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I honestly have no idea, so I will try to say it jokingly.

RNGesus said "Fuck you Axis fanboy"

In the beta it was hilariously annoying because those crits happened for nearly every vehicle impact. You could easily lose a tank because you got a chain of Gunner Injured/Driver Insured/Crew Shocked over and over without being able to retaliate. It made tank battles extremely RNG based to an absurd degree, and was quickly removed from the game.

>in the beta
Well, it was long ago, and I guess nowadays all these could be implemented with different chances and % for them, like 10% for Crew Shocked if fired from the back/tracks or anything.
Just thinking out loud.

One could also merge the Partisans and then give them two upgrade options for AT or AI, but to be honest since all these changes - including my suggestion - would cause a lot of work I doubt that any of this will be implemented at the current stage. Maybe it's just the smarter approach to buff Partisans slightly until they become somewhat usable again.

That's exactly the problem with the modern state of CoH2 balance. It is good, but very shaky. Touch anything wrong and everything breaks. That's why we gotta do baby steps. Sad sometimes, because some of the ideas of the community are really good. Just too groundbreaking.

I once suggested to make them shit combat troops but super versatile. It was not specific to either the AT or AI version though.

The basic idea was to give them all kinds of abilities but make then bad at fighting (list below just suggestions, not everything at once but a selection that fits best):

elite camo, normal mines, flare mines, heavy mines, build wires, build normal sandbags, AT grenades, molotovs, smoke, oorah, demo charge, booby traps, satchel etc etc. Maybe even something like tracking that would enhance their sight temporarily for mun and the possibility to repair stuff at the reduced rate like Conscripts in some commanders. Higher decap/cap rate is possible as well.

Let's talk about each of these, to see if they could be actually useful in the role you proposed:
>Elite camo.
I know about normal camo, and just wonder how Elite one differs from a normal one.
>Normal mines.
Yeah seems about right.
>Flare mines.
Would make sense after a veterancy, since it overlaps with the idea of Tracking, and even so, there is already a map Track ability in the Partisan commander, so eh...
>Heavy mines.
No idea what you meant by that, but I say no, even if changed to a Demo charge, because Engies already have it.
>Build wires
I can't see why you would give them such an ability, because it makes no sense from a gameplay and historical perspectives.
>Normal sandbags.
Yeah, okay.
>AT Grenades.
Well, for an AT version only.
>Molotovs.
AI already have it.
>Smoke.
It would make sense for an AI version of the Partisans, with their PPSH and good DPS up close.
>Oorah!
It makes no sense, since Oorah! is for units that go into combat, like Conscripts. If you mean to give them this ability to close the gap faster, then just Sprint makes more sense.
>Booby traps.
I believe they already have it after a veterancy, no? Or I am being retarded?
>Satchels.
I think for AT versions only doe.
What I think is that your idea is good, it just has to make sure that both versions get different abilities, thus treatment, and more viability.
Like, both versions may have an increased decap/cap and mines, as well as Elite camo and sandbags, but an AI version may have:
Normal nades, Molotov, Sprint, Booby traps, Smoke, Flare mines.
an AT version may have:
Satchels, the Tracking you were talking about, and some sort of AT-only mines. Maybe even the repair you were talking about.

Just me thinking "out loud".
Also, any cost changes for them, or you think they would be still fine?

About upgrades:
I think, with the idea of bad survivability and fighting capability, they are supposed to somehow scale into the late game for being useful, so the upgrades shall improve their fighting capabilities with a little of survivability on top.
AI ones may have a 50Muni upgrade that takes away their slots, gives them the 5th man with a PPSH, and 2 STGs. Also will improve the damage of the PPSHs.
AT ones may have a 60Muni upgrade, which will not take their weapon slot, with adding a 5th man with a PTRS, and may give them the AT satchel instead of a normal AT nade. Veterancy doe will not decrease the cost of it.

Also, I think the 1st 2 veterancies for the Parties shall improve their survivability, too.
Like, for AI guys it's:
Vet 1-Ability to place Booby traps and survivability.
Vet 2-Ability to throw Satchels and survivability.
Vet 3-idk lol

Also idk about AT ones exactly.

I see why regular nade is on CD, but molotov that DOES REQUIRE UPGRADE BEFORE USE has no excuse starting on CD as well, especially since it does not crit kill for years now.

I think that's exactly what we need to begin with the Parties if they're ever getting changes.
Small steps's the way.