Profile of Jinseual

cept grens are better than cons in every way

i think it just seems that way because of the upgrades. the grenadier mg42 upgrade is much more powerful than the ppsh upgrades the conscripts have. even though it's twice the price, one grenadier squad with the upgrade can take on two conscript squads, and one conscript squad with ppsh will still be beaten by the grenadier squad. another problem is that grenadier mg42 upgrade can be bought very early while the soviet player have to get the specific doctrine for it and has to wait for two cps. this pretty much gives the germans a very heavy infantry advantage early game. perhaps relic should make ppshs come at one cp and make mg42 upgrades more expensive at 75 munitions. personally, i think it would be best if conscript to purchase ppshs without doctrines while the ppsh doctrine gets replaced with something else.

All though I agree with the OP that the teching cost for the soviet side seems rather expensive, I don't recommend giving the soviets a tech upgrading system similar to the germans. Simply because I think it would be boring if the two sides become to much alike.

IMO the changes should be made on the german side instead. Their building and teching cost is ridiculously cheap for the number of units it opens up.

This is all a design choice ofc and it has a blance of its own.

But there would be more of a cliff-hanger if the german side was also forced to make a strategic choice between T1 and T2 and couldn't just go both anyhow.

i don't know, i like the german tech system even though the vcoh german tech was superior. (t3 used to give just stugs, puma and nebelwerfers no tanks) but having a separate tank building for medium and heavy tanks is alright because heavy tanks did serve in their own battalions during WWII (although the panther is not a heavy tank)

i don't think this teching would ruin the asymmetry of the game. in company of heroes 2 the german t3 give you your anti infantry, your standard tank and assault gun. german t4 you get the same except they are a lot stronger and more expensive.

for the soviets however, in t3 you get your standard tanks the and t70, t34 and halftracks. while in t4 you get your support weapons; the tank destroyer, assault gun and mobile artillery.

one side is about progression the other is just about getting different kind of weapons, so there is still a good amount of asymmetry even with my proposed tech system it will just make using them together is much easier.

there were a lot of complaints about soviet techs on the forums, but recently people are getting more active about it how underpowered the soviets are. while some of it is true i'm going to talk about another problem instead which is about soviet teching.

the problem with soviet teching is how expensive the buildings are so it's only economical to only build two buildings one for infantry and one for tanks. the germans however has a straight progressed teching path in which they could have access to everything.

one way to fix this problem is have a tech upgrade like the germans. i think that 150 manpower and 50 fuel upgrade that gives you access to your tank buildings is a great idea!
in turn both buildings will cost 125 manpower and 30 fuel. this is a lot better than the 275 manpower and 90 fuel buildings we have right now. ( just so you know i decrease total fuel price on teching to compensate for time ) this way the player can economically go both t3 and t4, so he can have a well composed force just like the germans!

now i'm not entirely sure what to do with the first tiers i'm just brainstorming feel free to agree or disagree ( but please be constructive ) no tier 1 building the player has to tech to get his scout car, snipers and penals, and make tier 2 building cheaper. techning not required for t2.

i think t2 is a must since of all the good and important stuff you get from t2 i'm a bit skeptical about having a mg and soviet sniper combo though, because of how powerful the soviet sniper is, i just wish it would just get nerfed, but that's not going to happen because relic just want to stick with horrible unit designs for some reason.

if there are no upgrade slots available for the soviets in the hq than remove the anti tank nade and moltov upgrade, since the soviets shouldn't be forced to pay for them since the germans don't need to get them at all as they're equal to conscripts.

Aaand another person who wont answer a direct question.

Seems to be very difficult for some people these days.

Dunno. For me it was a necessary skill I learned in school.
Either you answered your test questions specifically and relevantly, using the proper syntax, Or you failed. Maybe that is no longer the case and kids just run around saying "no, im not gonna answer your question".

A) Where does Ost flexibility reside?
B) Where does Sov flexibility reside?

Seemed simple enough to me. But I guess not.

Dont answer then.
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it doesn't make a difference if he answers. you will just ignore it and repeat the same thing over and over again. is closing your ears another skill you learn from school?

the way how i want it to be is that soviets are supposed to win by brute force and numbers and the germans are supposed to win with combined arms.

but it doesn't seem like that in coh2 :/