It's funny how people forget the days of the Vet1 ability Mortar/120 mm mortar that one shotted any support weapon that lasted 2 years
The times when BS was balance with BS from the other side. Will my turbomortar wipe his squad before he gets vet1 ? Should i artificially spread my guys using a vehicle so they don't get wiped ?
If you look into the past on coh2chart you can see quite clearly across all player modes that usf player numbers languished significantly below the average of other factions. Since the op mortar, they are now much higher on par with other factions. So it makes sense financially and thus cynically.
There's 2 kind of people. Those who play with OP and those who play with the faction with OP things in order to avoid it.