I wish this were 100% true, but in the end they don’t listen to the community. The golden weapons are an example of what they received Much resistance to eliminating it in order to give the current Golden Weapons System
Another example is that of the Soviet armor that has been made 2 Surveys For its elimination based on Reasonable Reasons and Arguments, the response is that they don’t want to do anything, they turn a blind eye.To avoid seeing an advantage that benefits their favored faction Incidentally, these surveys ended with positive numbers to eliminate this permanent advantage in the game.
Do you want to watch the videos of “Active Matter” produced by MJ on YTB? There are many things he was involved in producing. Why can’t you see them?
His current main work is done on AM game, not here.
enlisted is an unmanned donation box.
yes just a messenger。
It only delivers letters on a regular basis, and the contents of the letters are subjectively selected.
The soldier will not protest against the strange decision made by the headquarters because he doesn’t want to be dismissed.
He will not act in favor of the interests of the frontline soldiers as he did initially, when they were like family and had a harmonious relationship. Because he is a regular employee and has signed a confidentiality agreement, his salary comes from the frontline soldiers.
He will consider giving priority to a certain job that has potential for development, such as AM, rather than more work for enlisted. This place might just be his transit point or stepping stone.
Of course, this is not the case for him alone.
Many people are planning the same scheme.
As far as I know, many people have stopped using premium accounts, purchasing additional premium troops, and no longer buying gift packs or event passes.
The gaijin (foreigner) market is still a long way off.
The focus of Gaijin’s research and development lies in the infantry mode rather than the enlisted mode.
A 24-year roadmap… At present, many aspects still have no progress, let alone more changes that would give players a sense of hope and promise, such as: the warehouse system; the optimization of the legion research points; the matching mechanism; the new decoration system; clans; the exchange center; global chat; better customization modes and editors; permanent PVE mode; more exclusive content with clan/nation characteristics; a chaotic campaign like Spain; a brand new beach landing battle; a World War II-era helicopter as a collectible toy; the final formation-based mounted infantry/paladin; the heroic feat of holding a limited defense position with one’s own flesh and blood; similar assassination/cutthroat/defense actions about Hitler/Mussolini;
Just as I often declare to other players during battles:
When you are piloting the aircraft, you can autonomously mark targets within a 2-kilometer radius.
You can use the rallypoint built by the engineers. You can also use the rallypoint and APC built by your teammates, instead of only using the ones deployed by your team members.
You shouldn’t always demand that others provide you with respawn points, markers, and then remain indifferent while you are content with your low ranking at the end;
You shouldn’t always ask others to launch attacks or provide defenses, but you do nothing yourself;
You shouldn’t always rush into a strategic point after your teammates have cleared it, gain the occupation benefits, and then without any resistance hand over the lives of all your soldiers to the hands of an opponent’s soldier. You shouldn’t use the best weapons, tanks and aircraft in this battle, but only play the role of a stone, a bush, or a loaf of bread.
Well, nothing against Major in general - but he was the number one voice that pushed for a G43 kurz nerf. To be fair it really used to be the best gun in the game, BUT when it was reasonably nerfed he still called it being OP.
My mind tells me he was right, and burst also made no sense for HA.
Still, my heart is broken. I miss my favourite weapon.
Well I respect everyone’s opinion here, and took the time to read through it all - but some of the “reasons” people give for disliking me here seems to be based on a bit of misinformation. Though if you don’t want me to create content again because you didn’t like the content or how I did it, that’s one thing and perfectly acceptable to think - I won’t argue with that.
Prepare for a wall of text, but hopefully it’s helpful nonetheless:
I never said this, let alone “promised” this, since how on earth would I be able to make this promise if I didn’t know what was possible, as I wasn’t a CM then? We have made a lot of changes and things as a result of the community itself, not all are straight visible publicly though, admittedly, and with other things we’re restricted by time and/or the existing logic of the code making something difficult and therefore more time intensive/far more complex to do than we may think, which plays a bigger role than I expected before joining. Being reflective of myself here, I probably should have guessed this before I joined too.
This is untrue for every news or event or other “release” apart from major updates (which I have no control over at all the exact time they are released, this depends so much on the platforms themselves and what else needs to be completed by developers).
