Profile of Gumboot

Does well:
Graphics and sounds are solid (when not bugged and not counting driver issues on release).
Can offer some epic close battles.
Lack of resource collection and wins based not being based on keys hit per minute (Like SC2) though I used to be a top AoE2 player.

Not so good:
Lack of player base
To expensive for new players to increase player base.
Lack of painting your own army (instead we have $100+ in skins to buy)
Poor optimization and terrible UI.
Bugs bugs and more bugs.
New commanders requiring balance issues then adjusting the balance and then nerfing the commanders/new units anyway. I don't know if new commanders/units are doing the game any favors.
No key bindings inbuilt into the game... Honestly AoE2 has this and almost every other strategy game out there.
Oddly large changes to a units stats when small incremental adjustments to find the right spot would be better.

The only reason still playing is if you invest enough time and money into a game it's hard to leave it... (Look at any MMO long term player). Nothing better as the RTS market is unfortunately a shrinking genre.

The Op wants the 50Cal to deny parts of the map to light infantry which is not necessary because terminators already do that. USF is not supposed to dig in, they are designed to be a mobile army and therefor current 50Cal is fine. If USF wants better support weapons the only choice is to make terminators less good. So take away Rifles AT nate and we can talk about a vehicle "killer" mg.

The OP wants the 50 cal to be able to deter LV's because a certain tier at the moment has no AT options. Deter being the key word here. Your suggestion makes no sense of taking away the AT nades from riflemen, it would be the same as take away the faust from the OH grenadiers because the MG42 has the AT rounds at Vet1 but worse because you also have mines without the need for picking a commander.

Voting for the straight up pen buff, no toggle, it just has it standard it is an ok MG but locked behind a undesirable tier.

Unlike the UFK which has impressive damage but reduced suppression this one should have improved pen.

Cannot compare units that have paid munitions for upgrades. Same argument then as grens with lag vs conscripts. Asymmetrical balance isn't meant to be fair.

Anyone had the search drop out and not find a game? Had 5 out of 7 searches just drop out after a long period of time. I don't mind waiting for a good match up but unfortunately I haven't gotten them. I tend to play larger game modes after patches to get a feel for the changes and I know prestige doesn't mean much but when I'm the only 300 in a game of sub 80's somethings gone wrong.