the whole it cost 30muni is weak justification. which flare and recon planes don't?
in the era when the concerns is back on sight abilities like spotting scopes, specs ops and sniper sight, it's cheeky that sov mortar was missed
In case you are completely tone deaf, that "era" of concern is directed specifically at passive/one time purchase/anywhere on the map and uncounterable abilities.
Sniper sight nerfs have absolutely nothing to do with overpowered ability to scout, its to kill cancer sniper plays.
even sov sniper needs vet to unlock flare, yet a more durable mortar unit got away
Sov sniper doesn't exactly have problems hitting or killing models.
Soviet mortar got flare to increase its utility to counterweight ost mortars ability to just murderfuck team weapons.
as i said, because of how low key flare graphical representation is, most opponents don't know what hits them in late game
Should there be a visible indicator for opponents being in sight of spotting scopes too then?
Do allies magically know they are in sight in that case?
When mortar shells start falling on you accurately, its quite a give-away that mortar flare was used on you even if you miss the flare itself.
whenever i play sov, i am very to deploy mortar flare, such a cheeky give away
And whenever I play, I use it sporadically, because if you want to use it with any reliable frequency, you are not going to have muni for critical mines, off maps, elite inf nades, ZiS barrages and many more equally or more valuable abilities.
4v4 fuckfests aren't exactly good indicators of viability or usability of, well, anything, because anything will work well there.
Flare is not bad, but it most certainly is not good enough to warrant any kind of nerf to it.