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i did... the maxim at that era had higher suppression than it had now but that wasnt what made it broken.... it was its low cost of 240mp and its 1.5s setup time....

and it has been buffed in a number of other ways:

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In my last game alone the 2 maxims I used had 1194% efficiency vs double leig. (2vs2).

uhh yes and no... 3x ppsh is pretty terrible as an upgrade in contrast to what all the other factions get on the get go... PPSH conscripts were meta but only against ostheer where the PPSH excels due to oorah + ppsh + hit the dirt + ostheers lack of short ranged firepower besides the panzergrenadier allowed them to circumvent the normally superior LMG42... against OKW PPSH conscripts were and still are completely useless... soo really PPSH conscripts were never really that good to begin with

They where and they used allot. They have simply been powered creeped by SVT/7 men. If played the game at the time they patched you would had noticed. I suggest we try to keep general balance out of this thread and if in your opinion ppsh are UP start separate thread about it.

It really isnt considering the awful suppression of the maxim...

I like opinion backed up by facts.

The suggested value is around 154% increase and given the other changes maxim had it will probably end up being superior to what it was before it was nerfed.

It's not powercreep, it's just not good value and comes later compared to CQC options of similar strength of other factions.

PPsh conscripts dominated the meta after they where patched, that mean they have been power creeped. SVT currently is far superior the PPsh for instance.

An M3 at this timing would be useless. You can upgrade the M5 with the Quad so it can grind stuff at long range, you don't want to be doing drive-bys at 3 CP (the 7 to 8 minute mark).

Maybe if you reduced it to 2 CP and replaced the M5 with USF Mechanized's Assault M3, I don't see a need for it though.

That is the m3 I was talking about the one that can drop medic kits or it could even be a difrent type of M3A3 with different abilities.

While I agree IL-2 bombing strike should be replaced as well, vehicle detection is the most useless ability I can think of in the Soviet ability roster. If Vehicle Detection is kept, it should be an ability available to every infantry squad individually and only cost 15 munitions to activate like on PTRS Conscripts and AT-Rifle Sections (cost should be lowered on Schreck Storms as well).

All faction need weak abilities do combine with strong abilities and keep the average power of commander at about the same level.

Your suggestion about VD could work and I had suggested a similar thing.

Anyway, a supply truck really wouldn't be that strong outside of 1v1, because resources aren't shared. An exception maybe maps with a very safe fuel, which aren't common.

Allowing extra fuel for a commander with ISU/Elefant/JT is not a very good idea.

B-4 is AT themed, or it wouldn't do 640 damage (or 480 + stun as I suggested). I can find you plenty of compilations of B-4's killing vehicles.

If B-4 was only AT I would say yes. It also AI and anti structure so I say no. That is also way the AT bombing needs some tweaks.

Tank hunter commander is currently one of the most efficient commander in taking out OKW truck and B4 would only make it more efficient.

This sounds contradictory: reducing the number of common abilities, while increasing the number of rare abilities. You'd have to design a lot of new abilities if you want to accomplish that.

I tried to keep it reasonably simple with 1 ability swap max and creating new abilities only if the assets already exist (ZiS supply truck and smoke drop would be reasonably easy to add).

A unit as powerful as Shock troops could be the selling point of a commander but why get a commander that only has Shock troops when you can a commander with shock troops and IS-2/KV-2/ISU-152?

Those supper heavies (for all factions) should be combined with weaker abilities so that the total power of commander be balanced out.

The Easy Eight is already kinda accurate on itself because of low scatter.

Consider the 76mm has 150 far penetration and 3.26 second reload at vet 3, while a vet 3 Easy Eight has 155 far penetration but 5.29 second reload, it scales kinda lackluster comparatively. 215 armor also isn't that impressive against AT guns anyway. The extra hp is nice though.

Instead of penetration replacing accuracy, it could instead get a +5 range bonus at vet 2 (not replacing anything). Easy Eight is good when it arrives, but once late game full pop highly vetted armies kick in, you'Il wish you went with something more reliable against armor.

The 76mm is simply OP because it has the veterancy bonuses designed for the T-34/76 and not designed for the a USF unit. (although the second reload bonus was changed to penetration)

It also has a superior pintle HMG. It the 76mm that need to brought inline with other Shermans.