We don't expect flamer ppsh to scale well. That's because the squad gets very little in terms of survivability. Thus, trying to yolo-close in from the front will be suicidal (the loss of Oorah is key here).
The upgrade will be good for its shock value; or for close-quarter maps, when buying a fresh penal squad. Don't expect to be doing wonders with it, though.
can't agree more, i tried the new penal and they still looks bad.
this 300 mp unit is really not cost efficient for its price and the new upgrade doesn't add anything more.
PPSH + flamers -> only on a few map and honestly, not worth it.
as Mr.Smith said, don't even try to do that on open map. penals will get rekt before they are close enough to use them.
penals and the soviet T1 on a bigger scale are still IMO to avoid.