Liberal use of oorah works to get cons into their effective range I use it on any important engagement. Yes later in the game they are just capping machines with an incredibly useful at snare. Similar to Volks.
On a side note penals actually fill their role of stand alone infantry quite well now. Triple vet penals are beast
Oh and lol at the posts saying that your sick of being forced to use combined arms. I actually like conscripts in a supportt role. At nades are still awesome and they still do enough damage to easily flank an mg. I don't understand the fuss. 3 maxims with 2 cons and a shock trooper squad is insanely fun to play
I am not complaining about using combined arms, I love using combined arms strats (cons, MGs, mortars, ZiS). The trouble is that they drop like flies in the game. Obviously, other facitons have their elite units out such as Obersoldaten, PZGr, etc, but conscripts are supposed to be the bulk of the Soviet force, not the MAXIM!!! Where did I get the notion that cons are supposed to be the mainstay of the Soviet Army? Look at their description in COH2, also form reality!
I don't want them buffed all the way to godlike status where they can just tank shots like a boss, but right now, they are extremely lackluster, but the dps buff was a nice change. They shouldn't be the ones who support the HMG, the HMG should be supporting a force of conscripts. The current state of Soviet infantry just makes Maxim spam that more attractive. Penals and cons get wrecked, but Maxims can stand up to mainline Axis infantry, I think that is why they are spammed.
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