This is pure my personal experience and opinion about my first hand into the New Merge, my expectative is, well the sixth ring of hell so anything good can be a surprise, and there is some
1.The event:
Paratrooper with AR, lets combine the most power creep combination of this game, since walking is for peasants
Not any AR son, is the all mighty Fedorov Automat, many vets or anyone ever touch that thing know exactly how busted they are, at this point I just don’t really give a damn about game balance, is a chain effect that already happened and nothing but the Devs can stop it, too late to matter
20k score per 2 days, look, tbh here if I can find a dead campaign and farm bots with it, 20k is a piece of cake, but in the Merge, nope, good luck if you can’t reach top 5, hell even top 3 struggle getting those score if the team is real sweaty
Rewards looks ok, no more orders but silver coins and those upgrade things, the main course are the main reward which yes tey are good but 20k score in the new merge is harder
- Compensation and player inventory:
I didn’t got the full compensation from Stalingrad Full Access, I should be receiving at least 6450 gold(6340 from 6 slots + 110 for 1 day premium, can’t buy slot without premium account bruh) but I only have 5360(including 400 before the merge, obtained from BP), reported that, and hopefully they solve that, also, do my 2 Flame tanks get their own premium slot? I think they should
Squad, weapons, vehicles… Jesus Christ what a mess, but I did some preparation a week ago, I stripped most of the soldier gears and bough surplus of soldiers to have some backup for the new economy… which I will talk about that later, yes I stripped EVERY squad that I no longer use, one by one, soldier by soldier, so in the merge I can focs on the active squad and having all the stuff in the inventory… except doing thay is still a mess, I need to scroll a large list just to find the gear I want, but hey, better than going back checking every soldier again…
So, my german squad are from Berlin Preset, pretty much ready to go, but I still spent a hour or 2 just to “optimize” their gears, oh yeah skill tree, look, there is something neat about it, but the 6 point to unlock next level is BS, a waste of point which can be vital for better perk, and you know what I did? That large amount of soldiers I bought, I went to compare their stats and pick the best of the best just to be able to afford those 6 points while get those perks that I want… very time consuming process
Once everything is done, I went to spend my Appearance Orders for that drip, guess hoarding those till post merge was a good idea, since there is people complain about their soldiers with appearances just go poof and wasted all their investment… and yes, the appearance is just half baked, I set my guys with Stalingrad camo, I join a match in Normandy they will spawn with different pieces of appeal I didn’t purchase… is pretty eyesore sometimes
- MM and BR
Oh boi the BR… honestly I think it just doesn’t work as many Helpers, community managers, moderators, Content Creators, or hell even the Developers think so… there is no - 1BR + or 2, is a mess, cuz playing BR5, somehow I can show up in Stalingrad is just funny, but hey, guess good to see Tractor Factory again(made a meme about it when I was grinding Stalingrad for both side), I can see Stuarts, A13, Matilda, T70, T60, AB41, Pz II, Pz III E, M13 GC, M2A2… bunch of early BR tanks and people using bolties in BR5… and god they just have no chance at all
Funny enough… I never managed to join a Berlin Match, somehow, the game keeps throwing me into Stalingrad and Normandy, and other funny discovery, you know when people say the are seeing Tiger II everywhere? Well, I discovered that I can use 2 Tiger II if I have slot for it, I guess same for IS2, since I see them showing up in the match too
4.Economy:
I posted another topic with screenshots about my victory and coin income per match… yep, exactly how it was in the last playtesting, before they removed the 400% bonus, 4000 coins seems sweet, but now without it, as F2P, being top 3 can get me less than 900 coins… and remind you getting score in New Merge is not easy if you want to play casually, that is gone son, now you need to put more effort for that pay… oh btw, everything is more expensive while you still gaining the same amount before merge, so, feel that minimal wager living the economy inflation
And hope you bought pistols for 1 silver before merge, cuz they cost more after merge, so for weapons in most case, if you bought weapons, upgrading them in new merge is cheaper, but buying them hell nah, hopefully you make those plans beforehand, oh yes send soldiers to rear can make some good profits, proven you ought them for 1 silver before merge
- Interface:
I like the waiting queue thing, now it shows task, event and I can claim reward from it, nice QoL
I like the Perk tree but god damn accessing it one by one is a nightmare, specially if you want to compare to other soldiers, this need to improve
Weapon inventory, vehicle squad garage/reserve, soldier reserve list, appearance screen… all those needs overhaul, they are just awful for the new merge, specially for vets/old players
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Balance and feedback
No, tell Devs play the game by themselves and show them the test server topic in Forum, no, not helpers, moderator, or any forum manager, I don’t give a damn if you foward any god damn thing, as a middle man you guys sucks at it, tell the Devs face the problem directly and by themselves, whatever I saw in the test server most of the issues carried to the official launch, and good lord making test server last only 1 day, I mean how can people test that in 1 day is just beyond me -
Personal opinion
Personally, I got lots of entertainment from this update, not by playing the game, but watching the drama in the forum and people reactions and complains, is more enjoyable than playing the game ironically, people say Enlisted is becoming WT 2.0, but for me is just dead H&G in different skin, and funny enough, H&G is lot more “Historical Accurate” than this game since you can’t see any experimental weapons and prototypes in that game, I don’t give a damn about HA, but yes, shocking right? H&G failed due Devs being incredibly out of touch with the game and playerbase… and this game seems to walk the same path…