Why bother counting the starting resources. In all practicality t1/t2 is free. it's not like you can skip the payment and facilitate getting something else down the line.
It doesn't weigh in the maxims favor that in order to get it early, you have to sacrifice some field presence because you have to spend 160mp on tech. This is really noticable in 1v1s vs OKW, where getting an early maxim is like intentionally handicapping yourself.
Overal I would say the maxim is overpriced. However, because OKW has been cursed with a weird tech structure that doesn't do well against maxim spam in team games, I am afraid it can't be buffed.