which faction should i play as a beginner?

[jar jar binks (real)]

list the advantages and disadvantages of each faction please :)

[Valid The Team Killer]

axis have better tanks (both in early and late game), allies planes (for sure in late game),
japan has to worst tanks but the best end-game standard (auto)rifle,
most of that kind of historically-accurate,
you can figure out against what you will have to play by looking at the oponent,
if you select russia, then you fight axis, then you figt against superior tanks, and so on,
average players are wasting tanks potential, they rush without support towards enemy, infantry can very easily destroy unprotected tank (with tnt or grenade pack),
tanks are easy prey for good pilots, so in general you should not be scared to much of them,
only if you play in noob-only team then they can be real pain,
I advice you to play the side you like most/seems most interesting to you,
all sides all kind of balanced

top tip for beginer: unlock engineers, use engineers = build rally points, it is the most important thing new player can do in order to support his team (and it brings a lot of EXP which you need to progress), always unlock eng. soldier in a new squad first

[Corinarh]

Japan since they have most overpowered unlocks at BR1/2 - you have amazing fast firing rifles, no recoil smgs, the best AT rifle in a game that can be used against vehicles and infantry, good enough tanks (at BR2). But then they suffer till BR5 with mediocre crap (Tokyo smg is the only exception at BR4 it should be a BR5 weapon tbh). Also Gold Order Hotchkiss is the best BR2 lmg.
Soviets have the best unlocks overall at all BRs, but their players are awful.
Americans are pretty strong especially with recent buff around BR3 and 5, BR2 is mediocre.
Germany is only good at top tier everyone lies and lives in delusion like they are amazing at low BR but it's not true they have worst smgs, worst rifles and only vehicles saves them and just two tanks that can be destroyed easily and IAR won't let you win the game since three guys with overpowered pps-42 are going to capture all points easily.

[ThiccBoiSmith]

IMO enable the "any faction" option, you get a good bonus to help the grind. The faction are mostly symetrical and the small differences are not objectively better or worse. The soviets SMGs tend to have higher RPM and mag capacity, while Americans tend to have slower firing allowing you to enter a room and spray multiple seconds. Try them all to find which you think is better

[Voitt]

Originally posted by ThiccBoiSmith:

IMO enable the "any faction" option, you get a good bonus to help the grind. The faction are mostly symetrical and the small differences are not objectively better or worse. The soviets SMGs tend to have higher RPM and mag capacity, while Americans tend to have slower firing allowing you to enter a room and spray multiple seconds. Try them all to find which you think is better

The bonus is nowhere near as good as you get for winning the match. Id say look at which faction has most sweats and join em and wait for the faction to cycle unless you want to only fight againts sweats and lose every single match

[Belos]

Whatever has the more players, especially sweats. But you being there, may cause them to switch to something else, unless you aren't to them, "useless".

[No_Face]

Originally posted by voitt:

The bonus is nowhere near as good as you get for winning the match. Id say look at which faction has most sweats and join em and wait for the faction to cycle unless you want to only fight againts sweats and lose every single match

There is no team that wins more often than the others.

And the bonus, at least, allows, in case of defeat to compensate a little. In case of victory, it is an additional bonus.

[Cpt. Blyatman]

Originally posted by jar jar binks (real):

list the advantages and disadvantages of each faction please :)

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[Cpt. Blyatman]

Serious answer though: Any faction that has higher calibre bullets, shells, or projectiles, Wins.

Dont understand bullet calibers? well, time to learn.

[NYC AirLancer]

Originally posted by voitt:

The bonus is nowhere near as good as you get for winning the match.

Wtf are you talking about? It's 1.5x if you lose, 1.8x if you win. You can literally lose and get the same amount of XP as if you picked a specific faction and won, and if you win you get a little extra on top.

In any case, for a new player, especially if they're a F2P player they absolutely shouldn't use the "join any faction" option since it'll just leave them stuck with worse equipment longer, not to mention they won't have nearly enough silver to properly equip soldiers for all factions.

However, there is a way to game the system. Once you've played a little while you'll probably get some BR4/5 gear from events, which is typically useless until you've grinded your way up the tech tree and are able to fully kit out your squads. However, since even having 1 gun or vehicle at BR5 puts that faction in BR5 matchmaking, and there are fewer BR5 matches, then you can keep the faction(s) you actually want to play at a low BR and set the others at BR5 to make it much more likely you get that faction.

If you get put into a match for a faction you don't want to play, just leave immediately and there'll still be time for the matchmaker to replace you so there's no real harm to it. The "penalty" of not getting the bonus XP for your next match only applies to the faction that you left the game with.

[RetroNaze]

Originally posted by jar jar binks (real):

list the advantages and disadvantages of each faction please :)

Take the Americans, they are super smart.
The Russians are also very strong !
The german and japan are meh at best.

[Rontagosh]

Allies was the best start for me. Fascist germany, fascist russia, and fascist japan shouldn't appeal to anyone anyway

[Belos]

Originally posted by Rontagosh:

Allies was the best start for me. Fascist germany, fascist russia, and fascist japan shouldn't appeal to anyone anyway

And there in lies the problem. But its good they are all congregated there, at least the others seem to be spared. Not Germany though, they like the fester there too.