I know this is a day late, but the early build we received had a couple items I wanted to double check were good to go for the release. Everything you see here is currently in game for Squad 4.0, I hope yall enjoy! 中国加油!
I almost felt lost sl'ing without watching your faction video first. When I first heard of Squad in 2020 before release I watched yours and Karmakuts vids and now I have 2000 hours and am a solid veteran helping all the blueberrys. Thank you for convincing me to join the best game ever made!!! 😎
Jesus christ I click on the video and the 20min length and timestamp subdivided video hits me right in the face. I don't care that it was a day late I can already tell this is quality content. Take my like and thank you good sir for the god tier video
@@foxtrotsierraproductions8626 I will just give you a brief overview then: You will have a PLA soldier in the Type 07 camouflages, using either a Type 06 load bearing vest plus Type 04b bullet proof vest combo or an integrated Type 15 body armour. Helmet wise the QGF-03 is used, and rifle is the QBZ-95-1.
Around early 2010s, that Chinese army shovel had many videos on TH-cam featuring its multi functionality and was all the rage in the bug out community for a while.
Crewman Lead with a shovel might be OP if it's not given to the other factions, I would absolutely run around as a 1-man squad with this kit and a logi and just start putting FOBs and HABs everywhere.
Like everyone is saying...you literally need at least two people in your squad to place radios. Not sure if you need that many to even be able to use the crewman lead kit, but let's say you could do that with a solo locked squad...that means you'll only be a builder for already made FOBs that OTHER SLs place, you won't be able to place them. Still strong in a sense, but not as much as you're thinking. It'll definitely give the PLA to build up their fortifications faster and easier then other ones, but it's not OP or game-breaking
The reason why HJ8 reload so quick is that HJ8 will bump out the used launcher towards backward automatically after being fired, so u dont need to remove it by yourself, which save a lot time and make it only need 4.2 sec to reload and fire.
Here are some additions: 1. The horizontal marks on the 95-1 optics are measurements of shoulder lengths (0.5m) at different distances, and the vertical markers indicate 200m, 300m, 400m, etc. 2. ZBD-04A is not a Chinese version of BMP but a very different vehicle (except the cannons). It travels on water much much faster than BMP. 3. In reality the PF-98 shoud always be used by at least two people, and basically cannot maneuver once it's in combat mode.
depends on if the is the platoon/squad model or company model. The latter is true, as it as it has a steel tube, tripod and optical system. The platoon model has no tripod with much simpler optics and has fiberglass tube (with limited number of shots). The company model is replacing existing recoiless rifle and is used in the same faction, while the platoon model is used in weapon team or strengthen frontline squad (which could be use lighter RPGs such as PF-89 or DZJ-08.) What's in the game seems to be the platoon/squad model with the optics of a coompany model.
Seeing as we have working range finders in game, I would love to see marksman kits getting a hand held range finder. This would help their role immensely.
yeah but then you would have for instance an insurgency versus the Brits who now got another advantage over them, the balance in this game is really fickle and to be honest range finding is super easy with basic intuition.
@@rocerist do insurgents really need to be balanced? I mean, they're just a bunch of guys on flip flops with rusty AK-47s and T-62s relying on sheer numbers, it'd be weird if they could rival the British or US army
@@clintbeastwood3245 uhm, you mean invasion? The odds are heavily steacked against the attacker due to the 800 tickets and strategic depth the defenders have, which can be mitigated through sheer technological superiority
I’m surprised they didn’t add the PLA light tank that’s so famous or the amphibious tank. Maybe they’ll add the PLA Navy Marine Corps as a Chinese Marine faction and give it the amphibious tank 😮
type 15 light tank may seems sth "new" in the whole thing. ZBD04A is already a new apc with 100m cannon alongside 30mm auto cannon derived from russian bmp. Thats why we may seen russian add their bmp-3 into game. The game now only have much main battle tank fight, not sure a new added though advanced but light tank will function at what position
Now i do love to see the JSDF made into the game ! Type 10 or Type 90 MBT, Type 89 IFV, Type 16 MCV, Komatsu LAV, Type 87 RCV, F-2A or F-15J etc, lots of unique vehicles aswell.
I like the shovel idea, without it for example if you are two man crewing a BTR and your friend is using the gun then you will need to switch with him just so he can dig up the repair station.
China is a great addition to the gameplay because the faction has its own weaponry. Based on this idea, Squad will get even more mature when the devs add factions like Israel, Turkey, France and South Africa, for example. They are forces that have unique gears of war. Cheers from Brazil.
@@Cyan_Nightingale Tencent has bought *tiny* stocks. They have a history of purchasing minimal amounts of stock in a company and then forgetting they did - there are loads of companies who’ve had Tencent on their list for years and years with a percentage in the single digits. The CCP isn’t affecting the game all that much, especially since representing the actual PLA instead of some “Pan-Asia” crap is a big no-no for the propaganda division and will get an immediate ban in China.
@@maxibillionromani2885 what do you mean? simply including the PLA isnt some insta ban offense in china. hell the PLA itself released 光荣使命 or "Glorious Mission" like 10 years ago. what does get an insta banned is how you portray the PLA and china, for example battlefield 4. where, to put it shortly, the PLA is filled with mass murdering psychopaths who just crave the chance to fire indiscriminately into a crowd, the people only want american style democracy because- of course- that's the best, the most popular politician who wants peace is nearly murdered by a traitorous PLA(because remember the PLA is full of psychopaths) and cant trust any of his own intelligence agencies for help and runs away to the us for help, the us military, who are all angels, get attacked by the PLA for wanting to help. yea that will get you insta banned, since its essentially propaganda mixed with slander.
