Reintroduce Legacy Squads via Battlepass – beneficial for players and Gaijin

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Following the campaign merge in Enlisted, many older squads – now referred to as Legacy Squads – became inaccessible to new players. These squads, originally unlocked through separate campaign progression trees, are still in the inventories of veteran players, but can no longer be acquired by anyone who joined after the merge.

Problem Statement

  • Legacy Squads are no longer obtainable for new players, despite still being used in gameplay.
  • They often feature historically themed setups, unique squad compositions, or aesthetics tied to older campaign content.
  • Players invested significant time and money into unlocking these squads.
  • The current model creates a gap between new and veteran players in terms of content access.

Why the Battlepass is a practical solution

The Battlepass system is already a core component of Enlisted’s monetization and engagement strategy. Integrating Legacy Squads into future Battlepass rotations would offer both a commercial benefit and a positive impact on player engagement.

  1. Accessibility for new players

Reintroducing Legacy Squads via Battlepass makes them obtainable again in a structured, limited-time format, increasing perceived value.

  1. Recognition for existing owners

Veteran players retain their original squads. Any reissued versions can be cosmetically differentiated (e.g., alternate uniforms, unique squad insignia).

  1. Low development cost, high monetization potential

Since Legacy Squads already exist in the game, minimal development work is required. Packaging them with exclusive visuals or minor updates enables monetization without creating new content from scratch.

  1. Increased player retention

Tying these squads to Battlepass milestones provides incentive for daily activity and season-long progression, directly contributing to long-term engagement metrics.

Implementation suggestions

  • Feature one Legacy Squad per season in the Battlepass, bundled with cosmetic items (uniforms, banners, voice packs).
  • Include historical background text for immersion and educational context.
  • Allow premium versions for purchase outside the Battlepass at a later date, or include as part of special promotions.
  • Add visual distinction between reissued and original versions to maintain collector value for veteran players.

Conclusion:
Reintroducing Legacy Squads via the Battlepass is an efficient way to preserve existing content, provide value to the player base, and generate additional revenue. It ensures fairness, rewards progression, and strengthens long-term engagement, while avoiding unnecessary content creation overhead.

Which Legacy Squads would be most appropriate to reintroduce first?

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If they were to be added I’d rather have redeem token than choosing one specific squad. The squads must act like regular TT squad as well. Don’t lock the composition and weapon.

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I’d rather just be able to buy them back for silver.

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350+ squads.

Choice shop for 20k each 50k for vehicles how about or it will be a bust.

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One thing I can honestly say, I don’t want to have to pay for anymore squad that “I cannot change the weapons”. I have far to many premium squads with crap weapons that just collect dust, where as if I could change the weapons, I could use them in any level I needed. I have at least half a dozen premium level five German squads I cannot use at level five because their “unique weapons” suck and are not BR5 capable. However, if I could change the weapons, I could use them at any level, or just give them a real level five capable weapon.

Legacy squads we once owned theoretically should come with changeable weapons, however, I doubt Gaijin will ever allow them to return, and if they did they would most likely want to make money off them, and I wouldn’t put it past them to screw us by attaching non changeable weapons. As it is, I have zero need for any new squads unless they come with changeable weapons, including these new ones they are peddling. I would love to have the new premium Thompson and Stg suppressed squads, but what do I need two level four squads when no one plays level four, I’m just gonna get punked to level five anyway. Maybe the weapons are good enough for level five, but if they aren’t, then I just wasted more money for squads that will never get used and can’t be changed and used at other levels.

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You are over complicating these things and quite frankly i feel trying to manifest a bad outcome with the way you present it… these are not premium squads but simply the squads we have now with different backgrounds and maybe the occasional customization item.

ALL IT IS.

101st airborne is the same squad as whatever assault squad we have in tech tree now but that doesn’t mean you should be barred from the most iconic unit of WW2.

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I don’t see this topic see discussed a lot, If Gaijin add Legacy squads as a BP squad of course keep ALL items changeable for variety, I suggested this because Gaijin is a company ergo a business they want too make money including Legacy squads too the BP is for Gaijin a great way too improve sales and for us nothing will change except we get a squad with our BP.