It is wrong to completely lock out an entire class and mechanic to Premium and event squads. Everyone should be able to have Paratroopers. Customizable Paratroopers must be added for all factions in the Research Tree. You can bet I’m finally going to put the FG 42 where it belongs. At the very least we should start with just 1 Paratrooper squad for all factions. From there we may add more like the multiple Rifle, MG, Assault, etc squads we have
Just like any other squad, Paratrooper squads have to come with a weapon to be researched. Here’s just a few ideas of what weapons would be added to the Research Tree
SKT-40, an experimental carbine of the SVT-40 for Paratroopers.
T26 Garand, Springfield Armory’s prototype Garand carbine based on the PWB carbine made in 1945
PWB Garand, Pacific War Board’s prototype carbine based on field modified Garands used by Paratroopers in the Pacific in 1944
Sten Mk V, the ultimate evolution of the Sten for paratroopers used in Operation Overlord
The only way Darkflow could pass this off is if the f2p paratroopers are weaker. So, a max of 5 soldiers (premium have 6), only 2 specialists (again, premium have 3), or they scrap specialists altogether and just make f2p ones dedicated assault squadrons.
I completely disagree because RT Paratroopers shouldn’t be any different than premium or event Paratroopers
Premium and event squads don’t invalidate regular squads. They’re just unique squads with unique weapons for neatness. I use both all the time. Sometimes I feel like using bog standard infantrymen, other times I feel like using a special squad
All players should be able to use Paratroopers. Imagine if APCs were premium only
Yeah, but for some people and Darkflow, having 2x xp and unique weapons just isn’t enough. They have to have a slight edge so that their money feels well spent and Darkflow has a case to market it.
And the only other issue is this: for it to be tt, it has to be equal across the board. None of these squads will be equal. What I mean is some factions will gain a paratrooper earlier than others.
SKT-40 - Likely BR IV or BR III, to coincide with SVT-40 and SVT-38
PWB Garand - Likely BR III, to fit in with M1 Garand
Sten Mk V - BR II or BR I, as that’s where the Sten Mk II is
Beretta M1 - BR II
FG 42 - BR V
Type 2 TERA Rifle - BR I/II, to fit in with other Japanese bolt actions
This will never work, mainly because Soviets don’t get theirs first (Soviet bias). All jokes aside, it’s a neat concept, but I don’t think it could ever be implemented currently. Some factions get two paratrooper squads (which is not balanced, unless each faction has Paratrooper I and Paratrooper II squads). Plus, imagine if you own the premium paratroopers…you could just spam 3 squads of paratroopers. Not cool.
Good points but remember any negative can be…negated…depending on how and what Paratrooper weapons are added. I just threw out ideas but the devs can do whatever to maintain “equality”
For example, we can have a squad unlocked at BR 3, another at BR 5, etc
Also these RT Paratroopers are customizable so they can use pretty much any weapon. They come with a weapon in the RT only because that’s how squads work in the RT. (Unless if they made a squad itself it’s own node to be unlocked)
But that’s the plan I said. With the whole development train for now lets just start with 1 squad and overtime add more. I do definitely think Britain and Italy should have Paratroopers. They should be fleshed out as subfactions…until they’re independent
Honestly I don’t see any issue with this. At the moment the game’s design is that you can literally take 3 of a class. Personally I may think we should only have 1 of a class so we’re forced to have different sets of what we’re bringing to the match but it is what it is. Even then it’s up to the player to decide what their comp is. Will some players use 3 Paras, yes, but Paratroopers aren’t so super they’re OP
Regardless it is for the greater good that Paratroopers are added to all factions
I had to look it up because I could swear that the SKT-40 is in the game already and it turns out to be a scoped variant thats in the game, so they could add a non-scoped version.
Edit : I forgot you are literally the OP of this thread, so you are already aware of this lol
