I think at this point Id appreciate DLC for 10-15 bucks to unlock all class cosmetics

[Lord Tomiak]

As someone who doesnt play HLL 4-6 hours daily I will just never get through the F2P style grind to get cosmetics and loadouts. Workaround? Or just simple cutting of the grind behind some easier unlocking? Why do the devs keep this extreme grind anyway? it reminds me of any F2P game out there

[Hylie Pistof]

dont bother such things, play the game!! together with your squad and team.

your cosmetics dont do anything (you dont even see them yourself XD) and the loadouts will unlock if you continue to play! not much there anyway if you dont know how to play the roles and use the equippment accordingly.

you have 66hours on the clock, but are already complaining about such irrelevant stuff as cosmetics and grinding levels.

this progression system was critizised from the beginning (wasnt there befor EA). people argued they want something to work towards. and here we are, complaining (again, you are not the first) about the "grind" to unlock loadouts and cosmetics.

if you dont play for the fun, then you are forgetting what games are made for - to waste free time with an irrelevant activity that dístracts you from real life! (my opinion)

[Lord Tomiak]

Originally posted by Hylie Pistof:

dont bother such things, play the game!! together with your squad and team.

your cosmetics dont do anything (you dont even see them yourself XD) and the loadouts will unlock if you continue to play! not much there anyway if you dont know how to play the roles and use the equippment accordingly.

you have 66hours on the clock, but are already complaining about such irrelevant stuff as cosmetics and grinding levels.

this progression system was critizised from the beginning (wasnt there befor EA). people argued they want something to work towards. and here we are, complaining (again, you are not the first) about the "grind" to unlock loadouts and cosmetics.

if you dont play for the fun, then you are forgetting what games are made for - to waste free time with an irrelevant activity that dístracts you from real life! (my opinion)

Loadouts behind grind are the worst things. Why is gameplay mechanic locked behind grind? Of course cosmetics dont matter for gameplay, but why shouldnt it bother me? they are in game for us to use. But getting them, even the most earliest ones unlocking at class level 5 is pain. That is, unless you main one class. I personally use cosmetics to role play certain divisions or adapt to a map (M43 uniform for Hurtgen and later for instance) Which i never do. I can understand players wanted somethign to unlock, but heck, they didnt have to make it this difficult. I enjoy the gameplay dont worry, I wouldnt have 80hrs on this otherwise, I tend to get bored of a game very quickly.

[Hylie Pistof]

cosmetics unlock at overall level, not class level. stay till all bonus point are calculated at the end of a match.
also try to find servers where steamrolling is not mandatory, that is the biggest XP killer this game has - no time played = no XP !!
bad matches are killing this game faster then any dev can do by questionable design choices!!

the loadouts are not that relevant, and players in general wouldnt have any clue what to do with all the stuff anyway befor they learned the mechanics how to play stategie.
in the end all would run around with assault guns and dont get anything else done (what already is a major problem)

again, this is not a lone wolf roaming game, where the weapon is a gamechanging choice. alot think so, but all guns have strong and weak points. (m1 garand is probably the exception, but that was also true in real)
if someone choses a role just for the weapon, he didnt understand that role anyway and should go back to rifleman or supplier at best.

just keep enjoying to play ;) youll get there anyway.

you are a part of a team, you have a role and your gun is just a tool. yes, better tools later, but no racedriver starts with a top fuel dragster, nascar cup car or a formula one ;)

sidenote:
there are tricks to levelup roles a little faster and support the team!
one is to choose the engineer at first, build nodes and change to the role you want to play/level. all points from the nodes generating resources, will go into that class then.

play together with a supplier and build them in the farthest from the action HQ, start with the manpower node so your supplier has his crate half filled again - youll need 5 minutes and both of you get points for building and using supplies.
its faster then looking/waiting for a truck, or switching supplier, and better hidden because alot of recons search along the 2nd/3rd mapgrid border first!