Why do you say that? They hit harder than conscripts (and I might add work great with conscripts).
Really? Last time I used them they lost to unupgraded Panzerfusilliers, so I tried to pair them up but then Sturmpioneers wiped 'em out. I tried to put them on recrewing duty but their high reinforcement cost made them even bad for that. Before the March Deployment, I loved my Irregulars, but after it they were nerfed harder than anything else.
"This unit can actually do something!"
NERF IT INTO THE GROUND!!!!!
They nerfed the DPS by 2-3, I don't see why it's such a huge deal that they did. Certainly not INTO THE GROUND™ I don't even understand why they did, it hardly seems worthwhile.