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Now, obviously this is not something that is seen often, as it's a paid commander, but I think this is completely unfair.

The forward HQ as many of you know comes with the soviet Urban Defense doctrine. It can be set up in any building and re-enforces / heals your troops inside.

I recently encountered this on Moscow Outskirts. I have uploaded the replay here:

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  Soviet Forward HQ is broken.

  by: Flyingsmonster map: Moscow Outskirts

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All that is required is 300mp and 60 fuel, which means if they spam conscripts it works perfectly, as long as they wait a little while to get molotovs / at nades.

It also unlocks at 0cp for some reason, which means they can do this as soon as the battle starts, which to me does not make sense at all. It should at least be 2CP to setup.

Please give it a watch. Notice how I took out one of his early conscript squads, but that did not matter. As soon as he enters the building, poof, the HQ pops into play. It is not possible to counter this strategy, especially if they get the HQ up on a cutoff point. Yet, nothing has been done. Relic has not patched this in ages, and I think it's time for a change.

Germans have no counter to these buildings, aside from endless mortar barrages that miss 50% of the time, or a pio flamer, which requires your pios survive the squads surrounding the house and get 6+ flame shots off on it (unlikely unless they aren't guarding their forward HQ...)

Pios cannot set demolitions without the right commander. Rifle Grenades aren't really a counter, but they still won't unlock till T2. Flame HT is not until T3, another counter not available. SCs are T2, but unless the Soviet player is a moron, he will have AT grenades by then.

So, let's see, what exactly could a german player do to counter this forward HQ? Nothing.

So, essentially, the German player has no counter to this building in the early stages of the game. How this has not been fixed yet is a complete mystery to me, considering this commander has been available for quite some time.

The 100% penetration you encountered is most likely "just your luck (RNG)" because I've never seen the new ISU penetrate the elefant consistently without dying first. I've used the ISU vs elefant and does not penetrate the elefant on every shot. Deflects first shot and penetrates second shot, and pray it will keep penetrating or else the isu will die to elefant. When I encounter ISU it's pretty simple get and elefant. Most people would want to use elefant with tigers but I like using the Tiger Ace with the elefant and I find it to be more effective than multiple tigers in its feeling of ease of micro and its accuracy is legendary, it wipes squads on retreat as if they weren't retreating at all. I do agree that the ISU needs a nerf on its AI capabilities. I repeat again if the ISU's every shot penetrated your elefant then it is likely your luck. You didn't sacrifice enough goats to the RNG God MVGame.

No, it's not. I've probably played close to 50 matches this patch (Mostly 2v2 and 3v3), about 20 as soviets, 30 as germans. I've encountered the ISU very frequently and yes, it penetrates the elefant every single shot. I've also used the ISU for a few of those matches. It does and if you don't believe me, try playing Jaeger Armor. The ISU is simply a better unit. It can penetrate any tank the germans have at the moment.

Let's see...

- Conscripts get AT nades.
- Guards Rifles have the PTRS which while not panzershreks, can still damage soviet armor albeit at a slow rate. Also unlocks Button.
- Irregulars have AT grenades.
- Partisans have Shreks if you get them.


Let's compare this to germans:
- Ostruppen and Grens have panzerfausts.
- Panzer grenadiers have Panzershreks.

That's it. Soviets actually have more infantry squads with AT capacity than the soviets.

So, essentially what players that complain Soviet have no AT options are crying about is them not having access to Panzershreks, which are basically useless currently due to the speed at which panzergrenadiers now die due to their lack of armor.

I have to agree, after playing Germans for a while recently, the MG42s suppression just isn't as good as the Maxims. Maxim spam still exists, and I can't count the number of times I've seen it recently. They are very hard to counter, not impossible of course, but very difficult.

I think the MG42 needs a decrease in setup time, I think it's at 3 seconds now and should be decreased to ~2.5 or so. I can't count the number of times a con squad just oorahs directly towards the mg42, tosses a molotov and you lose 2 units before you can even relocate the thing.

You have around 6 seconds to move your units before the bomb hits. The noise is loud enough to completely move out of the way before it hits. Adding smoke would just be nonsensical, as the noise is already a clear indicator of where the bomb will land.

Once you hear it, you should move every single one of your units in the vicinity. There is ample warning and time to move your units.

Relic has never addressed this in the past because it really doesn't need to be. It's still expensive at 160 munitions, and it doesn't unlock until the very late game. I don't see any real issues with it.

If you're complaining about air recon, that means it is costing the German player 240 munitions to bomb a single target. Recon is not free.

Also, the Stuka bomb is only available to four commanders, and only two of those have air recon - Jaeger armor and Close Air support.