Question for VM re alt scenarios

[Volcano Man]

Yes, my wording is not the best of choices. Going by my wording alone it would seem that I crippled the Soviets based on von Mellenthin's observations alone when, in reality, I simply standardized their unit quality to what they appear (as a majority) in the stock game (C and D) as a means to balance, and only used von Mellenthin's observation as an explanation. I guess I should reword that part of the notes one day.

Also, in 1943-1944, I have taken the approach of gradually dropping the quality of the German units so that it puts the Russians closer to that of the German. As mentioned in some of those notes, I avoid the quality "arms race" (the tendency to go higher and higher with the quality) and instead start the Germans on the decline since their defeat at Stalingrad and the decline of the original glory days of the Blitzkrieg. Factor in that the Russians now have more Guards formations and the fact that their equipment was constantly getting better (the late model T-34s, the JS-IIs, and so on), then they will definitely appear to gain a qualitative advantage by the end of the war.