But for the map of Harbin, it has been overly simplified.
Even in Lejev, in Ardennes, in Stalingrad, in Myanmar.
Players can correctly understand the local cultural and natural landscapes in these maps. Players born there can have a sufficient sense of immersion, just like returning to their childhood hometown again.
But Harbin wasn’t. When I saw the new map, I didn’t let out a sharp screeching! Because the Far East - Manchuria is vast, it encompasses: the Outer Xing 'an Range/Greater Xing 'an Range/Lesser Xing 'an Range/Northeast Plain/Changbai Mountains/Liaodong Peninsula.
But unfortunately, this map was named Harbin.
I spent two hours searching in the editor with w+shift, trying to find the familiar feeling. But sadly, as I strolled through the map, it felt as if I had arrived in the territory of aliens rather than my hometown.
So, the simplest way to revise:
I hope to change the name of this map to only retain the word “Manchuria” and remove the word “Harbin”.
This is the simplest way to solve this problem.
The rest is for the future, if any.
The plan in my personal opinion：
Plan 1
Manchukuo Post Office/Escort Bureau
滿洲國郵政/鏢局(Traditional Chinese)
满洲国邮政/镖局(Simplified Chinese)
Option 2
China Post/Escort Agency
中華郵政/鏢局
中华邮政/镖局
Option 3
Kanto Post/Escort Agency
關東郵政/鏢局
关东邮政/镖局
In addition, you can apply to Gaijin to get in touch with the agents in China and seek their assistance.
Even so, please ask Gaijin and Huozhan Interactive Entertainment Company (the Chinese agent) to sponsor you to enjoy a trip in the four northeastern provinces of China that includes architecture, terrain, museums and memorial halls, and is full of historical atmosphere.
I am a fan of fighting in painstakingly recreated historical cities (but a hater of BT-7 in Berlin or Su-9 1946 in Stalingrad).
I really wish old gen consoles got their own version of the game and we the PC Overlords wouldn’t have to sacrifice what can be done.
Would absolutely love to see more recreations of historical cities like Budapest, Cologne, Konigsberg or Sevastopol, as well as more individual landmarks and assets in the existing locations such as Stalingrad’s Elevator or Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport!
That is, if there exists some magical solution that wouldn’t negatively impact other aspects of the game.
But that’s not what your solution is offering. There’s plenty of late war equipment on low BRs that would be for most of the time locked out of late war maps. For no good reason whatsoever, other than that some guy is of an opinion that low BRs = early war.
For your argument to be valid, BRs would first have to reflect the year of deployment. Otherwise, there could be completely different criteria for which maps should be on which BRs, such as map size (if we ever get any significantly larger ones - Just like in War Thunder) or how open the map is, whatever.
To base it around the year of the war simply makes no sense. Totally random criteria in current state of things.
Well personally I would want it as hard bans and not soft preferences, but even that would be better than being sent to map/BR combinations I have no interest in playing 24/7 as it’s happening now.
@SnowieW
By the way, it is suggested that the shop signboard could be more diverse. Moreover, the characters used on the plaque include Russian or traditional Chinese.
For example:
Russian rye bread Shop
麪包坊，
Bicycle shop
自行車行
Chinese Medicine shop
中藥鋪
Clinic
診所
Porcelain shop
瓷器店
Photo studio
照相館
Butcher’s shop (including sausages
肉鋪
Grain store
糧店
Shoemaker’s Shop
鞋匠鋪
Printing shop
印刷鋪
Leather goods store
皮貨店
Antique shop
古玩店
Any player who has experienced all four nations can clearly see it: the bunkers in Tunisia; the indoor layouts, train stations, buildings, and staircases shared between Moscow and Myanmar; the railways and train cars used in both Berlin and the Ardennes; the low walls recycled across Stalingrad, Berlin, the Ardennes, and Myanmar; the iron towers in the Pacific—my goodness! These assets have been reused so extensively that I can identify every single one of them individually.
There isn’t a single recognizable landmark among them. I even suspect whether that airfield was modeled based on satellite imagery of the ruins of the former Unit 731 site, because only that could explain such a vast open space. As a Chinese person, not just as a veteran Enlisted player, seeing a long-awaited map turn out like this makes me furious. This is nothing short of an asset drought crisis!
I’m speechless. Since when do buildings and structures look nearly identical across maps set on opposite sides of the globe? Have the designers in the Enlisted universe gone extinct?
I’m trying to stay off leaks and early build videos to enjoy a new map on my own, but the few inevitable screenshots I’ve seen have too many signs in Russian.
I know that the business centers of Harbin and/or other major Manchurian cities could have a lot of Russian shops and businesses with signs in Russian, but the majority of signs should still be in Chinese.
