Reviewing all the ‘major updates’ for Enlisted in 2026 — and my thoughts on the Nov. update

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I wrote a whole essay on how conquest mode should be changed, but then I saw the latest Halloween event and just deleted it. Events just keep getting worse, and it made me want to look back and see what Enlisted has actually changed this year. That’s the reason I’m making this post.

Mar. “Hidden Threat”

This update brings us the Saboteur, a highly controversial new class. I won’t dwell on it, but come on… they released a solo-squad class in a game that’s full of artillery fire. I remember the first time I took it into a match: I spawned in, got blown up by artillery immediately, and never touched it again. If you look at past new classes like the Paratroopers or Partisans, you can see the Saboteur is the perfect example of something that sounds cool/unique, but ends up being completely useless.

Graphics optimization still hasn’t fixed the experience for low-end players. Frame drops happen with every update. And then there’s ray tracing. I’m pretty sure players would rather have a better vaulting system . Think about all those windows and fences you can never get over.


Sound mods got disabled after this update, and they still haven’t been completely fixed.

The WWI mode is a pretty fresh idea. The atmosphere is fantastic and super immersive, and all the new models and maps give modders plenty of material to work with. That said, you do get players camping at spawn points and calling in artillery to farm kills. Because of that my only goal in this event is to finish the missions, grab the rewards as fast as I can, and get out.

Jun. “Operation Neptune”

Added AA vehicles, new animations, and a bomb sight system, which are all great. But then it’s the same graphics improvements and ray tracing optimization. Why can’t they spend those resources on improving the AI logic instead?

The Suomi (SJR) finally gave Germany its first BR 5 tech tree SMG, yet the new Nashorn is still stuck at BR 4.

My first impressions of the new Omaha map weren’t good. The fog is so thick you can barely see enemies, and I spotted assets from other maps. Feels like a straight up copy paste job.

Players can now buy unique uniforms. But of course with this company that means using Military Pay. You can also drop 299 Military Pay on a gacha for squads and weapons, but odds are you’ll just end up with a pile of clothes. And with no pity system, good luck getting what you actually want.

Sep. “Off-road Patrol”

They gave us a new vehicle: the Jeep. Yep, after players waited more than three months for an update, this is the peak of Gaijin/Darkflow’s efforts, and it’s being pushed as the main highlight of the patch.

Sure some might find the Jeep fun, but that’s assuming you already have a complete lineup and can spare a slot for a meme squad. But what about new players? They don’t have the extra slots to bring an opentop vehicle. Server crashes almost every month, along with half-hearted compensation from the devs. And on top of that, with this year’s awful Halloween event, I genuinely don’t see anything that would draw new players in.

In three whole months, they only made a BR adjustment to a single vehicle: the Sherman 105. Just look at the BR section and you’ll see how many vehicles and weapons need adjustments.

GTA 6 is coming out next month. Only the developers know what percentage of Enlisted’s player base uses a controller, but there’s bound to be a massive player exodus. What are you going to do to keep players around? Your company knows how to make money better than anyone. Don’t you understand the logic of ‘fobbing players off → losing player trust → players stop spending money’?


Other games attitude toward GTA 6’s release.

What I hope to see in the Nov. update:

  • Generous online rewards ( Especially for PS players)
  • New BR changes
  • More Blue Order events
Should Gaijin/Darkflow take the November event seriously?
  • Yes
  • No
  • Don’t care
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Gajin have done some good stuff this year like the saboteur event structure the April fools event, other things get a bit rocky ergo the way Jeeps were unceremoniously released (ergo the squad size the gun aim among other things) though having jeeps is still a net positive IMO. This Halloween event is a bit tone deaf in terms of the weapons that being BR 4 snipers which few people will be interested and the lack of PvE mode is a bummer for many. However credit where it is due the event structure is good.
In regards to GTA 6 I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a buggy mess on launch (seems to be the gold standard nowadays) and it’s a different kind of game people will play it and continue with other stuff when the finish the story.

