The unit speed is fine imo. In fact I've grown to like it quickly and I'm not using the pause. It makes the battles exciting and immersive.

I've played a handful of online battles and the speed seemed right in those battles too. The maps are larger and the controls are more robust (you need to learn the shortcuts). I think you need to give it some time and let go of MTW preconceptions (as great a game as that is).

I think it is a shrinking minority that thinks the speed is too fast.