Profile of KingAnj

Just get a Panzer IV. How hard can it be to play Germans right now? I've got a ~10 win streak with them since last patch, half of which games I played drunk.

Get a Panzer and neither of them is OP anymore

DING DING DING! we have some winners!

Why did we need a new topic for a tank who loses half-life & 100% engine damage to a panzerfaust, two shotted by a p4, two shotted by an ostwind, 2 shotted by a stug, 2 shotted by pgrens-shrecks and 2 (4 cause it dodges) shotted by a pak? (TO NAME A FEW)

Why did we need a new topic for a 4CP, unrealiable (for the time you need the tank vs. CP exp), SUPER NICHE, tank that costs 135 fuel?

IMO, T70 is the only 'sure thing' russians have against early mg42s & early pgrens.

The best counter to KV8/Shocktroop doctrines are to force him to get guards vs T2 vehicles.

Early to midgame the best counter is G43 (moving towards the sniper for a countersnipe), mortar halftrack incendiary artillery, MG bunkers (soviet T1 are weak against bunkers), rifle grenade, camo ambush, 2-3 SCs and/or flameht.

Learning to counter suppported snipers does require some training but it's not OP. Need more training myself but once you know how to counter it you wont fear snipers anymore.

+1, This is a great tactic. The more i play Soviets, the more i actually dislike guards (even though i know they are probably the best unit soviets have). The problem with Shocktroops are they are anti-inf, ONLY; while guards are anti-inf AND anti-light vechicles (and small dmg to tanks).

G43s to count snipe sniper are awesome as soviets' current meta game doesn't include suppression (rarely do you see maxiums or M3+Quad cannon [yes, that suppresses]), so you can run in your grens with little to no risk; as well as G43s do big dmg to conscripts(especially retreating). In addtion, the more i play soviets, the more i realize how important snipers are.

grens get an upgrade. would actually be cool if the conscripts could pop an equally big LMG (temporary) for munis after oorahing.

i have lost with a engi + conscript vs a single gren, so yes, about 0 damage.

I like this idea...I know this would change two doctrines COMPLETELY but, it would be cool if :

-LMG = unlocks after Battlephase 1 upgrade (lower muni cost to ~20-45).
-PPSH-Conscript upgrade= Global (not doctrine)/ unlocks after T1 or T2 building built for ~30-60 Muni.

This will make conscripts still be able to use 'Ooorah' as intended and give them an edge against MG squads/ benefit for flanking w/muni cost.
This will delay Gren LMG spam during early game and stop ~5min 'totaldominationpushback' during T1 fights.

Or, i suppose to make it an easier fix; make PPSH's avavible at 1CP (but that would make 'Hit the dirt' or something equal become 2cp, as to not have 1cp-guards,ppsh,HTD in the 1 doctrine)

I have run into this problem as well and realized that going West/left hand side, is your ONLY option to save your economy.

However, now your enemy is forcing you over there.

I've tried using 120mm mortars but that 1CP takes too long to get and you usually lose by then. I do have a replay against IronRoman where he built BUNKERS, and i try to build 2 120mm mortars. I got frustrated by the fact that i lost based on me NOT going T1 and i felt i needed to 'watch the middle' and 'not let bunkers be built', since he wasn't getting mg42 squads. I guess PENAL SQUADS(GASP!) would have been a good bet against BUNKERS for satchel charges.

I do feel T1 is the way to push them off but, you NEED to be fast on your T2 to stop the Ostwind and/or p4; as he'll have 1 (most likely 2) fuel guaranteed. So, getting the flamethrower+m3 & a Sniper as quick as you can, with 3x conscripts trying to slow him down with molotov is, IMO, your best bet.

I have tried to 'Ignore the middle' but that loses quickly because as soon as you retreat a squad, they run right in front of 2 MG42s stare-ing at your cut-off and mow down your <4manretreating squad.

Here is one of my last three games, this keeps happening to me. Sure, i lost some conscripts; sure my T-34s could have been micro'ed better; sure, i could have T-34"ram-ed" at times, but with nerf to penetration, it's not a sure-thing; sure i could have done _____. I felt i controlled/cut-offed the map well. I felt my at position was clear on my screen and i felt i won the game at the half-way mark (cause i did). I killed just as many, if not more FULL Squads than him.

I felt that i out-played my opponent 2:1 and i still lose because T3 soviets cannot compete vs P4 & pgrens.

Also this game, i wish i had keyboard/actions fraps onto it. My At guns refused to fire and needed baby-sitting control, then if i make a miss-click, they unpack and die. Maybe you can count this loss/at stupidity (and my other 2 losses) as 'FERMA-BAD-LUCK-MVGAME'

Also, See how blitzkrieg is amazing.

Lastly, this replay is my evidence that there is no reason *NOT* to go T4 Right away and get SU-85.

Hope you enjoy this hour-long-depressing-game via the soviets point of view.
Tips are welcomed if you saw any glaring mistakes, THANKS! MVGame