Multiple times now in 2v2 my ally has gone with a Guard Rifles doctrine and T1 leading to either T34/85s or ISU-152.
EVERY-TIME we have lost the game due to my ally losing troops at a horrific rate and depending on only his shitty Guard Rifles as AT.
I always go T2 into Maxims plus Zis and either Counterattack Tactics or Soviet Industry. I try to send units over to my ally's side to help him...
Yet somehow they always lose enormous amounts of troops and get pushed back leading to me being flanked. In the current 2v2 meta, they stink and are a horrible MP and Fuel drain, yet several players insist on going for them, because they have seen casts of Pros using them to decent effect.
Last game I had to scream at my ally multiple times to get real AT over just having 1 Guard Rifle squad, since we were approaching P4 time. He builds a T34 several minutes later....and the opponent gets a Tiger tank...GG.
Too many Soviet players stink at using Guard Rifles and T1, instant M3 scout car destruction, Sniper getting caught in the open, or using crappy T34/76s as a counter to multiple Tigers doesn't cut it. Only one time did my ally every get out his call-in tanks and he got both his T34/85s killed chasing down a Panther.
Does anyone have any good strategies/suggestions/stories/rants for these stubborn players who refuse to realize how sub-par Guards and T34/76s are?