Profile of CODGUY

This game is all about OST and OKW pure and simple. Most of the leftover player base prefers those two factions so most of the changes made the last few years are based around appealing to that player base and making those two factions the most fun while simultaneously being the least overall challenging.

That's why Brits have been nerfed into a laughably bad meme faction, USF has been pretty much a joke for most of the history of the game. It's why the the faction with the most and best AT available apparently "didn't have enough AT options" so they made the dual-schreks cheaper. It's why the Jackson was nerfed so that the bottom-tier medium tank for OST and OKW could more easily destroy it. It's why all Axis elite infantry are at CP2 or less (or are stock). It's why a 240MP 60 munitions unit outpreforms a 280, 120 munitions unit (and so does a doctrinal 270MP 90 munitions unit) that takes two expensive side techs to get it there. It's why a 260MP HMG that is the best in the game is available T0.

The balace 1v1 has been a joke. The only viable Allied faction has been Soviets but even they still have inferior units but have a better tech tree.

UKF and USF are both a mess but for the first time I think UKF is actually a lot worse. USF's only viable strategy and doctrine is to go Airborne and forego Riflemen all together and depend on Pathfinders and REs at the start of the game, tech to CPT for the AAHT. Riflemen don't counter Grens or Volks very well despite being much more expensive. Pathfinders aren't a great combat unit either but they give you the sight bonuses which helps you to counter all the cheap readily available units like HMG42s your opponents will have.

Teching to CPT works because it will give you access to the (nerfed of course) Packhowtizer and AAHT, both of which you'll need to counter blobbed Grens and Volks.

Later in the game you'll depend on Paratroopers and Jacksons.

It's literally the ONLY thing that isn't easily countered by OKW and OST.

RETs can suck balls, fine, but a unit that sucks balls like that shouldn't cost 200 MP. I can name 5 other USF units that are overpriced garbage just off the top of my head: Combat Engineers, M2 .50 cal, Stuart, M20, and yes the most OVERRATED unit in the history of CoH2...Riflemen with or without BARs.

even if something like that could work, adding more side teching bullshit into an already bullshit ridden faction sounds like a recipe for disaster for me.

This. You don't have to do that much to tweak USF. You could start by making BARs 50 munitions and remove grenade side tech and integrate into T2 teching. Or not make Riflemen suck at long range

Yawn... BAR'd up rifleman do just fine against grens. I know you're convinced that Grenadiers are disgustingly OP but they really aren't that strong prior to being vet 3 with their LMG's. You can quite easily close the gap and overwhelm them in a lot of situations.

LOL yeah after 150 MP 15 fuel and then 120 munitions and that still doesn't give you grenades hahahaha!