I think soviet early game is fine, just use conscripts as rifleman in vcoh... ITS RIFLEMEN WITH OORAH!!!
You can easily get in closecombat with oorah and conscripts win grenadier in closecombat now.. and if grenadier have LMG just molotov to keep them moving and you will win the fight, noneed to bring 2 cons for 1 gren
If they use assgrens just use ppsh cons, they win the fight if assgrens charge.
Scripts aren't like riflemen, not at all. Give us Bars that can suppress for 20 munitions. Oh wait no that ability was ridiculous. Penals now fulfill that role.
"You can easily get into close combat with oorah." I'm sorry who have you been playing against because the grens can simply move back and transition into another piece of cover like they're supposed to. By the time you charge in there like an idiot without cover, you will lose members of your squad and have low dps. That method is ineffective. There are better ways to combat grens, all your doing is giving grenadiers easy vet. LMG kills to much cons fast to the point that it is idiotic if you dont retreat and throw a molotov instead, but lmg comes significantly later so I really don't mind it.
As well with you're argument, bring 2 cons against 1 gren. That's fine and it's always been like that but really you shouldn't bring a spare con rather a vehicle or support weapon. Conspam is pointless and an idiotic thing to do now. Penals are now the backbone of the Soviet army, which to be honest, I like that. I wish they added a jeep and a motorcycle in this game to support my very early units. I miss the effect that if you bring in a motorcycle, it changed the course of the first engagement.