Profile of Bulgakov

No denying to that, I'm simply pointing out that if you don't play soviets because they blob, then you pretty much have nothing to play in coh2 as every faction blobs since day 1 of their introduction and soviets are able to do so with PTRS only for a couple of days, never before it was valid or effective for them to do so and with no PTRS doctrines it still isn't, so soviets while can blob are the least blobby faction in coh2 really.

As long as there is no negative zeal greatly increasing rec acc when 4 or more squads are at certain vincinity, the blobbing will exist and persist. Blobs of infantry hardcountering AI tanks doesn't help either.


I'm much more calm then my posting indicates, I'm just as subtle as chainsaw in expressing my opinions and responding to others.
But what you(or anyone really) say, if it isn't written the way so only single interpretation is needed, then don't be surprised that people make out of it something you didn't intended. I need to explain my posts all the time.

I agree we need negative zeal. I've said it before. For all factions.


I don't think you're not calm either. You generally seem very calm. But sometimes you calmly flamebait or change the topic or throw a strawman. I don't get that, I don't think it's useful to you. The players who favour axis could give you a lot of useful information on how to beat axis strategies if you opened a positive dialogue with them.

Still, you're worlds better than Burts)


Also, perhaps you'll believe me when I say I'm not an axis-only player who wants all the advantages. I want a fun CoH2. I'd love to see some fun new Soviet units and mechanics that make them interesting to play. I'd accept changes to all factions if it brought back the exciting dynamic gameplay I saw in the first CoH. I wish Sovs were more fun to play as + against.

You overlooked that this -33% Fuel (and -20% Mun) sounds much but practically its not since its per Strategic point. Fuel points doesn't follow the -33% rule as its normanly 7 and for OKW 5.

So if you and the OKW opponent own half the map (lets say Langreska for example), which means you and OKW player owns 5 Strat points, you get 7F/min more compared to OKW. On Langreska in particular you 'll get 26F as Soviet (or US or Wehrmacht) and 19F as OKW. Now if you do the calculation 2/3*26 isn't equal to 19 but 17.3.

So, no its not -33%!!!

I won't even mention that OKW have no infantry upgrades that require fuel...

But you're still wrong about this "being able to field a Panther for a net cost of 255F". Very wrong.


So add the -% to the fact that OKW always has a map-control deficit while soviets are drowning in fuel. Check plenty of casts and replays and you'll see that almost every time soviet map control is 60%+

Soviets are currently overpowered. Their base army is balanced but they have a lot of overpowered commanders and call-in units.

Guards slightly over perform.

Shock troopers don't require you to do any creative flanking as with panzergrenadiers and these squads are too powerful in general. You can just bum-rush squad in green cover, even panzergrenadiers/sturmpioniers, and force them to retreat. A grenadier squad or volksgrenadier squad in green cover can be forced to retreat without even killing a shock trooper model in the process. Combine shock troopers with For Mother Russia and there is nothing your opponent can do except just mass retreat and stay in his base for a minute.

Stalling for call-ins is too easy and too rewarding. This puts a very large risk on getting light vehicles as axis because you are going to need all the fuel you can get to counter the extremely potent T34/85s and IS-2s. (this problem of course also exist for Wehrmacht mechanized assault)

PTRS conscripts are extremely broken. You can just blob these units and win. They can't be countered by HMGs, light vehicles can only be used against them if you are Jesulin, and they will wreck AT guns/mortars/leIGs in 1 burst if you have 3~4 PTRS conscript squads. Utterly ridiculous.

Demo charges need to be removed from the soviets. There used to be a time where you needed them to even out the score against superior german infantry, but this time has long gone. Soviets no longer need this crutch; especially with everybody using the powerful soviet commanders 99.99% of the time.

This.

Other players such as Budwise (CoH1 legend with a deep understanding of what makes RTS fun) have said the same.

Demos - The reward for preserving your units is a huge part of what makes CoH fun. The ability of the soviets to nullify this is saddening. No army needs demo charges that can be manually operated.


Shock Troopers - ditto what Aerohank said. I wouldn't want them out of the game but I think they need a change. 6-man armoured unit with no fuel tech is not good. Maybe a 90-muni upgrade for the armour? Or less armour? Their firepower is fine but their ability to get in close without needing to maneuver cleverly isn't.


Soviet call-in meta - It's saddening to see so many casts where a soviet player holds out with 8 conscripts two maxims and 2 AT guns for 30 minutes until IS-2 spam. On the other hand, soviet stock tanks are boring. It's not fun to play with t34s and su85s. I think they need a heavy stock tank.


I haven't played in half a year because of the reasons above. Mostly what I dislike about soviets is the blobbability and starcraftery. I hope Relic makes a change to eliminate this mindless style.

Am I reading that the JT gets wall hacks for 30 seconds and that it now has a Barrage shot like the SU76? Please tell me that I am reading this incorrectly.

It's correct, now everyone will get 4-5 Jagdtigers every game, Axis OP as always!

Yeah, let's get some Jagd HE, see what ISU lovers say about it. I'm guessing "Ugh, it can kill tanks AND inf, it's disgusting, poor Sovs have nothing like this!"


But really I think it should be given more speed, less shocks, lower fuel, less armour.

350 eq. fuel is way too much when all it has is a slightly longer range and a big punch.