@@mxn1948 Nobody was saying BF4's story was good - quite the contrary, it sucked massive balls and is widely considered the worst part of the game. Still, even having them exist is really tenuous and while possible to get past the CCP, is nevertheless extremely difficult. Squad in particular is portraying them as essentially the baddies - Redfor, and having the PLA be antagonists or even just the aggressive party (which Redfor is heavily implied to be) *at all* is a very quick way to get banned. And of course a propaganda game got accepted by the government, it's a propaganda game made by the government. You can't use it as an effective comparison to non-Chinese companies making a game where the PLA are not angels of death because it gets a free pass for its origins like every other government game ever made.
Hey Moi, glad to see another upload from you! I got to play the PLA last night and honestly it felt super strong, like it was an uphill battle for anyone going against them. Do you feel at all the same? If so, do you think other factions should be brought in line, or should PLA be toned down? Anyways, hope this weekend is good to you!
@@sfenks6007 Agree. PLA faction in here is too strong. I discussed it with my friends yesterday.. not even the MEC faction (when it was new) is that strong. Yes. All for mainland chinese money. There are no NATO or South American faction also. So, it's time for us to ditch Squad, perhaps..
I feel like the infantry kits are super good. Yea don't have ranging, but there is so little recoil, you can just Kentucky windage follow-up shots with great effect. I can't see where my shots are landing so well with the acog's tight cluster of optic markings, but with the PLA 3x, I feel like you can see everything.
A lot of the armor is bugged right now, for the mbt I've seen the hu take like 7-8hats, while the turret gets destroyed by a single lat like it's fucking paper lol
Really hope to see the new QBZ-191 added as a rare rifle, like the M27 for the USMC! That and the new machine guns China unveiled in 2021! The QJY-201 has a very unique gas system and it would be cool to see another .338 sniper: the QBU-202.
It would be nice having newer rifles for specific roles (maybe like SL), the americans with the M27, the Russians with the AK-12 and chinese the QBZ-191
My wishlist now is just much stronger suppression and weapon resting, factions will come in due time either from OWI or modders. Germany or France next would be cool.
I would LOVE an African militia type group that is extremely mobile and for them to redo the MEU guns. I want things like the insurgents/militia having a run speed faster than conventional force, faster vehicles, and the ability to just choose what you want for weapons rather than the set class rifle templates. Also let contention forces choose to have sights on everything. Would be a good trade-off against a signifiaclty faster and more diverse insurgent force and letting everyone use ACOGSs or red dots would sort of balance out the scales (once you fixed the MEU)
Quite OP. 10:13 also these mines are superfast to deploy which is obviously an advantage. I really was kind of skeptical of PLA thinking it won't be much different from any other factions, but eventually I surprised how it turned out to be different
10:49 for unarmed trucks they could make it a fighting position so the guy who is standing in the back can shoot from that position. All the better if you also have an armed truck, then you could have the machine gunner and a standing fighting position. They could also make a prone rear facing fighting position that would make for an extra seat in the transport trucks.
The bad thing about too short reloading time is that noob ATGM gunners are gonna run out of ammunition points so quickly and hit nothing. I have seen a dozen noobs playing PLA do that these days
I would like to point out that the trailer was absolutely unrealistic. The marines were not screaming "GET SOME, GET SOME...." as they were shooting the .50 cals.
8:07 i did some 3 minute research and found the light at system can only penetrate up to 30mm of armoured steel, meaning wheras an at4 or an rpg7 may finish off a crippled tank, as a chinese soldier youre not even going to be able to penetrate a tanks side or rear armour.
that's because it's multipose thermobaroic round meant for anti-bunker application. The launcher with heat round is called DZP-11, while It's pentration value is not given but stated to be better than the PF-89A it is replacing. The export version of the older PF-89 is marketed to be 628mm/90°; >400mm/0°; 180mm/65°, at least there is baseline. The biggest change for the new system vs old is all older sytems like PF-89 and PF-97 are reloadable, while DZJ-08 (anti bunker/Thermobaric)/DZA-11(Anti-perosnale/HE-Frag) and DZP-11 (Anti-Tank/HEAT) are single shot disposible.
100% they put the shovel in for the crewmen SL by mistake. You forget, Moi. If there's one thing we know about OWI at this point. It's that they release without testing.
I ripped through a full Canadian logy truck, blew it up with Type 88 Heavy Machine Gun with just one full magazine. easily 20+ kills in a game. insanely powerful heavy machine gun.
The PLA is replacing the QBZ-95 with the QBZ-191. The QBZ-191 was recently unveiled in 2019 and is already in service but no one knows what the replacement rate is and how many units have switched over to the QBZ-191.
I don't think the answer is to nerf china, but rather buff the other factions. Russia should also get the BMP-3 or at least the BMP-2M, Canada the Lav 6, etc.
They kinda updated the game before and one of the stuff in it was that they were given btr80, but it doesn't exist too much so not much of a difference
@@CrustaceanAllergyEnjoyer oh ok, it's just that I didn't find it listed in the wiki nor seen it in any video before, just saw it yesterday for the first time when playing a match and everyone else also thought they added it with this update
Why is US the only faction where the non-zoom medic kit gets a red dot? I think all factions (that can) should have a red dot for the second medic kit, would encourage 2 medics per squad
@@gmka3920 no, no ADS zoom is what makes the shooting in this game more realistic. In games with zoom, everyone is a sniper. That's why in most FPS games you cant be an entrenched machine gunner because you get shot in the head in the first second. In squad you have a chance
Moi! Always great to see your breakdown videos. I love how you give attention to everything including their details (like dat shovel, so good). Best way to review content as a viewer if i dont have time to go in and check everything. One point of feedback: While i understand that we are all excited and waiting for stuff to come out and enjoy them, sometimes things dont make it in time/dont work as intended (like the bomb strike), and its not cool to immediately get disappointed/bummed out about that *one* thing that didnt make it in time. You know how OWI has been a G when it comes to putting out quality work, i think for allll the goodies we got, its ok if we wait a bit longer for that bomb strike. :)
If China is so modernized maybe buff other factions. Just a small axample change Canada's lav 3 to lav 6. Only down side to that insurgent would have a harder time destroying the lav 6 and mines wojld be useless
@@Supernaltooth ok but that's a infantry gun. I'm not to sure about China but I'm sure it's around the same caliber. It's just a standard issue gun and won't change much. But when they have China with all these vehicles and all these guns on the vehicles seems op. Also very strong at kits. Maybe these vehicles are not strong but from this video it seems very strong.
