Currently the Hero Soldiers are no different than any other soldier other than two things, first he comes as a 5 star (fully upgraded), which is actually a negative thing in my opinion because when applying his perks it makes it much more time consuming to get the exact perks you want, it makes you redo them till you get what you want MANY more times. Second is the icon next to his name so you can tell he is a Hero Soldier, because if he didn’t have it when you looked at him you wouldn’t be able to tell him apart from any other soldier of his same type, NOTHING HEROIC about that lol.
I suggest the following for hero soldiers so you are actually getting a HERO as the name infers:
Make them versatile, as in they can use any weapon AND make it so they can carry a secondary weapon as well, both being any type of weapon, players choice.
Keep the 5 star upgrade but make it so the player may automatically assign choice of perks, skipping the xp needed in battle to obtain a perk.
Let them equip a backpack as well.
Have a limit of 1 Hero Soldier to each squad, in other words, don’t allow a player to form a whole squad of Hero Soldiers.
These things would ACTUALLY make these soldiers unique, a real HERO thats stands apart from other soldiers. If not then please remove the title Hero Soldier and icon and just call it a 5 star upgraded soldier, because thats all they are.
But I still say to heroes in a ww2 game. Not to mention that said game is “relistic” with “attention to detali” because that is loooooooooooooooooong gone.
Totally agree, they would not be SUPER soldiers, any other soldier could take them out with a manual reload rifle, it would just make these soldiers versatile and allowing the customization by the player would only make them unique, not SUPER powerful lol, they would still have the SAME PERKS ANY OTHER SOLDIER can aquire, the ony differences are choice of weapons, ability to carry two weapons and a backpack, that makes them versatile NOT SUPER
I agree that they need to be made more useful, nonetheless I would generally skip the “any weapon” and “only one per squad” changes.
I would:
Have all slots unlocked, however you can only use 2 weapons or backpack at the same time - however you have the versatility to change as you want. This would be completely independent of the research requirement of the slots for the class.
Soldier comes with full stars, allowing you to pick the perks straight away.
I get what you are saying about the “hero” soldiers. The only half decent suggestion I have seen is to let them have both the secondary weapon & backpack slots to be accessible at the same time, all the others I have seen tend to make the “hero” ridiculously overpowered or exploitable.
The whole point of the “Hero” was their higher rank… They are really good boosters for players who are happy to use the BP system to assist with obtaining a class II (generally) soldier before they can potentially unlock them. This soldier effectively has higher stats because of their higher class, as well as entering the fray at max rank.
The fact that you can supersede them later with progression enabled soldiers is just part of the overall game and effectively make your own heros.
What they SHOULD do is make the honorific - ie the medal visible on the player model, and then everyone can see that you’ve deployed your hero into a given match.
By definition being a “hero” is someone who did something EXTRAORDINARY and in the process saving lives or something from peril, point being, there isn’t anything heroic about a upgraded soldier that is the same as every other soldier thats just not upgraded
Also, dont forget, these “hero” soldiers are either a gold award or prizes awarded from events, in other words, they are supposed to be special.
I understand your point about it helping new players with a 5 star upgrade, but tbh, that would only be a significant help when first starting to play the game one time, maybe twice. So what about the veteran players? Don’t you think they should get something significant for a gold awarded soldier? By actually making these so called “hero” soldiers herioc the new players benefit by getting a tough soldier to help them gain xp and more importantly the veteran players who play regularly actually get something significant for thier continued playing. The suggestions i made at beginning of the post are nothing super, it would just make a soldier versatile, they would have same vitality and mortality as every other soldier they would just be customizable by the player, for example as per my suggestions, you could equip a sniper rifle along with a smg, something that is currently not possible. Bear in mind, this would only be 1 soldier in a squad and he could be taken out JUST AS EASY as ANY other soldier, after all he has same perks as every other soldier.
to heroes in a ww2 game. Not to mention that said game is “relistic” with “attention to detali” because that is loooooooooooooooooong gone.