Profile of kafrion

its more like the whole game that needs reworking not just the soviet infantry . Stuff like RNG deciding games and strategy playing a very minor role in the game compared to how you micro your units , plus that ealry game has degenerated to nade dodging are unacceptable in a competitive RTS ( its like putting less strategy in favor of micro and tactics and then failing to implement them well ) . i know others think its fine and it comes down to preference but thats is RTS without the S imo .

Anyway fixing the soviet infantry is a rather simple matter like solving the t34/85s is as well and has been proposed many times in plenty of threads ,its just that relic has other priorities and thqat is reasonable since the game misses basic features ( for 2013 that is ) , those are the game lobby and the replay system ( the latter isnt missing but it is the bare minimum you can get )

Anyway suggestions :

. 1) reduce the build time of soviet buildings by 10- 20% , 2) reduce the building time of penals by 5% , 3) reduce penals cost to 300 , 4) reduce the engies mp cost by 20 and their recruitment cost by 10 , 5 decrease conscripts initial cost to 225 , 6 decrease their reinforcement cost by 2 or 3mp . Those numbers might have to be twicked in order to finetune the balance but i think the changes are correct .

Those changes will just fix the balance though so people will find sovs a bit easier to win with , the playerbase wont significantly increase and the game wont drastically improve unless certain big things happen which will take a long time

what could i do ?

Ok members of the community i ve just had an idea ( havent seen it anywhere else in the forums on the subject at hand ).

Many of you complain that the commander systme is a bit dull , so why dont we make sth about it ??

I would like to propose that in this thread ppl will submit a commander or doctrine with a combination of existing and newlly thought abilities and units . The composition should be based on reality , poetic licence , playability and generall balance . After a set period of time our strategy speciallists and the best players will review the commanders and pick the ones that are the most promissing and hand them over to relic for evalluation and perhaps production .

Just to spice things up there should be a nickname for the army , a method according to which the commander is supposed to work and some fluff and information around the company's ( or division's ) history ( like accomplishments , commanders character , traditions etc ) .

So do you people aggree or should we send this to the dustbin

hmm capping speed along with mp costs and pop requirements are things that need to be changed in the future both for finetuning balance and to provide more assymetrical play but i think there are more pressing things to be adressed atm

Ha, well I'm just playing Soviets now. So much easier. Walk up to mgs, throw Moly, profit, repeat. Buy T-34. The only maps Germans have a chance on are maps where you don't have a good chance of having your ammo cut so you can do something about the SMG-wielding conscripts in buildings and the guys lying in the grass picking their noses.

It's pretty boring really.

its not only that , apparently the way this game is played is cons spam followed by guards spam followed by su85 spam or cons spam followed by atgs followed by su85s and snipers . Srsly this game is a fucking insult to vcoh , and prey the rng is your way , no doubt the number of players has fallen so drastically in just 3 months and the game is going on sale.