Profile of Aerohank

Admits all the complaining about p2w commanders, I would like to take a moment to thank Relic for doing an excellent job on the Partisan Tactics commander. The Partisan Tactics commander has a clear theme of using espionage and sabotage to gain victory, rather than relying on the might of Soviet heavy armor and artillery. The strengths and weaknesses of the commander are very nicely balanced and the commander allows for some nice novel play styles.

Having said that, I feel the Partisans could use a little extra to enhance their role as saboteurs and behind-the-lines ambush units. Currently, after their initial deployment, they will soon join the main army, where they don't really have much of a role. Therefore, I have a few ideas to enhance their utility for their designed roles.

First, the partisans, masters of sabotage, lack the ability to place demo charges. I feel like the demo charge fits the partisans theme extremely well, and it's a bit of a shame that they have no access to them. Second, partisans knew the lay of the land, and would know which places were best suited for ambushing unsuspecting German units from good hiding spots. This is already represented in-game by the deployment mechanism, but I feel this theme could be enhanced by giving the partisans the ability to use ambush camouflage. These abilities could either be given for free from the get-go, be unlocked via veterancy, or be bought with munitions upgrades.

What are your thoughts for these ideas?

There's also the scenario where a lucky mine or demo or ability sinks the tiger
Rammed in the butt and loses main gun
Lost on a bridge
Gets critical engine damage

And then game was lost on that 1 click on the ace

Not only for 1 player
but for all of them

There is no all of them in 1v1, just one player vs another player.

Bridge kills and ice should be ignored when discussing balance issues. Half the maps don't even have ice and the 1v1 pool has 1 map with a bridge.

Getting a rear ram on the tiger ace can disable it sure, it requires a large bit of luck an tactical skill, but it can happen. You are however still faced with the rest of the German army and you are now 1 tank short. Remember this is not like a normal tiger, who have less supporting units because it's expensive. This tiger ace is free so for nearly every T34 on the field there is a PIV or a stugIII aswell.

A heavy damage crit has about a 2% chance of happening with an AT nade if you factor in penetration. Mines have a bit more chance but require your opponent to make the noobish mistake of not getting mine sweepers when they call in the tiger ace. And still, even if you get so lucky, it still only buys you a few minutes, maybe enough for 1 other tank; not enough to counter the tiger ace and the army behind it.

The Partisan commander seems balanced at least.

Quick question, what does the munitions upgrade for the partisans do exactly?

The tiger ace breaks 1v1. If a player wants to call in a heavy tank like a IS-2, Tiger, Elephant or ISU-152, he will need to save up resources. This means that his opponent can outnumber him with tanks before the heavy tank hits the field. In an even match, this will result in the player saving for the heavy tank getting pushed back a little into a defensive position. Depending on how well the opponent uses his armored advantage prior to the arrival of the heavy tank, he can then either deal with it or take heavy losses from the heavy tank.

The tiger ace is different. A game can be perfectly even, with both players having roughly the same infantry and tank count, and then suddenly a free (super) heavy tank hits the field for one player. The only way to deal with this tank is by having superior numbers, but that does not apply here because there is no magical way for Soviets (bar 1 p2w soviet commander) to outnumber the Germans in an even match.