You know I actually predicted that the initial USF mortar addition would be a complete disaster. I made a post about it well before it was on the live patch. And I was right.
You can't predict something you don't know anything about. That's just wild guessing.
Guys, half the new commanders will be OP, the other half will be unused and niche. There we go.
From what I understand Relic switched up the stats to be a copy of the AA mortar the day before patch after the balance team was testing a different mortar in the balance preview.
On top of giving it better vet than any other mortar (vet1 reducing scatter).
On top of "fixing" veterancy on mortars to apply their bonuses to their AA. Everyone basically had higher range 120mm mortars when vetted.
On top of having obnoxious bugs the first week it was released (tracking through FoW, exponentially reducing scatter through vet, etc.)