Profile of Enkidu

I think if they're going to do that they might as well as just use the current Osttruppen squad for 180-200 MP.

They basically would be the Osttruppen but at anything less than 240 mp, it would screw up the infantry balance. They would be meant as supplementary infantry for recrewing support teams. 200mp would make them too spamable imo.

even if every unit could build sandbags that wouldnt stop my mans going the other ways

I lol'd

Also, please no tank traps. The game really doesn't need more things screwing with vehicle pathing right now.

I just wanted to clarify that when I said I felt Mosin Nagants felt unimpressive, it had little to do with the early game gren vs cons match up. I completely agree that the early Mosin vs K98 battle was and is very balanced. My issue was that when you add, heavy and light Mg-42s into the mix, Mosins suddenly feel a lot crappier as they lose at all ranges and don't scale at all. A lot of this sentiment has been fixed with this patch as flanks are worth it on weapon crews but the scaling issue remains.

As Woof said, this is somewhat counter acted by the soviet's choice in doctrinal infantry, but even then, with merge giving conscript armor to the units merged, you're essentially paying a higher mp/upkeep (and in the case of guards, some muni) cost for parity in the infantry department. Again though, I'm not advocating an overall increase in conscript dps; I had only hoped that the accuracy values would be tweaked a bit in favor of cons having a higher (than the small difference it is now) close range dps to emphasize german support weapon reliance and long range superiority and to reward cons a bit more late game for continuing to play aggressively.

As it stands now, Cons feel a bit like Volks from CoH1 role wise, in that they have an effective early game range but as the game progresses they are relegated more to a support and capping role. The difference is that in CoH 1, volks synergized well with MGs in a long range and flank prevention role while cons in CoH 2 have abilities which require them to get close to use but weapons which don't scale well in that role as the dps on everything else goes up in mid game and beyond.

Again, I'm not crying for buffs to soviets as I love playing both factions and I love having a balanced game; I just wish that the close/far relationship between cons and grens had been tweaked a bit more.

The infantry jumping around thing feels better this patch but the vehicle pathing is still very frustrating. It often feels like vehicles try too hard to avoid objects and cratered terrain instead of just driving through it. Medium tanks are especially infuriating when they decide to try and turn a 180 and back through a gap in a hedge row instead of just smashing through it.

I definately enjoy the spring maps more. I don't mind the athstetic of the winter maps and the actual blizzard mechanic looks nifty but I don't at all enjoy the freezing soldiers, limited sight or heavy snow. The heavy snow is the worst offender to me as I find it strongly discourages agressive infantry play as you can be so harshly punished even on retreat.

I would say leave the blizzards for campaign mode and custom games but only do spring maps for auto matching unless you take out the heavy snow and blizzards.

P.s. I know you guys worked hard on that stuff and it's definately cool looking and ambient but it really ruins the gameplay (for me).