Was really hoping for more tech tree content. Having only 1 new addition to both Germany and USA after 3 months is disappointing, to say the least, especially for the first post-merge “major update”.
Tiger H1 would be a more interesting addition if BR IV actually meant anything at the moment, and wasn’t just a worse Tiger E. Please correct me if I am wrong, but since the merge, the only noticeable additions (sorry M3 Lee) to both USA/Germany factions have been the APCs (but the best were locked behind event and paywall), Corsair (AP-4C), why is it called that??, and the M4A3 (105) sherman. American’s got some cool vehicles that weren’t all copy/paste variants, and there was much rejoicing.
I do not understand why more content is not being added now that it is possible to go back to what were previously early campaign levels and add more fun/unique low BR weapons/vehicles.
Also, there was a recent survey of what the community wanted to see fixed/changed for next update, and none of the top requests (Economy, Matchmaking) have even been mentioned in any of these dev blogs. But don’t worry! Now soldiers will jiggle accurately in vehicles! The players wanted that valuable change, right?
The common thought I have had with many of the recent new reveals of upcoming features has been:
“Cool, this feature looks interesting and might improve my game experience, but who was asking for this?”
If by the time the Steam release rolls around and nothing has changed in regards to matchmaking and the economy I cannot in good faith recommend Enlisted to my friends on Steam.
The fact that bipods are still broken after multiple years and “fixes” has become a community meme, someone mentioned bipods would receive a rework in a “coming soon” update, but I have heard that exact same thing so many times over the past few years, that I just stopped believing it. Just one example, but you get the point. The devs say they desire community feedback, but actions (or a lack thereof) speak much louder.
When “Enlisted: Reinforced” goes on steam with premium squads costing $60 EACH right next to [Relevant WW2 Shooter] for half that, which do you think will sell better? Which will have a better rating? This game already has a huge promotion problem (there hasn’t been any for years!), changing the name for steam release is probably the most brain-dead marketing decision I’ve seen in a while. I really did think it was an out-of-season April fools joke when I saw “Enlisted: Reinforced” Seriously, who thought that was a good idea in the marketing department?