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I mean the Halloween event is ok…I personally think the pistol skin is fine, it at least looks like a real weapon unlike the rifles. But the idea of a self paced event that as long as you make a set amount of score within the time span of the event, and there’s no limit to daily grind (as far as I am aware), should be applied to all upcoming events.

That I think should be carried forward for all future events. Just need work on the rewards. Maybe like cycling legacy squads or some older BP / event weapons could work.

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Literally this im willing to spend money and support this game but if the dev team is doing things like this halloween event i wont.

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I wouldnt even have been that mad about the Event if they gave us a ton of alt/ legacy squads to grind for or give us the option to select ANY BP/Event weapon as a reward. Regardless of how good the rewards are its still lazy and just dissapointing that there is no gameplay event.

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This right here is what i mean by “there is no winning with this lot”. You had something negative to say about every good thing this year. Be so serious. Nashorn is br4 still? Did you forget sherman 105 got uptiered to br4? Why tf you think it should be br3? You people are insufferable

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The problem is most people aren’t willing to spend money. How successful do you really think those paid event passes were? If people actually stepped up and bought them maybe we’d see some nice big events on the regular. Battle pass doesn’t bring in income. $20 a year premium time doesn’t bring in enough income. Only so many people are willing to buy premmy stuff and once those people buy everything they want that revenue is over. There are lots of people who only play one faction as well even further diluting revenue. Back when things were good, the business model wasn’t sustainable, they had to change it, and now there’s no winning because everyone b*tches about everything and not enough people financially support the game. We didn’t get a Halloween event because not enough people have been financially supporting them via event passes. It obviously wasn’t worth the resources to produce said event.

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I think it likely that they saw people complain about past events being lackluster and locking up new exclusive content ergo the Patchet and BR 4 flamethrower squad in the event.
Not everybody is made of money or wants to spend it and I’m willing to bet those who are willing and solvent buy stuff already.

  • If anything they should make camos and other customization cheaper so they are accessible to more people and those who want to can buy lots of camos.
  • Another thing is their is a lack of useful fresh content that people will buy* en mass ergo APC’s and spicy BR 3 squads like the colt monitor. The premium jeep are a gimmick and the rocket launcher squad is for japan which has the smallest player base. The Skink and Kugel however were and are a useful squad for its AA capability, infantry shredding power and ability to wipe light armor.
    *Useful as in can be played aggressively unlike jeeps, sniper or mortar squads non BR4 is almost a pre requisite to popularity.
  • Something else they could do differently is rotate old premium squads so those who own most current stuff don’t need to wait 3-4 months to buy old “returning” premium squads when they’ve bought everything. There are old squads I’d like but can’t get because there unavailable for most of the year and there are no set predictable rotations ergo I can’t count on any specific squad going on sale.

Again I don’t think hiking prices will help, most likely it will put people off as it raises the bar to entry. If the prices are reasonable and their perceived as good value then more people will buy or consider buying. What broke my “free to play / free to peasant streak” was the New years/Christmas sales last year ergo the 50% off, I missed out but I got the next BP or close to it the .303 browning which now has hip fire seeing it was unique the Fomo. I agree that expecting to sustain themselves on squads sales is flawed as most people will buy what they want and stop there which is fair, in TF2 most income for the publisher comes from crates, perhaps nation specific Gold year-round crates could help revenue.

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Nashorn is most comparable to Dicker Max and M18 Hellcat. M4A3 (105) and Nashorn comparison is apples vs oranges.

Anyway just so I add something of worth to the discussion:
I actually expect GTA VI to be a disappointment.
The last GTA V Online updates were developed by the same dev team and they were far from satisfactory, I have no confidence in them making a good game.

