the ability to bring more squads and two kinds of vehicles If you buy the Premium Subscription. This is borderline pay to win if one soldier has an option to bring more variety into the game.
Enlisted just got out and we already have premium currency, a premium subscription and a battle pass.
Sniper is a god tier squad. It allows you to easily pick off emplacements and soldiers from well outside of any range they can shoot you from.
Flamethrowers will be used by the AI if equipped as primary or if you swap to them and pull out the flamethrower. AI will only use what they have in their hands when the AI takes over (either at spawn or at character swap).
Mortars can literally block off an objective with 24/7 mortar spam on a point.
The sniper is probably the most important squad for offense since you can also equip an engineer in it for spawn points. The mortar is the most broken squad for defense and it allows you to permit deny objectives.
yes they can, it’s what they did with the orders.
i don’t see how they can’t on slots.
it’s just a sorry exscuse to cow-milk another game.
Yes, and you can run snipers in pretty much any squad, like the radio squad who can hit people who are hiding, and force them out of the squad. It’s only really good for the really buggy AI imo that is shooting people through walls.
Everytime I see a sniper squad BROUGHT into combat with him, they will stand up and fire, making them way easier to spot, because if I see a sniper squad and I see 2 standing up firing away like dorks, I just spend my time calling a radio on them and long behold the sniper in the bushes STANDS UP and GTFO’s.
Any squad can have engineer
Mortars are alright- but again it depends on the map/spot and really if people spot. Not all objectives are out in the open and have many paths. Yes a lot of people are too dumb to just go around, like how people are too dumb to run squads of TNT to deal with the free multikills that are tank players right now.
It depends upon how you like to play your squads. For example I build my smg classes purely for close quarters. My LMG class is built for short to mid range combat with only semi auto rifles or full auto guns. My sniper class is built for long range combat with only bolt actions.
I play with my squads built to excel at one specific playstyle and I play those squads in that playstyle. I know others like to have a more flexible squad but to me that makes many of my AI ineffective and me too if I end up using a sniper in close quarters for example.
Well I mean your AI is always better put behind some cover they wont see. Until the AI update comes out with passive mode and smartly use cover, the sniper squad is mostly good when you find the glitched areas they can shoot behind cover from. Artillery you can pretty much play as a sniper class that can call in artil strikes.
My AI in my LMG squads quite commonly rack up 10-20 kills in total simply from having high level soldiers with good guns in it. I do often keep my squads either on a point or around a corner to keep them alive while I fight.
So you can play only vehicles like tank, 2nd tank, plane? If so they just need change vehicle cooldown to affect every vehicle squad
basically it works that you can bring 2 tanks or 2 planes or even 1 plane and 1 tank.
unfortunally, i do not know how many slots can be bought.
but i do know that people that did not payed for the premium pass, does not have the further option.
it’s even worse than i fucking though.
you can literally and basically play only vehicles
They dont share same cooldown? I mean when my tank got destroyed i couldnt spawn my plane… didnt check if there was already planes spawned
well, the only limit is, if others players are taking that spot.
but technically, and i experienced my self that, there are matches where no one plays vehicles.
so if i would have this slot, i would technically play warthunder no stop.