The direction of the patch is correct, but I wonder how long this patch was in beta testing? I mean you cannot be serious about us posting feedback if you had it for lets say 3 months in beta, its not hidden balance facts, 80% of the community spotted it in 5 minutes of gameplay.
I mean ok pios kill cons at point blank, fine. But grens utterly decimate cons at all ranges.
I would understand if it worked gren> cons long range, grens=cons medium, grens<cons close range.
It would make sense, but right now even if it is just like I stated above. The maps are completely in favor of ostheer. Even if you are on spot with cons first, grens will just attack move and stay at maximum range and rape the poor commies. If I need 2 cons to beat 1 gren, why they cost the same? Makes no sense. Penals are viable against grens but paying 270 MP for a unit to beat a 240 is kinda strange. I thought Soviet should have the masses. But at the current state its the other way around. Combined arms is nice yes, but its really really hard to execute it as soviets at the moment.
Yestreday I went cons ->maxim ->cons->cons. I though I would fend of and hold some territory against the ostheer. Lol, nope. He had 5 grens (shoutout to Cata advertising the strat), just running to the maxim from all sides and completely ignoring the cons. Poor maxi couldn`t retreat =(
Lol yeah, i used to play this way pre-patch, very heavy T1, 6-7 Grens with weapon upgrades. Its insanely easy to win games with this now in ladder after the patch.