The changes to paratrooper box loadouts is a welcome one, and a clear step in the right direction for paratroopers in Enlisted. That being said, I think they still have a lot of room for improvement (and outright accessibility)
Accessibility is something that paratroopers have been missing for far too long. With changes over time, they are no longer so powerful a squad that their usage numbers need be stunted by keeping them behind event and pay walls. Even within that realm, there are only 2 (1 Soviet and 1 Japanese) paratrooper squads available in the game for purchase. Keeping such an interesting and useful mechanic locked up so tight just feels bad.
So, here’s my proposal for accessibility:
Move one Premium paratrooper squads from each faction into the tech tree as a branch off of the corresponding weapon the squad comes with by default.
Soviets get 214th Para BDE branched from the AS44
Allies get 506th PIR branched from the Thompson 50
Germans get 18th Para Regiment branched from the FG42
Japanese get 1st Yokosuka branched from the Type Hei Auto
Now that everyone has access to them, let’s bring some balance to the paratrooper squads. For some unknown reason, the Soviet 10th and 214th Para BDEs are the only paratroopers in the game that can swap out their primary weapons pre-match, making them useable at any BR. I DO NOT think the answer is to take that ability from them, but rather to give it to all paratrooper squads. Neither the paratrooper mechanic nor the squads themselves are so powerful that they need to be kept out of lower BRs. But let them all move around if any of them can. Simple fairness.
That’s it. That’s the post.
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That would be a slap in the face to the people who paid for the paratrooper squads. Think the easiest thing to do would be give the Russian paratrooper squad a premium weapon what cant be changed to bring it in line with the rest. Then make a TT paratrooper squad for each faction with the ability to change there weapons like the current Russian para squad.
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Just change every paratrooper squad to interchangeable weapons and problem solved. While DF is at it, change all the premium squads to have interchangeable weapons so we can use the squad in whatever level we want with whatever weapon we want. Shouldn’t be to much to ask for since we paid for them. 
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I think the main problem is that you can easily be killed in the sky now.
Since Paratropers’ planes can already be intercepted, they should be able to land faster.
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They need to change it so that the bot paratroopers open their chutes when the player opens his. It shouldn’t be hard for the DEV’s to change it. Of course, I think all the bots should mirror the player, especially when he is sprinting and taking cover.
The paratrooper box change was definitely not welcome. They need to just let us customise what we want to have in the boxes. Problem solved.
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You paid for the premium squads, not the several event ones, they’re free.
All soldier classes should be available to F2P players, end of story.
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Biggest thing I’d do with paras,
Is add squad one in TT for every factions.
How many times have you said to your friends who asked: “woa cool, paratroopers! When do we unlock those?!?”
“Ah sorry bud, they’re all pay walled…”
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I don’t like losing my premium squads which i have paid money for especially since i’m always using Sov paras at BR2-3-5.
Why not turn fake paratrooper assaulter squads in a TT/event into actual paratroopers?
It’s not like we can’t replace some of the old removed pre-merge squads and release them again but now as paratroopers.
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Nah i would rather have customization for each paratrooper squad. And Horn STG should be turned into paratrooper squad, it’s useless atm as BR5 Assaulter it’s just insulting after buffing Fedorov of all kind and donwtiering one of them to BR4.
I know but the OP was saying change the premiums to TT. Im just saying create new ones for the TT as yes they should be there for F2P players. i missed all the event one as well but seeing how APC is in TT and also have premiums versions and event version i think the same should be applied for the PARA squads.
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Me too but im thinking the Devs would never go for that as its the same with other premium squad where you cant change there weapons and where does the line get drawn if we add the ability to do so. So in case of that i would like to see it happen to ones added to TT being fully customization regarding what weapons they take just like all other TT squads.
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keeping suck interesting mechanics behind a paywall. 
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That Stewart is literally in the game at BR 1
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Agree but just don’t make it like warzone where u can Open u parachute after falling from 1 meter
Most of these are peak mechanics
Until You realize the rocket artillery operator
