Profile of Sarantini

Stormtroopers:

Vet 1 Unlocks Medical Aid kit
Vet 2 +40% accuracy +25% Bundled grenade range
Vet 3 -29% received accuracy

pretty standard stuff

Vet 2 paratrooper (combat group) accuracy from 1.25 to 1.4

I don't like it. It is too slow to flank but the t34main gun is too flimsy to use for frontal engagements. It only works against Pivs and ostwinds but might as well get t34s then.
I see it as a big Xp pool for pak40s

For example, what does it mean when the Conscripts near is changed from 4 to 0? Does it mean they no longer have a "near" accuracy?

Let's take conscript as example. They use the mosin nagant as rifle which has 3 different accuracies, same as every other weapon, near, mid and far. Accuracy is the highest at near (0.45) and the lowest at far (0.3). Using three different sets of accuracies means you dont have linear DPS values but can make a weapon excel at certain ranges. You do this by changing the value of the n/m/f values. Previously the mosin nagant had no accuracy drop off between 0 and 4 so they had the same dps, now the N accuracy begins at 0 meaning they do lose accuracy between 0 and 4 ranges already.

What is a cooldown for a weapon? Isn't that just reload and aim?

I'm not experienced enough in the exact way DPS get's calculated but units take aim, shoot and cooldown. Reload happens after firing a full magazine. Conscripts shoot on average 8.5 bullets before reloading for example.

Ostruppen got a 1.25 accuracy modifier now. What was it before it was added? Is that a nerf or a improvement?

You mean a received accuracy? I don't think they had any before. It simply means every unit shoots 25% more accurate at them. So it's a nerf, they will be worse damage sponges now but they will deal more damage now.

If you want to learn about understanding values I suggest checking out this spreadsheet made by wooof. It might be a bit outdated now but if you copy the spreadsheet and scroll down a bit you can see the dps at different ranges. Now you can change the near value of conscripts from 4 to 0 and you can see how much of an impact it has on DPS. Very useful!

Well I wouldn't rewatch them, most of the BO5 tournament matches were the same spam strats and maps. It had a lot of hype to see who would win but now we all now who wins.
Only real exciting match was the langres semi or quarter between andy and bartonpl

If I ruled the world :

-I would give the ISU a toggle button that would allow the unit to fire either AP or HE rounds, with a delay to switch between types. (edit for clarity: the unit would do the same damage as it currently does to the applicable target in each mode, however; it would be ineffective vs other types. For example, while in AP mode the unit would be effective vs vehicles but not infantry.)
-I would reduce the AOE slightly to reduce squad wipes while in HE mode.

I think by doing the above you would retain the value/versatility/uniqueness of the unit while making it susceptible to combined arms.

if you ruled the world you're gonna bother with balancing this game? #Priorities