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But you forget that Soviets are investing munis, a lot of them. Those AT grenades and Petrol Bombs do have a munitions cost. It may be lower, but they are required to win most engagements, providing a more constant munitions drain.

It's not the same as paying for upgrades ahead of time, but the cost is there.

The situation is definitely more complex than X should win because, resources. But that goes both ways.

Edit: But, I do think Grens actually should win the long and mid range engagement cost for cost, both because it's intentional, and also because it makes for an interesting dynamic.

The problem comes about when that intended strength multiplies out of control due to other factors. The conscripts can get dropped incredibly fast from a long range in those situations, faster than the intended damage that conscripts should take going in.

That can lead to the overall complaint that we're seeing here, that conscripts aren't enough. And that's fine, but what happens when the support for conscripts also isn't enough.

It may be that conscripts don't need a buff, or an upgrade, but that support needs the upgrade, hence all the talk about Soviet tanks or AT. So that it becomes less of an issue if conscripts can outright win against grens when it can get some better support that tips the odds with proper micro.

It's situational. Going into the blizzard with the blizzard debuff and the mother russia debuff means any counter attack, even small, will push you back.

In fact, once people get experienced with the ability will tend to withdraw, giving up ground and trying to keep units health for an immediate counter-counter attack using vehicles.

Immediately prior, but I thought you meant pop it just before a blizzard hits.

Either way, grabbing positions in a huge fight just before a blizzard that makes it hard to retaliate can work.

Yes, the keybinding for the tac map is Numpad 0.

However, every other key is either placed around the QWERTY block of letters on the left when using grid keys, or scattered around the keyboard if you're using classic keys.

I've always hated the often strange key settings for their games.

It was clear that the reason for the numpad 0 binding is that it's right next to the arrow keys for moving around the map, but that's also horrifically inefficient when trying to do anything other than move the camera and access the tac map. Having to bounce your hand around in the middle of a fight hunting for the key you need.

What I remember being removed from the IS-2 was the damage on deflect ability that applied damage to a target even if its gun deflected. Or was that the ISU-152?

Hard to remember all the little changes.

Also, I have to agree, it really does seem like in the Tiger/IS2 matchup I see crew shocked results with surprising regularity against the IS2. You can go through most games without seeing a single shock result, but as soon as you get an IS2 and Tiger on the field, suddenly it happens every time the tanks meet. I've actually had an IS2 get shocked twice in the same engagement, and more later on.

But again, I'm really not sure if it's an actual problem, or just that the IS2 is survivable enough that it's getting hit with more shots, which is more chances to naturally come up with a crew shock.