Bofors opinion poll

Jump back to quoted post31 May 2016, 19:17 PMCrystal

Yeah the real problem si the mortar pit, not really the Bofors imo.


Excellent range, excellent RoF, no fuel cost etc.

A simple way to balance that thing would be remove the brace on mortar pit maybe ?

Not an optimal balance i guess, but at least it's simple.

Jump back to quoted post1 Jun 2016, 03:34 AMSvanh

The problem with this is that you've nerfed the Mortar Pit's survivability (which isn't all that impressive) to make the Bofors easier to counter.

The main problem with the Bofors/Mortar Pit combo is that it allows a player to reap all of the benefits of a combined-arms strategy without any of the micro usually associated with one.

To fix this, I suggest:

- Give UKF a mobile mortar with the same stats as the Soviet one (but only four infantry models)
- Make the Mortar Pit a garrisonable structure (capable of garrisoning two squads at once) that multiplies the range of mortar barrages (not auto-fire, only the barrage) by 1.5, barrage cooldown by 0.6 and scatter by 0.8 (so a garrisoned mortar has only standard auto-fire range but can barrage at the normal range)
- Reduce the cost/pop cost of the Mortar Emplacement

If you would like to try this out, here's a mod.

The problem with this is that you've nerfed the Mortar Pit's survivability (which isn't all that impressive) to make the Bofors easier to counter.