It's important to note that Peashooter didn't have Pea Suped in GW1 and 2, they had hyper or that hyper leap ability that almost no one used as basic hyper was better. It made you move faster and jump higher but didn't affect your fire rate at all. And even without it, because the pea damages the soldier on near misses, but the soldier has to directly hit, the peashooter has come out on top in these exchanges the majority of the time. In fact the main reason you see pogo peas so often is that it's become second nature to a lot of players, even without these abilities.
The rapid fire upgrade for soldier is indeed too good and can be considered essential in the current environment. There's no doubt it needs to be removed/changed/nerfed.
But assuming no ZPG or bean bomb, and without rapid fire soldier upgrade, the peashooter is going to win more often with or without pea suped, pea suped just makes it easier. If you throw the stink bomb in the mix, the soldier will do better, especially in BfN where zombies can see through it, but again, if the peashooter can get enough splash damage and avoid the solider's shots, the peashooter is going to do well, even if they lose that soldier is going to be in bad shape.
@Iron_Guard8I agree that the ability shouldn't increase his rate of fire. I understand a lot of your arguments and believe that they reflect you experiences made in the game accurately, but mine are a little different. I always encounter Soldiers that just use ZPG when Peashooter uses Pea Super and win, because the hit box of the damn thing is so broken.
I would like Foot Soldier’s Rapid Fire upgrade to remain as is, maybe even buff its speed to more than it provides now, however it should cost 4 upgrade points to use, reduce his damage and increase his time to reload.
