British Mortar range is too damn high

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 08:44 AMJenova.Projekt

i am not a friend of calling for nerfs just because one unit is harder to counter than compareable others, so maybe instead of adjusting raw numbers it may could be an alternative to set the autotargeting to false or limit that into a range where other mortars are performing.anything behind that normal range could only be targeted manually. its just an idea. the unit itself wouldn't be touched and maybe the "build-and-your-active-participation-into-battlefieldtargeting-problems-are-gone" tactics are over.
just an idea

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 12:48 PMDonnieChan

yesterday i played a 2v2 vs simcity builders par excellence

double mortar pit on rails and metal is unbeatable. THe US guy just bunched up with the tommies behin the great green cover wall of china in the mid so we couln't attack and waited for bofors and mortar pit

i don't kow how to counter that

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 13:12 PMRiCE

With your mortars, maybe?

Two OST mortar is 480MP
Two UKF mortar is 800MP

Light and medium vehicles or schrecks until there is no BOFOR around. Once you got panzerwerfer or walking stuka, simcity governors will bleed serious manpower from their ***...

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 13:12 PMRiCE

With your mortars, maybe?

Two OST mortar is 480MP
Two UKF mortar is 800MP

Light and medium vehicles or schrecks until there is no BOFOR around. Once you got panzerwerfer or walking stuka, simcity governors will bleed serious manpower from their ***...

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 13:40 PMDonnieChan

in 2v2 bofors is up after like 4min

ever tried light vehicle on rails? gl

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 13:56 PMAustralian Magic

2v2 yesterday, Farmlands.

Guys pushed us back and put Bofors + Pit next to the house next to ammo point (close to south spawn).

What could we do? Well, I picked MHT (the one with LeFH and sector arty) and with MHT and LeFH we wrecked all emplacements.
This doctrines is great vs heavy emplacements play.

And the smoke screen is also great. Blocks sight so you can easily attack ground with AT guns agasint bofors.

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 13:56 PMAustralian Magic

2v2 yesterday, Farmlands.
And the smoke screen is also great. Blocks sight so you can easily attack ground with AT guns agasint bofors.

Jump back to quoted post17 Feb 2016, 21:27 PMRedT3rror

It outranges ISG guns by far, Ostheer mortars don't stand a chance and it can not be countered when placed out of your reach. The result are 2, often 4 mortars shelling the frontlines and stopping every advance towards the VPs.

The main problem is how they can be placed so far behind the frontlines that their supposed counters are not able to reach them. Despite firing on maximum range they remain very effective thanks to their numerous amounts. It's also not uncommon to cover 2 VPs with those emplacements.

Unlike their counterparts - the ISG and mortar - they can scale well into lategame since rocket artillery will hardly harm them.

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 14:06 PMMr.Smith

The Bofors (unlike the OKW FlakHQ) is able to attack ground (and thus negate smoke cover).

Did you mean you used smoke on AT gun to protect it against small arms, or am I missing something here?

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 14:10 PMAustralian Magic

No.
AT gun outranges bofors (don't remember by how much) yet the smoke is always useful to block the sight. You never know if you enemy is going to use ground attack. Or you can easily block 17 pounder with that smoke.

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 10:45 AMRedT3rror

I don't know what n00bs you are exactly playing against, but a UKF player with a brain will build a mortar out of your reach.

It's not very difficult to defend a mortar pits that is standing right infront of your base.

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 14:31 PMWhySooSerious

wait if its pretty much in their base then why build it in the first place are you like trying to base assault him?

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2016, 12:48 PMDonnieChan

yesterday i played a 2v2 vs simcity builders par excellence

double mortar pit on rails and metal is unbeatable. THe US guy just bunched up with the tommies behin the great green cover wall of china in the mid so we couln't attack and waited for bofors and mortar pit

i don't kow how to counter that