[1.04] Slow down Conscripts British Style

Two very tentative suggestions I have, from a few playthroughs of the mod.  Flame me or ignore me as you will.

First off, Conscripts still seem a bit overwhelming early game.  They do die nice and quickly, and they are not the best shots, but there are a lot of them, and they're fast.  One idea that came to me would be to tie Conscript movement speed to the presence of the Command Squad, like the Brit Infantry are to Lieutenants.  If the Conscript is on its own, it moves slowly, but goes at full speed if the Command Squad is in range.  You don't need to add any buffs to damage or accuracy, those seem balanced enough.  But this would help deal with the problem of cheap conscripts going everywhere on the map right off the bat.

It also seems a bit easy to get tanks.  Being able to build a T-34 off my second building is a bit . . . well . . .

Maybe it works just fine, but it just seemed a bit odd. 

Last edited February 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM by Zwackus

Sound god for me.

After that no conscript will have chance to survive without command squad.

But that is fine for me.

:)

Sounds terrible... no offense.

But Russians do not need more excuses to blob, and throwing a faulty British mechanic into the mix doesn't help things. There are many other ways to balance them that does not involve total Soviet gameplay changes. Frankly, I don't see much of a problem with conscripts anyway. Rather, it's the lack of early game variety for Soviets which sucks. Adding something as simple as a jeep type unit to the barracks would make things interesting and give variety to build orders.

Although it would be cool if the command squad gained his abilities through combat like British Lieutenants - as in, getting vet from the units around him. But the name of the game early on should be flanking, not blobbing.

I'm not a fan of this idea. It makes the Command squad more necessary to the whole soviet early game strategy.