to you I guess. Hell, I'm not being partisan about this. There is almost never a reason not to get molotovs early. I'd rather feel like I were making a choice myself whether to go for 5 fast cons for the sake of proliferation, or 3 cons with molotovs, followed up by a 4th straggler for the early engagement impact.
right now, why not just get 4 or 5 cons with molotovs in the first few minutes. I'm not even making a suggestion regarding balance. If this affects balance unfavorably, then Russians should be compensated another way. Its just kind of pointless to be an "option" as it is.
The other change I would advocate just as strongly though, would be to raise the cost of both cons and grens by 20 manpower, given that we have so much more resources in the early game to play with. This would improve ostheer t2 start viability, as well as Russian t1 or t2 viability.
I agree its a no brainer to get molotoves and at nades ... But I don't think making them more expensive to warrant getting them is the right approach. But honestly I could be wring. I don't claim to know all.
Con spam wasn't nearly as common with one cp elite infantry. But I think the days of 4-5 con squads right out the gate is back! (Except that now they will transform into mini shock squads at 3cp)
Edit: we've created a monster ... And I love it!!