Profile of T.R. Stormjäger

I am 100% against this 7man conscripts squad. Not only is it more free vet for the opposing team, it fails to give conscripts the firepower needed to serve as mainline units. This alongside miragefla’s statement that cons are not meant to be the backbone of the soviet army, further solidifies that conscripts are a dead unit which would be better off not existing at this point.

Currently, 300mp penals are one of the best mainlines in the game, despite technically not being a mainline. They have a great vet1 ability which saves some dps when dropping models and become godly when picking up a dropped lmgs from grens. Guards are fantastic with double lmgs and can function as light obers with added AT capacity. Shock troops are specialist AI units which can cleave through lines and blobs with great efficiency and rack up kills. At vet 3 they maul infantry with ease.

What do conscripts get? By vet 3 they get decreased target size which is good, but they do not deal enough meaningful damage. They can build sandbags, which is alonside urah+at grenade are their only real uses. Comparing them to other faction mainlines is just depressing.

Grenadiers get the lmg upgrade which is excellent and synergizes with the faction long range design. UKF infantry sections are the best mainline in the game and get wonderful rate of fire bonuses depending on their cover, which fits the theme of defensive infantry, plus they can pick up lmgs for munitions. USF riflemen have excellent rate of fire and can pick up double lmgs, plus they get great vet 3 bonuses. Volks are amazing and definitely overperforming their cost, without mentioning obers.

Cons are just a dead unit at thins point, born in an era where relic believed enemy at the gates was history. Just looking at Soviet infantry in Steel division 2 makes you depressed when considering coh2. A radical change needs to be made.

My suggestions: Buff conscripts in a meaningful manner. Give them 3 SVTs by default with the capacity to pick up another weapon or upgrade with ppshs and buff their combat stats, but remove oorah. Reduce penals to a 5 man squad with oorah and faster capture rate, as well as the capacity to put down mines, at 320mp to be used as a breakthrough squad.

Regarding maxims, I think they should be buffed with accuarcy and burst duration, but increased to 300mp to match their deployment independent of soviet infantry companies. Make the dshka better against armour and infantry and keep it as a doctrinal heavy mg, but at 360mp.