Thanks!
Next question, is this a good thing or bad? I am not a pro, so please explain (not only you Katitof). I am asking this because soviets would be the only faction who HAS to do this. Is this viable?
All the other faction can skip tiers!
But I like to respond
Anyway, opinions on this are mixed.
I believe its a HUGE plus as it opens soviets doors to new way of combined arms, allows fore light vehicle play and allows for use of more varied doctrines.
And while T34 is still piece of shit, you will not be able to outspam your opponents with it, making strength in numbers and if that won't work, you can transition into SU-85 without problems.
Current soviet teching is piece of shit, new one is a huge improvement and while you'll have to relearn soviets, the reliance on doctrines when it comes to armor have diminished now and you have much more choice for the doctrines that doesn't have "shock" or "guard" in the names.
I had a shitload of fun while playing with new possible soviet strats during alpha and I believe every non "forever a noob" player will see it as a HUGE improvement.