Hello bajtársak and fellowforum dwellers,
This is a reupload of a old suggestion of mine, with certain aspects of it updated to the current state of the game.
I don’t agree with separating factions, because I enjoy mixing Italian and German units in my Axis deck, as well as I enjoy having British and US squads at the same time.
However the current system sucks and needs changing as quickly as possible.
Today I like to make both pro and anti faction separation camps happy with as little compromise as possible.
Rename Germany faction to Axis faction to better represent Italy as well.
Rename US faction to Western Allies faction to better represent Britain and France too.
1. The question of squads
1.0 Players must be able to recruit any squad of any nationality present in the faction.
This includes all of the squads from assaulter IV squad to medic squad, even mortar, rider and guerrilla squads in any nationality.
So all squads need to have Italian and British equivalents and players must be able to get them once they unlocked the equivalent squad in the tech tree.
There are three possible ways to do this:
1.1 The first possibility is letting people change the squad nationality in customization.
1.2 The second option is introducing a squad shop in which players can buy legacy squads as well as new Italian and British squads.
1.3 The Third idea is the introduction of squad creation by players for themselves.
The player would name the squad, choose the squad icon, choose the class and grade of the squad.
Certain limitations must apply such as the squad upgrades must be generic so they can not abuse game mechanics.
For history enjoyers and people who do not wish to spend much time with this, some realistic templates should exist for convenience.
*On a personal note, I would happily pay some gold if I could use premium squad icons, could set the base appearance of the squad and have access to premium squad cloths.
2. Regarding soldier nationality
2.0 A feature to change soldier nationality was added to the game which is good, but the system is imperfect. There is one very obvious issue with having to change each soldier manually and that is the inconvenience, I have many soldiers so it gets bothersome very quickly to find the one British guy I’m looking for.
This will only get more prominent in the future when more subfactions are added to the game.
2.1 The much better solution is changing the nationality of the soldier (assimilating him) to the nationality of the squad automatically by the system when he is placed into the squad.
2.2 Naturally BP soldiers and soldiers named with callsign orders do NOT change, but will still speak the same language as the rest of the squad for immersion.
3. Nation specific additions in the tech tree
3.0 The nation specific subtree holds weapons and vehicles unique to the nation.
Only squads of the same subfaction can use them, to maintain historical accuracy and make playing with different nation slightly more unique.
3.1 It’s completely separate from the main tech tree, not just Italy and Britain but also the US and Germany would have them.
This also helps to increase the size of the tech tree without bloating it.
3.2 Please note that this is just for show and I have moved nothing from the existing tech tree to the nation specific sub trees. Though I suppose it could be possible if there is high support for it.
3.3 The sub tree could have no requirements and special requirements to research equipment. Lets say P26/40 Pesante has no requirements thus once you unlock Axis tier II you can immediately start researching the P26/40. This isn’t a problem in case of vehicles since you can’t use the P26/40 until you unlock the tank squad for it.
Special requirements could be that the player must first unlock a certain gun, such as in order to research the Beretta 38/43 you must research and buy the Beretta 38/42.
4. Soldier uniforms
4.0 Customization in general needs more work, there are many suggestions on the topic so I will be brief.
4.1 British soldiers need proper winter uniforms, giving them the same brown uniform as in Tunisia with some cheap gloves won’t cut it.
white tunic:
long coat:
4.2 Italian soldiers need to have their own uniforms in all campaigns, it’s really messed up to see Italian looking and speaking men use Italian equipment in German uniforms.
No it won’t hurt historical accuracy more (I’m looking at you Veekay45) because we already have Italian premium squads running around in Berlin, Normandy ect…
Italy needs Bersaglieri, Alpini, Camicie Nere and Telo mimetico uniforms. For both summer and winter.
Italian telo mimetico uniform:
Bersaglieri:
Bersaglieri long coats:
Thank you for your attention, stayed tuned for more suggestions in the upcoming days of British and Italian weapons and vehicles that need to be added to the game.
Cheers
