I disagree. The game doesn't work it's own way in this point. The in-game HMG description says "requires proper positioning. effective at dealing with massed infantry". Massed infantry = blobs, right?
So ANY HMG should be able to deal with blob. If i need 2-3 maxims to stop OKW blob, i'd say it's not effective. And the numbers show that MG42 at least 2 timer more suppressing than maxim.
Maxim may have more DPS, larger squad, faster set-up and pack-up time, but it is ineffective at dealing with massed infantry.
I think that's fair, my point about not wanting the game to change was more aimed at the attitude of "I am upset, I demand my emotions be validated".
Maxim definitely doesn't deal with blobs, unless you're blobbing maxims (enter maximum maxim joke here) but that just leads to what I think is a boring playstyle -- and not an effective one in team games, which is mostly what I play.