The win rates are probably off because of fast M5, which OKW is able to handle a little bit better than Ost. But that has nothing to do with the effectiveness of grens.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with the effectiveness of Grens.
It just mean Ost is not the strongest faction in 1vs1.
But seriously, you know why that 420mp came from.
Ost is the only faction can't produce the backbone infantry from the T0 building.
Before, they always had one less squads at the first few minutes
because of building T1 time and MP.
Gren might be the best main infantry for the lmg, but no other than that.
Without lmg, they suck for their survivability and reinforcement bleeding.
And...-1 pop cap gonna make Ost much more powerful?
Most players make 3~4 grens at 1vs1. So, -3 popcap... hmm much powerful?
280mp riflemen, highest dps for the main infantry(without automatics duh), 5 men, 7 pop, 28 mp to reinforce
240mp cons, weak but beats grens at short range, 6 men, 6 pop, 20mp to reinforce
240mp gren, strong but only with lmg, 4 men, 7 pop, and 30 mp to reinforce
I can understand reinforcement cost when they have lmg, but without it, that cost bleeds mp a lot.
AND more pop cap for lower mp income.
Hmm...