Chinese involvement is a very important and interesting part of World War II that definitely deserves good representation.
However, with all due respect to the heroic struggle of the Chinese people against Japanese occupation, simply handing over the Chinese to the US and the USSR to participate in military operations on the same maps completely destroys the atmosphere of World War II. (If there was any atmosphere left in this World War II game at all.) Moreover, I consider it disrespectful to history, to the real defenders of Stalingrad, to the soldiers who fought in the Ardennes, and to the Chinese who participated in World War II.
Therefore, I propose adding Chinese subfactions for the USSR and the USA.
Currently, the USSR and the USA have Chinese units that actually fought alongside them in only one of the available theaters of operations.
What will these subfactions be like?
1 ) China + Western Allies
This subfaction will be available to players with the Liu Rifle and the Thompson 7.63. Only Burma maps will be available to this subfaction. Any US unit will be available to this subfaction. Battles can be entered as long as there is at least one Chinese unit in the setup. Matchmaking: players who choose the Chinese subfaction will be matched on Burma maps alongside players who choose the Western Allies subfaction. If there are at least ten players who choose the Chinese subfaction, the Allied team can be formed entirely from players who choose the Chinese subfaction.
However, this may result in Pacific maps being encountered less frequently when facing Japan. Well, Pacific maps are simply terrible, and I don’t think many would mind never seeing Pacific maps and always playing Burma.
2 ) China + USSR
Basically, it’s the same. The subfaction becomes available to owners of the PPSh(S) and the upcoming squad with the [REDACTED] arsenal SMG. The team is formed from players of the Chinese subfaction and the USSR. This team is sent only to Manchuria maps.
What will the selection of this faction in the menu look like:
When selecting Western allies, a button for selecting the Chinese subfaction appears.
This is what the button looks like when selecting the Chinese subfaction.
When selecting the USSR, a button for selecting the Chinese subfaction appears.
This is what the button looks like when selecting the Chinese subfaction.
And I really hope that these two symbols really mean China.
For those who want to use these squads on any map in overall matchmaking, a checkbox can be provided that changes the nationality of these squads to the nationality of the main faction and changes the weapon skin to the skin of the closest analogue available to the main faction, but retaining the same characteristics. And one more checkbox that allows you to see the real weapon skin and the real nationality of this squad and hear its real voiceover.
- Yes
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P.S.
I would also like to propose for consideration the possibility of adding the following sub-fractions in the same way:
French colonial forces - Tunisia. (And potential Pacific Front maps where French colonial forces could have fought.)
French resistance - Normandy (all maps except the landing itself)
Volkssturm - Berlin, Seelow, and Wald. (And potential German maps for the Western Allies.)
I’d like to highlight Britain and Italy separately. These will be subfactions with their own research tree and development.
However, I understand that adding more than one such subfaction to the main factions is unlikely with the current matchmaking.
