Hello everyone,
I have been playing Enlisted for quite a while now, but what I am currently experiencing in terms of fairness and balancing between the nations just leaves me stunned and angry.
It is no secret that the USA and the USSR are excellently positioned in the game. But what really makes me boil is the audacity regarding the Sd.Kfz. 251. While comparable vehicles for the USA and Russia can be found for free in the research tree, I paid 25 euros for the German premium squad. For this price, I at least expect a fair, historically somewhat accurate model – but what I got borders on fraud.
Here are my research results (supported by tests):
Firing duration: The MG 42 on the Sd.Kfz. 251 overheats after a ridiculous 5 seconds of continuous fire. The free US and USSR equivalents can fire for up to 14 seconds.
Cooldown: The cooldown on the 25-euro model is 14 seconds, just as long as the competition, which is allowed to shoot almost three times as long. Where is the proportionality here?
The logic error: I compared the whole thing with a regular infantry MG squad. The MG 42 of the ground troop can almost effortlessly empty its 50-round drum without becoming immediately unusable. Why does the identical MG on a vehicle – where it should even cool better due to the airflow – overheat twice as fast? Unless my infantry are running across the field at 100 km/h, this mechanic makes absolutely no sense.
It feels as if the German faction is deliberately set up worse. This continues with customization: while with the Russians you can choose from a huge range of uniforms and equipment, the German ‘wardrobe’ looks extremely sparse.
From a historical perspective: it took the combined strength of the four largest nations (USA, USSR, France, England) to bring Germany to its knees back then. In the game, however, German technology is portrayed so weakly as if the developers are afraid of their own courage.
My Demand: Fairness does not mean that every weapon has to be exactly the same. But such massive differences in the core mechanics (overheating) are simply unfair and frustrating – especially when real money is involved. If nothing changes here, I see little hope for long-term motivation. Games like Vigor by Bohemia have shown how a solid foundation can be ruined by poor decisions and a lack of balancing.
I hope that this post is heard. I am just at the beginning of my research and will point out further disproportionate issues until something happens.
