Think of it as a median between the American Jeep and the British Bren Carrier, use it as such. A slight edge in a fight, a speed capper, weapon team harrassment, flanker, etc. Stop trying to use it like the PE Armoured Car, it's not, and it doesn't work that way. |
The Soviets are like if PE and US crashed into each other. They're highly mobile with little static defense, but while they have MG's and Tanks, they're not as solid as Ostheer's.
Half my problems with Soviet are that the faction design is severely flawed, imo. They have no vehicular mid-game, so they must hold off with AT Grenades and ZiS guns until they can get Tanks.
And thanks to their faction design, you simply can not give them said vehicles, because their buildings are literally separated by early-game and late-game, there is no middle tier to which you could add a BA-64 or something. |
I kind of feel bad for my pixel soldiers when they're crying for a medic beside a medic bunker or the HQ, but the medics simply ignore the poor guy until he bleeds out.
This was my main motivation for making medic stations in CoH1. Not free squads, but because I felt bad seeing them rolling around on the ground like that.
I just like to pretend that the invisible logistics fairies that bring us our fuel and ammo are also picking up the wounded and dead. |
Ahaha, I almost forgot the 5% health fug was a thing. Oh the times when vehicle death-crit was a chance and not a guarantee. |
I dunno about that, I ran one test (more to come when my comp fan is replaced) and Osttruppen in heavy cover beat Shocks in the open with no casualties and in one case, no health damage.
More to come on that later though. |
I think it's pretty funny how soviets now have to jump through a bunch of burning hoops to get a flank of on a mg42 covered by grens. While the germans can still charge into a maxim covered by conscripts, rifle nade the maxim to death, and win the fight.
I guess it's opposite patch, now Grens RifleGren-Maxims are the new Cons Molo-MG 42. |
By that logic, the first 10 grens are also free.
With all due respect sir, are you high? |
On one hand I want "authenticity", but on the other hand I kinda don't care.
What I really don't get though, is people upset about Yanks and Commies fighting together, aren't bothered by the fact that the Soviet Army is made entirely of Conscripts, Prisoners, and Elite Troops. |
I suddenly want to be a beta tester |
Elephants do kill a t70 in one shot. Unless the t70 gets lucky and survives with a crit insteas.
Just looked at the stats.. so it does. I guess that T-70 got lucky that one time, also the only time I ever saw an Elefant and T-70 in one place.
Anyway my point still stands, it'd be way OP if your brand new P4 was decrewed in one hit. |