No maxims are used as a front line unit because scripts cannot hold the line against blobokw and your not going to have penals. Yes lets make them 4 man that way incendiary or rifle nades guarantee a wipe. So you can be free to volk blob. Maxims are fine how they are currently.
LOL no. A moving shit that promotes maxim blobbing in the current patch absolutely needs to be toned down.
Cons will hopefully enter the scope soon, for the time being after the patch hits, pretty much only T1 openings are viable.
I do not agree with your useage of falls. Especially since their cost is super high
Maximums on the other hand, are used as a front line unit because of their suppression/model size. I think removing 2 models will keep it as an respectable HMG but a cared for one at that. Not a frontline lose 5 models still get away
Falls are trash in 1v1, they are in a commander which has no late game offerings, good luck fending off Shermans/Croms with no T4 yet. Not to mention Soviet Demos/Mines and Brit Mines pretty much bleed you to death.