Grens are probably the best core infantry unit in the game. Maybe they're rivaled by conscripts some what but they beat the hell out of much more expensive Riflemen and Tommies.
As for the MG42, its getting hate because Allied MGs got nerfed into the ground for some pretty weak reasons considering the MG42 went on unchanged. The Vickers cannot even defend a capture point anymore, enemy sqauds can take from you before it will pin them, its friggen pathetic. I guess only Axis MGs should be allowed to pin infantry apparently.
If you're going to leave all MGs with the same stats they have now then that damn MG42 doesn't need to be in T0, swap its spot in the tech tree with the Grens.
AT ALL. Because it gives it gives Wehrmacht a decisive advantage over all others. Vickers and Maxium have been nerfed into the ground but never the precious MG42. I wonder how much better balance would be without the damn things in T0.
All you really have to do to fix Brits is reverse the stupid idiotic nerfs they never should have been given in the first place.
For one, put the Bren back to where it was. Yes double brens were good, you needed them to counter elite late game axis infantry like Obers and Panzergrens. They nerfed the bren and gave it weird stats that don't make any sense, but did they nerf those late game non-doc elite axis infantry and their OP non-tech required grenades? Nope!
They really screwed with the supression on the Vickers MG that its comical now, it can't even defend a capture point and pin infantry before they take it away from you. Did they nerf the MG42? Nope! I guess only Axis factions are allowed to pin infantry.
Seriously who came up with these dumb changes to Brits with the last patch? Some OKW fanboy?
PIATs are friggen terrible, worst hand held AT in the game. You have to get right up next to the vehicle you're attacking and then they bounce or miss more than any other AT like that. Never ever have I seen bazookas or panzerschreks preform so badly. That said you should still get them and put them on your Royal Engineer sqauds because its all you get for hand held AT as Brits.
Brens used to be awesome. That's why Axis cry babies moaned and got them nerfed into the akward and dumb state they're in now. It used to be important to get double Brens because you needed them to counter vetted Axis infantry and elite non-doc infantry like Obers and Panzergrens. So they nerfed the Brens but did they nerf the Obers and Panzergrens or their OP grenades? NOPE!
Royal Engineers are probably the most worthles unit of its type when it comes to combat. Even putting PIATs on them kind of sucks since they can be so easily wiped by a Panzer IV and Ostwind.
I really don't understand why E8's were nerfed in DBP, especially when P4 and panther have been buffed so much and t34/85's remain godmode.
Oh I understand completely. A balance team that placates Wehraboos. The patches they make only serve to screw over USF and UKF and occasionally scale back OKW.