Profile of FestiveLongJohns

I really, really like the patch. As others have stated, my losses this patch feel like more of a result of being outplayed rather than being cheated. The balance is the best it has been in a while, and overall the game is much, much more tactical and enjoyable to play. Serious props to relic on this one.

That being said I still have some major issues with some of the core mechanics of the game, namely one shot squad wipes.(152 is the biggest offender, but I have had a tiger wipe a 6 man conscript squad multiple times this patch) Soviet mines are also wiping squads more than before, which I find endlessly frustrating. I would much prefer the vcoh mine system of decent damage and an insta pin. This way they would still be an effective use of munitions without being completely counter intuitive to the whole squad preservation system. Its just too effective to be able to throw down a 30 munition mine and get a random squad wipe off of it. Aside from that, the list of issues with the game has been whittled down to a very short one, and its a good thing too, because with two whole new factions, we're bound to have some more hiccups. Relics has done a decent job to this point of getting balance in line though, so I have hope that everything goes smoothly with the release of the Americans and the OKW.

I posted a replay of 3 ISUs vs two Elefants. Lost one ISU. So much infantry death now, I really dislike the AI of tanks this patch. The ISU is bad, but actually everything wrecks infantry late...Why bother with a vetting system for infantry now, seriously...

I actually like that tanks are more lethal now, I would just prefer that tigers and is2s and 152s and even T34s didn't wipe squads in 1-2 shots. At the moment they seem just a tad bit too lethal. I think somewhere between this patch and the march 25th update would be my sweet spot for tank lethality v infantry.

Reinforcing cost is fine. Make sure you don't have two units selected at once, or the UI will combine the reinforcement cost of both units.

Edit, never mind I get what hes saying now

@ Puppetmaster, yes actually, blitz feels pretty weak atm and capping with tanks is actually useful in late game vp grinds.

Isu 152 should have a switch between HE rounds and High penetration rounds. And a timer for changing it.

It can't be an ANTI ALL unit.

I like this idea, at the moment the ISU seems a little bit too beastly at everything it does atm.