Soviet upgrade for "old" units

The way it is now, Soviet players aren't really encouraged to preserve your old units after you upgrade them. What if your old units also can get these bonuses, but a little bit different?

I see (at least) two options, and I'll use conscripts as an example

1. Through vet the old units can get the upgrades for free.
-Conscripts can get 8 rifles in vet 1, get molotov in vet 2, and NKVD in vet 3

2. You can buy the upgrades individually for any of the old units to make them as good as the new ones.
-Old conscripts buys an upgrade (like grens buy schrecks/Mg42 or sharpshooter buys artillery) to give them the NKVD, rifles and molotov cocktail.

I don't know how this will work with the changes in the 1.20 patch, i'm just giving ideas of improvements for how the mod is now.

Do anyone else have another solution?

Last edited July 2, 2010 at 3:00 PM by Toorstain

Good idea but I think we should make the vet system like that.

Vet 1- 8 rifles.

Vet 2- NVKD

Vet-3 Cocktails and bounses

Toorstain wrote:
1. Through vet the old units can get the upgrades for free.
-Conscripts can get 8 rifles in vet 1, get molotov in vet 2, and NKVD in vet 3

"You fought well constripts. Heres an NKVD commisar that will shoot you in the back if you will loose youre fighting spirit."

I heard in the interview with the devs that all units except NKVD conscripts will be able to retreat.
Maybe old conscripts could not get an NKVD, but be just as good but without the NKVD. Which means: ability to retreat + fire up without killing a squad member.