How do you play USSR?
Looking for general tips because i learned to play the game on Yugoslavia and Red Dragons. But USSR seems completely different.
They dont seem to have many cheap "just good enough" units like Yugoslavia does. Instead their units (especially their infantry) seem really good, but also expensive and few in numbers.
The VDV 90 for example are really good, but all their transports are kind of odd. You get the 5 point BTR-D, which seems pretty shitty. Then you get the Robot, which is basically a BTR-D with a Fagot, which is not that good of an ATGM and frankly, i would rather have an APC with an autocanon that can take out other APCs then a crappy ATGM. The Skrezhet is an interesting idea as an AA APC, but it does not seem worth the 15 points stats wise (terrible accuracy).
Then you have the BMDs, most of which seem overpriced for what they can do. The BMD-3 has a great ATGM for 25 points. But combined with the 25 point VDV 90, thats a whopping 50 points squad!
And this is a theme that seems to apply to all Soviet infantry and transports. The cheap stuff is kind of shitty or gimmicky, and the good stuff is very expensive. Nothing in between.
Maybe i got too used to cheap Mehanizovana and Proleteri spam... When an F-111 (screw those guys) bombs those, i dont care that much. Especially if he gets a Neva missile in the face afterwards. But when he bombs my VDV or their expensive 25 point APCs, i really feel it!
