Matchmaking problem is equipment problem

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tiger tank in berlin, jumbo in normandy, more will come!

but instead of saying “MuH JuSt ReMOve THeM”, how about thinking twice: add more counters!

currently, we have anti tank guns, grenades, various tank destroying weapons, oh… its locked!

now one might say, great, so lets make equal number of players with same level, that would balance the things - well, no, what prevents them from just trying to spade lvl 1 squads or either be a noob with ton of play time that somehow unlocked higher level

for sure, we had explosion packs and rifles for now, but with such beasts and brokenly good (semi-)automatic firearms, dreams fall rather short, so here is my proposal:

each campaign should have diffrent starting equipment, imagine having to assault tanks with 5 people in your squad, 2 of which are equipped with explosion packs in battle of kursk… instead of just using an AT gun or some other ranged AT weaponary

or be forced to use only starting rifles in berlin in a match, where everyone is using light machineguns and AVS/FG

with the addition of heavy weapons, newer players should have at least some sort of actually usable weapons against them and should also begin with some specialists at least…

if you do not believe me, try equipping your squads with lvl 1 stuff and playing the game now, when everyone has grinded to at least ~lvl 15, being influental on the course of battle is just impossible, although i have higher level stuff, it made me realise why my teammates are always so bad - they have nohting to fight with…

i have feeling like as i forgot to write down something, so say if something is unclear

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there should definitely be some sort of protective MM where new players only face new players until a certain point where they are thrown into a mix with all the other players.

adding counters can be a tricky slope since that can lead to powercreep cough cough panther

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problem is that as people unlock new squads, there is simply no reason to switch to them, or maybe spade one of them, but if you play with only specialist squads, you cant achieve really much - trooper and assaulter squads are the most useful

when you get those new squads, its like you are a beginner again

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yet not at the same time since you should hopefully have some knowledge of the game but what i want is mostly targeted at noob protection more specifically trying to combat seal clubbing

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for the very first 3 battle you play only aganaist bot next you end in the lion cage

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sadly that is how gaijin would do it but maybe until lvl 9 newbies have a protective MM

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but once they get to that level, they will get skill not only in that campaign but in others too, shouldnt they get some progress in other campaigns as well then?

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maybe in game battle time would be better? idk i’m just spitballing some ideas here

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yes, but still, it will make people fight other players with only starter equipment and squads

the solution i see, is to expand the starting equipment

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How the fuck is a tiger 1 OP? The first T34 can easily one shot it. It just depends if the tiger player makes a mistake.

But use Berlin axis as an example.

You unlock an amazing AT weapon, that will deal with any tank with ease at LVL6

You unlock an amazing rifle, that you can use forever at LVL7

You unlock the best SMG the germans mostly have at LVL8 until STG is mostly on top

You unlock an amazing LMG at LVL9 that you can use till end game.

You unlock one of the best tanks in the game at LVL 12.

Now something like moscow is a problem.
I suggest adding some early level counters, so for ex you unlock 2 tanks, but you can chose which to play.

For ex LVL12 - marder 3, can deal with even KV1 tanks. And you can chose a more anti infantry tank - PZ3E

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tiger is not op, but if you attempt to destroy it with explosion packs, you are going to have a tough time

many of teammates i see look like they are playing with rather really low level squads

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Try to destroy T34 with explosion pack.

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maybe i was just very lucky, but that some time i played with germans, they werent so tough

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panzerfaust: hello im here for faust panzer

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i agree… if you have one

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y is it that both sides get the same AT gun in berlin?

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Yes

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aah, that’s y

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At guns need a rework, they only get low tier ap rounds, they have a very large muzzle brake and the rounds it fires leave a trace

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lol if your in berlin they are easy to find but what about other campaigns, the Germans should have gotten the Panzerschreck by now