Im not saying "to nerf AoE", liar.
Mixed you up with the original poster.
"Already nerfed" isnt argument. Cause it still unkillable. 120`s have no fear even from Panzerwerfers. About changing reinforce cost - one of the options, why not.
A single panzerwerfer isn't going to instant kill Soviet support weapons anyways so that's not an argument. If the issue is the 120mm is too far back to get an accurate barrage then it's so far away it's likely using barrage and not autofire so it's effectively just countering support weapons and not doing much else.
But "more damage" means on squad. So it could wipe with direct hit. Especially Axis team weapons - MGs, PaKs, Mortars. And it is really unbalance.
The whole point of the 120mm is to counter heavy teamweapon play. So its to be expected.
If 120`s arent so OP as i say, why all meta-doctrines of soviet side has it?
The statement that "all meta doctrines have it" is obviously hyperbole, but the reason it's popular is because it counters lazy Wehr MG spam gameplay. Also, those commanders also have other very good abilities *in addition* to the 120mm. Correlation is not necessarily causation.
The commanders with 120mm I know off the top of my head are: Shock Army (Gets shock troops and t34/85s which are obviously quite good), Guard Motor Coordination (also gets t34/85 but also guards and mark target/ vehicle repair), and Defensive Doctrine (includes DsHK, mini AT, and AT Overwatch for a very nice spread of useful abilities).
It's not as if these doctrines are picked *only* because of the 120mm, because they aren't. It's situationally good against support weapon spammers and braindead blobbers who keep their entire army bunched up in a neat little ball for mortars to decimate. People that play aggressively are able to avoid damage from the 120mm just by moving around.
I don't know how the 120mm is in 1v1s but in teamgames it's easily countered if the enemy is actually agressive, because the mortar doesn't fire fast and accurate enough to do a lot of damage to a bunch of squads spaced out and actually pushing towards it.