Profile of Turtle

Only 11 games as soviets kind of means you need to do the same and play Soviets.

There are the same commander and spam issues that Soviets face as well. The entire German army seems to suddenly been made of Tiger Aces crewed by terminators, for example.

Gren spam with LMGs has always been an issue.

That said, both sides need these problem commanders fixed.

Heh, we may need another beta leak.

Anyway, I agree that the MG42 needs tweaking, but any direct buff to its suppression ability would bring things dangerously close to the pre-nerf MG42 status, and that was grinding the game down, which was why it got hit with such a nerf bat.

The MG42 actually does suppress in one full burst, the real problem is that yellow cover negates a chunk of that, and the MG42's lone sight isn't enough to see units far away without a spotter. So conscripts will usually be able to oorah into range and throw a molotov.

The problem after that is if you increase the suppression such that the MG42 can suppress a conscript squad as it closes in with the random bits of yellow cover, that would increase the suppression to the point where it's effective in all situations, and insanely effective if properly supported.

Change is definitely going to come, it needs to come.

I don't see too much of a problem with an upgrade for demo, so long as the charges are made cheaper. I do think it's incredibly powerful and I'm not sure I like it being used as a sure fire, squad wiping, manual mine. That said, making it an upgrade wouldn't solve its effectiveness, it would just be another minor gate to people who use them extensively, and something that would make others never use them. Perhaps the change instead should be that demo, once activated, instead lights a fuse that gives both an audible queue that sounds like a fuse, and gives an on screen timer like a grenade. It'd give sweepers some time to disarm it, or time for units to run away. But, it makes it still effective against bridges and buildings where it should be since it takes time to cross bridges or get out of buildings.

Haven't read any of the other changes, although mostly I think it's a lot of wishful thinking for a giant change like this, when the devs are barely able to keep up with smaller changes. And a lot of people have suggested other changes just as sweeping and get shot down for the same reasons.

I don't object to sweeping changes in the early game to Pioneers and Combat Engineers. But, let's fix the problems we have now, let the meta stabilize, before a giant change.

Then we also need to acknowledge that CoH2 is still a different game, and so many times I see the changes with the most +1s are really just trying to turn it into CoH1 again even if some of the rationalizing sounds good. Having played CoH1 for a long time, I don't think it's always a good idea to relive the past too much.

Yeah, I think the scatter change, as others have said, are aimed squarely at things like the T-70. But it also happens to affect other infantry killers, like Soviet armor overall, and the Ostwind (albiet that has a much larger AoE).

Yep, just unlucky.

All cannons should be able to affect infantry. Every tank is a threat to infantry, the difference is that some tanks are less of a threat, but if you charge one head on with the expectation of not taking any losses it's a bit unreasonable.