I've been playing Sovs all day, and man they feel like easy mode. The first couple of games were vs noobs but the last 5 were against decent players. i was just trying to farm mg bulletins but ended up winning every match by just spamming maxims up to their base, then a endless stream of inc barrage, kv8s, and is2s. I have yet to face an elefant but have faced what Panthers they could manage to buy. Think Im gonna stick with Sovs for a minute to see why Sov players feel Germans are so massively op.
Gotta mirror that. With Soviets, I am beating people that would otherwise be clearly out of my (midskill) league, both in 1v1 and 2v2. Lots of viable approaches too, Conspam to Shocks to IS2,Snips/Penals/Guards, Clown Car spam etc.
I might add that if you can pull a decent multidirectional flank à la Coh1 with early Molotovs there is virtually nothing the Ostheer player can do about it on the more constrained maps. Even without too many shotblockers Mgs suppress too slowly and just dont deal out the dps while Grens are only useful if static, and with Ura Cons get up close and personal without taking too much damage. Once you are in molotov range, the ost player has too move while you can always cancel the throw....