@@KodaBearOfficial These vehicles are indeed very strong and to want a nerf based on the fact they are too strong is to arbitrarily redact the PLA's weaponry :D
Would be cool if they weaponized the shovel, where you could also use it as a melee weapon. Also if they could give you the ability to use your weapon the same way when either your out of ammo and or you're within belt grabbing distance of your enemy.
I am super glad and excited for PLA. But am i the only one who thinks that PLA is WAY TOO OP? - Their Lead Crewmen have a shovel, (meanwhile no others have) - Transport has a machine gun (no other transports have that) - Their HAT has a Range Finder (which no other has) - Their light armored vehicles have an ATGM variant, which can fire 6 missiles!?! - Both their IFVs can fire ATGMS. Where the ZBL-08 can fire 2, and the ZBD-04A can fire 3! - Their tank can fire 4 ATGMS!!! 4, yes 4. For comparison, the T-72 can fire only 2. - And their heli can carry half their team, which is SO OP. So PLA can legit put half their team in the center of the map within the first mins of the match (with just one of the helis, technically their entire team with both), while the other squads back cap, etc. All of this together makes PLA extremely OP, and unbalanced compared to their western counterparts. They need to balance it. Cuz if they don't. Then what's the point of playing any other faction than PLA, when they will just lose by the extremely superior firepower? So basically make it a bit more balanced, and it would be perfect in my opinion. But in gen, i like it a lot, and it's nice to finally get something new and unique compared to the old Russian vehicles and such. Hope we'll get a new map in the near future!
I loved the vibe of the new chinese main menu when this update hit, felt like the Chinese were literally invading the game given the music and new menu.
I like that, because that's how alot of armoured vehicles are in real life. Drivers are often reliant on the crew commander to direct them away from hitting things.
I think the ztz99a’s armor may be bugged. During offline testing i found the turret front to be extremely weak (easy pen from 1000m), while the hull front was virtually impenetrable from 50m. This might be a case where the turret and hull armor got mixed up.
Happy to see a new redfor faction. Though I can't believe it took this long, no offense intended but we got Australians before them. I guess the increased attention to the country in recent years has something to do with it.
Total layers with PLA : 23 Against USA : 11 (48%) GB : 3 (13%) USMC : 2 (8.7%) CAF : 2 (8.7%) MEA : 2 (8.7%) AUS : 1 (4.3%) RUS : 1 (4.3%) INS : 1 (4.3%) MIL : 0 (0%)
With the PLA in Squad, knowing that other Asian nations might not side with them, I would love to see the PanAsia coalition as a BLUFOR faction with fights against the PLA, which is REDFOR.
5:10 I WOULD! Doesn't that encourage more players to "solo-tank" since they can now do all the side repairs and building themselves? or even having some "yolo HAB"?
Having just come off a night of playing the PLA's APC and IFV, they absolutely slap. Ridiculously powerful in a way that feels fun and refreshing, with some clear weaknesses (I find the IFV to be easier to kill than the APC), but more than capable of punching above their respective weight classes in the hands of a competent crew. I can't wait to spend even more time honing my skills as a crew commander, in my last game alone our crew got 71 kills and only 1 death using the ZBL, hoping to cross 100 using the ZBD soon
4:48 all of the Qbz-95 family rifles have no bolt hold open on the last round, the operator simply charges the handle again to complete the reload process. 4:55 the charging handle bar/piston interface are phosphate treated with some parts chrome plates. The exposed internal should be black in color.
You are partially correct. Type95 itself did not have the bolt hold open. However, by the strongly request from the army, the design institute No.208 added it back on Type 95-1. In game, it is Type 95-1.😉
@@TinyBitMouse01 Correct, since March 2022. Well it's time to ditch SQUAD.. MEC faction when it was newly introduced is not this strong.. and there are no NATO or at least French Army / Bundeswehr faction.. let alone South American faction like Brazilian Armed Forces. We are not even getting the ROKA (korea) or JSDF (Japan). Fk.
@@h.c5750 that doesn't matter if the ingame balance is just so far off. Hell on of their APC's, the driver has a camera that can be turned to view the road. Their HAT kit has a built in range finder. Either bring every faction up to par, or nerf the PLA Its frankly ridiculous
@MoiDawg if you didn’t record the perfect assault from the front gate of the airfield on Al Basrah a week ago imma be upset. I led that charge and we succeeded
Since the PLA got the new QBZ-191 rifle.. (Although not all troop get the chance to have the new rifles).. But I wonder if the gun will also appear in the game..
Thank u Moi for a very good informational video! Might I suggest a new topic for a new video?: Vehicle Balance: I think the more vehicles OWI adds the more it becomes obvious that the game needs more balance when it comes to different faction specific vehicles. Personally I think that the Chinese have the best package and others will suffer from the strong implementation. Additionally I would highly appreciate a REWORK of the entire Pentetrationsystem of all sorts of vehicular rounds. For exemple the CAF Leo gets waaaay to easy a AmmoRack imo. And while OWI is at that why not REWORK the Driving System? I highly think that u don´t have enough control and "feeeling" about the Speed/Weight of the individual Enigine. A game that did the rework very well imo is "Post Scriptum". Yes its no ad big of a game as Squad, but driving the tanks/vehicles is waaaay more fun. Its imo the BEST Vehicleexperience in the whole tactical FPS-genre. OWI could copy the gear shift system of Post Scriptum. It would make the driver role more fun and complex. As a driver u can "feel" if the gear ur in is corrrect for the situation or not. The good thing is that Developer: Periscope Games is part of OWI already. So this might be a good help for implementing such a big rework. What do u think?
