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Cons are a good snare unit i agree 100% on that.
But at nade cant be used on buildings, cons lack any sort of decent nade, ptrs,s scale a lot worse then shrecks. The at satchal has an extreme short range, to short for it to be a viable alt to the cons at nade, Tm35 mines dont one shot all lights. Zis and both su,s dont have a snare on them after vet.
Grens do not need to cooperate with other units to finish things off as much as cons do. Ost as a faction does that better then sov.
Grens dont build sandbags but build bunkers. Wich in turn can grant you healing reinforcing and a popcap free static mg. Its not free like the sandbag but you do get more out of it.
Merge is indeed powerfull esp at end tech with 7th man. No argument here.
The thing is about the cons gren balance is that grens need the support and cons are the support. Imo grens dont suck, volks penals sections and rifles all are to good right now.
You make it sound like playing soviets is an auto lose. Are you playing the same game? Soviets are very strong right now and 7 men cons are very strong. There is a reason many people favor playing soviets over Ostheer, it is because it is still a faction that allows you to make a million mistakes and come back. Ostheer is basically a one mistake is insta lose kind of faction. A lot more fun and frustrating at the same time too.