Merging the British camp with the American camp would be a catastrophic blow to the ecology of the Pacific.
It’s like someone brought hares to Australia
Because the Japanese army in the Pacific is a special and independent camp, the Japanese army did not get anything easy to use and modify after the merger, while the US military received strong support from the British army.
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more than fair here.
and i do not want to start another flame war and direct the topic
*proceeds to do it anyway
doesn’t really make a whole lot.
an historical game should, or do not have any to begin with.
which… the merge was never meant to be address historical issues, or really was advertised for.
the did made a disclaimer that HA will be sacrificed for the sake of balance ( that is, between veterans and new players )
and resolve other issues;
- ability to unlock in one tech tree what you couldn’t in other progress
- not needing to grind an entire campaign just to get apcs at level 50s or something
- players distributed somewhat equally to prevent uneaven numbers like it used to with campaigns ( ex - berlin. tunisia or normandy ) and at the same time, prevent players with having no teammates others - than bots against the enemy full of players
the merge never posed it self for or about historical accuracy.
they tried with the soft rule.
but just like the squad carousel changes. or… premium squads dedicated slots.
didn’t made it through.
except, it’s still a ww2 game with ww2 settings.
the rest is just a matter of opinions.
and sorry to break it to you, despite you not wanting to listen,
A, you have customs and mods if you want to do your perfect HA world
B, no historical games ever really survived that long.
to a point, most of them aren’t historical accurate anymore.
and… what does that have to do in the game?
you act like they never coopeared for entirety of battles in real life too.
despite commanders having a contest between each other in terms of ego, troops on the front just got along fine, and others time did not.
but as far as it goes for the game, literally makes 0 differences.
the allied curbstomped the japanese army in ww2.
even in enlisted.
now just because it’s HA but doesn’t refelct your narrative it’s wrong?
go figure…
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The US side already had australian/british equipement even in the pacific… (Owen gun, Boys ATR…) Australian soldiers had uniforms very similar to British soldiers and did fought in the pacific. The British fought the japanese in Hong Kong, Burma and had a huge fleet in the Pacific by the end of the war. I don’t see anything strange there.
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In what planet ?
Il grant that they have arguably best cas of the game.
I can quite confidentally say that KT hardly is a factor that decides the outcome of the game.
Obviously, in BR1-2 it probably could single handedly win the game. Not in BR5
He’s right, it’s way easier to win with BR5 American than with BR5 USSR. Which is just hilarious considering the fact, USA has way worse equipment overall.
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I think that for many people, KT act as a dissuasion weapon. Sure it can be killed by using your brain, but, why having to use your brain when you can play something else and not see what is arguably the best tank in the game ?
I mean I am pretty sure that I could kill it with a P-47 or an IS-2 but it would still be quite difficult, so why even bother ? Just play germany instead, its easy and you can grind the event without problem…
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Well here’s my subjective perception in short:
Enlisted before the merge felt like 7/10 immersion level (whatever, immersion, authenticity, history).
Enlisted after the merge feels like 2/10 immersion level.
Did the gameplay improve? Slightly yes, on low BR.
Did the immersion suffer? Yes, a lot, on all BRs.
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Really? Did cruise tanks and BSA paratroopers participate in the Pacific Campaign? I do not think so…
Currently there are only maps of the Pacific from about 1942. Sherman had to wait until 1944 to appear in the Pacific. Jumbo has never been to the Pacific at all.
Of course, you can say that history is not important, but I don’t think it is very balanced when suddenly adding so many things to the US military camp in the Pacific.
Exactly, the BRs are completely irrelevant if the equipment isn’t adequately balanced.
Same can be said about BR4 USA vs BR4 Japanese. There’s no way Japanese do have similarly strong tank as jumbo.
The balance is just ridiculous. It’s basically non existent. So I really don’t understand what’s the point of having BRs at all currently.
They do not reflects balance, they do not reflects historical aspects. They’re just random.
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and… what did devs banked on?
few lunatics with HA fanacies?
or generic ww2 game with ww2 stuff to appeal for the causal with no restrictions and appeal to even more lunatics?
go figure
( ps. no, no one is lunatic perhaps beside me. dunno why i keep using that. perhaps a brain fart but whatever )
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In the Eastern European server, the American army has significantly more troops than the Soviet army in BR5. They have better occupation speed and manpower, and have a greater chance of winning against the German army.
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Matilda and valentines were used by Australians/New Zelanders in the Pacific. I wouldnt be surprised if some cruiser tanks were used as well.
Also I am pretty sure that half the japanese tech tree did not left Mainland japan at all during the war.
The murrican players are hands down by far better than soviets, that I can agree on.
But as you said what comes to equipment the murricans doesnt have even remotely comparable gear to soviets.
exception being the cas.
Strictly speaking of BR5 where murrica has cas to deal with it. It definitely isnt a problem.
This I partially agree, the tank play across the BR’s is dogshit, none tank should be in such BR where it faces opponents not capable to deal with it.
But since currently the murrica lacks such tank they do quite effective use of cas.
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Whales buying Moroccan bathrobe boys because they can be fUnNy in all fronts now, of course!
Anyway. That was my assessment.
Feel free to disagree.
OP said they think the merge is worse than expected.
I think it’s better than I expected because I expected literally 0/10.
But at least I can pretend “Fortified district” is set in 1943 and use PPS 43 with BT-7 F-32 with peace of mind.
And not against MKB spam.
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That would have to wait until 1943, at least not for the Battle of Guadalcanal
Maybe DF should make some maps from a later date.
I don’t think the British paratroopers have any combat record in the Pacific, but Spitfires were used a lot, but unfortunately not many of them appear in the game.
in real life, no.
in the game, anything can happen.
which… doesn’t really mean alot over an arcade game now does it?
as much i do believe history is important, devs decided not to for enlisted.
as… not many HA game survived ( heck, i’d argue no game of that type survived ) they either died, or softened that role.
as far as it goes,
british equipment was integrated because it almost couldn’t stand on it’s own ( even though unironically the best tank of US right now is the british firefly and it’s a premium 
)
a british faction as of yet, wouldn’t have really much to offer either. would just become japan 2.0
and what you are right and can complain all day, is the japanese faction that despite the merge didn’t received much.
with that being said though, half of the japanese arsenal is pure fantasies and not really ha…
Pretty sure that Chi-Nu, Chi-He, Ho-Ni, Type Otsu, Type 4, and so on did not had any combat record during ww2.
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So, we just need to discuss whether their existence is a bit “too strong”
Well soviets arguably have already best weapons for infantry. If they still struggle or dont have players not much we can do about it.
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I’ve probably said it before, history is only one aspect, but game balance is the most important.
If I have to say it, many weapons in this game should not appear.
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