They still didnt fix an rpg7 bug, where you cant shoot it if it was reloaded/switched/etc. Its a day 1 bug since release and its a game-breaking one...
This is such a strange comment. They literally just have the equipment they actually have, in some cases stuff that will be outdated soon! What are they supposed to do? Just not give them their vehicles? Not to mention Squad has already been quite popular in China they don't need some big outreach.
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I know this is a day late, but the early build we received had a couple items I wanted to double check were good to go for the release. Everything you see here is currently in game for Squad 4.0, I hope yall enjoy! 中国加油!
Better safe than sorry, thanks for your work o7
Damnit, my little knowledge of Mandarin is failing me right now lol
I almost felt lost sl'ing without watching your faction video first.
When I first heard of Squad in 2020 before release I watched yours and Karmakuts vids and now I have 2000 hours and am a solid veteran helping all the blueberrys.
Thank you for convincing me to join the best game ever made!!! 😎
Jesus christ I click on the video and the 20min length and timestamp subdivided video hits me right in the face. I don't care that it was a day late I can already tell this is quality content.
Take my like and thank you good sir for the god tier video
@@Real_Mick3y6 Come on! china
The PLA kit from the 2010s is so nostalgic now after they completely upgraded their kit in 2020
in 10 years we'd be nostalgic over the 2020s equipment
Can someone give me an insight of Chinese Equipment from 2010 ? Or similiar Equipment
@@foxtrotsierraproductions8626 I will just give you a brief overview then:
You will have a PLA soldier in the Type 07 camouflages, using either a Type 06 load bearing vest plus Type 04b bullet proof vest combo or an integrated Type 15 body armour. Helmet wise the QGF-03 is used, and rifle is the QBZ-95-1.
Around early 2010s, that Chinese army shovel had many videos on TH-cam featuring its multi functionality and was all the rage in the bug out community for a while.
The shovel can also serve as an axe, a saw, a knife, a chopper/machete, a kitchen cleaver, a can/bottle opener, and a frying pan for frying eggs.
It is good as an outdoor tool, but it is not popular among the PLA because of its complex structure and easy damage
@@CPVJ Source: trust me, bro
@@CPVJ你从哪里知道的，为什么我不知道，铲子的结构根本不复杂，就是一面锐利一面锯齿，后面开两个开罐和开瓶是槽，然后加上一个折叠铰链和一根木头。你甚至能直接从视频里看到铲子的结构，它一共就三个零件。
@@CPVJ总共就三个零件你跟我s说说复杂?你没看过解放军用铲子挖掘单兵工事的视频吗？
Crewman Lead with a shovel might be OP if it's not given to the other factions, I would absolutely run around as a 1-man squad with this kit and a logi and just start putting FOBs and HABs everywhere.
Pretty sure you need at least 2 other people for that Sam if not 3
Will still need 3 men to place a radio not including the lead crewman.
More likely people will just one man vehicles inside a friendly FOB next to a rep station, like a static 125mm gun.
You need 2 in a squad to unlock lead crewman
Like everyone is saying...you literally need at least two people in your squad to place radios. Not sure if you need that many to even be able to use the crewman lead kit, but let's say you could do that with a solo locked squad...that means you'll only be a builder for already made FOBs that OTHER SLs place, you won't be able to place them. Still strong in a sense, but not as much as you're thinking. It'll definitely give the PLA to build up their fortifications faster and easier then other ones, but it's not OP or game-breaking
The reason why HJ8 reload so quick is that HJ8 will bump out the used launcher towards backward automatically after being fired, so u dont need to remove it by yourself, which save a lot time and make it only need 4.2 sec to reload and fire.
And is also propaganda that won't work 90% of the time :) paper tiger
@@dont259 Cringe, plz stop
@@dont259 there's tons of videos of HJ8 used in the Syrian civil war destroying various types of tanks and armored vehicles on youtube
@@mrguy5669 it's not political, the guy I'm responding to think the hj8 is junk and clearly there data to back up that it's not
@@dont259 No one asked you to bring politics into this, get out of here.
Here are some additions:
1. The horizontal marks on the 95-1 optics are measurements of shoulder lengths (0.5m) at different distances, and the vertical markers indicate 200m, 300m, 400m, etc.
2. ZBD-04A is not a Chinese version of BMP but a very different vehicle (except the cannons). It travels on water much much faster than BMP.
3. In reality the PF-98 shoud always be used by at least two people, and basically cannot maneuver once it's in combat mode.
depends on if the is the platoon/squad model or company model. The latter is true, as it as it has a steel tube, tripod and optical system. The platoon model has no tripod with much simpler optics and has fiberglass tube (with limited number of shots). The company model is replacing existing recoiless rifle and is used in the same faction, while the platoon model is used in weapon team or strengthen frontline squad (which could be use lighter RPGs such as PF-89 or DZJ-08.) What's in the game seems to be the platoon/squad model with the optics of a coompany model.
Seeing as we have working range finders in game, I would love to see marksman kits getting a hand held range finder. This would help their role immensely.
yeah but then you would have for instance an insurgency versus the Brits who now got another advantage over them, the balance in this game is really fickle and to be honest range finding is super easy with basic intuition.
@@rocerist Insurgents need a complete overhaul. More hidden explosives and traps, with better light vehicles. Better guns added to their kits too.
