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I tried it extensively today and yeah it is very potent even though still random. I clicked the ability on a blob of infantry in a game today and it decided to shoot on other targets on the edge/outside the circle instead.

It´s 100% countered by a M5 HT though. If the recon plane gets shot down fast there aren´t any bombing runs following and your 250 munis are gone. Someone mentioned an uncounterable alpha-strike but I didn´t experience it like that at all.

In 2v2 it's not rare to see a double sniper build into guards for instance...
I think it's safe to assume after all these years that they don't know how to fix blobbing.

I never see that anymore and can´t remember anyone using this strat in AC 2v2 either. It´s not working whatsoever since the soviet sniper team was changed to a single model. I personally don´t use Soviet snipers vs Ost anymore in general because I don´t feel like it´s working against good players. You start to depend too much on your sniper to clear out MGs, grens in green cover etc. which makes it so easy to get counter sniped.

The patch got released yesterday evening (EU time). You need to give it at least 2-3 weeks before someone is able to tell you where OKW stands after the USF rework and the changed doctrines.

penals are overperforming earlygame imo... they should be nerfed slightly to allow cons play to become more common... with cons getting a mild buff...

if a faction is reliant on a very specific meta of doctrines in order to win then its fundamentally broken... okw and wehr even usf are not fundamentally gimped unless they choose a doctrine


actually no vet 3 penals are not better than vet 3 volks with STGs.... volk + stg is still superior... only guards can truly defeat the volks + stg at even veterancies



i am aware of this... but the problem is the penal really its simply soo good it means soviet meta strategies will be penal blitzkrieg with little variety... cons need small buffs and penals need small nerfs to fix this... with lategame infantry introduced to fix the lack of elite problem

I disagree with almost everything you said.

Penals are not OP early game because of a multitude of reasons. They are expensive and require a tech-building. They face T0 MG42s. They beat anything 1v1 but are constantly outnumbered. In fact Penal openings vs Ost don´t even work because you don´t have enough Penals to flank the MG42 while fighting Grenadiers at the same time. Then 222 and Flame HT come way before you can get a T70 and you are forced to get PTRS or Guards.

Against OKW Penal openings work because of the M3. If the M3 hits a mine or gets killed by Rak and/or infantry fire you are in a very very bad spot because any OKW LV will make your life hell a few minutes later and you wont have an AT gun.

Vet 3 Penals beat vet 3-5 Volks + STG. In a fair 1v1 infantry fight Penals are just better. Not sure why you think STG Volks beat Penals.

So yeah I think you got it all wrong. Early to mid game Axis infantry is way better because of MG support and cost then in late game Soviets are better because their units are individually better and it doesn´t matter anymore how much MP they cost to build or call in. Only exception are Obers which are hard to vet up and are 4 models when tanks and arty are already rampant.

Soviets already have a good late game.

Not sure what the problem is because unless an OKW player managed to vet up Obers and Falls without having them die I don´t see what Axis infantry is truly better in late game than Vet 3 Penals Guards and PPSH Cons (depending on map and doctrine obviously). And even then Obers and Falls are AI specialists while Guards and Cons aren´t. Once Obers and Falls are vetted up they become the strongest infantry unit in the game but then they are still only 4 models and face rocket arty and tanks. It´s very rare that you fight vs an OKW player that has more than 1 high vet Ober alive.

The only real issue is when someone spams Conscripts without picking a PPSH doctrine, then late-game can indeed become difficult because Cons can´t hold their own without Guard support or vetted Maxims.

Soviets also have SU85 as an cheap but very effective TD, recon mode T70, good rocket arty and on top of all of that doctrinal tools like ISU, IS2 or ML20. There really isn´t any problem with Soviet late-game.