I mean people said Brits were strong before tommies were nerfed and the faction fell apart.
Go watch the last tourney, especially the luvnest games and the spike with OKW map control before T70 rolls out. Then the after effect when it shuts down sidecapping.
It basically is the unit that carries the midgame around singlehandedly. There's no denying that and top casters even repeated this in their commentary.
Even if true crutch units are bad design that should be avoided. They destroy build variety and hide underlining issues. And that makes Relic buff other option thru the roof.
Quad fr instance is great vehicle and there are people taking about buffing because T-70 is better option. Well that would be a mistake.
If the power level of the T-70 is lowered and Soviet become UP other option can be buffed.