Profile of Kurobane

I miss when the popcap was way higher back when the game first came out. People were complaining of significant performance problems (due to cold tech and terrible optimization of the game engine especially when compared to COH 1 which had like double the FPS) So they removed ColdTech, nerfed population into the ground to make up for the poor game optimization at the time.

It never works for me. OK vs noobs but if the opponents are good the kv8 is just worthless. It is an anti-infantry tank, yet it loses to them???
Why does the kv8 have so little armor and HP>? Isnt it a kv1 with a flame thrower gun>?
Just weird. Seems not worth to be the 145 fuel.

Its a good tank but you need to use Mortars (or any smoke ability) to Smoke in/out of engagements to keep it alive. If you can get it to Vet 2/3 the movement speed bonuses start to kick in which make it shine as an ambush tank.

Airborne Troops Tactics

Airborne Rally Points
This points can become oppressive and promote blobbing.

Remove fuel cost. Restrict reinforcement usage for Guards Airbourne (GA) only.

Make the mini information a timed ability or replace with flare.

Move the GA vet 1 strafe to this building, they are not a command unit and should not have access to such an ability.

Players will Blob regardless if they have Rally Points or not. That is like saying OKW Forward HQ should be removed because it promotes blobbing. Now say for the sake of argument we did remove Reinforcement usage and only applied it for Airborne Guards. The Build would still have the Forward Retreat Point which means you could park a Half Track next to it to reinforce all units (Basically requiring 2 units like the Major/Ambulance) and wouldn't really change anything. You could also put the Retreat Point Near a British Forward HQ or Ambulance and achieve the same thing. Not really a good argument here. Its like you are calling for nerfs for the sake of nerfs. Keep in mind that when you look at a commander as a whole you have to look at the entire commander and how it balances out vs other Commanders. You want to create Viable player choices.

By adding nerfs like these you would be pushing people into picking limited set commanders where everyone picks the same thing rather than have real player choice. I use this commander occasionally simply for the Quality of Life the Rally Point Provides. If said Quality of Life is no longer available then I would hands down go ISU 152 or a Commander with Mark Target every game.

Let other factions steal or equip SVTs from Soviet Airborne.

I don't know if it's actually possible though, can non-Soviet units equip SVTs?

It is possible by editing .abp files to give each infantry squad the weapon animation. It would be nice if other factions could use it as well though on some units it would probably be a nerf.

Is it still vulnerable to small arms fire then? I'm fairly certain the Soviet retreat point requires explosives/AT guns to destroy.

Yes, still vulnerable to small arms fire.