Cost reduction how much?Coz they are unsustainable at 40 reinforce.
I really dont know. But you are right. If they were cheaper to upkeep, buy, and reinforce then their damage would be excellent and you could use them without fear of the massive MP bleed and they wouldnt be stupid OP body armor having supermen like they were.
As you see in this replay the guy I played used them well. They did an ass ton of damage very very very quickly. And they did it for free. Now weather or not it was not the optimal situation for my scripts is irrelevant imho. No other Ost squad could have done that so well.
Edit: In another section of the replay when I am microing my T70 they get behind my Maxim and whipe it out before I could react as well. That to me is a good squad. Cost is another matter.