Shouldn't pios also suck ass too then? If nothing else why do they need 42 sight and decent combat ability, while the other squads do nothing without upgrades.
They do suck ass at combat except when ambushing at point blank range. Royal engineers are only 10mp more but come with more dps and better vet, more survivability with 5 man, etc. Nobody is complaining that royal engineers do too much damage though, only pios because they compare them to the literal worst squad in the game. All the engineers are fine and are pretty balanced within their factions. Looking at a 1:1 comparison in combat stats between these utility squads is a bit silly.