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Jump back to quoted post23 Aug 2019, 08:22 AMCrecer13

In fact, this is the most obvious and successful option for changing the Assault Guards. M5 is unnecessary, give Bazooka and Thompson updates to transfer to 2CP or 3CP if there is self-healing. This will make the Assault Guards really useful and remain in the Lend-Lease theme.

Another option that I have always considered is to replace the Guard with access to allied racks. Maybe with a little overpayment for balance. In theory, any weapon that was in the Allied racks (except 1919A6 which cannot be taken without a commander) was in the USSR.

Jump back to quoted post23 Aug 2019, 05:41 AMMazianni

Are Assault Guards ever going to get buffed, or at least have their veterancy and RA reflect those of regular Guards Troops and Airborne Guards?

They come in with a M5 Halftrack, which is great and all, but it's not really a discount and basically means you're paying fuel for these guys. Because(?) they come in a halftrack, they also have a later CP requirement (3 to 2), which is stupid. The halftrack isnt going to be gamebreaking because it comes in a minute or two earlier...

On veterancy and general stats, compared to regular Guards:

1 RA to 0.97 RA
Trip Flare Mine for vet 1 (really?)
0.71 RA vet 2 versus both 0.88 and 0.75 RA vets
Only upside is better accuracy vet at vet 3. 40%

So after paying all the fuel and mp required to call these guys in, you get a 100% RA Guards squad with 3 Penal SVT-40s and 3 assault PPSh-41 for a weird dps profile that favors close range but doesn't have nearly the DPS of Shocks or PPSh Penals, and has rather limited long-range capability. They do get a grenade, but that's it, and no abilities to close the distance to throw it, or armor or even a decent starting RA.

Can these guys at least get a bazooka upgrade or something? In staying with the theme of lend-lease... I mean, I personally even like that they come with a halftrack, since I love trying to make halftracks work in this game, and I doubt anyone would ever spam these, but the unit just isn't good right now, and there's no reason it has to be that way.