Profile of Imagelessbean

There are so many great posts in this thread. I think OP has hit on a number of issues but I also think other people have raised some excellent additional points. I wish Relic could go back to the drawing board and produce a new COH game now, although I think it too late.

For me the interesting thing I would add is that after just 1.5 years I am getting extremely tired of this game. I tend to play one game at a time and have found myself less and less interested in playing. I never had this feeling with COH1.

Relic please take note, you should identify what was good about COH1 and build that. Please do not take each individual problem on and create a solution by building a new unit (e.g., shreks should be purchased one at a time but should also not dominate tanks, also tank killing squads are too small. Relic solution: make volks 5 man, cheap, and buy a single expensive shrek).

While not as unbelievable now as it was before this unit still regularly one shots German infantry. While HE shells makes it vulnerable to tanks it still negates late game German infantry and their vet and is boring. The unit needs another way to address the problem.

For starters the drop rate is still way too low and the drops themselves are in no way reflected by the contribution of players.

The bolded words are so true. Why is Relic so stingy with war spoils? You cannot be stingy with low value items you have to be generous. You can be stingy if every drop is great.

The other problem you mention here is the hard part. I really like some of your suggestions, but I wonder if it would just be easier to give credits for damage, wins, and kills, and then just let the player "buy" the content they want.

I do not find this unit out of control. It rarely gets more than 30 kills in a game (which is saying something because of its high cost) and it requires a bit of skill to use well. If you are struggling with it in team games you can use Kats to bombard it since they have longer range.

The issue here is the extremely potent OKW late game which it synergizes with and makes it nearly impossible for the Allies to do anything. In this case the Stuka is the final nail in the coffin as it wipes vet and allows high vet blobs to roll over the new recruits.

Short: Stuka is not the problem, OKW late game in larger games is still crazy strong.

Gren spam is the best option. But keep in mind that it is a soft counter. If you cannot get a Scout car out before Guards go with the HT and reinforce on the field. He cannot snipe you as fast as you reinforce. Even if you bleed mp you can push the guards off who cannot. Then as the guards retreat push forward with a scout car. If he bugs out start to plant small s-mine patches on heavy cover he might want to use. Even if he can detect them it hugely increases his micro. I will say that good scout car use by the Soviet player can make gren spam no fun since he can contest at any point and damage you slowly. In 2v2's his ally can easily cover for his lack of AT and make this strategy a bear. Go to the mortar option below in that case.

Other option has already been mentioned, RNG mortars. Not a skill based approach and can work or fail depending on the roll of the dice, but can win the game in a single shot.

Don't rely on the Ost sniper. If there are two Soviet snipers odds are in his favor that he will get the shot off before you can recloak or escape. Also your sniper would either have to kill a full sniper squad or pick off 4(!) models to even come up even on the cost, both are unlikely. To top it off killing snipers with snipers does not get nearly as much vet as one would expect.

At the end of the day the Soviet sniper is no fun to play against, but until the faction is provided with more solid stock units it is hard to nerf them.