6 models vs 4 models - and also anything to prevent the return of maxim spam.
Since you already mentioned the deathloop, the 6 men is basically lip service. It doesn't really add much survivability at all, it keeps it from being unusable
And you didn't really answer my point. None of that explains why it's the same price as the mg42. Whatever advantages Maxim may have, it is certainly not enough to justify costing the same as the best MG in the game that has no unlock cost
The fear of Maxim spam is a shit reason for it's current price. You spammed the old Maxim cause it's Arc was so narrow. It was super dominant within that Arc but it was easy to get flanked, unless you built 3-4 in which cause you just trolled around the map