There is nothing wrong if they put decals or other customizations behind a "paywall" .
I mean seriously, i sit in front of a machine that costs around 1500 - 2000 euro, with a keyboard around 120, a mouse around 60 +soundsystem + audiointerface + headphone etc.
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Why should it be wrong to pay a few cents for customizations in a game I like to play?
Because NDA.
Seriously, the same valid question has been asked about other more relevant issues like, say, fixing the game problems that have actual game ramifications.
It more in the line of the president gets someone to sponsor the team and there are new shirts with the sponsor logo on it. So with this money the team can afford better players and more training sessions. Don't you think?
Actually it's more in line with a president asking the team's fan community to sponsor by buying the shirts and such.
And the team has no accountability in regards to achieve the stated goal.
I don't know why they don't just use the DoW system were you can upload your own pictures and just report anyone who makes Penis Sherman. I would love to have some Imperium of Man aquila's on my Panzers or some cool soviet flag variants on my T34's
Because it's not as profitable as a payed DLC system.
I think this is just meant to be a conceptual demonstration. I don't necessarily mind if not for the feeling that they are foregoing fixing other priorities in favour of a system that doesn't even give multiple decals to demonstrate the capability of said feature. Sure there's potential for "thousands" of new decals, but that's not helped by giving us only one. Things like roundels of various involved nations (Germany can just have the Iron Cross emblem the way they do with every game to avoid swastikas), for example. Hell divisional emblems would work well too.
Fuck it, just different sets of NUMBERS would do the trick, they give the feeling that four Ostheer player with different numbers resemble four different battalions working together. Subtle, yet individual. Isn't that the point of decals?
EDIT: what about icons already found in the game? the single chevron from Grenadiers, the three bullets from machine guns, Tiger Tanks, plane and truck outlines, anything that's game reference.
Heck even rank insignia from the various countries involved would work: Sergeant stripes with rockers, officer bars and oak leaves, and of course stars and crossed batons.
Patience, Patience, Patience, Patience. I'll assume you've looked into all the sleuthing that was done recently. I can tell you that if you've looked into it and put things together for yourself that good times are coming, mentions of the British, clans, custom commanders, custom decals?,
I'm sure with patience all your questions will be answered!
lol I'm sure many optimistic people said the same thing prior to WFA.