I you want to help the soviet player winning against you, build Pgrens and give them Schrecks.
Your enemy will be gratefull for his new AT-Conscripts/Shocktroops.
Another thing regarding sniper balance no one really consider that much.
If you build 2 Soviet sniper teams and attack with both of them a single Grenadier squad it will cause the retreat as the second salvo will wipe the squad.
Now if you use this against Soviets and use double German snipers you will only kill the third of the squad meaning you will have to shoot once more to threaten with squad wipe. I guess it's kind of OK as German sniper shoots faster but in reality 2 Soviet sniper squads will force a retreat after single shoot which means less German infantry presence on the battlefield.
I wouldn't really mind this if I was able to counter them effectively but unfortunately that's not the case. Even in 1v1 at the time my scout car is out there will be Guard squad waiting to counter it.
Last game I had scout car parked literally in the face of Soviet sniper and sniper managed to run away to safety.
The other game I had 2 PzIV (!) and I am absolutely serious about it shooting at sniper squad (I right click it) and it managed to survive 3 shoots, lost 1 man and run away.
I'm really tired of this utter Sniper Soviet bullshit.
I don't fucking care about asymmetrical balance. Relic can take it and shove it. I couldn't care less. I want balanced game!
By the way:
I just found out that new American army will have Sniper team with 2 snipers and 2 observers in it.
4 men Sniper squad! Yey!
- P4..they are fine... i guess...
- Stug is ok....
- Ele plus ISU range reduction +1
- ISU AI capabilities... just insane...
- Soviet mines nerf - for sure...
- Poor Panther....
- Poor Pgrenadiers....
Panther, I can't even begin to tell how useless it is, something must be done, at list decrease its costs. It costs a fortune and it's sensitive like a flower. I want a war machine on the line, not a luxury automobile...
I lough at arguments like "PzGrenadiers shouldn't be used as assault troops". Why do they have ASSAULT AUTOMATIC rifles? Huh? More than this, why are soviets allowed to have crack assault troops like shocks in several doctrines and germans have not? Just AG in ONE doctrine....What am I supposed to do with germans, just duck and lie in a corner waiting for enemy to do a mistake so I can push him a little?
Panther is not useless. The cost of getting one is too high. T4 tech prise + Panther's cost makes easier to wait for Tiger call in than to build for PzV.
Or...just watch Hans/Ivan vs Ciez/OMGPOP replay and see what Ciez used to counter elefant, 5 ZIS GUNS. Did it success? Yes. How many squads wiped by ISU? (one ISU had 80 kills, the other 30, and the other didnt had enough time on the battlefield)
Can I have a link please? I would like to see this one.