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Jump back to quoted post24 Oct 2013, 04:34 AMNullist

The difference in suggestions in survival, amount to essentially the following:

At 2x40hp and 2x1 armor, Sov Sniper is effectively a Conscript model with 2x10% armor roll.
At 1x80hp and 1x1 armor, Ost Sniper is effectively a Conscript model with 1x10% armor roll.

Thats a net armor deficit on Ost side.

The Stealth accounts for the practical survival difference inherent in a 2man vs a 1man unit, in terms of micro required to keep them alive on the field. Ost micro relying more heavily on maintaining stealth, Sov on sufficient awareness to retreat the remaining man.

But at 80hp and 1 Armor, whereas hp net total is the same, it would suffer from a net deficit in armor, in comparison to the Sov teams total. Thats still 2xarmor roll for Sov at 10% , vs 1x armor roll for Ost at 10%, specifically vs small arms.

Meaning if you set an Ost and Sov Sniper team vs a theoretical firing squad, the Sov Sniper team will outsurvive the Ost one. Considering small arms survival is the issue of contention regarding what armor value to place, this would favor Sov vs small arms.

Its a fine balance, but I think it should favor the 1man unit, owing to the inherent riskiness of that.
Hence, 80hp 2 Armor Ost Sniper is the reasonable solution.

Also, Flare Mines, which havent yet sufficiently entered the meta, but I am sure they will, is something that needs to be accounted for in Sniper balance. It will flat out wipe the Ost Sniper for a ridiculously low cost, and readily spammable by the ubiquitous Cons that will have Vet even before a Sniper arrives on the field.