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This is a film made by the United States Armed Forces in 1943 about the eastern front.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvsintGi5JA

It is somewhat bias as all films are in 1943, but it does a pretty good summarizing what happened in the first two years on the eastern front and why the Germans lost.

I have had this issue with the camo ability. I have assumed it was glitched and haven't used it since.

The problem with soviets currently is that con spam is the only effective build they can do at the highest level. This is countered by ostruppen tech builds (haven't played any since the patch but they where last patch) and assgrens; as well as just good German play.

At the end of the day con spam is completely one dimensional and you pretty much know what is coming and it is just a race to see who gets tanks first. soviets can mix in a doctrinal unit like guards, shocks, 120mm instead of getting a 5th squad, but really getting anything out of your buildings before hitting t3 make any sense compared to the above options because it is likely to be countered as soon as it hits the field, and even if it isn't countered. Rarely does it have much more impact then adding another con squad or geting a doctianl unit instead.

Make it so Germans and soviets don't both basically hit the same timing if they go four units tech or make it easier to get tech buildings (T1 and T2) before 4 cons for soviets and soviets will be fine.

Yeah I think this is the worst part of playing soviet. The game only gets interesting after the first 3 or so minutes when you choose t1 or t2. It's not a balance concern for me as much as one of entertainment.

Making t1 or t2 come sooner will introduce balance issues which will need to be corrected, but overall I think the game will be better for it.

Other than that I don't really have any issues with going soviet.

@OP you would have saved a lot of confusion if you didn't talk about late game units in your post.

Soviets have to specilize because important units lie in different buildings. You cant build all the buildings you have to select two, and they cost alot and take a very long time to build, which doenst make sense.

Well that might be a legitimate concern. 90 fuel in a 1v1 isn't just something you can get from nowhere.

Maybe you are supposed to use doctrine units for versatility?

Consider the way the soviet tech tree works.

You basically have a choice T1 or T2 and later your choose T3 or T4. If the Germans want a panther they have to walk their way through their tech tree T1 -> T2 -> T3 -> T4 -> Panther.

This makes Germans arguably less diverse since they can't get what they want without first going through the tiers. If I want a panther, I have to get T3 first etc.

(Hiigarians vs Vayger anyone? I prefer the Hiigarian tech tree style)

Sure soviets have to build 2-3 conscripts every game which is sort of boring I'll give you that, but that's only the first 2 minutes of the game. The first two minutes of most rts games are sort of boring.


As far as the German T1 combined arms argument, that's how it was in COH1. You had an extremely versatile unit (Riflemen) vs the combined arms Wehrmacht T1 building. What was preferable is quite debatable, since riflemen could be used throughout the entire game since they were that versatile.

Ok now for some tit for tat ranting:

Zis has the option to bombard positions. (I think the ability costs a little too much but it's there and it's useful) The German AT gun can only do one thing.

Penal battalions with flamethrower don't lose to panzer grenadiers dammit.

Snipers are pretty good since the rate of fire change and German players still complain about them.

MG42: (instapins infantry out of cover, forcing them to retreat same price as grens and can only be tackled with flanks)

That sounds so bias. MG42s have been nerfed like crazy.

M3s suck now I'll give you that. Who ever uses an M5?

I just have to say recently I have really grown to like the SU-76. It kills mg42s in buildings like nothing else. It also is good against t2 vehicles and AT guns. Not a lot of people use it which is a shame.