@@rocerist do insurgents really need to be balanced? I mean, they're just a bunch of guys on flip flops with rusty AK-47s and T-62s relying on sheer numbers, it'd be weird if they could rival the British or US army
Probably would be better to have a rifleman act as spotter rather than give the marksman 2 ranged devices
@@clintbeastwood3245 uhm, you mean invasion? The odds are heavily steacked against the attacker due to the 800 tickets and strategic depth the defenders have, which can be mitigated through sheer technological superiority
The 95 optics are actually pretty easy to use if you memorize the range marks.
I’m surprised they didn’t add the PLA light tank that’s so famous or the amphibious tank. Maybe they’ll add the PLA Navy Marine Corps as a Chinese Marine faction and give it the amphibious tank 😮
15式轻型坦克已经装备中国海军陆战队了，所以我们的陆战队实际上有05和15式😂
@@user-nn6eo5zh8l 游戏中的背景是10年代
@@user-nn6eo5zh8l 吧
type 15 light tank may seems sth "new" in the whole thing.
ZBD04A is already a new apc with 100m cannon alongside 30mm auto cannon derived from russian bmp. Thats why we may seen russian add their bmp-3 into game.
The game now only have much main battle tank fight, not sure a new added though advanced but light tank will function at what position
@@user-fe7lh7wp4o 对，游戏做的太近可能不好平衡，或者世外太懒了。
Now i do love to see the JSDF made into the game !
Type 10 or Type 90 MBT, Type 89 IFV, Type 16 MCV, Komatsu LAV, Type 87 RCV, F-2A or F-15J etc, lots of unique vehicles aswell.
I really want germany.
It'd love to see the JDSF, but there is a mod of it in the works
@@magnagermania9311 Me too, thankfully there will be a mod on it
Anybody else absolutely love the QBZ and the optic
Always loved the QBZ, always used in BF3 and 4
@@holechek it was money in BF2 also
I like the shovel idea, without it for example if you are two man crewing a BTR and your friend is using the gun then you will need to switch with him just so he can dig up the repair station.
China is a great addition to the gameplay because the faction has its own weaponry. Based on this idea, Squad will get even more mature when the devs add factions like Israel, Turkey, France and South Africa, for example. They are forces that have unique gears of war. Cheers from Brazil.
No way Squad gonna adds them or that these are more OP than PLA faction. Tencent had bought stocks in Squad's developers.
India, Pakistan, North Korea and Japan would be good
@@Cyan_Nightingale Tencent has bought *tiny* stocks. They have a history of purchasing minimal amounts of stock in a company and then forgetting they did - there are loads of companies who’ve had Tencent on their list for years and years with a percentage in the single digits. The CCP isn’t affecting the game all that much, especially since representing the actual PLA instead of some “Pan-Asia” crap is a big no-no for the propaganda division and will get an immediate ban in China.
@@maxibillionromani2885 what do you mean? simply including the PLA isnt some insta ban offense in china. hell the PLA itself released 光荣使命 or "Glorious Mission" like 10 years ago. what does get an insta banned is how you portray the PLA and china, for example battlefield 4.
where, to put it shortly, the PLA is filled with mass murdering psychopaths who just crave the chance to fire indiscriminately into a crowd, the people only want american style democracy because- of course- that's the best, the most popular politician who wants peace is nearly murdered by a traitorous PLA(because remember the PLA is full of psychopaths) and cant trust any of his own intelligence agencies for help and runs away to the us for help, the us military, who are all angels, get attacked by the PLA for wanting to help.
yea that will get you insta banned, since its essentially propaganda mixed with slander.
@@mxn1948 Nobody was saying BF4's story was good - quite the contrary, it sucked massive balls and is widely considered the worst part of the game. Still, even having them exist is really tenuous and while possible to get past the CCP, is nevertheless extremely difficult. Squad in particular is portraying them as essentially the baddies - Redfor, and having the PLA be antagonists or even just the aggressive party (which Redfor is heavily implied to be) *at all* is a very quick way to get banned. And of course a propaganda game got accepted by the government, it's a propaganda game made by the government. You can't use it as an effective comparison to non-Chinese companies making a game where the PLA are not angels of death because it gets a free pass for its origins like every other government game ever made.
Hey Moi, glad to see another upload from you! I got to play the PLA last night and honestly it felt super strong, like it was an uphill battle for anyone going against them.
Do you feel at all the same? If so, do you think other factions should be brought in line, or should PLA be toned down?
Anyways, hope this weekend is good to you!
It has to be kind of OP so it attracts Chinese players and isn't banned from the Chinese market.
Its OP because Squad gets a ton of money from the Chinese Government. Of course they're gonna bow down to them
@@sfenks6007 Agree. PLA faction in here is too strong. I discussed it with my friends yesterday.. not even the MEC faction (when it was new) is that strong. Yes. All for mainland chinese money. There are no NATO or South American faction also. So, it's time for us to ditch Squad, perhaps..
I feel like the infantry kits are super good. Yea don't have ranging, but there is so little recoil, you can just Kentucky windage follow-up shots with great effect.
I can't see where my shots are landing so well with the acog's tight cluster of optic markings, but with the PLA 3x, I feel like you can see everything.
A lot of the armor is bugged right now, for the mbt I've seen the hu take like 7-8hats, while the turret gets destroyed by a single lat like it's fucking paper lol
Me playing as insurgent against this:
"No NO! I'M GETTING FLASH BACKS FROM THE AUSSIE UPDATE"
Really hope to see the new QBZ-191 added as a rare rifle, like the M27 for the USMC! That and the new machine guns China unveiled in 2021! The QJY-201 has a very unique gas system and it would be cool to see another .338 sniper: the QBU-202.
the devs are obsessed with the 2010 era so I don't see them doing that
It would be nice having newer rifles for specific roles (maybe like SL), the americans with the M27, the Russians with the AK-12 and chinese the QBZ-191
@@danielelombardo8196 I think the AK-12 would fit with a Russian VDV faction, as they're the units receiving the rifle.
