Profile of Katitof

Thx for providing the stats which are very telling. Soviets already had the best win ration in GCS and now this trend continues in 2vs2. The faction combination with the highest win rate are Brits / Soviet (59%!!!) followed by Double Soviets (56%!). (Sample size of US/Brits is just to small to count)
Usually mixed teams should have higher win rates because the factions complement each other. You can see this very good on the different axis combos: A mixed OKW /Wehrmacht (50%) team has a significant higher winnning rate than Double Wehrmacht (just 35%) / Double OKW (42%)combos.

Not so with Soviets: Double Soviets have a higher winning rate than the most successful axis combo.
Yes, its good to wait for further data and the last qualification tournament. But it really looks like Soviets need some smaller adjustments aka nerfs. But if the mod team manages the balancing issues like the commander revamp process im optimistic that they find good solutions.

TBH I'd be really surprised if it was any other way.
Soviets have all the tools for multiple varied playstyles and are no longer chained to a doctrine to compete, so they are going to work well in every combination by adapting playstyle to make up for allies weakness and mixed axis team covers each others weaknesses perfectly.

OKW alone or wehr alone aren't exactly weak in any way, but they do have certain exploitable weaknesses(double OKW either wins or loses in 10 minutes, wehr turtles into late game and wins or won't last this long) but USF and UKF are in worst state, having least tools and quality of these tools being questionable as well, both being completely stripped of their gimmicks and shock value of shock units doesn't help either here.

Watch the tourney games, like Devm vs Jesulin. Everyone is playing Soviets and everyone is goign T1 for Peniles and scout car. and EVERY game, 1 min after scout car flamer hits vs OKW (and most games vs ostheer) the Soviet has huge map control.

Because cons, while more reliable then ever before, are still piece of shit non scaling infantry without doctrine support and T2 strats were removed from the game by changing Maxim into 30kg rattle.
Not because penals are "too op".

Volks also hardcounter maxims pretty well, stomp on cons so hard its not fun and are weak to early scout car.

Tournaments are about winning the prices.

That won't be done unless you employ most effective tactics available within current balance.

As for Brits, well Tommies are fckng amazing, can heal on field, can group heal on field for 1-time investment. Double lmgs are better than stgs in the long run, which is why they cost more. But Tommies at least have the option.

Damn, tommies are so amazing that brits couldn't win anything at CGS2, pro players who mained them abandoned them the moment actually competitive games started - I guess they just wanted to give opponents a fair chance, eh?

lastly AND I NOTE YOU DIDN'T REPLY TO THIS POINT I MADE - Tommies, Riflemen and Penals can be equipped with handheld at that is GREAT against lights (which are supposed to counter early game inf spam btu can;t because of the damn handheld AT) and very good vs medium tanks which are supposed to HARD COUNTER inf splob but cab;t because of th handheld AT

No one puts PIATs on tommies.
No one puts zooks on rifles.
PTRS penals are detterent, not counter, they lack burst to kill any microed light aware of them and working with own infatry to scout for them.

Flame halftruck also quite effectively hardcounters PTRS squads, guards included.

And no, medium tanks are not supposed to hardcounter anything, they are even called GENERALIST tank - medium tanks are capable of engaging all units, but they hardcounter nothing but non AT infantry and light vehicles aka all that isn't a threat to them in the first place.

You confused medium tanks with brummbar/stuh/other suppressive or AoE AI centered vehicles.

WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM VOLKS BECAUSE HANDHELD AT ON MAINLINE INF OP OMGZZZ

No, it was removed on volks, because it was strongest AT weapon in game on very cheap, very sustainable, self healing, easily spammable infantry that sacrificed very little AI dps to carry that most powerful handheld AT weapon and could alpha strike any medium vehicle in game.

Falls lose pretty handily, obers will likely lose early considering the vet difference.

You made one massive oversight.

You did not specified distance.

Falls will lose at long range, because they are NOT long range infantry - their weapon profile, similarly to volks, allows them to position themselves at distance they would have advantage as their DPS is very good at all ranges, but not excellent at any given, like Obers long range with LMG or shocks short range.

Falls will beat without much effort guards at close range, if you test it at any other range, you put guards at favorable position.

PGs at CQC will eat guards alife while having similar menpower cost(or is it same already? I stopped keeping up with 50 guards cost changes a year), but won't stand a chance at long range.

If you are including vet for one, but not equal vet for other, you also put a bias into the comparison, sure guards will have higher vet when obers arrive, but that isn't how you should test them against each other and even if, if you go for IR STGs, Obers will roflstomp guards at CQC even at vet0.

What makes you think that Guard's PTRS are not effective AI weapons?
Do you consider the Gaurd's mosins an effective AI weapon?

You do remember guards PTRS had the same accuracy they have now, but dealt 40 damage instead of 27 to infantry?

Guards PTRS was always effective AI weapon, it simply used to be much more effective then it is now.

Close penetration is still way to high, it higher than that of PzIV. Keep in mind that a PzIV has to flank a KV-8 to have a decent chance to penetrate the rear/side armor but by doing so it probably also expose it own rear/side armor and the KV-8 will still retain the advantage of penetration chance.

The PzIV should be able to have an advantage if it successfully flanks a KV tank.

And its going to remain like that.
45mm is specifically getting buff to be able to engage something heavier then a halftruck.

Use StuG from max range, not P4 from point blank.
Also, by this time you should already be aware there is no such thing as side armor in coh2, never was and never will be.

Contrary to what you believe, not every single allied tank should be counterable by single P4 behind it, both axis factions have a tank specifically balanced to fight high armor units frontally from range.