We always release news of the same type at the same time every time (3pm German time, but that will vary based on clock changes that some countries do, since we have employees all over the world). The only exceptions are when we have multiple things to publish that day, so one thing is staggered to make room for it so we don’t post multiple things at the same time.
I’m not entirely sure what the second half of this is about, I tried to see if I was missing something, still can’t see what this might be - regardless, I’ve never intended to guilt trip anyone! As for responding to things, I’ll give you that I could arguably do that a bit better, but there are often things we can’t answer so I cannot give anything, since even responding itself with anything is an answer. A lot of the forum is looked at by Helpers anyway if not me, they do some superb stuff.
This is entirely false and completely taken out of context. Check back to my comment where you read this and you would see. To explain it, I said developers were against making knee-jerk reactions (in general, and it’s pretty logical) to things based on immediate thoughts from the community, for example, when things are just spoken about in a basic way in news and not able to be tried out in-game yet (Japan rifle balance for example). Saboteurs is another great example - not received initially the best on this forum, but outside the forum it was generally more positive, and when it was released there were far fewer negative thoughts about it.
The funny thing is, for those who claim to have seen some of my old content, you would see how I always used to complain about body armor for USSR in everything - I’m surprised how quickly that was forgotten by players! I just equally give the developer point of view. I think I also said that it’s more likely that a nerf would be added to body armor, or to a lesser extent for it to be added to other factions in some way, rather than outright removed, but anything is possible and it could still be removed.
“Knee-jerk” I can see has become a bit of a meme for people to raise their pitchforks about, but in general, it’s still a completely logical thing for most new features added to the game. There are many past examples (in many games too, not just here) of opinions shifting based on trying out something new.
I am not - in fact most of the things I have aided developers with are things I did always speak about I wanted to do in my past content, like matchmaking adjustments for +1/-1 BR. Not everything I’ve been able to do, the game is not just about me and my opinions, so it shouldn’t just be what “I want”.
I never said this either. “Afraid of mains of X nation” is not even a viable argument for any changes coming to the game. :))
The main thing I personally prefer is not making every nation feel the same. I like nations having differences, even if that means comparing X weapon for Germany vs Y weapon for USA has a clear winner, and for the interest of the game I also think this matters. Adding some new gun instead is a better solution rather than buffing the one seen as “underpowered” to match the exact stats of the “powerful” one, or even giving more options to counter different things. I’d get bored if all nations and guns felt the same.
I don’t produce any videos for AM.
I see what you’re trying to say, and I expected players to say this as soon as I joined. Fair enough. However, as an employee I cannot (and don’t even want to) just say something completely outrageous about the game on any public forum, which should be expected. I can say in nicer ways how I want X to be changed, and for some things I have above already.
Just because I am a CM does not in any way, shape or form mean I’ve just decided to “stop” pushing for things I thought would benefit the game and that I made content about. Everything I said in those videos/streams still stands, some have been implemented, others not. If I made videos again talking about this stuff, it probably would make it more obvious, admittedly, but much happens internally now, and I have to respect the developers’ thoughts about it, which are all valid. They care a lot about the game and player opinions, just not everything can be done at all times, so we put it where we can, propose specific ways of doing things, etc.
This is not true at all. For HA reasons it made sense to do, but that doesn’t mean I pushed it or anything. Player feedback played the biggest role.
body armor has been topic for years before you made this comment, so it was definitely not an immediate thought from community, but persistent over years since we found out that body armor has damage reduction.
community(besides soviet mains) usually agrees that cosmetics shouldnt have in game performance buff, otherwise some uniforms should give you extra ammo or grenade slots. if body armor is staying in the game, then it needs to get into equipment slot(e.g. bag slot). that way player is getting downsides for equipping body armor(choice between extra ammo or body armor).
The missing context
When the italian armored M14 skin was added the EN side of the forum for a long time didnt got any clarification if the armor was functional or not but on the RU side they had that exact information in the first hour.
Frustrated with the lack of answer I asked if staff had already deserted the forum and also called you “MajorMcGhost”. Hours later you did reply and said that you were in a hospital the entire time and could not reply because of it.
