TLDR: why are players with a V or IV prefix & suffix in their name allowed to farm new BR I players? Is it a clan name or their BR level?
I’ve been enjoying Enlisted for about 60 days. While I’ve earned some BR II III & IV gear through events, I keep them unslung, so I don’t get wasted in higher BRs. All of my armies are BR I weapons only. Even my MG squads are sporting bolt-actions because all the MGs are BR II and I don’t want to move to BR II-III just yet.
Last weekend, on Sat & Sun, I constantly got turfed by clan players for my BR I-II games. These guys all had either a V or an ß at the start of their name. I’m trying to participate in the Vintage Arsenal Event needing, 25k xp for rewards and I can barely scrape together 600xp after a 20 min match.
Clans are aggressively paratrooping behind enemy lines, and wasting whole squads with Obrez PPsH or MG13s before we can even raise our rifle with any squad member.
What does this mean for a new player? I had to stay off of the game on the weekend for fear of being farmed for xp, because clans probably play less during the week. I got hit with clans in 3 games.
Why would groups be allowed to farm easy experience against new players?
I’ve already spent 30$ in my first month and am wondering if I will be able to succeed in having fun with the game because I’ll have to play 40 games to get 25k xp at this rate.
My feeling is that clans should set up private servers if they need to practice team-work, but going against BR Is really lacks honour. Surely they can stand up to some BR II & III players with their tactics and better gear?
Some might say I should “get good”. I’d say to clan-players; “get honour”. New players bring money to the game which adds longevity.
I’m still wondering why BR I - II can be farmed by players that way out class them. In this match, I couldn’t quit due to the deserter penalty so I had to sit here for 20 mins to earn 892 pts.
The top member of their team didn’t lose a single squad. He sat hidden with a tank and just wasted us non-stop. Highly discouraging for new players.
My suggestion is to bring a plane. i know youre new but USSR planes are strong early on in the tech tree since for Germany their tanks are strong for this very reason.
Checking the enlistedrollcall website just shows that player only sits in tanks all the time if hes able to get in one
Are you on an actual team with friends, or did you check the “join team” box? If you’re NOT on a coordinated team with friends, i would highly, highly recommend not playing on a team, as as bad as the matchmaking is, it at least TRIES to put teams against other teams when possible. If you join a random uncoordinated team, you’re just putting yourself at a disadvantage.
“Can BR I gear players only be matched with BR I players?”
Obrez [BR II] or MGs like MG13 outclass bolt-action rifles by 20x or 30x. Of course you’ll now say how a good bolt-action rifle player can out-perform an MG. If that’s the case, why did they invent MGs, SMGs? It’s because they are superior.
They are players who do not have the ability to face people on an equal team… In any case, you only have to improve your shooter skills a little and in a short time you will surpass them, because they are terrible.
Thank you for the idea. I actually do ok in planes, and decided to learn flying after our team could do nothing in Tunisia against a tank.
Rock, paper, scissors right? So I tried to fight that tanker 2x but surprisingly he shot my plane down from his tank. He has 7 plane kills in that game. I’m not sure why he never ran out of tank ammo but he sat there the whole game.
Thanks for checking enlistedrollcall, and the suggestion.
I was wondering that myself. I’m on Playstation and it doesn’t do a great job of explaining what the 'Group is Recruiting" toggle button does.
I tried both options (on/off) but I couldn’t tell which was doing what.
I am playing solo so I’ll try to disable “Group is Recruiting”.
In any case, how can you tell if someone is in your group? At best I’ve seen “1” “2” on the map, indicating squads, I suppose, but are they in my “team”? I know we’re on the same side, but how do you know if you’re in a team or “Group”?
Yes, the numbers beside player names indicate that you’re a “group” with them, and more likely to be matched against other groups, some of which will be actually organized groups communicating and coordinating with voice chat on discord or similar. Definitely uncheck that box.
Brother, it just takes some grind to get good. I have been doing this a year and took many slaughters, and still do some times. But , I learned how to dish it back out. Hang in there, you will get it. There are one or two premium assualter squads you could get at BRII that would help
Try to unlock and upgrade the enginers and radio operators squad, they can do a lot of damage with good tactics, the same could be with snipers and AT squad with BR1 AT rifles
You’re right! By turning off “Group is Recruiting”, I didn’t see any group numbers in my score. We had a clutch game, down to the last base defense and 2 mins. I jumped into a plane, killed 1 plane, and two tanks - we won.
Was my best game.
I hope your tip helps other players too!
The problem is that there is no matchmaking of any kind (as far as I can tell) other than finding people to meet +/-1 BR. It will even choose a server in a region you don’t have selected if it decides to (a non starter for me).
There are plenty of veteran players who get tired of constant HE spam at BR 3 and above. BR5 is often pretty dead (and, honestly, easier than BR3). So… sometimes we like to play BR2 or even 1 for a change of pace but people should try to play a reasonable way in that situation.
And, not that it helps… but it used to be worse. There were no BR’s in the past and you might join with a starter rifle and no explosive packs to face Federov Avtomat and T-34.
I should mention that I also find the mortar squad (with 1 engineer for ammo) extremely satisfying. I don’t know that wiping out a few soldiers (about 5-15 per mission) makes a huge difference, but being able to knock out tanks helps a lot.
I wish they would add colour-blind support to the game (esp for mortars). I’m often facing a green sward of grass, and my allies markers are red. Red against a green grassy knoll is the pits, as it’s the most common colour-blindness deficiency known to Man.
What squads were you referring to? I don’t see the BR in the premium squads, just “more info”.
