More squads for Japan

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I. USSR, USA and Germany benefited a lot from the Merge in terms of the amount of squads and the ability to cycle them compared to Japan, who only ever received the squads from its only campaign.

As such, most veteran players can cycle 3 x assaulters/tanks/planes or whatever they want, while Japan is always limited to its very few squads.
Personally I didn’t even finish grinding Tunisia, Normandy or Pacific, yet still the difference in squads amount is huge:

USSR
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USA
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Germany
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Japan
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Moreover, veteran players can also have 5 separate BR presets for any faction but not for Japan (e.g. Japan only has 2 Engineer squads).

II. Veteran players aside (let’s say it’s their privilege), even with the current tech tree selection Japan is still lacking vehicles and squads for them to compete against Soviet/American vehicle players.

Here is what a BR3 Soviet player can do in the sky if he wants domination in the air:
2 x fighters, 2 x bombers
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And here is his Japanese BR3 counterpart (maximum two spawns and you’re locked):
1 x fighter, 1 x bomber
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An American BR2 player can do this:
Up to 3 x fighters and 2 x bombers
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And his Japanese BR3 counterpart:
1 x fighter, 1 x bomber
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III. As far as Japan’s BR 4/5 goes, I don’t play it but from what I can see all of the top tier planes are also locked to one single squad.

Poll - make Japan more competitive by adding more tech tree/event squads and vehicles of various BRs to allow for similar versatility/flexibility like that of USSR and USA.

  • Yes
  • No
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Yep, same goes for sniper and mortar, the last ones are both missing for japs.

Not that either are terribly competative but would stil be nice to have them.

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And weapons and vehicles…and they don’t understand why people prefer playing the other factions as they have selection. Japan doesn’t even have a lot past BR 2 for weapons. Some are great but it’s repetitive after a while.

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Can’t say I want to see more imaginary/origami weapons, but since we can have 7 different BF 109s, I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing more Zero variants at least!

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Exactly…usually you get a choice of 1 with the aircraft squads until higher BRs…tanks are brutal and weapons are sparse and usually stolen Allied ones but somehow made worse.

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Been asking for 5 years and they been ignoring for 5 years. They too lazy to program. Spent too much time on Active Matter instead of things that matter.

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One of my complaints also is throwing all Japanese under 1 banner. Its kinda stupid

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Also people that played pacific didn’t get unique extra legacy squads and people that played other campaigns got good legacy squad to this day Japan suffers the most do to the lack of squads. (not that there is enough vehicles xD)

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Honestly, although Japanese players are really competent (even with poor equipment), they are severely limited by this very fact. The Manchuria maps have demonstrated this even more; without a good belt-mounted MG and a better caliber/damage SMG, it’s simply difficult to keep up, even more so than Germany at low BRs.

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Yeah, the Dev’s spent too much time on Active matter and neglected Enlisted. Not me though, I paid the minimum $29 for Active Matter several months ago and have only played it three times (the first couple days). IMOP it sucks, of course, maybe it appeals to the younger generation. Unfortunately, I didn’t buy it through Steam, or I would have returned it

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Yes but no fantasy stuff, I have 3 presets for BR2, 3, 2*BR4 /5 on all the other factions, which I use to change up what I use and how I play. More air, more paras, more tanks etc (I have the legacy squads and a whole bunch of premiums)

I don’t want to see more paper tanks or weapons. Did the Japanese have that much variety, is that why we are limited.

Voted yes, with caveat.

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If it means enticing the developers, I wouldn’t mind if the developers added a “squad bundle” with a bunch of legacy squads + new JP squads for gold. Sometimes the only way to get the devs to do something is to flaunt cash in their face, like with campaign based vehicle paintjobs

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Yeah that’s for sure.

I think every suggestion from me comes with “but don’t add any prototypes or fakes” by default :slight_smile:

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This would be much appreciated for Japan. It’s getting very tricky juggling loadouts for some of my squads when I’m playing different BRs :sweat_smile:

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