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So this guy rolls me from the start, I don't understand how it happens. Also I spend munitions on a grenade to quickly win a fight and it does barely anything to a bunched squad, if grenade damage is consistent as I'm told then what the hell...

So glad this guy dropped really though soviets are good all game but nothing like US early so why the hell do I get rolled so easily?? [replay]http://www.coh2.org/user/profile/myReplays[/replay]

So could anyone give me some helpful tips on dealing with early soviets, I was unfortunate enough today to get matched against the same guy 3 times (thanks match making) he was a fair bit better than me, my main issue was his heavy usage of conscripts, I find them ridiculous to deal with as soon as I lose a fight to them I have serious issues retaking ground because of the free, fast building heavy cover they get which is really bloody frustrating.... Grenadiers also simply don't have the damage, until upgraded, to properly deal with with conscripts in cover, while conscripts are able to rush the grenadiers for some nasty damage. Of course an early mortar would help, but that means a very early mortar (after second gren squad) which puts me at a serious disadvantage if the enemy switched to more mobile tactics.

Any tips even unrelated to this problem would be greatly appreciated, Ostheer is easily my favorite faction, it's really frustrating having issues due to it being quite lackluster early, especially when they rely so much on munitions, I find soviets can walk circles around me and rig the map with mines while I'm torn between an essential med bunker or the essential MG42 upgrades.