@@Jm-vn7zm Who knows? Maybe will eventually get that in the long run. Either that or Squad 2.
Yeah but didn’t entered service
My wishlist now is just much stronger suppression and weapon resting, factions will come in due time either from OWI or modders. Germany or France next would be cool.
Cartel would be cooler
I would LOVE an African militia type group that is extremely mobile and for them to redo the MEU guns. I want things like the insurgents/militia having a run speed faster than conventional force, faster vehicles, and the ability to just choose what you want for weapons rather than the set class rifle templates. Also let contention forces choose to have sights on everything. Would be a good trade-off against a signifiaclty faster and more diverse insurgent force and letting everyone use ACOGSs or red dots would sort of balance out the scales (once you fixed the MEU)
This is really cool and all and I do want it but what weapons do they have different apart from ins and militia
Play PR then
I absolutely love the marksman rifle for PLA
不好用，我服役的时候很少用它。95班用机枪的精度更好
the most shiting marksman in This world
@@user-zy5gi9eg2i Unique
That-seems the worst gun among all pla gun in squad lol. Most others receive priase, but only that meh
The biggest change in Gameplay is all my squad mates keep yellng "BING CHILLING" in voice chat whenever i join PLA faction 💀💀😂😂😂
Quite OP. 10:13 also these mines are superfast to deploy which is obviously an advantage.
I really was kind of skeptical of PLA thinking it won't be much different from any other factions, but eventually I surprised how it turned out to be different
Tencent has voice in Squad developer. Therefore PLA faction is stronger than new factions introduced before.
@@Cyan_Nightingale Because each new faction wasn't OP when introduced
OP if youre a noob
因为中国人善于充钱
10:49 for unarmed trucks they could make it a fighting position so the guy who is standing in the back can shoot from that position. All the better if you also have an armed truck, then you could have the machine gunner and a standing fighting position. They could also make a prone rear facing fighting position that would make for an extra seat in the transport trucks.
Although there are some minor flaws, this is already the most PLA configuration in all games
Main menu giving big Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising vibes
The Chinese TOW seems to reload twice as fast too I found it to be devastating
I play PLA vs CAN and it is one sided lol
For being based on Russian TOW its stupid
It's called an ATGM
@@Meteorknite Cause HJ8 automatically ejects the used missile tube backward thus saving the unloading time and balancing the recoil. Basic physics
The bad thing about too short reloading time is that noob ATGM gunners are gonna run out of ammunition points so quickly and hit nothing. I have seen a dozen noobs playing PLA do that these days
I would like to point out that the trailer was absolutely unrealistic. The marines were not screaming "GET SOME, GET SOME...." as they were shooting the .50 cals.
I love seeing them add new factions, but I wish they could add South Africa, bc I think the SANDF would fit perfectly in the game
8:07 i did some 3 minute research and found the light at system can only penetrate up to 30mm of armoured steel, meaning wheras an at4 or an rpg7 may finish off a crippled tank, as a chinese soldier youre not even going to be able to penetrate a tanks side or rear armour.
that's because it's multipose thermobaroic round meant for anti-bunker application. The launcher with heat round is called DZP-11, while It's pentration value is not given but stated to be better than the PF-89A it is replacing. The export version of the older PF-89 is marketed to be 628mm/90°; >400mm/0°; 180mm/65°, at least there is baseline. The biggest change for the new system vs old is all older sytems like PF-89 and PF-97 are reloadable, while DZJ-08 (anti bunker/Thermobaric)/DZA-11(Anti-perosnale/HE-Frag) and DZP-11 (Anti-Tank/HEAT) are single shot disposible.
It used for bunkers in taiwa
the ztz99a in game had the remote mg directly on the commander hatch, well very weird
100% they put the shovel in for the crewmen SL by mistake. You forget, Moi. If there's one thing we know about OWI at this point. It's that they release without testing.
I ripped through a full Canadian logy truck, blew it up with Type 88 Heavy Machine Gun with just one full magazine. easily 20+ kills in a game. insanely powerful heavy machine gun.
The PLA is replacing the QBZ-95 with the QBZ-191. The QBZ-191 was recently unveiled in 2019 and is already in service but no one knows what the replacement rate is and how many units have switched over to the QBZ-191.
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I don't think the answer is to nerf china, but rather buff the other factions. Russia should also get the BMP-3 or at least the BMP-2M, Canada the Lav 6, etc.
I haven't seen any video mention this but now the insurgents get the btr 80 on certain layers
They kinda updated the game before and one of the stuff in it was that they were given btr80, but it doesn't exist too much so not much of a difference
@@CrustaceanAllergyEnjoyer oh ok, it's just that I didn't find it listed in the wiki nor seen it in any video before, just saw it yesterday for the first time when playing a match and everyone else also thought they added it with this update
That camo is no longer used by PLA, replaced by new ones since 2019
OK, now they REALLY need a Stryker with a better weapon than the .50-ca.
Seeing a pf-98 gives such a nostalgia rush somehow.
Why is US the only faction where the non-zoom medic kit gets a red dot? I think all factions (that can) should have a red dot for the second medic kit, would encourage 2 medics per squad
I they they should make it zoom a little when you ADS with an iron sight. Like in WW2 games.
@@gmka3920 no, no ADS zoom is what makes the shooting in this game more realistic. In games with zoom, everyone is a sniper. That's why in most FPS games you cant be an entrenched machine gunner because you get shot in the head in the first second. In squad you have a chance
@@ElZilchoYo I mean 80% of infantry in Squad use ACOGs
@@gmka3920 👎
PLA has a red dot option, iron sight option, and a scoped option...you must be blind
Moi!
