At Cold War BRs, Soviet vehicles are stuck with poor depression, forcing them to rely on strong breakthrough potential, yet Soviet tanks don’t have good mobility. The gameplay experience is really frustrating. Even when holding positions, you can still be targeted by Bullpup or bomb with CCIP, while the Soviet lacks viable CAS options. Also good AA.
Once key points are lost, the Soviet team has almost no way to turn the tide, and can only rely on the enemy making mistakes. This is clearly shown by game statistics: the Soviet faction has consistently had a below-average win rate in 8.X–9.X. Honestly, I could stick to Cold War BRs forever. The ground-air balance here is still fairly conservative, and you can judge whether your flanks are safe just by reading the vehicles’ mobility. By contrast, at higher BRs, this kind of prediction is usually unreliable.
We once discussed giving the MiG-15ISH two KH-23 missiles in group. Now I think I’ll bring this up on the forum to hear everyone’s thoughts.