Tell me how exactly you are reducing your frontline presence by splitting a shitty Cons unit to fully reinforce a Shocks/Guard one I am really curious.
Because not only do they keep their larger conscript base target size, they lose all their utility like sprint and snare.
Putting cons into shocks is like plugging a hole in the wall with peanut butter. Yeah it will stop the draft for a little bit, but it's freaking peanut butter what are you doing with your life.