Glad to see that you agree that is far worse.
Yes, cheaper things tend to be worse, Mr balance developer from Wish.
Id say a 20% increase in model dps and a 40% increase in squad DPS is fairly substantial.
In vaccuum of the void maybe.
Compared to literally any other weapon upgrade at long range, its a joke increase. It is still an increase, but it gets outperformed badly even by a singular DP.
Sooooo no, its not substantial in any way.
But then again, DPS increase is not the strength of the upgrade given how even osttruppen LMG perform twice as good at long range.