Profile of BeltFedWombat

Just to be clear: I'm playing Soviets too, at a 40 / 60 ratio to Wehr. Am doing well at 2 v 2 where the Germans *really* struggle against the sheer capping power of the Sovs.

I only made 2 x CE and 2 x scripts then transitioned into T2 for MGs and ZiS. My teammate went AC with flamer (just one). We were evenly matched and I felt the Ostheer players' pain.

My early ZiS (my sixth unit) totally pwned the early german infanty / mg rush - that bombard makes it a mortar. My guards units then fended off the AC / halfie breakout attempt - by this stage I'm now making 3 x Staghounds... oooops T34s and it's GG.

I think the Ost made one PIV which I cheesed with Ram, nades and my teammates 85.

Seriously, I'm playing both sides of the coin. Sovs are OP.

Edit: Dammit the only reason I care is because I love this fucking game! even when it's bad it's good!

^ That might be a good compromise. However, don't underestimate the 2 x mgs on the M3. For the basic unit cost you get two good anti-inf Mgs much better than the wehr ac

Still it continues: evenly matched opponents. It is very tough to counter the shock troop spam and, especially, SU76 armies. If the gun is nerfed I am surprised - I lost an entire gren squad to one blast. To be fair, my opponent went T2 - T4 with no clown car spam but it serves to illustrate the utility of all soviet units. Mortaring HMGs? Good luck, they are six men strong. My rifle nades and bundled nades do hardly any damage. My breakout unit, the flame h/t gets screwed by guards and nades.

The bombard abilities of the ZiS and SU-76, when all I have from T1-T3 is a fucking mortar is ridiculous. Sovs field effective indirect fire, my option is to take the sucky commander with the mortar h/t.

To add insult to injury, my mid-game doctrine unlocks are hardly game changers... oooh my troops can *run fast* when the other side is calling in flame tanks.

If you aren't playing 1 v 1 your views don't really apply to this conversation - I am having a mixed experience in bigger games which suggests that skill is coming into play more than balance, which I'm cool with.

Just played the Meatgrinder on 3 v 3.

I'm not bothering with MP anymore until it's fixed. Huge support weapon teams that can overlap fire, armoured car 'counters' made of cardboard, SU85s that can fire across half the map and SU76s with *better* armour than before. My armour, like the precious PIV it took all my resources to muster, gets an instant engine crit from a fucking *script* squad with AT grenades, then gets eviscerated by AT (if it had survived I guess a cheap-as-chips T34 would have crippled it anyway).

Meanwhile giant Sov doctrine-specific mortars provide off-map arty style dominance... my commander gave me G43s and the interrogate ability. LOL.

The bottom line is that every soviet unit has utility. They overlap beautifully into a combined arms typhoon. It's like the Wehr were designed as mooks to be harvested. PAK is rubbish, the MG setting up as it flees buildings bug is a fucking disgrace and the stuG is now like an undergunned puma but not as fast.

Rant over, but seriously I don't mind getting pwned by better players but this is just getting dull. Very average players camping with support weapon spam then zerg-rushing you with cheap armour.

* Sigh *

* shakes head *

Just saw the new 'balance' patch which nerfs the flammenwerfer H/T. The most potent non-armoured breakthrough unit. OTOH it buffs some more Soviet ones.

Are Relic playing the same game as us?

* shakes head *