Always great to see your breakdown videos. I love how you give attention to everything including their details (like dat shovel, so good). Best way to review content as a viewer if i dont have time to go in and check everything.
One point of feedback:
While i understand that we are all excited and waiting for stuff to come out and enjoy them, sometimes things dont make it in time/dont work as intended (like the bomb strike), and its not cool to immediately get disappointed/bummed out about that *one* thing that didnt make it in time. You know how OWI has been a G when it comes to putting out quality work, i think for allll the goodies we got, its ok if we wait a bit longer for that bomb strike. :)
You forgot to mention that the PLA actually gets a new UAV model and not the same ones used by NATO and Russia.
In unrelated news, Squad is now welcomed in China, and even has very unique voice lines specific only to the Chinese release.
If China is so modernized maybe buff other factions. Just a small axample change Canada's lav 3 to lav 6. Only down side to that insurgent would have a harder time destroying the lav 6 and mines wojld be useless
The game not even use the latest PLA weapons, like QBZ 191 rifles.
But I agree that they need to do more balance weapons.
@@Supernaltooth ok but that's a infantry gun. I'm not to sure about China but I'm sure it's around the same caliber. It's just a standard issue gun and won't change much. But when they have China with all these vehicles and all these guns on the vehicles seems op. Also very strong at kits. Maybe these vehicles are not strong but from this video it seems very strong.
@@KodaBearOfficial These vehicles are indeed very strong and to want a nerf based on the fact they are too strong is to arbitrarily redact the PLA's weaponry :D
@@TheTeodorsoldierabvb chink chonk fanboy lmao
@@Miszorov Irrelevant Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz american vassal :D
Would be cool if they weaponized the shovel, where you could also use it as a melee weapon. Also if they could give you the ability to use your weapon the same way when either your out of ammo and or you're within belt grabbing distance of your enemy.
Can't wait for v5.0 in a couple months when a new map comes out!
I am super glad and excited for PLA. But am i the only one who thinks that PLA is WAY TOO OP?
- Their Lead Crewmen have a shovel, (meanwhile no others have)
- Transport has a machine gun (no other transports have that)
- Their HAT has a Range Finder (which no other has)
- Their light armored vehicles have an ATGM variant, which can fire 6 missiles!?!
- Both their IFVs can fire ATGMS. Where the ZBL-08 can fire 2, and the ZBD-04A can fire 3!
- Their tank can fire 4 ATGMS!!! 4, yes 4. For comparison, the T-72 can fire only 2.
- And their heli can carry half their team, which is SO OP. So PLA can legit put half their team in the center of the map within the first mins of the match (with just one of the helis, technically their entire team with both), while the other squads back cap, etc.
All of this together makes PLA extremely OP, and unbalanced compared to their western counterparts. They need to balance it. Cuz if they don't. Then what's the point of playing any other faction than PLA, when they will just lose by the extremely superior firepower?
So basically make it a bit more balanced, and it would be perfect in my opinion. But in gen, i like it a lot, and it's nice to finally get something new and unique compared to the old Russian vehicles and such. Hope we'll get a new map in the near future!
I loved the vibe of the new chinese main menu when this update hit, felt like the Chinese were literally invading the game given the music and new menu.
an average Chinese Main player in WT admire how big and strong China is in Squad compared with WT China top tier.
The Chinese vehicles seem to have some interesting handicaps as far as visibility, like that left side blind spot for the tank driver
I like that, because that's how alot of armoured vehicles are in real life. Drivers are often reliant on the crew commander to direct them away from hitting things.
I think the ztz99a’s armor may be bugged. During offline testing i found the turret front to be extremely weak (easy pen from 1000m), while the hull front was virtually impenetrable from 50m. This might be a case where the turret and hull armor got mixed up.
Both should be easily penetrated by the m829a2 and 3
irl ztz-99a is quite strong at front while weak on side, but yea its a bit way too much in game
it was bugged, fixed now
Tencent investment paying off. Tiawan number 1
You can't even spell Taiwan correctly
@@ll6733 bing chilling
Can’t even type the name lol
this new faction seems super strong, almost too strong. cant imagine 2 of those ifvs just deleting 2 Abrams within 30 seconds of each other.
Yeah which is bs since the abrams can survive up to 1200mm of kinetic penetration while 1600mm of chemical munitions
@@cristobalalvarez5491 only on the turret front
Happy to see a new redfor faction. Though I can't believe it took this long, no offense intended but we got Australians before them. I guess the increased attention to the country in recent years has something to do with it.
Total layers with PLA : 23
Against
USA : 11 (48%)
GB : 3 (13%)
USMC : 2 (8.7%)
CAF : 2 (8.7%)
MEA : 2 (8.7%)
AUS : 1 (4.3%)
RUS : 1 (4.3%)
INS : 1 (4.3%)
MIL : 0 (0%)
With the PLA in Squad, knowing that other Asian nations might not side with them, I would love to see the PanAsia coalition as a BLUFOR faction with fights against the PLA, which is REDFOR.
5:10 I WOULD! Doesn't that encourage more players to "solo-tank" since they can now do all the side repairs and building themselves? or even having some "yolo HAB"?
would be nice if the machine guns actually shows a non-disintegrating ammo belt hanging off the side, which Chinese military uses.
Having just come off a night of playing the PLA's APC and IFV, they absolutely slap.
Ridiculously powerful in a way that feels fun and refreshing, with some clear weaknesses (I find the IFV to be easier to kill than the APC), but more than capable of punching above their respective weight classes in the hands of a competent crew.
I can't wait to spend even more time honing my skills as a crew commander, in my last game alone our crew got 71 kills and only 1 death using the ZBL, hoping to cross 100 using the ZBD soon
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I don't understand why people are saying they're OP, played about 5 matches with straight PLA vs other factions and the PLA lost 4 out of those 5
would be cool if 2 factions vs 2 factions.
