Oh ffs are you stupid? i didnt say they pg or sp could not defeat rifles at midrange they cannot do so cost effectively. you put 2 rifles like volks or scripts against every single pg or in the case of grens or rifleman (who are more expensive but has way better dps) you simply curb stomp them simply because you have far more hp on your side for mp then the sp or pg. so the only way to be cost effective is close range and they are not suited for that.
Shocks on the other hand are more durable , cheaper (costing slightly more then a single gren) and have the tools to get close to enemy in form of smoke. because of all this you sometimes see 1vs1 games with 3 shocks. okw however uses volks + obers and ost uses pure gren spam simply because how bad sp and pg's are.
And if you disagree with simple match show me a fucking replay where you use 2-3 pg's/sp successfully.
We are already waiting for a single replay from you.