Was it true? Most likely yes but it also was awfully convenient as an excuse (even if valid) for an issue (the CMs rarely checking in on news topics once it was released or more than 1 to2 days old ) that had been ongoing for a long time already.
well thats practicly the reason many of us wanted you in power/close to devs because according to multiple statements i heard you were gonna make the decisions more based on community feedback something that at least on paper it sounds like rainbows and flowers, maybe i exagerated a lot on the promising part i must say… but that doesnt mean you dont wanted to convince us that if you join things will become better with the multiple statements you said
and talking about promises, perhaps can you finish the roadmap you shared to us after 2 years? where are clans system, because of the long time devs have been trying to add it, almost all clans have disbanded or splitted out into pieces, where is mods tools? i mean my clan and I alredy tested how good these mods can be but because of the lack of more propper modding tools even goated modders like tommy left the game even tho they managed to do a revolution when it comes to mods…that later on the own developers took inspiration from it (rocket artillery)
wheres the global chat?
where is keyboard and mouse support on consoles?
like common bro people has been suggesting this for ages
So new BP format was done on the community feedback and OFC nobody wanted gold orders so they removed it
ah yes why the map voting system still giving me the maps i dont like to play and why theres a limit on the votes like what? why that idea was made that way?
why you developers keep adding interesting features behind paywalls and why multiple balance stuff or requested events and squads havent been added?
and yes and my favorite one “your pc cant hold the game anymore buy a better one” AHHH ofc i have to buy a better pc cuz developers are to lazy to do a optimization focused update you know the funniest at the end of the day i realized it was a bug what caused me insane fps drops not my pc at all but the answer was to buy a better pc while devs they just keep adding more of these bugs and “beautiful graphics” with each update
at least from my part i dont dislike you/hate you im just pointing out the obvious, if the community feedback was really that heard as you say it has become cuz of you we would have the features i said on my previous statement
game has almost 6 years and around a decade since its first teaser launched developers and CM must know what a community likes and wants
Could the same HA approach be applied to all gun stats please, for example the mp18 rpm is wrong, the m1941 Johnson lmg rpm is also wrong and there are tons of other errors in the game’s portrayal of certain guns. A while back the Devs did a big round of corrections to the jap’s weapons could we see them do this again to all the other factions.
For my part is probably just a combination of beeing to many times dissappointed by stupid decision the devs have made which always get presented through you (shoot the messenger) and the long time already spent on the forum so you kinda get nostalgic for a time were updates were less plaged by bugs and strange design choices but to many premiums beeing the biggest of issues.
This nostalgia combined with smaller issues probably developed into me not always interpreting your statments in the most favorable ways.
After enough time spent arguing about body armor I grew to dispise everyone of those who try to defend them or to deflect from the subject which also got triggered by your knee jerk post ( even if you were just talking about the devs.
As for the beeing afaid of mains post well yes. Technicly you did not say that guns get nerfed because of “mains” but if anyone read between the lines it is not that hard to come to that conclusion (when allied and soviet event and BP often powercreeps but for germany those gets hit with seamingly made up/unjustified nerfs even if there is seamingly proof otherwise) which then got stuck as my takeaway from your post.
I think most of my distain is just the result of downward spiral of repeated dev fuck-ups and disapointments and isnt 100% justified.
So please dont get offended by my comments but you kinda are the face of the dev team in a way and as a result it isnt always easy to seperate them.
EDIT: So while we are at it is anything regarding body armor planned/ beeing discussed? Or are the devs still stuck just monitoring feedback.
This is just a polite way of putting it. The true players will learn about your work situation from various platforms and then analyze and summarize your main work focus.
For instance, during the period of 2025-2026, your activity level on A.M.'s Reddit and forums was significantly higher than on all the enlisted platforms. In various game live-streaming events, your best performance was also on A.M game.
Just like in 2023-2024, as a video collaborator, you made great efforts to help many enlisted players.
In my community now, many people have given up watching your enlisted live-streaming content because it is very boring, dull and lacks content. You are merely constantly repeating the text of developer logs and update announcements.
“CM” is not merely a job title.
BVVD, keofox, james, and you are all CMs.
CM is not just an ordinary messenger or courier. The rude and disorderly work practices, such as casually throwing newspapers and packages onto the customer’s door, are not the etiquette of CM.
CM needs to do a more refined and more motivating job than the helpers. Not only for the customers, but also for the developers in different positions.
CM needs to explain to the developers the importance of certain contents! And persistently push forward, urging the staff responsible for the relevant work.