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Besides the ww1 event pass not really. I liked the rewards in that one but otherwise its also just slop and i really doubt those made allot of money

Its not hard to make fun premiums for every battle rating just look at germany there is tons of stuff that people might want. Its just a shame the other factions dont have it like that.

They could improve on so many things like customisation, adding the talisman system from wt/enriched system from wotb (id buy) or rotate premium squads more and add new bundles for high br and change up the low br ones too.

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Meanwhile, updates from 2022:

• “Battle of Stalingrad” (May 25, 2022): This massive update introduced the Stalingrad campaign. Key features included the Medic squad class, the bomber raid mechanic for radio operators, ampulomets, and customizable vehicle camouflages.
• “Burning Sky” (June 20, 2022): This update integrated a comprehensive in-game mission editor for user-generated mods. It also added rocket artillery vehicles (such as the Soviet BM-8-24 “Katyusha” and the German Panzerwerfer 42).
• “Pacific War” (October 19, 2022): A major theater expansion introducing the United States Marine Corps and the Imperial Japanese Army. It debuted charge attacks (Banzai charges), amphibious combat vehicles, mobile rally point trucks, and aircraft carriers.

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You know what “milking it dry” means? When revenue drops, that’s exactly when they harvest harder.

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I guarantee the amount of people buying premium stuff is minimal. If people in large aren’t willing to spend several dollars here and there on an event pass, what makes you think more people are willing to buy $20 squads?

I agree the cost of things in general along with many other things could be better, but the point remains. I’m thoroughly shocked to find so many regular players who don’t even buy premium time. $20 usd for a year is nothing when the game is free, and the perks it gives alone are worth it, but yet loads of people do not buy.

I assume it’s the same few people who were financially supporting the game enough back when things were “good” (2022 is a good example from veekay). These people like myself have everything now, revenue has slowed, now the game is in a bad place. Even if things cost less, there wouldn’t be enough people willing to pay. They would probably make less over all because now the main supporters aren’t paying as much.

To be clear, my intention here isn’t to point the finger at non financial supporters. It’s just very clear what’s been going on.

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Uh not a chance. I’m not looking at stats but i guarantee the 88 and for sure the 105 (i have the dicker max) has significantly stronger HE. They can also penn thicker armor. The dicker max cannon is more on parr with the sherman 105.

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I can’t say I blame someone for either spending or not on the game but some fresh stuff that’s actually useful would open some more wallets, perhaps something different like a premium universal engineer (can build all/most structures) to add to other squads. Premium itself is less useful when you finish all the TT so if your more frugal then yeah… there are still arguments for keeping it, but either way.

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I am more than sure that if they put actual squads into the starter pack people would buy them. In general there should be way more cheap low tier squads like the MP 18 or PPT 27.

Funny how the Sten Mk III and M55 Reising are the weakest of them but cost the most

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We all know Rockstar Games is a scummy company and that’s a fact, however people will still buy the hell out of GTA VI…(shit me too) cause, “Jason and Lucia” and “GRAND THEFT AUTO 6 BABYYYY”

(Also life simulator.)

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You can throw dog shit at people and shoot up gay pride parades. I’m definitely buying this game. It’s going to be a massive success even if future content sucks

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That’s clever. The main problem is getting people to pay up at all and consistently. The problem with putting out so many premmy squads and stuff at once is there’s only so much to be added. I think this was the primary reason they went from 4 different guns per battle pass down to 1. To stretch things out longer, i assume this is also the reason they stopped giving out so many unique weapons in events. I think overall, enlisted players have been spoiled rotten with the amount of free stuff that was put out once upon a time, that now nothing compares. With how things are I almost think a total rework of battle pass is needed. $30 gets you 4 months of all access content, like how other games do it. It would include everything, from premium time, to battle passes, to all events and extra content. Free players can play base game and do not get access to events at all nor can they buy individual battle passes. This would bring in $90 a year from the heavy player instead of $20-$30.

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Don’t forget this, the Legacy Squad and Alt squads have also disappeared

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