The last Russian spec decks
This is not a secret any more, the last 2 specialisations available to the Russian army that you didn't play yet are "Motorised infantry" and "Mechanised infantry".
You may have seen them in action during the latest press-event organised recently.
Some of you were surprised to see that the Russian specialisations present in the first beta were different during the second. Some units were added, others removed.
This is because the distribution of the units in specialisations has been regularly reshuffled during development, and the number of specialisations has increased with the number of units we added to the game over time.
Initially we thought about a system where the player would have a common trunk of units and specialisations would only unlock a few specific units.
Then we tried 3 independent specialisations with unique units based on the US brigades combat teams logic: Infantry/Stryker/Armored.
This number was later increased to 4, as more units were added to the game, with the rule that you pick 2 specs in order to make the players less specialised in case they don't play with an arranged team.
And finally we increased that number to 5 to re-balance the number of units between specialisations and offer a unique identity both visually and in terms of gameplay to each of them.
Some concepts have totally disappeared like US support, some have been transformed to give them better identities like Air-mobile which was originally a mix of Airborne and Stryker. Some have been created like US special forces.
Similar modifications happened on the Russian side, the Naval infantry specialisation was created, the idea of a support specialisation was abandoned and we made a major reshuffling of units between all the specialisations.
So much so that the Motostrelki specialisation that we presented 2 years ago doesn't exist any more.
As a result the last 2 specialisations available to the Russian army that you didn't play yet are "Motorised infantry" and "Mechanised infantry".
In reality the Russian army call both formations “Motostrelki” but some are based on the wheeled BTR armored vehicles while others are based on the tracked BMP platform.
So we have kept this logic in the game and pushed it to the rest of the units of these specialisations to create a stronger gameplay identity.
The Motorised Infantry specialization is composed exclusively of wheeled vehicles including the K-17/K-17 Bumerang previously assigned to the Guard Tank Regiment specialization, supported by long range S-300PM surface-to-air missiles and multiple truck based MLRS like the 9K51 Grad, previously assigned to VDV.
The specialisation doesn’t have access to any tanks but can count on a large panel of infantry squads, including some elite units like the Spetsnaz GRU or the SSO, Diversanty groups (infiltrators) equipped with RPG-30 rocket launchers immune to active protection systems.
In the air this specialization inherited the planes and helicopters previously assigned to Motostrelki with the addition of the legacy Mi-28 that was transferred from VDV spec.
It is a very solid specialization focused on fast infantry deployment, infiltration and deep artillery strikes.
It is also the Russian specialisation offering the best supply capabilities with numerous trucks of various sizes.
The Mechanized Infantry specialization for its part is entirely composed of tracked vehicles.
It includes novelties like the UR-77 Meteorit, an engineering vehicle able to throw two heavy explosive charges at short range. Devastating against infantry entrenched in buildings.
This specialisation allows you to send wave after wave of infantry and BMPs supported by massive artillery barrages of mortars and howitzers of every caliber including the 2S4 Tulpan 240mm mortar and 2S7M Malka 203mm Howitzer.
T-72 tanks are also available in large numbers and for a cheap price achieving to turn this specialisation into a mechanized steamroller.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604270/Broken_Arrow/
You may have seen them in action during the latest press-event organised recently.
Some of you were surprised to see that the Russian specialisations present in the first beta were different during the second. Some units were added, others removed.
This is because the distribution of the units in specialisations has been regularly reshuffled during development, and the number of specialisations has increased with the number of units we added to the game over time.
Initially we thought about a system where the player would have a common trunk of units and specialisations would only unlock a few specific units.
Then we tried 3 independent specialisations with unique units based on the US brigades combat teams logic: Infantry/Stryker/Armored.
This number was later increased to 4, as more units were added to the game, with the rule that you pick 2 specs in order to make the players less specialised in case they don't play with an arranged team.
And finally we increased that number to 5 to re-balance the number of units between specialisations and offer a unique identity both visually and in terms of gameplay to each of them.
Some concepts have totally disappeared like US support, some have been transformed to give them better identities like Air-mobile which was originally a mix of Airborne and Stryker. Some have been created like US special forces.
Similar modifications happened on the Russian side, the Naval infantry specialisation was created, the idea of a support specialisation was abandoned and we made a major reshuffling of units between all the specialisations.
So much so that the Motostrelki specialisation that we presented 2 years ago doesn't exist any more.
As a result the last 2 specialisations available to the Russian army that you didn't play yet are "Motorised infantry" and "Mechanised infantry".
In reality the Russian army call both formations “Motostrelki” but some are based on the wheeled BTR armored vehicles while others are based on the tracked BMP platform.
So we have kept this logic in the game and pushed it to the rest of the units of these specialisations to create a stronger gameplay identity.
The Motorised Infantry specialization is composed exclusively of wheeled vehicles including the K-17/K-17 Bumerang previously assigned to the Guard Tank Regiment specialization, supported by long range S-300PM surface-to-air missiles and multiple truck based MLRS like the 9K51 Grad, previously assigned to VDV.
The specialisation doesn’t have access to any tanks but can count on a large panel of infantry squads, including some elite units like the Spetsnaz GRU or the SSO, Diversanty groups (infiltrators) equipped with RPG-30 rocket launchers immune to active protection systems.
In the air this specialization inherited the planes and helicopters previously assigned to Motostrelki with the addition of the legacy Mi-28 that was transferred from VDV spec.
It is a very solid specialization focused on fast infantry deployment, infiltration and deep artillery strikes.
It is also the Russian specialisation offering the best supply capabilities with numerous trucks of various sizes.
The Mechanized Infantry specialization for its part is entirely composed of tracked vehicles.
It includes novelties like the UR-77 Meteorit, an engineering vehicle able to throw two heavy explosive charges at short range. Devastating against infantry entrenched in buildings.
This specialisation allows you to send wave after wave of infantry and BMPs supported by massive artillery barrages of mortars and howitzers of every caliber including the 2S4 Tulpan 240mm mortar and 2S7M Malka 203mm Howitzer.
T-72 tanks are also available in large numbers and for a cheap price achieving to turn this specialisation into a mechanized steamroller.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604270/Broken_Arrow/