Recent reviews by Charlie 7

Glad this ended like this. We should all want Sony and Arrowhead to make money on their products. That way they can keep making games. Sometimes even catch lightning in a bottle like this game.

Glad it ended with a hat tip to the customers(community). A good business should always appreciate their customers. Even when they make a good product.

There is some really nice content in this DLC, and this is no dig on Vertexmacht. In particular I think the terrian(map) and some of the vehicles are very nice.

My biggest issue I suppose is the price. For free, one can get RHS Escalation (AFRF and USAF) and/or Community Upgrade Project - CUP on the steam workshop. I freely admit some of the content in those mods is Arma2 leftovers and not a refined as Global War. But you will get so much more content with CUP and RHS. More Planes, Helicopters, Uniforms, vests, static weapons,...everything. A full pantheon of stuff. The price does not seem to justify the limited content.

Then there is the decision to have this DLC only playable on servers that only allow DLC owners in. This is unlike the partial access all other ArmA3 DLC has. Larger ArmA3 communities will have a hard time justifying requiring members to buy this DLC, when similar and more prolific content is available for free on the Steam Workshop.

I do not intend to bash the DLC, it's content or it's makers. If you really like Cold War Germany and single player, I suppose this is not a bad buy. Just too much of a niche product. The price and access limitations over ride my admiration of the content.

At first Naval Action was a great mix of grind for resources and great battles. The battles are still good but I cannot recommend. Constand Tweaks and changes to the economy, ones that disrupt not streamline or improve it. The grind was too easy, but with a low player count it made resouces avaliable to all. Now with a shrinkng player base... and only 2 servers, it seems to be getting worse. The few players left are those willing to re grind through with every disruptive update. New players are prey to over powered Veteran ships and... just enough of the veteran Pirates to make endevour you wish to undertake just about impossible.
Shrinking Player Base.
Only 2 servers left.
Schizophrenic Economy.
It was great fun at first, the grind is not just for materials any more...