US constantly gets stomped, grinding japan is the easiest in all campaigns in my experience, and allies right now is legit hardcore mode. This use to be the other way around. But the changes as of now is too much.
Please look on statistic for Feb - till April. I have 90%+ winrate for japan, close to 30% with the US. and I do well enough to be part of top 5 at least every game.
Remove the tickets buffs for Japan and remove the faster capturing time. These made playing Allied impossible as of now. I main japan, and japan is legit easy mode. Most matches I join as the US, after i spawn the first point, is already lost.
The recoil buffs on all weapons for japan can stay. Even if Sherman was here, japanese anti tank rifle can probably take care of it not to mention they have bazookas. As of now japanese tanks is superior to the US ones.
planes are near unuseable and only makes your team lose since it takes 3500 meters to rearm, and you need to land on the ships, not to mention the start time requires like 15 sec to take off
Please dont balance the game with tickets buffs and such anymore, its extremely stupid. the same goes for Tunisia Allies with faster tickets bleed mechanic.
In truth, USA faction in Pacific is far from being weak. Itās merely that most ppl want to finish grinding Japan BEFORE campaigns merges.
Because then, you can bet roles will be inverted: USA faction will simply have more variety of toys, most of which are exellent, even better vehicles than now, and a bigger player base, simply because it will be made of players from 2 (or 3 if usa Tunisia is counted) campaigns.
In short. USA does not suffer because of tickets or tools in Pacific. Itās merely a question of playerbase.
Japan has been buffed multiple times, they have faster capturing time, much slower bleed tickets, IE on Confrontation. Japan cap 1 point, and US cap 5 points, tickets wise both team ends up being 0. They just need to cap 1 point, and US tickets just ran out. Its extremely unbalanced.
my japan is way higher level. im only playing US for the sake of completing all campaigns. but the experience is absolute cancer. im never touching US again after i reach max, currently lv23
After the Chi-ha Kai was implemented, Japan clearly has better tanks than the stuarts btw. I have it and it just beats it. i also have the chi ha premium and the other premium, they are better than the US ones. the only disadvantage of the Chi Ha is it doesnt have machineguns unless you use commander
If a Japanese player plays with Otsu rifle and the last smgā¦ what br can usa uses against them?
I wouldnāt be surprised to see them bring m2 carbines and stuff.
As for vehicles, even the starter Stuart from Normandy would destroy any Japanese tankā¦
Iām really not sure how devs will manage to balance this mess, but Iām not that hopeful.
I max Japanese right now, to be a jerk and main USA after update, like most are planning to do.
Thatās the mode. Iāve seen the opposite often, when USA team must guard the house across river. They can keep only a single cap the entire match and still winā¦
Capture times got updated, too. Itās not as bad for USA as before.
The problem is the teams not the gear. The gear is pretty balanced (except aircraft). The problem is probably cruddy teams full of bots. If you are on the west coast, try playing at around 8 or 9 pm.
yeah, i mean thats what devs said, for me it is also unclear cause is a thompson low lvl? stripping usa of all of the higher lvl items in comparision with lets say normandy will unbalance the matches even more but in the other hand giving usa jumbos wont help either,
JUST DUNNO
so you hope that it will be easier to max usa after the merging?
Definitely. Thereās a good hint to this as well: look at Normandy. Normandy used to be devoid of human usa players. Now most are back. Iām not saying they dominate, but theyāre definitely back, getting ready.
Also, lvl to lvl (or br to br), axis wonāt have the upper hand over usa like they do now (panther vs jumbo). We will probably have dumb stuff like pz4j vs jumbo againā¦
So with that even playing field, USA team will be far from being pushovers
And like you said, Thompson. Itās a good smg, but so is Japan second to last oneā¦ I donāt see why theyād be forbidden in Pacific.
Remove the Buffs Mechanics for Japan, keep recoil buffs the same is what i think will be balanced. US normandy is way more balanced than whats happening on Pacific. I still play japan when my friends are on, but its extremely easy and not challenging. unless we face a full stack we win literally every game, meanwhile US we have to tryhard and sweat like crazy.
Devs should never balance the game around tickets/ buffs on those areas, its just stupid
I am 100% with you, i am bored of loosing, i think i make a very good play most of the times but the teams are just awfull, 33% of win rate with US, and i dont want to play with Japan i want to play with US and grind US but i cant, i cant play with constant bully to usā¦ At this point i will keep Japan because i am getting boredā¦
The Ticket thing is a problem, the devs need to stop balancing through those tickets regained and lost because it doesnāt fix the core problem of why there is a player base imbalance, but instead creates another reason for the playerbase to fracture along faction lines. Granted, the new matchmaker and progression systems should address most of those issues, so we can only hope they do away with the ticket imbalance thing too.
I feel equipment-wise both sides are fairly eaual, with the US having upper hands in automatic weapons and tanks and with JP in aircraft and AT weapons.
The problem is the playerbase, I suppose.
Well. Then dont wanna people play the US?
Many people complained and still complain about the ticket bias for Japan which I believe is one of the two main reasons for the imbalance.
Japan was mostly strong since the ticket adjustments and now yeah since the merge story became public, I also agree some people also want to grind Japan. Not to mention, that US gear is mostly fine but not really worth grinding for. At the end, you do it for the M13, M50, Flamer Stuart, and the Johnson LMG. Anything else is copy+paste from France or just shit.
But the other main issue at least for me is that Pacific is freaking boring.
But, ppl DO want to play USAā¦ Theyāre back in Normandy atm. What is the only field Japan excels in atm in Pacific?
Air force.
Meet Normandy USA planes thrown in the mix, br depending Or worse, Tunisian ones. Zero is great, but I see Spitfire pilots, or p40 guys having no trouble to compete.
USA is what Iāll play after the merge. Because roles will be inverted thenā¦ And Japan will go back to punching bag role, just like how bad it was before the numerous tweaks devs did.
Or worse, Tunisian ones. Zero is great, but I see Spitfire pilots, or p40 guys having no trouble to compete.