Rather than simply putting the sorted feedback reports into the studio’s email box and then no longer caring whether someone takes this report, not caring who took this report, not caring whether the developers in different positions received each report with the content involving different developers, not caring whether each developer seriously dealt with each feedback report.
Additionally
I think every player can clearly see the contributions of each CM to War Thunder and Enlisted.
It is quite normal for CM and decision-makers to have different viewpoints, because CM focuses on players and products, while decision-makers focus on enterprises and profits.
However, a successful CM firmly believes that the conclusions they have drawn from practical work are correct, and thus challenges the decision-makers. They force the decision-makers to make concessions or support the CM in carrying out the related work.
I think all the players can see it, whether it’s good or bad, every change and every new content.
But the data never lies.
Additionally, in February 2024, you officially joined Gaijin as a CM. As mentioned earlier, the players are observing each cm’s work.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, James, and others for your tremendous efforts over the years (from 2024 to 2025) in completing the unfinished renovation project (major merger) left by Keo. Although it was not perfect, it at least allowed players to continue living and using it, and even allowed them to imagine the future again.
However, as some parts of the 24-year roadmap keep being postponed; many of the topics that were discussed or even forwarded in 21-24 years are no longer being cared about; the promotion of AM; the promotion and testing of the infantry mode in War Thunder.
Despair has once again filled the sky.
I think, in fact, many players are not blaming you. They are more complaining about not seeing hope, only seeing false pretenses, just like returning to the transformation period from 23-25 years ago, lost and confused in the continuous boring activities.
Players in the community are leaving rapidly, returning to or going to War Thunder, or going to other games.
Looking at the recent situation, the event with the highest number of participants was the “Destroyers” activity, rather than the “April Fool’s Day” event which is a major festival.
The topic of the Victory Day promotion is no longer frequently discussed in the community either.
Only a few players are daydreaming: Enlisted will merge into War Thunder in 2027, and the properties of Enlisted players will be re-registered and exchanged.
Many players are still questioning why the KV-8 hasn’t been included in the “enlisted” category first.
Does this action indicate that the infantry mode of War Thunder will be expanded to cover World War II?
We are aware of these matters. Without permission, you cannot inform the players of them.
However, I think you can approach the decision-makers and insist that they show the players the truly promising future of enlisted.
Rather than like CRSED or Age of water.
No one would want “enlisted” to be the third one.
PS：The issue of body armor has always been the subject of continuous debate since its inception.
The developers have consistently shown indifference and inaction towards this issue, even though the player community has put forward many different suggestions and solutions.
Could it be in dozens of varieties?
Many CMs, helpers, and moderators have all expressed their willingness to assist in forwarding it to the developers, or have shared their attitudes and opinions on this matter.
But over a period of several years (more than 1000 days?), players never saw any substantive progress made by the developers on this matter.
And this is just one of the problems.
Do you still remember the two-legged support device? Fortunately, it has improved over the long years,
but there are still many other problems，still there
Let me stay fair and let me agree with you that “G43k” being OP was indeed a very common opinion to have especially in the RU Forum, but its not difficult finding a video of you claiming how G43K is the most OP gun in the game.
Just say’in…
I think you underestimate your influence that you had as a content creator - especially considering how little Enlisted is covered on youtube or twitch compared to other games.
See, no reasons for pitchforks and torches! As long as you were not involved in removing the Gold orders everything else is not an issue. It is always some forward process. Luckily you are a ton better than Heroes and Generals game manager was. That guy was for real unliked! Yours is more of a sour grapes dislike by some people. I think each nation should have a “thing” Russia body armor, Japan swords.
I would like to publicly state, as the person behind the forum suggestion on this topic, that I still fully agree with my past self; the saboteur class should never have been added. I believed, and still do, that that at its core the saboteur is a total missmatch with the intended goals of Enlisted.
The reason that I - and persumably a lot of other people as well - are not making a fuss anymore is because the time to call for change has passed. If ever there was a chance to remove the saboteurs, it would have been before they were added to the game. Removing active content from the game, for multiple reasons, is just never going to happen.
So, the silence isn’t reluctant agreement, it’s acceptance of defeat. We had the debate, the developers made their choice, I might not agree with it but it’s time to move on.
I just equally give the developer point of view. I think I also said that it’s more likely that a nerf would be added to body armor, or to a lesser extent for it to be added to other factions in some way, rather than outright removed, but anything is possible and it could still be removed.
