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With how many nerfs have been given to the Soviet late game can we finally lower the cost of T4 for them? Knocking 10 fuel off the cost of the building would make it a lot easier for Soviets to get to their late game even though it’s been diminished a lot.

If the conscripts needs some sort of nerf then can we just bundle the Molotov and AT grenade into one package? It’s so awkward to get both and the Molotov is so bad for how much you have pay to get them. Bundling both could be a nice way to make conscripts a tiny bit better early on by being able to flush out garrisons while still getting the snare.

Also I still don’t understand to nerf to the SU-85 (and Jackson by extension). Why are we making Axis heavies even harder to deal with? Those things are already a nightmare in team games and making it so the Allied TDs have a harder time fighting back seems like a bad idea.

Buffing PTRS in general seems like it would kill the most birds with one stone. Whatever those buffs may be it would help penals, guards, and conscript ptrs units to better fight light vehicles. More damage and a faster firing time seem some of the most helpful. That critical shot stormjafwr suggested could also be worth looking into. Penals getting solid AT would be a big step for them being viable.

I still wonder what making the SU76 cheaper and more of a “AT for T1” would do. It could be something like the SU76 was only like 50 fuel but would only be able to handle light vehicles and maybe something like an Ostwind unless it was highly vetted. Nerf it as much as needed but the cheaper cost would be great to give T1 AT without back technically for ZiS.

What about the possibility of making T4 cheaper to get? Seeing as every unit there would be getting a nerf making it easier to tech into could make it less of an issue that the units are getting nerfed. It would help with a sticking point the Soviets have had for a long time.

Also I do like the idea of the T34 ram only being useable when low on health. Would be better than the vet 1 change imo. And alongside a possible T4 change it could be less of a rehabilitating nerf.

Since the SU85 and ISU are getting nerfed and the T34 ram is locked with vet now, what's the most viable way to fight an Elefant or other super heavy in team games? The standard answer is flanking but with how dense 4v4s get and how squishy T34s are (plus Panthers are getting buffed) that's often not viable, especially since when I use the Elefant I mine all of the flanking routes.

Easy just don’t play Soviets in team games. Seems to be the goal with a lot of these changes. But don’t worry because penals are slightly more effective now and that surely balances it all out. Even though penals still have no real AT or snare and lack any form late game scaling so they have to rely on other units from T3 and T4 to and pray it can lead to a win. Oh wait those all just got nerfed huh......

Combat Engineers, and Maxim - Nice changes to see. Although none of these changes are massive in their impact. Good QoL changes but they won't be significant in changing how the SU plays/preforms.

Zis-3 - A minor nerf that hurts to see. It may be more fair in general but as seen further down so many nerfs are gonna stack on top of each other and their just isn't enough compensation for the SU. I think changes like this would be fine if more impactful buffs came alongside it.

Special Rifle Command M3 Scout Car - So the M3 change is the smallest of these changes and is nice to see. The T1 building be built quicker also is a good buff as it lets a faster M3 come out and start harassing sooner. Although the impact of that is debatable since it really would only amplify it's power against okw and do little against ostheer.

Penals - Would put them with the above 2 but I think these changes need more focus. The changes to penals are solid buffs to the unit and make them better in general but they don't solve the issues penals (and T1 openings in general) have. The 2 main problems penals have is a lack of good AT and lacking late game. Without 1 those Penal buffs won't accomplish much in changing how T1 openings in general happen. Granted these buffs are nice to see and do make it easier to use penals but it isn't fixing core problems that they have. Something along the lines of letting the AT grenade be useable by both conscripts and penals would be fantastic buff. If that isn't possible something else to give penals an actual snare (sticky satchel doesn't count because of range). For the late game idk something like let them get a DP28 or maybe let them upgrade to SVTs? No matter what a buff needs to address 1 of those 2 issues as otherwise the buffs won't change much in terms of penals.

M5 Halftrack - If this has to happen then some other buff should really be given to this unit to compensate. This unit already struggles to find use since it's locked in tier 3 and making the AA much worse makes it even less appealing. The exact change? I'm not sure maybe this could get a cost reduction now or a faster build/upgrade time? It's very hard to justify this in place of the T70.Z

SU76 - These buffs seem fine overall. Although another small buff might help as it's in that grey area between bad and very good. I saw some suggestions was for a late vet penetration buff so maybe that could be worth trying out?

T70 - A deserved nerf for an overperforming unit. However with how hard the Soviets crutch on this unit as their midgame and any nerfs to that can have massive drawbacks. The change itself is fine but this needs to come alongside stuff to make up for it (and I don't think that has been accomplished)

T34 Ram - So this is both a massive nerf to the ability but also a warranted change. Ram is an ability that is either lackluster or broken depending on if you have a call in or not. It's fine to make this change but as with many changes for the soviets there needs to be a compensation. The T34 is a lackluster medium and even though it's the cheapest you also have to put more effort into supporting it since it never wins a tank v tank fight. Why not change the ram into something like combat blitz so the T34 could get the flank on stronger tanks? Maybe to big a change though. No matter what something should probably get a buff alongside this.

Katyusha and SU85 - These nerfs seem a bit unneeded. The panzerwerfer essentially gets the best parts of katy after the standardization while also having the slower but much harder hitting barrage. Meanwhile the SU85 nerfs is not needed in the slightest. This literally just makes it worse against Heavy TDs from the axis but those things are already tough to crack. This seems like it just nerfs the Soviets to have worse late game in larger team games and that is on top of the ISU nerfs.

ISU152 - Fine changes that were needed

Overall I think many of these changes do work but there is a sever lack of buffs that compensate the nerfs. As it is I think the nerfs would seriously weaken the Soviet Union which already has been struggling in the meta. I hope more buffs can be added on to various units to better match the nerfs that would happen.

BGHQ changes are good. Makes back teaching to medics much easier and BGHQ itself is easier to use. This has further ramifications I’ll talk about below. Right now this saves 45 munitions and around 100 manpower and 10 fuel.

Volksgrenadier change is fine. Slower sandbag building is a nerf to them but that should be fine.

Strumpioneer changes are good. Good QoL to them.

Flak Halftrack imo may not need this change. With the change to BGHQ there is a stronger spike in power level where you get an extra stg on a volks and end up saving 10 fuel and 100 manpower to go into schwerer faster than you normally would. Making it so the Halftrack still arrive on its current time while also just giving the OKW another upgrade and faster tech could be a problem where they just snowball into an unstoppable force.

IR Halftrack, Panzer II Luchs, Puma, and JLI are all fine changes. Only minor buffs/nerfs that shouldn’t cause any serious problems balance wise.

Stuka - Probably fine? I’ve heard various thoughts on this change but it probably is one in need of more testing since it changes so much for the unit.

Schwerer Panzer HQ - This is a massive and very problematic change that shouldn’t go through. The timings for the Ostwind and Hetzer are simply to ridiculous and currently it isn’t hard to just pump one out on like 13 min before any medium comes out and also a point where there is little that can stop them. The Ostwind and Hetzer do need better timing windows but making the come 40 fuel sooner is just way way to much. It would be much better to just apply some buffs to the units themselves. Imo leave the Ostwind and Hetzer behind Panzer Auth, go through with the BGHQ changes that saves fuel, and then buff the 2 units to improve their timing as needed. That could be anything from making them a tad cheaper in fuel to just making them a call in so they don’t have to wait through a build time. On the topic of obers you could leave them at this new timing but it is a pretty sizeable buff. It’s a good couple minutes faster where they have more time to tear up infantry and build vet so this needs to be considered very carefully.