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Last replay is always saved as temp.rec if you don't specifically saved the file with another name.

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The most common way to play soviets nowadays on teamgames is using Conscripts. So basically you have either:

T1 route: 2 CE (flamer) into 2/3 Penals or mixing it up with Sniper/Clowncar. The problem with this is the finesse you need with either sniper or the short window of opportunity when using clowncar*. While you might have a slight edge early on combat wise if you fight 1on1 squads and while since you play teamgames you won't be lacking on capping power, it lacks the scaling and adaptability of T2. You will want a fast T70 100% of the time as you are saving some resources since you are skipping the conscript AT package and mollies. If your build timing and micro is not on point, i wouldn't recommend it.

*The windows is short. At 3:30 you generally get the muni and build time for a flamer. Generally an OKW player would had set up a truck by 5:00. While you can risk it against OH against lone squad, you will end up wasting most of the time repairing. Plus nowadays most go fast T2 with 222.


The builds you mention early lacks squads builds early on. I wouldn't recommend a maxim so early. So fixing it would be:

-4x Conscripts. Bread and butter nowadays. Then you transition into T2 with a Zis gun to hold till T3 is up and you can deploy a T70.

-3x Cons 2x CE with flamers.

In either case, if you don't feel confident in using T3, i guess you could go from that point onward with either a usage of doctrinal infantry (Guard/Shocks) or a heavier more defensive approach with maxims n mortars.

The soviets midgame is weak and relies on the power of the T70 AI to recover any ground lost by the enemies lights which are arriving quite faster.
If you can deal with them fine during the midgame and go for either a fast T34/Katyusha (if you don't fear a fast medium from them) go for it.


PD: spam sandbags.

Another one of those, "Great ideas i would like to have for CoH3". That combined with vetoes not been tied with number of maps in rotation.

As other have said, i think it's the perception of barraging to FoW plus paying specific attention that makes barrage look "bad".

Unless most things had been iron out, i think friendly fire is a mess across the board. From offmap to howitzers, rocket artillery, mortar and grenades.

I really dont understand why someone would prefer the il2 rocket strafe over the 4 50kg bombs..
Happened more than once now. Exact same scenario, T34 ram into Axis heavy, call in, different result.
The rocket strafe is way to unpredicatble, the angle makes the rockets miss by a milimetre. the 50kg bombs always have the same effect, the same hitbox, a better angle and have way more dps to both vehicles and surrounding infantry

it costs more, sure. but soviet lategame can afford it. especially since you only have to call it in once when done right

Because i think it takes more time for the plane to arrive and it's easier to dodge. In the vid you put up, the Ele took quite a long time to move and when it did it move towards the direction of the plane.

AT strafe is cheaper and harder to dodge.

The m20 used to be very opressive against OH becouse of smoke zook and the potentail to double down with stuart. Which made it very hard for ostheer to deal with becouse pak wasnt cutting it against it. Now that the zook is gone i feel like the build time is a little bit too long. It is not a bad unit but it certainly could come out like 10-20 sec faster. One needs to be carefull though since 20 sec can mean a lot in the early game.

The other solution is to buff its utility by making the armored skirts free so you can use the ammo on mines. Possibly even give a ammo discount to the mines with vet

This is probably the correct approach although i don't think it's gonna change much when 1v1 meta for OH is fast T2, mostly with doctrinal infantry.

I think the situation is kinda similar to what happen with the 251 FHT. It needed a munition drop on the upgrade and later utility buffs in order to see play again.