It's not pay2win, honestly! Nothing but flat out lies on weapon descriptions and no refunds if you should choose to believe them.
Good play there. As for NC weapon discussion, it would be nice if people confined it to the other two major threads on the topic right now.
Hacksaw MAX is excellent at the range this video illustrates - CQB. The TR Mercy MAX will shred infantry at CQB, shred infantry and other MAXes at medium range, and has the ability to rattle ESFs at medium range as well. It can even put a round or two into careless soft targets past medium range, but not enough to do more than make the target find cover. Hacksaw MAXes are the CQB monster.
I don't think the NC Max is OP. It does its job well. A 2x Mercy TR Max has less killing power but has longer range. I just think the VS max needs buffing.
Also the fact that the Vanu were dribbling in 1 or 2 at a time, helped him. You could easily replicate with a dual minigun TR Max, probably not a Vanu Max cause they pretty rubbish.