The mode is still in the game, but not as it used to be; it’s now a custom battle mode, which is killing the gameplay experience. Why?!
Since it’s a mode separate from the base game, it’s not regulated by Gaijin, making it an unbalanced game mode. For example, you log in expecting a skirmish experience, but instead you find a hodgepodge of nations with weapons from all eras.
As a suggestion, they should make it an official game mode like before, with matchmaking and:
The most important thing: Controlled battle royale (BR) lobbies.
Since there are 4 nations in the game, implement a War Thunder-style system where each lobby is a match of x nations vs. x nations without repetition (unless you’re playing with someone in your squad who has the nation that’s on the opposing team for that match, in which case the matchmaker makes an exception and allows them to be on the leader’s team).
-Ideally, they should create special maps for this mode, like skirmishes (low-intensity conflicts), because there will be fewer players in the game; these could be small maps set in Europe where you capture command posts, air bases, or even cabins and train stations, like in the forgotten Heroes and Generals.
And no one will ever play it as long as it doesn’t have BRs (everyone spams SF rifles and KT) and normal map/faction rotations (not Germany vs USSR on Guadalcanal).