Devs have announced a new patch in the works. The patch seems to be missing a lot that is needed to placate the community but includes a new vehicle. All it seems to fix is the tree hit box which was introduced on release. Oh. They also make sure they mention they are talking to the German ratings people. If they fail they will try doing a multi version game if they can. Not sure what that means in terms of existing or future content.
Here is what I think went wrong:
Not much if anything changed from the beta. It's like sombody at the publisher just went crazy and pressed the release button.
Add to that, the Content list on the steam page had the old elements, the devs didn't edit it untill a few days later, someone thinking that a roadmap posted somewhere some months ago was good enough instead of the content list.
Add to that they forgot to remove the "this is a dev build, expect bugs" message from all the release servers and introduced some more bugs like the trees have huge hitboxes bug.
People are upset with poor performance and optimisation as well as lack of advertised release day content such as US paras and the complete map set. Also some complain squad cohesion mechanics are poor but a section commander "regroup command is coming". Still others seem to have expected COD and fast paced gameplay. Others seem to expect the usual insane amount of content, more automatic weapons more tank types even beyond the vast amount in game and even beyond what is historical. People are complaining nothing was done with the armour model on tanks, 88mm hitting cromwells close by in the side multiple times with no effect for instance. Others like me are wondering why I have to trawl non-official videos to try to get a proper manual on the basics such as capping numbers, how to use the flask properly (before or after) etc.
Others complain that they are being bossed around in a teamplay game by squad leaders...
Others want progress systems that allow unlocks and are dissappointed with the lack of such things....
Apparently also they have reduced the foliage hight and density to such a degree that the maps have become open fields. you cant even hide your msp's anymore behind them so the options are limited and predictable.
Most stuff is being fixed in upcoming patches of course.
I still reckon the game is great and an RO2 replacement for me, though and most of the complaints are crazy. Some such as the release list being wrong in some media are kinda silly mistakes.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/736220/announcements/detail/1724202719257972888