Exactly, yet I find people keep referring to that awful merge guide on reddit that recommends merging into guards 24/7 and not reinforcing them. This is what happens when rank 600s make community guides.
people tell u to merge 24 7 on the field not at base unless u need mp, cause u would rather have cons with stv or guard weapon to fight
I don't know what the top level consensus is on the proper tech route with PFs are, but from the matches I've played and seen, battlegroup is far more common with PF than mechanized.
there isn't cause the top tier player don't use them
they know they are weak and only useful to counter LV early or ultra late with spare muni
last tourney when everyone picked the new okw commander the average PF built was 1 every 3 games