Stephenn, you are talking about a Hold fire button on Pak, yes?
Imo the combined cost, positioning and micro required to pull of an ambush as you suggest is disproportional to the cost, positioning and micro of a single T70.
I still endorse a faster first fire salvo from Shreks, as offset by a longer reload time.
This rewards Shreks for managing to get into range/ambush of especially a T70, keeps the same net result in more protracted engagements vs later heavier Sov tanks, and doesnt affect infantry combat.
With a shorter aim time, Shreks can play the same cat and mouse, hide and seek as the T70 can, by moving in and out of LoS while firing shots in return to the T70s potshots.
With a longer reload time they become increasingly vulnerable after the first salvo.
TLDR:It makes Shreks, at cost, able to respond to T70s, but doesnt skew the subsequent engagements vs more expensive armor.
Ive used your Pak+Shrek suggestion, but it relies very heavily on a 2 unit combo, positioning and exorbitant cost compared to what you are countering.
Reducing Shrek aim time and increasing reload makes sense not only for the T70 engagements, but overall. Faster initial salvo, slower followup. Meaning Sov has time to get out before the second one, but is more vulnerable to ambushes as everyone has stated and agreed is the sort of placement a Shrek design should support.
It's unfair to comapare the pak + shreks to a single t70 costwise. The goal for the ostheer player is to not lose them and keep them prevailing against more than a single t70. This is because a single t70 will not be able to do anthing vs this combo other than pick off unsupported units. As the game progresses the lack of armor on the t70 makes its flimsyness a larger micro concern for the soviet player
Yes it's easier to micro a t70 vs a pak and shreks than to catch it for the ost player. But in the game there's so many small goals that you have to achieve to win the game.It doesn't help the t70 guy that he's causing 2-300 mp worth of damage with his t70 if you are holding fuel and a vp is able to stall for the tier where your map control units come out (T3)
the potshot situation is a classic coh situation. it's what you do with more maneuvrable or better range units
Imo the combined cost, positioning and micro required to pull of an ambush as you suggest is disproportional to the cost, positioning and micro of a single T70.
While this is a subjective discussion that I can appreciate I am sure we can digup tons of scenarios where the shoe is on the other foot. For example: microing a su 85 w support vs a blitzkrieg p4. On one hand you have a very clunky su85 vs super speed p4