[USF] [ALL][81mm mortar]
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Actually they hotfixed it. So apparently this is working as intended.
Yeah I still don't really get around it USF was already very strong in 1v1 pre patch. I never got the whole idea of them needing a mortar since they can already deal with mgs by just having enough riflemen to flank them and using pack howi, stuart or smoke later they can even more so.
Now it just makes USF overpowered and pack howi redundant. I would rather see the mortar removed untill it is thought out how to balance the army as a whole and what role pack howi could then have. At the moment it causes more problems than that it really gives usf more diverse openings. I mean everyone now just still goes for riflemen with mortar support regardless of how many mgs the enemy has just because the mortar is such a good deal.
Also captain is now made a really unattractive without zooks it is just an expensive squad with 1 cool ability but if you place your smokes right you don't really the "on me" ability anyways and you don't need his tech for the indirect fire anymore. M20 mines + zooks also provides decent enough AT till you can get a sherman/TD usually.
Also with the addition to the mortar I would like the nade package to drop the smoke (and its price) since smoke is readily available and then getting nades wont hurt tech quite as much. BUT give the glorified riflemen squad- I mean lieutenant-smoke for free to make him a special snowflake
USF is OP now, needs fixing
Something along the lines of stuart/zooks/mortar
I think the 60mm would be a better choice. Rifles and that beast at t0... Stronk.
Guys even HelpingHans has trouble with those things it's clearly OP
who the F is helpingHans?
player> @Beardedragon said:
proplayer, one of the top of the leaderboards with all factions
i see. well if the choice was between a nerf to the mortar or a nerf to their mainline infantry which, in return, will change absolutely everything else around their faction, the obvious choice is the mortar.
What if the mortar was available at the Barracks after unlocking Lieutenant or Captain tech? Then reducing the cost of Liutenant to 35 fuel so you can get the mortar out faster and can use those units that normally come really late (yet still allowing the player to choose Captain first) and increasing the Major's cost to 135 fuel to make sure the overall tech cost stays the same. Then having the accuracy of the mortar's barrage increased to match other 80/81mm mortars then the mortar will still come out relatively early as well as other units in the USF tree so they'll have more early-mid game options. I think it'll fix the mortar problem and it'll allow units like the .50 cal and the armored car to shine since they normally come out pretty late.
Pros:
US mortar comes out later so it's not as overwhelming for Axis
Mortar is better
Lieutenant and his units will come out faster
Major cost increased so they Shermans come out at normal time
Cons:
USF will still have the problem with having to do the same start every game again
Literally the whole point of the mortar was that it made there be more than one strategy besides rifle spam, this would ruin that so as to make rifle spam the only strategy again, making the USF boring. Just slightly nerf the mortar if the USF win rate spikes.
why should it be okay for Wehr to overpower other factions with awesome mortars if the USF arent allowed to do the same? if you do this you change the entire pace.
mind you, that if you do this, you will gain access to, for instance, the AAHH even earlier than before, and its not a bad unit. or in case you do this to the captain, lower his cost, you will face Howitzers earlier, and Stuats earlier. this will be a complete drag to deal with.
just nerf the mortar if it causes issues and over performs. all these odd ideas people have with nerfing riflemen, or doing this is going to seriously fuck up or mess up at least the faction as whole.
just do it the simple way, nerf the mortar so it performs what it should for a 260 unit.
and yes, it should remain a tier 0 unit because riflemen spam is dull and boring. and not only that, but you will still get out like 2-3 riflemen before reaching even the designated 35 fuel to upgrade to lieutenant as you propose. meaning if my enemy has spammed Wehr MGs i STILL need to wait for several minutes before i can start countering them.
no, just no. the USF faction finally got the mortar unit and it NEEDS to remain at tier 0. all thats left is to balance out the unit itself.
Nerfing the mortar to a reasonable level is just going to return the game to 4x RM spam.
Then maybe make the mortar have a bad auto fire but amazing barrage then buff Pack Howitzer? Just giving suggestions since I've been seeing so many people lose their s*** over how strong it is.
Personally I don't think it's op. It is really strong.
I want to know what attributes of the mortar is being nerfed. Just saying, a range nerf is not enough cuz I heard that Relic is just nerfing the range. Relic delayed the patch so that we can have a high quality patch yet this mortar is BLATANTLY op yet Relic didn't spot it at all. SMH
I like riflemen spam, better than mortat spam. Or?
USF mortar can spot enemy infantry...GG LELIC
USA mortar OP! Range, reload, accuracy everything! It need fix a soon as possible.
USF M1 mortar being able to follow and pound enemy units through the fog of war is the icing on the OP cake
loads of us mortar complains from what i know the germans got a similar unit called mortar aswell, and it can counter mortar=P I think they gave the us mortar has shorter range than the german ones.
Riflemen are worse than german infantry in close range or long range depending on what you start whit=P so u got stg pioneers beats rear e, in more less evry way, and they beat the riflemen in close range. Volks or grenadiers win long range.
Seems fair to me.
Last time i checked wher got pioneers that can wreck riflemen in close combat, and the mg 42 spam was op against the us before.
Pioneer can push back both the rifles or flank the mortar and then take rifles from behind.
Are u high?
So you are saying semi automtic rifles are better than assult rifles in close combat? Last time i checked the Pioneers killed my riflemen if they dident keep distance.
Engineers can only beat rear echelons at close range. Maybe you are confused with OKW's sturmpioneers. An engineer squad can't win from riflemen at any distance.
They have their mp40's but their low health makes them having to retreat before they can do much damage to most allied infantry.
mp40 are submachine guns and wins in close combat 2. they are also 200 manpower.
But you are right i was thinking about sturmpioneers 300 manpower.
No they don't. Pioneers lose vs Riflemen even at close combat - and that's IF you come out of nowhere at 0 range. You have to close with Riflemen going from far range, to mid range, to close range. Pioneers will do no meaningful DPS until they get to about 5 range, whereas the Riflemen will slaughter Pioneers while they're closing. Countering riflemen with pioneers just does not happen. Even with a flamethrower that's a difficult prospect.