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So lets add some info based on game experience. I played alot with Partisan commander as their weapons were random and I played a lot after the patch since they always come with submachine guns (AI partisans) and shrek (AT partisans). Playing with both of them (AI and AT) really hurts your manpower ressource, beeing a non-elite four man squad they are really squishy, prone to full squad wipes. In addition their high reinforce costs kick in (you can't use the merge ability of conscripts to reinforce them). The AI partisans don't scale well to the lategame they only have one vet2 -17% received accuracy buff, so they remain squishy even with vet3.

On the other side both kind of partisans can have a big impact on the game the moment they arrive on the battlefield, especially if your opponents don't adapt to their new enemy. One strength of the partisans is that playing axis you only fight them from time to time and don't get used to it.

Playing the partisan commander is no option to me because the manpower bleed is to high when you are using AI and AT partisans at the same time. But I like playing the Soviet Reserve Army, its a common commander which got its Irregulars replaced with AT partisans a few month ago. This commander is much more viable because you get PPSHs and rapid conscription (which softens your manpower bleed). In addition I think AT partisans are the more important onces in terms of game impact. Especially if you play AT and your mates bring on the strong AI units.

Most german players use tanks very aggressive drawing them out of combat when they are real low on health, a perfect target for AT partisans popping out of a building, throwing the snare and hitting them with the shrek.

There alot of ways to adapt. As Australian Magic already said, a schwerer completely nullifies their use in key locations. Building Flak emplacements or sending Falls out of the building the Partisans just arrived finishs them off in seconds too. Destroy key buildings, lay down mines in front of buildings, put a MG in a key building, don't leave Stukkas and Panzerwerfer without support when they are firing and get visible on the map to your opponent, play more conservative with your tanks don't pull them out in the last moment... do I have to say more? There are so many ways to adapt, be creative please. Thanks.

I think relic didn't design these abilities to be exactly equal , if u r going to compare then u should go all the way and compare everything like indirect fires which allies forces have much more powerfull units and so on... (sorry 4 the bad english)

This has nothing to do with unit balance, although we could argue about it a lot. This topic is about one basic principle of every competitive RTS. Every faction has to have access to the same amount of ressources. There is no way around this principle if a RTS claims to be balanced.

The Opel Blitz was already a big problem when it granted its ressource bonus for the whole team for nearly a year until they changed it. On some maps this lead to a big difference in fuel income and a onesided heavy vehicle spam especially in 4vs4 late game. I thought we had overcome this stage of game development.

They promised to make all ressource modifications counterable with the last patch, so overhaul this or eliminate unequal ressource modificators completely.

Thanks to op for pointing this out.

I think there is a minor problem with the poll at least:

option b: remove shreks from volks give OKW an AT alternative

option c: remove shreks from voks give them a panzerfaust instead

Option c is part of option b to be exact, because beeing an AT snare the panzerfaust is an AT alternative. Maybe option b was meant another way, maybe an AT option in the shape of a new unit?

Why do you assume the player will have a Panther by the time the Comet arrives? The first Panther costs more than the first Comet. T4 is basically a bonus tier only accessed when things are going well or you're in a team game, while Hammer / Anvil is an expected tech for every game.

Please read again, did I said Panther comes at the same time? No, I said "a lot more" and after that I compared the stats of Panther and Comet. Two different thoughts that you mixed up by skiming my post.

It depends on playing style of brit and axis player. Also it depends if you are playing OKW or Ostheer, but if you only have one PanzerIV and no furher AT weaponry or snares when the Comet shows up, it is really your fault. Hope that clears it up.

As Jadame said, its not a historical simulation but a game. You would have 10 Shermans for one superior Panther and most german heavy tanks would be destroyed by allied aircraft once spotted or destroyed by germans themselves on their retreat.

It is all about balance and Comet is quite comparable to Panther, so gamewise it is okay.