What makes you think the dev team of enlisted got liquefied?
Even if they plan to merge Warthunder and enlisted they would probably just merge the development
Actually maybe not fully merge they could still have the Warthunder team working on vehicles and the enlisted team on infantry
And a shared division for maps
If a merge happens
Warthunder receives
Infantry(which gives a ton of possibilities)
A Few thousand Players
More detailed Maps
Enlisted receives
Not being dead(maybe more accurate would be to say enlisted gameplay is coming to Warthunder).
More eras from WW1 all the way to current prototypes
Tens to hundred thousands invested players
More vehicles
More countries* pretty sure enlisted doesn’t have many Nations
Better match making*
*Maybe
This looks very similar to real life where prices of many things skyrocketed due to “inflation”, all the while salaries are lagging behind quite a bit.