This will be a longer one, as the title alredy tells.
1. First of all:
- Let us order AI passengers in our vehicles to get off and go capture/hold a point, while we keep manning the vehicle together with the Gunner, Commander and Driver, and make the secondary MGs in a tank be usable by AI too.
- For lower BR/Initial research, I see more opportunity for bringing IFVs on the battlefield, to be later replaced by light tanks, medium tanks and then heavier tanks as the research goes on.
This would be beneficial in the way of variety, and more armored involvement. Players may also decide to bring IFVs on higher BR if they find it fun to play. Could also see many premium squads/vehicles too.
Some example could be anything from German Sd.Kfz. 222, Pz I, II, Italian CV-33 and 35 with their anti-tank and flame variants (for Italians and Chinese - see below), Soviet Ba 10 and 20, British Bren Carrier, and so on. - In the same way, fast troop carriers are a nice addition too, as to see Trucks and APCs would be dope: BUT instead of being premium only, as announced by the Devs, this should be done in a dedicated research line, adding a dedicated Truck/APC slot for anyone, together with the base vehicle slot (so, for base players, 5 ground squads + 1 Truck/APC + 1 Vehicle slot), with the same cooldown system and spawn limits as the other vehicles so to avoid spam. Premium users could get 2 APC/Truck slots along the 2 vehicle slots, for example. These could include vehicles such as the German Opel Blitz, coming before the Sd.Kfz. 251 and some of its variants in the research line, the US M3 half track for both the US and Soviets, the Italian SPA Dovunque 35 and 41 and the FIAT 665NM Blindato and so on. Some example of premium content should be those which are more specialized, such as the Sd.Kfz. 251/2 mortar carrier, Sd.Kfz. 251/8 I medic vehicle with medic squad (you know, countries used to have various models of ambulances during WW2, being trucks or converted APCs), Sd.Kfz. 251/10 and 22 anti-tank configurations of the Sd.Kfz. 251/1, Sd.Kfz. 251/16 flamethrower version, the Anti-Air Sd.Kfz. 251/17 and 21, with specialized crews, and so on for the other factions and countries.
2. To remove Campaigns in the way it was done will add more difficulty to bring more content without messing up things. (especially for those who value historical accuracy a lot)
Anything discussed from this point on will be based upon a come back of campaigns, and is not based upon the current status of Enlisted, especially for the point 3. below
Instead of being called “USSR, USA, Germany, Japan”, factions should be rebranded as “USSR, Allies, Axis, Japan, China”, as the various factions were formed up by multiple countries, and would be easier to manage for further development, even for modders.
As for campaigns, since it was a World War, it can either be done in an over-simplified manner (as it is currently), or in a more detailed, but also seemingly complicated way, as the fronts in that war were so many.
Seeing the main fronts that are usually discussed here, these should be a number of possible fronts to be implemented.
- “Western Front”, where Germans will face the Brits-Commonwealth and USA forces, huge opportunities for premium squads here for both sides;
- “North Africa”, where we will see the mixed Afrikakorps and Italian Army (with their Ascari native troops) fighting the French, the Commonwealth and USA, again, huge opportunities for premium squads here as well;
- “Eastern Front”, where the united Axis army faces the USSR (with more defined Mongolian squads/appearances, as Mongolia and Tuva were heavily active in the Eastern Front too). The Axis saw an heavy involvement of not only Germany, but also Italy, Romania and Hungary, which should be regarded as “majors”, and at the same time, we can have premium squads based on Croatian soldiers, Slovakian soldiers, Azur Division, Charlemagne Division and Ukrainian volunteers, all of which could be a nice addition too. Premium Hungarian and Romanian armored squads would also bring some degree of variation.
- “Italian Campaign”, where the unified end-war German-Italian Social Republic armies face the Allies and premium Italian Partizans squads, but also premium Polish squads too. Mount Cassino siege would be a perfect example of a battleground.
- “China”, where the unified KMT and CCP face the Japanese. Battle of Shanghai and Nanking anyone? Here a lot of maps and gear can be involved, as the Chinese employed a mix of German (let’s also mention the licensed Hanyang 88 which was a Gewehr 88, Mauser C96 and the Type 24 “Chiang Kai-shek” rifle which was a direct copy of the German Stabdardmodell Rifle; premium weapon MG34), Italian, Soviet, American weaponry, German tanks such as the Pz I and II, (SdKfz 221, 222 and 260 could be premium), Italian CV-35 tankettes, Soviet T26 and BT5 light tanks. The NRA also used a number of Vickers 6-Ton and Vickers A4E12. M3 and M5 Stuart light tanks and M4 Sherman medium tanks were employed too. The Chinese small airforce also used Martin B-10, Curtiss Hawk II, Hawk III, Boeing P-26C/Model 281, Fiat CR.32, Polikarpov I-15 and I-16 and late research stage being the American A-29, P-40, P-43. The Chinese airforce could also see a Premium “Flying Tigers” squad based on the American Volunteer Group with their Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and P-40B.
- “Pacific”, were the Allies face Japan in the various Japanese-controlled territories, and the Japanese side can also have premium Thai, Indian (Azad Hind) and Indonesian squads, while the Allies can bring premium Filipino and NZ ones.
- “Continuation War”, were the Finns face the Soviets with mixed Finnish-German equipment, and Swiss premium SIG MKMO as well.
3. Equipment Transfer should come back into Enlisted.
Countries in the same faction among the different campaigns should see a limited range of transferrable items, cosmetics and weapons among themselved, and the limit would be like avoiding Finnish weapons and uniforms to end up in North Africa for example. (This, as said, depends on wether something like point 2. would become a thing or not).
4. As for Appearance, let us buy Cosmetic Card with Silver too, and for the clothings it is either all of what is discussed in this current topic, divided, accurate, and with what I’ve already mentioned in point 3., or what I said in my post titled “Soldiers’ Appearance and the New Enlisted”
Thank you very much for your attention, looking forward for your feedback.
