This is not written with the intention of blaming you, but as an objective criticism based on the current situation. I want to be clear: your event mode, as it stands now, is extremely unpleasant.
By definition, an event is something that runs for a limited time, encourages players to play more than usual, and rewards their effort with special items. Players are supposed to enjoy the experience.
However, in Enlisted, the event forces players into an unfun and unreasonable special mode, using exclusive rewards as bait. Players are not enjoying the event mode at all.
The most frustrating elements are as follows:
- Poor Poor Server Conditions in Event Mode
Many international players have already expressed dissatisfaction with the server conditions during event matches. It appears that these servers are not on par with normal matchmaking servers (most likely closer to custom server infrastructure).
Why are players being forced into an inferior environment for the sake of an event?
It is as if you invited guests to your home, but instead of using the clean and spacious living room, you deliberately seat them in a dirty storage room. This is not an art project—it is a commercial game. There is no reason to showcase the worst side of your product.
- Broken Faction Balance
Because the loadouts and vehicles in event mode are pre-fixed and cannot be changed, any imbalance between factions becomes amplified. Players who are matched into a disadvantaged faction will inevitably feel frustrated.
A matchup like an M41 at 1 BR versus a Crusader at 2 BR? Please stop doing this. Whoever came up with this concept—it is simply not acceptable, especially when the mode is mandatory for event rewards.
- Excessive Score Requirements Compared to the Lack of Fun
The mode itself is not special. It is merely a preset loadout mode that forces players into a specific faction. Yet the requirement is as high as 9,000 points.
If your concern is that players would clear the event too fast and reduce matchmaking population—there is a better solution:
“Don’t make us play a special mode for event progression. Just run quest-style events instead.”
If none of these problems will be improved, then it would be better to remove event modes entirely and instead use normal matchmaking with mission-style event objectives.
And please stop saying, “If it’s not fun, you can choose not to play.”
If both the players who attempt the event and the players who give up on it feel unhappy, then this is harmful for the game as a whole.
I sincerely want Enlisted to grow and succeed.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.