ha. good job on turning another thread into unrelated complaints about elite troops.
its only -65mp and all tanks got nerfed (yes, even german tanks). if youre losing all your t34s to a single panther, youre doing it wrong.
as for the original question, industry is still really strong when used properly. like elite troops, it didnt really get much of a nerf last patch. the only direct change was build times for buildings is no longer decreased. that has no effect on the timing of the first tank though, just the t1/t2 start. indirectly its a bit worse because of the new scatter changes, though with proper micro you can mitigate that. if you get a feel for the timing of tank reloads, you can stop them just before they shoot so they dont have a moving penalty. when you only have a few t34s, you can easily kite grens using thing and avoid the faust. once you get enough tanks it gets harder to micro, but you can just overwhelm the germans at that point.
it may not be great in 1v1, but it still really shines in team games where you can rely on teammates to make up for your lack of infantry
Mostly you're right.
But also is true that purchased vet2 Panthers are really hard to beat for a soviet T3 player.
Soviet Industry is still OP, but against a Elite Troop player you should try another commander.