Profile of van Voort

Damn, missed it


Henceforth I decree that all discussions use "dudes" and "stuff"

Thank you Cynthia

edit:

or Noun

Besides gimmicky FHQ, the rest plain suck.

NKVD - Nothing with recon totally sucks

Radio Intercept no one cared about but suddenly became OP when Advanced Warfare got it

Propoganda is a lot better on larger maps, and sometimes the ability to force a retreat is better than damage


Conscript Support
- Early to mid Game advantage only
Seems to me this is intended for 1v1 only

Armoured Assault
Late game power, but the T34/85 and IS2 too close now

Reserves
There was a point when Irregulars were almost the best soviet Infantry
Not popular now though

Urban Defence
As noted very good on closely stacked Urban maps (Angermunda, Ettenbruck)

Partisans
A lot of fun in the right hands and have the ability to tip battles your own forces are nowhere near

Soviet Industry
Popular still, but hard to get right now

Defensive Commander
Outside high starting resource starts on Urban Maps this is pretty rubbish


Thing is though, the bar for what is useful has been raised


In a team of 4 Sov you could pick one of the niche commanders, now there is the US

1) A lot of the Sov Commander Meta is covering the holes in the US Structure (late game tanks)
And that is much more important than getting a fringe commander especially when you will only have 2 Sov players on average in a 4v4


2) Having the US is better than a niche Sov commander and better also at certain things (if I want to ConSpam I can take a doctrine that supports that, or I can just play US and RifleSpam - which is better)

Very good


In particular I note:

To date, the War Spoils system has dropped over 527,832 content items. We would like to advise players to not delete duplicate content you receive, as value will be added to these items as the system evolves.



From observations and interactions with the community, we’ve identified the following issues as high priority to address
•A purpose and value for duplicate items
•A need for correlation between skill/game outcome: If you have an awesome game, the system should account for that
•The inclusion of Western Front Armies Commanders in the store, available for purchase


So duplicates are intentional, but they have not yet worked out what to do with them


Not sure why they gave people the ability to delete if they advise not to use it, but otherwise very welcome

I'd support this as well, in the interest of not only the Soviets but the German factions- just about everyone loads up Guards Motor and Shock Rifle, with the last slot filled by ISU/Lend Lease/Counterattack/some doctrine with ppsh and elite inf. What I'd give to fight a FHQ, or Urban Defense, or even Partisans without having the Soviet player be gimped at the same time.

People are allowed to play game modes other than 1v1


Not every unit and every doctrine is equally good across all maps and all game sizes