Profile of Steelbeast

Well OKW were bit OP with patch I have to admit as a long time OKW player (however patch clearly shows that OKW vehicles were OVERPRICED for a LONG time).

However with recent changes i see few really pressing issues for OKW:
- pop requirement for Obersoldaten an Stum pios
- lack of supperssion
- veteramcy system (unreasonable high requirement to vetting.

Obersoldaten as a purely AI unit with no At whatsoever is more pop expensive as similar unit of other factions (shocks, rangers). As I see it as a rising problem as allies can field more infatry firepower which is more durable while OKW lacks suppersion.
O absolutely dont understand why Sturm pios costs more then elite infantry, it is simply a joke.
Im not sure how the game calculates experience gain by units byt even prepatch some units never ever sees its level past VET2 (i got 1000+- hrs on a record I have never seen KT VET3+ for example). Im afraid that price increase will slow down veting of some units even more. Considering that vet abilities were nerfed as a compensation for price reduction it should be looked at and probably completely overhauled, conce it is nice to have vet5 system but only unit regularly genting VET4+ are volks.

I think the issue is, as I've said before, is that Soviets are more micro-intensive, and need to use their abilities more. For instance, as Soviet you need to basically be constantly throwing Molotovs (and making snap judgements about where to actually toss - where the enemy squad is or where you think he'd move he's sees the throw) tossing AT nades, dodging, garrisoning/degarrisoning buildings, constant flanking. If trying to flank Ostheer tanks with T-34s, barraging with AT guns. If you want to ram something, you have to do a surprising amount of micro to get in range, get a running start, and hit from the back since the range was ...

From the other side: German infantry is quite fragile, you have to click a LOT to keep them alive. One overlooked molotov, zis barrage or staying to long on one spot once 120mm s on a field means terrible losses. Keeping vehicles from oraahing AT throwers requires a lot of attention as well.
Deploying Mg is a bit chess game due to its long setup times and it is quite easy to loose it due to one miss-click.

Regarding the german easy mode i found soviet combination of best AI infantry and best AT unit in game capable steamroll everything in its path...

Are the DPS calculations for penals with or without flamer ?

I find russians very esy to use in urban areas, whne in early stages of game germans do not have any reliable way how to smoke them out of the building.