4:48 all of the Qbz-95 family rifles have no bolt hold open on the last round, the operator simply charges the handle again to complete the reload process. 4:55 the charging handle bar/piston interface are phosphate treated with some parts chrome plates. The exposed internal should be black in color.
You are partially correct. Type95 itself did not have the bolt hold open. However, by the strongly request from the army, the design institute No.208 added it back on Type 95-1. In game, it is Type 95-1.😉
@@ruochengyin3379 that I did not know, thanks man for the knowledge!
Feels like they made it a strong faction to not piss of China lmao
Chinese layers especially against Canada is very one sided
More true when you realise the company is owned by Tencent
I mean the Chinese PLA isn't anything to scoff at in real life either, not very well trained individually but there is just so MANY
@@TinyBitMouse01 Correct, since March 2022. Well it's time to ditch SQUAD.. MEC faction when it was newly introduced is not this strong.. and there are no NATO or at least French Army / Bundeswehr faction.. let alone South American faction like Brazilian Armed Forces. We are not even getting the ROKA (korea) or JSDF (Japan). Fk.
@@h.c5750 that doesn't matter if the ingame balance is just so far off.
Hell on of their APC's, the driver has a camera that can be turned to view the road.
Their HAT kit has a built in range finder.
Either bring every faction up to par, or nerf the PLA
Its frankly ridiculous
Bing chilling
Man i am just happy I dont have the listen to the Aircraft Carrier's eerie noises with the rain on the home screen lol
@MoiDawg if you didn’t record the perfect assault from the front gate of the airfield on Al Basrah a week ago imma be upset. I led that charge and we succeeded
So the new lat and hats cone of fire in the scope helps alot while doing lean shooting.
I think the main infantry gun is the roughest new faction for recoil.
There needs to be some serious patch updates. I shot a PLA turret gunner twice in the head and he still didn't die. WTF is that?
BEST ARMOR INGAME
Bing Chilling💀
Since the PLA got the new QBZ-191 rifle.. (Although not all troop get the chance to have the new rifles).. But I wonder if the gun will also appear in the game..
Thank u Moi for a very good informational video!
Might I suggest a new topic for a new video?:
Vehicle Balance:
I think the more vehicles OWI adds the more it becomes obvious that the game needs more balance when it comes to different faction specific vehicles.
Personally I think that the Chinese have the best package and others will suffer from the strong implementation.
Additionally I would highly appreciate a REWORK of the entire Pentetrationsystem of all sorts of vehicular rounds.
For exemple the CAF Leo gets waaaay to easy a AmmoRack imo.
And while OWI is at that why not REWORK the Driving System?
I highly think that u don´t have enough control and "feeeling" about the Speed/Weight of the individual Enigine.
A game that did the rework very well imo is "Post Scriptum". Yes its no ad big of a game as Squad, but driving the tanks/vehicles is waaaay more fun.
Its imo the BEST Vehicleexperience in the whole tactical FPS-genre.
OWI could copy the gear shift system of Post Scriptum. It would make the driver role more fun and complex. As a driver u can "feel" if the gear ur in is corrrect for the situation or not.
The good thing is that Developer: Periscope Games is part of OWI already. So this might be a good help for implementing such a big rework.
What do u think?
Interested to see Polish or Croatian or any slavic nation.
Ztz-99A reverse speed isn't -30 km/h like how it is irl 😔
The current trend. Gotta please our overlords
Yeah i don't know why they have it so slow
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Big no to SL shovels. That's "quality-of-life", but it's anti-teamwork.
I Actually kinda hope they re-use the Mi-8/Mi-17 model for the PLA Mi-171 so that we can get some heli CAS and fire support.
They still didnt fix an rpg7 bug, where you cant shoot it if it was reloaded/switched/etc. Its a day 1 bug since release and its a game-breaking one...
Vehicles look awesome.
Weapons on the other hand, especially the optic, look like something the insurgents would have from the 50's...
You must be ignorant of Chinese weaponry then...for a long time they used AKs, but they wanted their own weapons and came up with the QBZ platform
@@tevarinvagabond1192 type 81s aren't AKs
i find it funny that its the china faction that gets all the cool toys gotta make sure the game appeals to there market LOL
This is such a strange comment. They literally just have the equipment they actually have, in some cases stuff that will be outdated soon! What are they supposed to do? Just not give them their vehicles?
Not to mention Squad has already been quite popular in China they don't need some big outreach.
@@evangelosvasiliades1204 Not really. For example why US only got Carl Gustav as HAT instead of something similar as PLA (Javelin).
Gives you extra points for gunning down protesters
The new music sounds straight out of an old assasin's creed game
Can't wait to get a new PC to play this. I feel like you need to spend 3k though in order for this game to look amazing?
Another thing that makes me excited is the ZBD-04, which means Russia is probably going to get the BMP-3.
Glory to the one and true China! Glory to the PRC!
This is all cool, but I'd rather have CAS helis worked on over more similar factions. Something totally new and different
This will be me reliving my childhood experiences from Bf2!
Almost full circle to BF2
No QBZ-191? Bro, it's literally the new standard issue rifle for the PLA.
I feel like this game is always getting updates and good ones as well
Squad is Living proof modern games don't need microtransactions to stay profitable.
I can finally play as Asian America 😍
Now they should add some new weapons and vehicles to other factions.
yup, it was a mistake. They removed the shovel lol
A suprise to be sure but a welcome one
Crewman leader with shovel doesnt change anything since every crewman leader has a vehicle then can grab a shovel from. just saying
They forgot the QBZ-191 assault rifle.
Bro they seem sorta OP
I had a really small hope for a flame thrower as I think the flame thrower is still in use by China
thanks nice video
quad players when someone says bing chilling for the 1923485^12th time: 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Updated dragon rising vibes