Profile of SturmtigerCobra

Yes they need a nerf and I play mostly germans. However cons spam are also abit OP against many of the Germans doctrines (without an early FHT) which is one reason why many players are starting to abuse Osttruppen to counter cons spam. I dislike playing with Osttruppen spam but also dislike pure cons spam. So the early balance kinda sucks atm for both factions. COH2 should be about using combined arms not spam.
But I dont blame Relic but SEGA policy, just look at Total War Rome 2 which should still be a beta game. I doubt Relic's balance team had enough time to test and balance the new commanders (a good idea, but poorly executed!). Relic is not that stupid to make it pay to win.

Fix:
- Trenches should cost manpower similar to fire pit OR make trenches in captured territory only
For the insane early cap power of 6 osttruppen squads this could be fixed in several ways but best imho;
1) Make vet weaker so they dont scale into the midgame
2) Limit the squads you can get to 3-4 similar to relief infantry
3) Longer call-in cooldown

Short term fix similar to assault grenadiers (until a long term fix has been tested):
1) Make each squad cost at least 15 munition so the FHT come later and players have to build some T1 units before they have 90 munitions for 6 ostruppen squads.

Still have some grinding left to do (both factions). So if you see me online just msg me and I'll get back to you asap.

It's not pay for win but pay for diversity. It's a fair price for new units so stop crying.

Using commanders to add new units and features are pretty innovative and much more flexible than just buying a big expansion like SC:Heart of the swarm. HOTS only had a couple of new units for each race. If you only play multiplayer with one race its alot of money for just a few new units. Compare this to COH2 and the new units are pretty cheap and relic are not forcing anyone to pay for Case blue + ALL new multiplayer units like HOTS. Without these new commanders we would have to wait over a year for new units with one big expansion. With new commanders we might see some new units and/or features every 6 months or so.
It's pay for diversity since players can only use 3 commanders in a game. Yes, if we could use all commanders simultaneously that would be unfair.

Replay vs Soviet top60 where I use tiger + 2 stugs + assault doc:
http://www.coh2.org/replays/8324/stug-tiger-assault-doc-beat-soviet-t3-with-htd

With Stug bulletin 8% increased armor penetration, approx. 6% higher chance to penetrate SU85 frontal armor. Combine this with officer Inspire (accuracy:*1.15, reload:*0.85) + Stug vet1 ability and they can stand up to SU85.

It's not a counter like pak43/elephant but at least Stug have a fighting chance against SU85 with that combination.

As mention by the balance designer Peter during the last tournament, lategame stugs should work well with the tiger vs soviet T3 and heavy tanks (KV8/IS2).
The balance problem is that SU85 currently have both superior range and speed vs the tiger so that combination are only good vs T3. The tiger need either a speed or range buff vs SU85. With range buff tiger should get a speed nerf so they dont become OP vs T3 which need mobility + mark target as counter vs the Tiger.
Once the tiger get a buff vs SU85 I think we gonna see more players build 2 Stugs + tiger + officer lategame or Stug + P4 + officer + pak40 midgame.