Profile of Hirmetrium

So, T34/85 call-ins become a bulletin instead of a commander skill? Or the same with all super heavies?

That would likely go a long way in helping.

Thanks Seb, Legend.

Goddamnit, I'm not going to derail what has been a good thread.

Cannonade, I'm sure OZ can fight his own battles and doesn't need you to do it for him. Nor are you a moderator. Just because I play custom games and not ladder doesn't make my opinion any less valid.

OZ, I apologise for calling you a troll but you suggested all soviets are noobs (apart from yourself) and their shitty design is fine. But your responses are utter crap - you give me a one line "i know best" and then tell me how faction design sucks. You haven't even touched the Maxim comment or the ranged infantry comment.

Austerlitz, mortars smash MG's and are perhaps the best counter in the game at the moment. Don't know what your ranting about. Could replace a few words and make it about grenadier lmg42's instead.

DarthBong, I've not once suggested that Ost rely on a tiger doctrine. I think thats equally bad design.

A well designed commander should be viable in all game modes, not one. Not to mention, as is constantly quoted, the game is balanced around 1v1.

I stand by what I said - maxims are fine the way they are (if not weaker than they should be vs Ost) and ranged combat is too lethal and needs to be toned own. Elite rifles is a moot point - its pretty well balanced and its power hinges on the easy 8 more than the riflemen.

OZ I feel like your trolling soviet players.

Soviets cannot win any infantry fight with conscripts, unless they outnumber their opponent 2 to 1. That is why Maxim spam is preferred and it works.

Your demanding that soviets rely on doctrine units and abilities when... absolutely no other army does. What? Why? There is no reason for that to be the case. Conscripts are supposed to scale very well, like grenadiers and volks and rifles... and every other core infantry unit. So why do they not?

Guards and shocks are both highly specialised and expensive infantry. Guards use PTRS's and need a very expensive upgrade to compete. They lose any models and theres a huge chance they will drop a weapon they need desperately. Shock troops are... well, shock troops. They aren't core infantry for a fight, their designed to flank or charge a positions with grenades.

Have you seen how powerful the grenadier blob from OH is at the moment? It's ridiculous. Thats why its a design issue they want feedback on.

I'm sick of this anti-soviet bullshit that prevales on these forums. You think they are so great? Play with them for a bit. And do it without a conscript buffing doctrine. It's not fun to play and makes half the doctrines useless.

I see no issue with reducing squad members to 4 and moving the HP etc to the reduced numbers. This will indirectly buff the OH sniper (making it far more attractive) and will stop the MG from getting unmanned so regularly (because the gunner dies so bloody often). It will also reduce the impact AOE has, and improve pathing. I see no reason for it not to happen.

I actually think that Stuart shot should be very good against rear armour - after all, it does have engine disable.