So, I think the main problem with Tunisia is the campaign unlocks. Maps are amazing, and a lot of people think so. I don’t remember if it was Quadro or MikeGoesBoom, but one of them said that the main reason he plays custom games is to enjoy Tunisia maps without suffering Tunisia progression. The biggest problem with it is bad weapon choices, especially for Axis, but not only. I agree that both Germans and Americans should be there, but I feel like this campaign should be mainly Italy vs. Great Britain. Here are couple of examples:
Level 7, Axis - It’s a German AT squad with the PzB 38 AT rifle. Why that rifle? There is a rifle that would fit much better here - Polish wz. 35 AT rifle. It was used both by Germany (captured in 1939) and Italy (transferred to them by Germans). They were designated fucile controcarro 35(P) in Italian service and panzerbüchse 35(p) in German service and were used by Italians till the end of WW2. When it comes to stats, it had a four round magazine and better penetration than the PzB 38 or 39, so it would be better. Here’s a picture:
Level 13, Axis - It’s a German mortar squad with the GrW 36 mortar. Again, why? Italians had their own light mortar - Brixia Mod. 35:
Level 16, Axis - It’s an Fw 190 A-1. And there are two issues here. First, why is it a German aircraft when it could just as well be an Italian one? For example the Re.2001 or the Re.2002 (images respectively):
Second, and more importantly, why does the Italian squad get a German vehicle?
Level 17, both sides - Flametrooper squads. American and German ones, why? Both the British and the Italians had their own flamethrowers. For Brits it was the Flamethrower, Portable, No 2 (or lifebuoy, from the shape of its fuel tank), and for Itals it was the Lanciafiamme Mod.40. Here are the pictures of those two, respectively:
Level 18/Level 28, Axis - The same issue as with the level 16 - Italian squad get a German vehicle, this time it’s a tank. But here, instead of proposing an Italian tank for the level 28, I’d rather go with the German squad for the level 18, for example with the Pz.IV F1:
Level 19, Axis - Why the ZB-26? Italians used the Châtellerault Mle 24/29 light machine guns captured from the French in 1940:
Level 20, Axis - Brits got their grenade launcher SMLE, so why Itals didn’t get their M28 Tromboncino grenade launching rifle?
Level 29, Allies - It’s an American Machine Gunner II squad with the M1918A2 BAR. Moreover, Axis get the MG 34 at this level, which is a completely different kind of machine gun. It could (and should) be a British squad, armed maybe with the Lewis Gun - it would have over twice the mag capacity and you know, be British. Or maybe, although this is a bit of a braver choice, the Vickers K - sure, it wasn’t used by the infantry, but it was used in North Africa, so unless DF won’t introduce Long Range Desert Group with the Vickers K armed Jeep as a Rider II squad, the Machine Gunner II squad is the only place it can appear in the game (apart from the battle pass or a premium squad).
yeah, I thought so too. fucile controcarro 35(P) is more fitting & comparable with Boys ATR because it’s bolt action.
although about german tank you can also think of it as supplied tank from german to italian.
To sum up: LMG squad in Normandy
maybe DF afraid to bring lewis gun in yesterday update would cause people to grind Allies Tunisia than buy the lewis premium squad for Moscow
Maybe, although those squads are unique enough (engineer) that they are kinda worth buying in my opinion.
Yes, the campaign progression Pz.III J can pass as military aid, but the battle pass Pz.III J “Strolch II” - the one with Afrika Korps markings, definitely can’t. The same with the Fw 190 A-1.
You cant really complain about germans having the majority of the gear, since germans were in larger number than Italians.
And the main reason why axis loses is because theyre stuck with outclassed italian weaponry. Breda, carcanos, bad italian tanks (the 2nd one is an exception)
Dont know why they gave axis the MP28 tough. It should have been the MP38 atleast to match the sten.
The italian TD also sucks, should have been a german tank like the IIIJ or IVF1
So you cant really complain about germans in Tunisia being the majority because they were the majority, and if they would have mostly Italian weapons winning would be even harder
True, when Afrika Korps got involved, they were the majority (and only at that point they started winning), but one of the biggest problems of Enlisted is “level recycling”, especially for the Axis. So from the game’s perspective having an Axis campaign with as little German stuff as possible would be beneficial. The same with American weapons, tanks and squads in Allied progression.
And yes, Italian weapons were outdated, the 6.5mm Carcano cartridge had a round-nosed bullet - solution outdated by the end of WWI. The Breda Mod. 30 absolutely lives up to its reputation as the world’s worst LMG - oiled ammunition and a magazine with a huge witness hole is a recipe for disaster, especially in the desert.
But in game rifles that use 6.5mm are fine and tanks aren’t that bad (Breda is bad, obviously). And what I want is mainly to make the campaign more realistic, or at least plausible when it comes to equipment - the Châtellerault Mle 24/29 instead of the ZB-26, Italian fighter instead of a German one, Italian flamethrower and grenade launcher rifle, things like that.
All the other faction have a very similar campaign tree, but not the Italian.
You can not say that it’s CTRL-C CTRL-V.
Moscow/Berlin is 300% more copyed
yes but there was no need to add Americans and Germans they could also do the battle for Egypt and have only British vs Italians fighting, to simplify development they added Americans and Germans, which for heaven’s sake I understand, but something really nice could really come out
I don’t mind mixed factions and would in fact want more campaigns mixed like this (like Normandy, add in commonwealth boys, cmon)
What I find bad is that weaponry choice for axis is just… well… bad. As soon as you unlock the first beretta smg, don’t bother about the rest, as they are copy paste with exact statistics or almost. Should have the good beretta m38 with 40 bullets from Berlin/Normandy as last unlock.
Same for lmgs… last one is the mg34. A good one, but in Normandy it’s equivalent is the FIRST BAR version. What allies have is the Exellent last BAR version wich have mg42 as equivalent in Normandy…
As vehicles go I don’t mind, they’re not as bad as people claim.
Well. Isnt the MG34 technically better than the MG42? And the BARs have next to no differences except that the A2 has a slightly better recoil and 0,1 faster reload time.
As for the tanks, my issue isn’t really related to gameplay and balance (although Grant is objectively better than Semovente in every way except being ridiculously tall), but the fact that an Italian squad can drive a tank with Afrika Korps markings.
