Profile of rumartinez89

i have not seen this doctrine around at all in the last ~60 days

why is basically nobody using it? did the partisan rework really kill it

I think it has more to do with better options being available. For me, the two strongest abilities are radio intercept and mark target. For Radio Intercept, there are other commanders that all seem to be better top to bottom. Advance warfare gives you T3485 along with PPSH and loiter, infantry repair is ok but your army is mostly cons anyways so it has use. Armored Assault gets you T3485/IS2/Repairs/Loiter which is all useful but lategame focused while NKVD gets you AT Overwatch/Commissar/Scorched Earth. In 1v1, NKVD is quite powerful as the commissar synergizes well with T1 start and AT overwatch is godly.

Looking at Mark Target, the other two commanders that get it have Guards which synergize well along with a tank upgrade. Guard Motor top to bottom is better in everyway while Mechanized Support can be difficult to counter in team games.

Looking at the rest of the commander, the abilities seem to be lacking. Partisans feel like slightly better cons to start but quickly fall off as their VET is fairly bad. IF you want an infiltration squad, Airborne Guards are in two significantly better commanders. Airborne get PPSH for free while also having 6th man/significantly better VET and only have to wait one more command point. SPY Network is nice but got nerfed to only help the USER not the team so anything with some type of recon is better for the team in team games. Finally, Anti-Tank Gun ambush is extremely meh for a command point in such a weak commander. Maybe if it had been swapped out for Tank-Hunter Ambush it could have lead some strong synergy with the other abilities.

Certain units (like obers and Airborne Guards) can fire LMG while moving in some cases they even use a "different" weapon profile.

Should have been a bit clearer, I know they can walk on the move. I feel like I have seen the specific LMG models shoot despite going the other direction. Like a 360 degree cone of fire.

Bro, I think you could have closed left side of map out in the first 7-8 minutes. I watched with fog of war on to get a sense of what your battlefield knowledge was but I do get some spectator info so some info might be a bit harsh.

I like/love the double MG/double pio opening it worked fairly well especially on that side of the map. If USF has to make a mortar even better as you can have an infantry advantage. The issue that arises is your lack of commitment, your LV into flamer was a great choice was expecting a great push.
But you hid behind the fences driving back and forth, I think you were attempting to attack ground or scared of a snare? Either way you should have burst thru that fence like the Kool-aid man and handed out flames to everyone. You need to get as much ROI as possible since both sides have guaranteed fuel shortening your LV window.
The situation was multiple Paths and 1 Rifle man a few MGs at best. Take the snare if it comes and reverse your way behind buildings to protect yourself from MG. Repair and push again. They were not going to be able to kill it as it would take what 3-4 snares or AT rounds which would necessitate a reload allowing you to get away. So at WORST you take a snare and back up to safety, at best you catch the Allied Player who only had Paths and you force a mass retreat allowing you and teammate to push further up.
For this map I am not 100% double flames would have been better as a AAHT could have really messed you up as pathfinding multiple LV between building can lead to rage inducing moments.
Back to your STRAT, you took way to long to build PG, you need to pop them out as fast as possible as maintaining pressure is paramount while getting as much VET early for your PG is needed. PGs with Vet1 alongside flamers would have bullied what was around while giving USF players pause due to the possibility of Shreks to counter LV.
I think you did a great job placing schu mines, keep it up as it is really unexpected for most players.
As an allied main, you going for a Panther was a win. Your panther ain't doing shit to anything but tanks. If you find yourself in a similar situation again try going for Brumbar first, maybe even 2. Lack of snares allow you to be a bit aggressive with targeting and a bit forgiving if you are out of position you just need to use the reverse button more. I think with how much they were blobbing you wouldn't need to hold fire and just try to get to VET2 as fast as possible. Also due to low USF armor Brum can fight back meaning USF has to worry about possible snare if you do make grens.
The other reason I say to go for Brums is werfers can be quite inconsistent on this map on both sides. On the city side if you are to close to a building your gonna hit it like you did in the game while your targets can hug close to a building and protect themselves from you. Its can be even worse on the forest side as the trees are indestructible.
Lastly, why didn't you upgrade MG on your Panthers? Only one of your teammates had AA, so give him a bit of help while also boosting your AI.

Damn.. I didn't even think of that. Yeah that would've been pretty cool, wouldn't it've?

Advanced Warfare, Soviet Reserve, Conscript Support could all benefit from Soviets receiving full PPSH upgrade as they would serve as the elites for the doctrines while having fairly exploitable weakness. PPSH upgrade could have been used to unlock Oorah or not depending on balance testing.

The Player would have choice between cons which would be significantly weaker but with AT nade and easier on MP or slower stronger Penal start with power spike to try and get early wipes to keep pressure up as the PPSH will fall off as Axis get more Vet. Mixing would always work well as cons could Merge into PPSH Penals to keep pressure up and obviously Soviet Reserve would allow T2 skip. Both Soviet Reserve and Conscript Support have rapid conscription so planned hard pushes could net a conscript squad to replace lost PPSH Cons/Penals into 7 man Cons.

At CP2 PPSH Penals also compare extremely favorably to the other Soviet elite SMG squads as 1 Penal can be expected to be at Vet2 or extremely close at that point. They will deal more damage and have better survivability compared to Shocks, Airborne and AssGuards. Obviously once they start to vet they will outclass Penals in specific areas but Penals will deal the highest damage consistently due to Vet3.

Shocks have durability and smoke, Airborne have cloak/first strike/smoke, AssG have assault nade/mixed model DPS.

The other advantage Penals would have is more squads, as most know when you see an elite squad be it Obers/Shocks/Rangers they will get focused down. With 3-4 squads of Penals this will be hard to do so it would allow for some interesting matchups. I have had some success using Airborne tactics but the weapon drop telegraphs commander choice and severely limits how fast I can deploy my strat.

Imo penals should not have lost sprint. Just removed the flamer and went from there. Sprint is the stock staple for soviets. Imo a shame they lost it.

Penals dont have a nade that actualy works vs anything but buildings so they wont get easy wipes with sprint and good nades.

The insane stopping power of the mg42 and 34 can handely counteract sprint if properly placed. And sprint was vet locked for them.

Yea, its a shame since Penals with PPSH+Sprint could have been an interesting option as they get a lot unlocked at Vet2. I think a good compromise would have been locking out sprint if AT upgrade was unlocked as they can engine crit everything short of a Heavy tank.