Mg positions since 2.25 have been nerfed. Bots suddenly LOVE the mg15 and wont get off for showers, but they seldom used the mg34 and never used the mg42, which like you said was the most favored in 2.2 - The bots still love the mg15 in Drawde's patch, but about 85% of their original use, mg34s are next, about 20 - 40% chance of these being manned. Mg42 are used about 15 - 30% of the time. I specifically played maps like Point du Hoc and Purple Heart lane to see...
In 2.2, bots will man it and replace downed gunners to keep them firing no matter what - For some reason, this was changed in 2.25 at par with the 'new issues fixed=new problems created' policy.
I suggested earlier in this thread, I believe that Drawde (and the Singleplayer dev team) go back to 2.0 to use the variables used for vehicle use as bots could man mobile vehicles and abondon them when neccesary. 2.2 should be the point of reference for mg42 and this could be replicated for all other mgs from british to Italian to German....
The real new work should be on balancing which vehicles are prefered over others and HOW they are used, and that's already half done thanks to inroads started by Legion. What really should be going on is fine-tuning, but it seems that people don't have a point of reference as to what works and what doesn't so we are creating as many new issues in modding this thing as we improve other aspects. I have to give it to Bizness, bots were simplistic, but they used everything and averegely well - Battles could move from start to finish. Now, many maps are unplayable
If this is indeed an independent project (sp) from the rest of the mod, then i think change-logging needs to play a larger role than it seems to play now
Sorry if I sound harsh with this, but it just gets frustrating when you see an issue and hope its fixed in the next version only to find out after 6months to a year of waiting that Yes, it IS fixed, but suddenly a new issue has arisen from something that worked fine in the past - And with the older maps from 2.0 getting no attention whatsoever, its like marking-time rather than moving foward