Profile of Aerohank

thats because the germans are playable again. sorry to say this but there is alot of hate towards russia right now in the world.

Yeah that it the reason... people dont't want to play as russians because of puttin. So they will play as the Nazis..

LOL - thx for that man. i really needed a laugh...

i understand the game will take getting used to the new change. getting used to the new way of dealing with weapon profiles and cover.

BUT - with any patch some units get broken, while other become OP. i am mainly looking for what units are broken and which units are OP (or at least more powerful)

that way i can avoid OP (powerful) units i come across and try to utilize the best unit composition i can.

Well on a unit to unit basis:

Engineers: Nothing special, but where they used to have an edge over pioneers, they now have to run for them.

Conscripts: Will lose to grenadiers most of the time. They have a small DPS advantage at very close range, but a decent DPS disadvantage at long range. Add in rifle nades, LMG42s and cover size (can't fit 6 men behind many of the covers in this game) and you will consistently lose fire fights. PPSH41 are covered in my earlier post.

Penal troops: Now cheaper, and worse. If you think you can use these anti-infantry specialist against grenadiers in long range fire fights you can think again! These units are now just like conscripts, but with a larger DPS advantage at close range and a bigger disadvantage at long range. To make the most out of these units, close in on the german positions, lose half your men on the way, and then hit retreat. Repeat until you have taken enough damage to gain vet3.

Guards: These mighty 360mp soviet elite soldiers are the cream of the crop! Upgrade them with 100 ammo DP28s, charge them into a pioneer squad capping your fuel and watch how they all die! The guards that is, the pios will live with 2 or so models left. At least their grenades now have +10 holy damage, which insta wipes nazi units, because we all know guard nades needed to cause more squad wipes.

Shock troopers: Don't be fooled by the muzzelflash of their weapons and the sound of gunfire when they are at medium range of their enemies. This is all just intimidation. The shock troopers don't actually fire real bullets until they are close enough to invade the germans personal space.

PPSH41 spam is very map dependent. The old PPSH41 gave a good increase in short range dps, a small but noticable increase in DPS at medium range, and only cut into your dps at long range.

The new PPSH41 gives a lot more DPS at close range (<5m), gives only mediocrate extra DPS at 10m range, and completely screw your dps at range 15m and higer.

Unless you have a map where you can reliably close in on grenadiers without getting shot in the face by a LMG42, you are best to keep clear of spamming PPSH41s.

How can Soviet players complain about shocks not being effective but panzer grenadiers being overpowered? Boggles the mind.

Ass-Grens are a little too effective at the moment, but I can't use PGs at all in the current patch because of the manpower drain.

It's probably because shocks only do damage at 10m, and only do serious damage at 5m and below. Panzergrens still retain their high dps at longer ranges.

I believe it will. This issue should have been the first thing to correct in order to balance the game.
Obvoiusly, nobody cared about it, and now, paradoxically, the issue just aggravated.

Grenadiers are super strong now. This patch made charging in with infantry very dangerous, while at the same time made soviets only good at short range. Stick your LMG42 grens in some cover and they will only lose to snipers.

Edit: Heck, they don't even need cover. Last night I had a vet 2 LMG42 squad out in the open. They were charged by a vet1 full health shock trooper squad. By the time the shock troopers were in effective range (<5 meters lol), only 2 models were left and they were wiped out on retreat.