Premium Squads really need to be buffed

[RobertS42]

Premium squads right now suffer from 3 massive drawbacks which result in no real reason to buy them, especially in the later levels:

1. They have less people in them than their free counterparts. This makes them a lot less versatile and survivable than the normal squads.
2. The soldiers in the premiums squads are static, you can’t switch them out, you can’t acquire more of them and they’re locked to level 4 when the max is 5. They’re automatically inferior to normal soldiers with the only benefit being their inherent perk.
3. The weapons are also static. Even if the weapons are interesting or good why bother if any other squad is just better and works well enough with normal weapons?

I get that this is a free to play game and the premium content can’t be overpowered to avoid the inevitable pay to win allegations. But making them underpowered just makes it so that people who love the game and who WANT to buy the premium squads just have no reason to.

Here’re my solutions to the 3 problems:

1. Just give the premium squads the same squad upgrades as their normal counterparts, simply let the players choose which squad composition they prefer.
2. Either:
   2.1. Make the soldiers unique but with the ability to switch them out with normal ones and have them be able to take the place of normal ones in the other squads.
   or:
   2.2. Add the soldier type to the logistics section, either as a rare bronze drop or as a normal soldier type. With the ability to switch them out with normal ones and have them be able to take the place of normal ones in the other squads.
3. Either:
   3.1. Make the weapons unique, as in the weapons the soldiers come with are the only ones you can get, but with the ability to switch them out with normal ones and have them be able to take the place of normal ones in the other squads.
   or:
   3.2. Add the weapons type to the logistics section, either as a rare bronze drop or as a normal weapon. With the ability to switch them out with normal ones and have them be able to take the place of normal ones in the other squads.

These are just my suggestions but I think people will be more inclined to buy the premium content if these, or similar, solutions were implemented.

[Conscript_Joe]

Plenty of nice suggestions. My hope is that the more people talk about it, like you did, the more attention the subject will gather from tge devs.

Because seriously, gaijin/darkflow. 30$ for a single, static and inferior squad in every points? You guys either don’t understand the value of money or don’t realize that the squads you sell are not worth buying.

[Ratardo]

@RobertS42

only benefit being their inherent perk.

I assume you mean bonus exp that helps make these premium squads obsolete faster?

[RockyB85699]

The $30 price tag is basically the price most new players will pay to get into the game. This is equivalent to paying to download the game only now you get a squad that give you a little advantage in the early levels and helps you to level quicker earlier …

These squads are not really meant for higher level players but if higher level players want to buy them then that’s just gravy for the devs.

The idea is that once you get into the game you will keep spending money on the premium account and battle pass. It’s a formula that most MMO’s have and still use …

[Shiivex]

Here :

Premium squads need a change - your opinion?

lets talk about Premium squad’s abilities to matter in the batlefield considering the current prices of them. Part 1- Troops: [imagem] this, is a normal Non-premium squad everyone can afford to have, level it and have multiple soldier configurations into it using the upgrades menu: [imagem] and this is a premium squad: [imagem] non techtree on upgrades avaiable to fully upgrade them,and have more soldiers from diferent types. my question is simple, isnt the premium squad inferior to the …

My proposal

[Ratardo]

Also some premium squads have horrible weapons like engineer squads in normandy. g41 is kinda ok in moscow but in normandy it is worse then level 7 regular semi auto.

[GeneralBrus]

I am more than sure the devs know about this by now, but they probs want to think hard about what to do with prem squads, since shit posts about “P2W” can really dmg the games publicity.

Also one thing we haven’t been talking about is what the “veteran rank” soldiers gonna be looking like - and how that’s gonna work with prem squads if they get buffed to “regular” squad levels.

[Ravennight]

I would suggest that the premium squads have some abilities with equipment and perks that other squads lack, like the following…

The ability to outfit four or five of the focus squad type immediately…four heavy weapons, or machine gunners, etc.

Setting them at level 4 but allowing them to level to 5

Giving them a unique perk that only that type can roll on

This would make them far more appealing IMO.