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I have a few suggestions about the t34 that I haven't seen mentioned yet. These are mostly to entertain the thought so please don't crucify me on it. =)

So there are two suggestions I have that might help solve the issues of the t34. It being that it's a subpar medium in t4 that arrives somewhat too late and loses relevance in the late game apart from ram+call-in combo.

first suggestion:

-split up t4, make the building cheaper but lock su85/kat/doctrinal behind a upgrade, so the t34 can get a small window to be on the field before the superior p4 (if both opponents have had equal fuel income). This would place it somewhere between t3 and t4. Similar to how okw truck's has been paced. Pricing of the t34/76 might need adjusting to prevent it being too spammable though.

- With the nerfing of the ram, maybe adding a timed and munition cost AP rounds ability that increases medium/near pen at vet 2 or 3 can be considered? can even have it force reload so it's not a clutch ability. Then it at least can somewhat compete in lategame with vet, staying relevant without being overbearing.

Second suggestion:
this is a more radical suggestion, how about exchanging the t34/76 for the t34/85 as the main t4 tank? I think this could help find a better place for the 76 to arrive as a call-in or doctrine tank, similar to the stug G.

It could give soviets a good late game without being as doctrine dependent and could remove overlap. Of course the downside to this is soviet would need alot of rebalancing when it comes to the t34/85 in relation to new doctrinal tank combinations.

It might also help with adjusting the su85 to be less overbearing against mediums.

This is a huge undertaking but I think it might be a viable way to restructure Soviets tank core to have more bite without relying entirely on tank doctrines.

Actually, you can't against single pass planes, they will ALWAYS deliver their payload and then they can be shot down.

Wonder if there is something that can be done with how ineffective aa is against bombing runs?

AA should be a deterrent to such abilities, yet it is entirely useless in this area.

On Conscripts versus Grenadiers in squad sizes, Grenadiers are also 30 per model while 7 men are 17 per model. 5 men Grens, if they had 0 boosts bleed to death.

Theoretically, if we put in a cover bonus, would people prefer offence over defense? And what bonus as Conscripts already get quite a bit of accuracy with veterancy.

A few suggestions:

A reload/fire rate bonus in cover.


To help their early game and give em more stable perfromance, scale back their vet and rather buff their core stats.

Add some performance boost to oorah! , not sure how this would work out, but could be worth looking into.

Conscripts
To improve the performance of Conscripts, while retaining their role as utility infantry that excel at shielding and supporting other units, we have added an upgrade to help them scale into the late game. The extra man and reduced reinforce cost will allow them to more effectively trade against opposing infantry while the veterancy bonus will help fresh Conscript squads gain veterancy.
- New squad upgrade available after the Mechanized Armor Kampaneya is deployed.
- Mobilized Reserves: Increases squad size by 1, reduces squad reinforce cost to 17 and increases veterancy gain by 20%. Takes up one weapon slot. Costs 50 munitions.

Conscript AT Grenade Package
- Fuel cost from 25 to 10.

I like this change thematically, but like many here I think it might not be sufficient for the lategame. I was wondering if it was possible to add a small accuracy buff to mid/near for cons? It would synergize with their design/role, and at least reward them more when getting into their ideal range and provide more substantial change along with the extra man lategame.

The problem I often find is that even if I get into ideal range with them, while they deal decent damage but is negated by their accuarcy being rather lackluster, so their performance is either a fantastic volley or, most of the time they do ok to subpar. This is not good enough when having to risk closing in or risk losing out in cover to cover. I feel their dps is too rng, especially when other factions mainlines deal quite stable long range dps by the endgame. You are simply not rewarded for using them well. Due to these problems Cons also has a hard time finishing off squads compared to their counterparts or penals. Im fine with cons doing less dps and have more staying power but their dps need to be more consistent. Having them being heavy rng makes them also alot harder to balance.

Of course I do see problems with this kind of buff in synergy with aura/com abilities like for mother russia, FHQ or weapon pickups. But I think solving the mainlines role takes priority and the abilities should be adjuested if they are too strong. Is it possible to give a squad a slight debuff upon picking up a weapon? I'm no modder so little knowledge on the limitations of the engine an such.

Maybe it would be best to add this into veterancy as so not to upsett the early game. Just a thought apart from giving them a dp or ppsh. I think trying to solve the problem without giving them a weapon complicates things alot more. But thought I'd try and chime in to the change already on the table.

Timing, not the CP timing, that's for the most part OK but the ability to instantly have the unit on the field, isn't.

Lost your croc,KT,Tiger,Stug,Puma etc etc etc and have the float? replace it instantly with no wait.

The biggest issue I have with this is how devastating it can be to players, you've just lost a tank, your remainder are limping away after killing your opponents heavy and medium tanks when all of a sudden, the heavy tank returns, full health and picks away at your remaining armour.

The quick fix solution I can think of is to have the call-ins on a timer rather than insta spawn, I would even go as far as to apply this to infantry also, it's already been discussed in-depth with infiltration units but I'm referring to all other off map call in infantry.

Timings should be different per squads/vehicles however with the more costly taking longer to spawn and the cheaper the faster, I would say mirror the cooldown and have that as the 'build' timer but iirc some cool down timers are fairly lengthy.

Thoughts?

What you also could do is make it so the cooldown of the call-in start when the tank dies. But both would work fine I think.