What do we know about the soviets?

[77Hawk77]

It seems to me nearly everything shown in screenshots is about the western front or naval, and WWW and most of the dev diaries show all features from their point of view aswell.
I'd be interested in seeing more of the Soviets, They have shown every doctrine except the soviet one, I don't know their armour or air trees but i know the english, american and german ones i think. The only part of the soviet focus tree i know of is the purge.

Did i miss something, do we have any info on the deep battle doctrine or what ever its called or really anything else about the soviets other than trotsky gives -% industry?

 

[Number 7]

they are the mass assault doctrine (China and USSR both start with it). early on it gives bonuses like increased reinforcement rate letting more units get in the fight faster. Later on there is a split between deep battle (tanks - a more mobile warfare style of fighting) and i believe(?) a more infantry spam one. i believe daniel showed off some parts of that other half of the tree in the WWW japan game when they were discussing doctrines.

 

[Nelfe]

 

[77Hawk77]

Thanks for the soviet focus tree, do we know any of it's effects, some of them are obvious enough but what is positive heroism and why would i take collectivist propaganda over it

 

[Ctanr]

Thanks for the soviet focus tree, do we know any of it's effects, some of them are obvious enough but what is positive heroism and why would i take collectivist propaganda over it

i think that is the trade off between more research for a more modern equipped army and a bigger "levee en masse"

 

[77Hawk77]

is it possible to get both extra research slots, and are all tech trees limited to 1 extra slot then?

 

[Denkt]

Mass assault doctrine is about making use of large amount of manpower. It greatly improve how quickly divisions can reinforce during a battle. It also reduce the combat width of your divisions and likely the supply consumption.

It is about making effective use of many divisions.

The mass mobilization path seems to unlock alot more manpower while the defence in deepth is said to focus on making use of the modern weapons of the war.

 

[Sharp163]

"What do we know about the Soviets"

Well, it is yet unconfirmed Sir, but we have reason to believe that they may be communist.

 

[ok2useLane]

is it possible to get both extra research slots, and are all tech trees limited to 1 extra slot then?

I would assume so (at the expense of the Collectivist Propaganda NF line). The Soviet NF tree implies that they start with fewer research slots than other nations. Unfortunately, we haven't seen much of the SU NF tree in operation, so perhaps a future WWW will be in order to answer these questions more in-depth.

 

[Number 7]

you shouldnt be able to get both by the looks of it, its gated at Collectivist propaganda and positive heroism, you have to pick one or the other and its exclusive as indicated by the <!>

 

[ok2useLane]

you shouldnt be able to get both by the looks of it, its gated at Collectivist propaganda and positive heroism, you have to pick one or the other and its exclusive as indicated by the <!>

Yeah, you may be right...Not sure how those solid lines work, exactly.

 

[bengast]

you shouldnt be able to get both by the looks of it, its gated at Collectivist propaganda and positive heroism, you have to pick one or the other and its exclusive as indicated by the <!>

This si correct. Only generic allow you to get 2 extra research slots to be on par with the majors

 

[klucz13]

Would be cool if a dev could post airforce and tank tech trees for Soviets. I know they are only flavour thing, but I am curious what models were actually used in the game.

 

[77Hawk77]

Would be cool if a dev could post airforce and tank tech trees for Soviets. I know they are only flavour thing, but I am curious what models were actually used in the game.

I couldn't agree more. I would like to see all the things related, i'd even like to see the ships, very curious what the soviet aircraft carriers would be