Play allies, show us how you are top 10 after 50 games using what you mentioned, prove your point.
When Zarok was whining about maxims being op, he got to top 10 using just maxims.
The game shouldn't be balanced solely around the capabilities of ~50 players(top 10 of every faction).
Many of us have 0 capacity to ever reach that level of play.
I didn't have a problem with maxims when I was only playing Soviets, but having picked up OKW as a secondary faction, in certain maps, especially with buildings, maxims can be a problem.
Penals are the strongest (non-doc) infantry that come at the early game, although wehr can deal with this using suppression, it can be hard to deal with penals into a scout car with flamers. (in my experience)
Im not saying that soviets are OP (I feel they are not OP, just really nicely designed and paced), because it feels fairly balanced with Wehr. (Although I dont play wehr, so take this with a grain of salt) It feels like OKW may lack some tools in dislodging early aggression by maxims, especially in maps with multiple well situated buildings.
However, I don't use feuersturm doctrine as I dont own it, so perhaps this adds some tools, although not having the doctrine really gimps me in some maps, I don't like vetoing to be the solution to this. it also feels like perhaps you shouldn't have to have a doctrine just to effectively deal with maxim spam.
Thank you.