offset for what? they pay for it finished. just like how con have to pay for side techs, it doesn't come free
I think the idea is that cons suck, then to make them suck less you need to actually do something. With volks stuff being tied to teching they get better by naturally playing the game, for cons you need to invest 40 fuel and more importantly 250mp into getting a snare and the longest throwing nade in history that will only punish the enemy if they dont look at their unit for 30 seconds.
Compare to say volks and teching to med truck- your 10mp more unit now has their much more responsive, longer ranged (yes, more expensive too) nade, their snare, can upgun themselves, have an onfield reinforcement, the option for onfield medics and an option for FRP, they have teched including forward spawn for their leig, and 4 more units unlocked (ontop of the 3 theu start with) for about the same cost (15 truck+25 for tech, im sorry i dont recall the manpower cost)
Yes its great the flexibility that sidegrades give you, but not when they are SOO inefficient both with and without the U̵p̵g̵r̵a̵d̵e̵s̵ side techs