though correlation may not necessitate causation... causation does necessitate correlation
angry rants may not mean something is OP... but if something is OP it will definitely cause a degree of angry rants...
airborne guards and shocks dont get snares... why should falls get them? they already have camo and a nukenade
Agreed on both points.
Why should falls get snares? IMO because falls are 'elite' volks (volks are elite enough by themnselves, i know). In the Previous patch they were relatively expensive and too fragile, therefore not cost effective enough. Now falls are very good in combat, so much they '''''justify''''' their design (it can be unbalanced though) and can now replace volks, at least a couple of squads. Therefore snares are part of the design.
Being said that i can understand more experienced players than me, might say that falls are simply OP and i agree with them to nerf falls.
But i would be careful on setting comparisons, each squad is different for a reason, USF and UKF have stock snares + handheld AT combo and penals get AT satchel. Cav riflemen have snares too, as doctrinal specialists.
My point is, one thing are elite infantry and other different thing is specialist infantry. All AI specialist have no snares (for obvious reasons), but elite infantry are not restricted by definition.
On top of that, Axis squads design have the following rule, has handheld AT -> no snare / has not handheld AT -> can have snare (if not specialist Ofc), this rule applies to grens, volks, falls, pgren, pfussies, jaeger commando, stormtroopers, spios. Obers are AI specialist, so are assgrens. Other squads not mentioned that dont have snare fall on the support specialist role.
TL;DR
Falls are by design a doctrinal better version of volks (good at all ranges), elite infantry but not specialists. Also axis infantry design differs from allied one. Each have benefits/downsides.