It is totally my biased opinion but berlin is not the harshest and non beginnerfriendly campaign unlike the popular blief.
Gameplay is very static compared to others and urban enviroment protects you from explosion spam. tons of debris and buildings to take cover from bullets.
Everybody was talking about soviet smg spam but they are not so hard to deal even with kriegsmodel kar98.
Harshest and nonfriendly campaigns from top to bottom i think (right now):
1- normandy: dynamic as tunisia, tons of powerfull late war weapons
its a michael bay spin off of enlisted
2- moscow: even more smg spam and rushers than berlin
3- pacific: idk why but skirmishes in objective ares are pretty ruhtless and chaotic, more than berlin
4- berlin
5- tunisia
6- stalingrad
Given I’ve completed Tunisia Normandy, Stalingrad and Pacific on both sides, my view may be outdated (things change hour to hour and week to week). My opinion, generally, is that Berlin Axis and Moscow Axis are hardest for newcomers these days. Again, it’s hard to judge unless you are a new player as things change over time and even throughout a day. Almost complete on Berlin Axis…
Berlin is mostly cqc, bolt action rifle doesn’t perform well against automatic weapon in close range.
I found moscow to be the most beginner friendly when I first started enlisted but that was back before the T-50 and T-34, I still think it’s the most beginner friendly but it’s dependent on whether or not there’s a lot of experienced players happening to play it atm. Overall I think tunisia is the most beginner friendly rn but that’s cus tunisia has been mostly bots for a while
Just a single matter of approach and playstyle
I would probably advice a new player to play Stalingrad (regardless if they bought the package or not).
There are a lot of new players in here.
Same goes with Pacific. End game weapons doesn’t rule the battlefield like in the other campaigns.
My recent game time suggests to me that having the best or worst new player experience may be more related to picking the “right” or “wrong” party to start with, meaning the faction that’s currently stomping (in one’s gaming timeframe) or the one that gets stomped.
Things has changed , and moscow is the most unbalanced campaign on enlisted … so if you want beginners quit the game casue of this stupid campaign go moscow !
The most noob friendly campaign is Pacific from far !.. bolties are very useful theere (and good) no real tanks or cas spam … just WP and FLamethrower are OP
Berlin is very unforgiving for new players with lots of close quarters inside buildings where its difficult to survive with a bolt action. I remember how I heavily used SMGs, machine guns and semi autos when I was grinding during the early days where the huge game changer is the PPD-40 then the drum mag PPSh.
Stalingrad is another unforgiving campaign but not as brutal as Berlin with lots of space to move around.
Normandy get ready to get greeted by Tigers or CAS.
On paper, you’re right.
On the field, it looks like different timezones currently create HUGE fluctuations in actual players per side, resulting in most matches being terribly one-sided depending on server and time.
There are no beginner friendly campaigns, only beginner friendly factions within a campaign.
For Normandy, currently Axis.
For Tunisia, currently Axis.
For Stalingrad, Allies.
For Pacific, currently Axis.
For Berlin, don’t know haven’t played Berlin in awhile.
I guess Moscow would be considered universally beginner friendly, since it seems most matches are either mostly bots going up against bots, or two full Marshall sweat stacks trying to out explosives spam the other side.
Pacific is not that beginnerfriendly.
Dynamic battles
Tons of space to flank.
I veteran team can easily eliminate noobs
Berlin hovewer relies on forepower and narrow paths. Easier to to defend and limits maneuver possibilities.
I ranked them as how dynamic and fast they are .
Dealing with rifles in open area is much harder than dealing with smgs in narrow corridors. One good grenade throw and boom, you can stop them .
I have been playing it more than 1.5 years.
Honestly with no matchmaking and current progression system this entire game is not beginner friendly.