This argument is the worst I read from you.
Back in COH1, US need to forgone Rifles to get early super sniper, did USA sniper be better than the wehr one?
Did US MG better than MG42?
Early tech path should mean nothing to unit design.
Sniper is a very special unit in COH and should not be that different. Now it comes out survival of Soviet sniper is much better, with some ridiculous running ability even more help in their survival chance. It also destroy the good old counter-sniping art of the old game.
How about this? Soviet sniper squad can no longer be reinforce?
Well, the soviet T1 building costs a lot more and doesn't offer the same breath of unit options that the German t1 building offers. Also, the Soviet sniper is only a bit better overall, it's not that big of a deal. The German sniper cloaks much faster.
The main problem right now is that the German sniper is bugged and doesn't auto fire 100% of the time.