Preliminary list of changes for the February update

[Veekay45]

@Sternlos

Problem they need to solve is filling axis/allies whenever there isn’t enough queing, that can be done with a UI element telling people what factions need people queing for them,

I think the most obvious and fair solution is “Join any team” XP bonus.

And matches starting only at equal real player numbers.

[Sternlos]

I’m not a huge fan of the join any team button because its awful for new or most players that aren’t pre merge vets at this point. Because they will get thrown into matches woefully ill equiped for it.

[Veekay45]

Depends on the XP boost percentage.
I know Gaijin won’t allow it, but if it was something like 500%, new players would profit from “play any => grind much faste”.

So after a couple of Any Team days they can have all factions at least decently equipped.

[guardianreaper0]

@Keofox

We thought about it. But we’re not sure it’s good. Very often, players get seriously wounded and who should the AI ​​pay attention to - an enemy with a machine gun at a medium distance or a wounded person with a pistol shot at close range.

Personally, I think you guys should look into possibly doing an aggro based system for your AI as I’ve stated in various suggestions>>>

@guardianreaper0

My thing is that they need to work on an “Aggro” type system for the AI.

While the OP has a very good point (that I definitely agree with)

@Lisqs

for example, a positioning-oriented class, e.g. sniper, rifleman, gunner, will be better when shooting from a position at more distant targets.

So first and foremost, when the AI are standing around by the player without any specific orders, they will automatically go to a position with cover, and if there are especially worthwhile positions, like a sandbag wall with a hole to shoot from, MGs and such would prioritize those postions.

Similar situation if they are ordered to a position, and especially so if they are individually ordered to specific locations. (This method has a lot of potential for setting up multiple good firing angles with AI.

AS far as the aggro part that I mentioned, the AI need to pick their targets according to aggro and range.

AGGRO is the level of priority that the AI give to a certain target. This can be influenced by the most basic things like:

• visually having line-of sight on them
• being within range to hear the gunshot
• “hearing” footsteps if the person is running toward them

and more advanced things like:

• prioritizing an enemy that is suppressing fire with a MG vs a bolt action
• prioritizing which direction they are taking fire from, and getting behind cover that is actually relevant to that direction

We can see that using a suppressed weapon in the game currently makes you borderline invisible to AI. One could surmise that its because it would reduce the aggro.

Other major differences by using an aggro system like this would be that players that QUIETLY move into position via a flank should not be killed by an omniscient AI that turns around and pops them without any kind of indicator that they were there.

If there is a MG nest laying down a lot of fire on the AI, they will “attempt” to fire back, or use suppressing fire. The accuracy of these shots should not be terribly accurate, as the MG nest and even the HMG nests (the weapons themselves) are very fragile.
NOTE: there really needs to be a way to build windowed sandbags to protect at least the standard MG nest a bit more.

In the case of pistols, a player should be able to eliminate a soldier or two before the AI would aggro onto the downed character, and then focus on killing them.

@Keofox

In a game with very realistic damage, a pistol is also a very scary weapon.

It CAN be, but also, its currently 3k silver for a decent pistol, making them as costly as a good primary weapon. Many players (myself included) don’t even bother buying them currently because they aren’t worth the cost with their very limited usage.

@Keofox

Game design is hell.

I know man, I’ve worked on a couple myself. That’s why I try to give detailed feedback. Half-baked generalizations on feedback suck to deal with in my experience.

[Sternlos]

Im sure if the devs have any braincells there will be a big grind/catch up event that goes along with the steam release. Not only for the obvious reason, but as a kind of rugpull for new players to get used to decent gains for a short while to bolster steam reviews before we go back to depression times once everyones sucked in.

[Veekay45]

@Keofox

• Customization elements for the German event Paratrooper squad have been fixed. Pants customization has been re-enabled.
• More winter uniforms have been added for the US Army in the Ardennes.

Any update on some premium/event squads out-of-place visuals?

Basic customization improvements needed right now

Premium/event squads with very specific looks need standard uniforms outside of their correct theaters/maps. I believe this was done in the test server but then pulled because idk kids/whales cried they couldn’t show off their shorts in Moscow? Anyway, here are super basic simple things that need to be done: Moroccan Auxiliaries squad [image] They already have normal winter clothes for Bulge – good [image] Now add normal uniforms to Pacific and Normandy. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V – it’s simple as…

[WidowMakerUk73]

What about low tier axis paras or Italian paras being tweaked? Is that being considered as of now I only play BR4+ axis for counter, I cannot test update on PS5 myself.

Can anyone verify on test server DA1Y Jap attacker, Stuka D3 tailgunner fixed yet?

[akela280]

No(

[Euthymia07]

@Veekay45 I remember you asked about the MP 38 long ago, now the model changed:

[Adamnpee]

Can you put here current model for comparison, please?

[Euthymia07]

[Veekay45]

Nice! Thanks.

The only thing that bothered me was the post-war FLY-94 Norwegian service marking.

But improvements fornfun p"*n are always welcome.

[Adamnpee]

Btw. Are there any plans to improve textures for FG 42 (not II, just the classic first one). Its sights looks extremely low res.
Or is it just me?

[alex5358]

Can we please get the Heat Ammunition for the Pz 4 f1?

[十K451M十]

@Keofox

Now the rear sight is no longer too close to the camera while aiming for the following weapons: Thompson M1, M1A1, M1928A1 (with 30, 50, 100 round magazines); M1, M1A1, M2, M2A1 Carbines; M1, M1E5, M1C Garand; T20E1; Johnson M1941; Farquhar-Hill M1918; M50, M55 Reising; UD M42; Owen .45 ACP.

Thanks for 99 and 96

[HH_M4d4f4c4]

All this is very good, and we can see how they are putting a lot of work and effort into it, but (and there is always a “but”), the most basic thing for a game with these characteristics is still not added: Game mode selection and Map selection. Anyway, keep waiting.

[GeneralBrus]

Yeah, steam release should definitely add some sort of basic BR1 or BR2 event squads, to get players onto a good foundation.

Allowing new players to move too quickly into higher BRs is not gonna be healthy for the game, so hopefully we won’t see too many high BR goodies.

[GeneralBrus]

@alex5358

Can we please get the Heat Ammunition for the Pz 4 f1?

I’d rather see heat fixed, it has too little penetration power.

[Sternlos]

This APC event would have been great for them, kinda wish they waited. Either way a BR1/2 engineer event squad and 5k silver here and there isn’t going to be enough to stop the game getting review bombed by people shitting on the economy. The event needs to be substantial, I don’t think they have time or even want to properly unfuck the economy before steam release.

If I didn’t have the millions of silver from premerge conversions I’d probably just not even play this game.

[GeneralBrus]

@_31420124242011

This BR system is still turbo wank
Should definitely be 1-2 3-4 4-5

Actually, having this distinction that BR1 and BR2 are always on their own isn’t a bad idea - BR2 is pretty much the cut for early war gear, so why not also being the cut for new players?