Ever notice, though, that pro players never use Rangers or Paras?
I must have been dreaming when NOS Markov and freedom (the chinese top20 player) went Recon Support and dropped paratroopers against me. I must also have been dreaming when AshaGod said in another thread he always goes Recon Support vs Ost because the combat group is broken OP.
Denying early munitions points is your best bet. It also means no mines for a while, as well as probably no early sweeper until after the T70, so early tellers are your friend.
I hate having more than two Riflemen because they bleed your MP dry and are terrible later in the game and take up valuable pop and MP for better infantry units like Paratroopers or Rangers.
T2 has no business being over 15 fuel in cost. Soviets are finally playable without having to rely on soft AT call ins to mask how horrible T1 AT is. The Soviet faction isn’t getting murdered just so the Maxim can be better.