I'll have to side with Donnie on this one.
Sure, USF T0 mortar is a huge gamechanger, but I am sure we can iron this out by nerfing stats appropriately (that of the mortar, and potentially that of the Riflemen too).
However, I don't think we can ever truly salvage the atrocity that is known as the Mortar Pit.
- If we nerf stats -> Mortar Pit is a never-build unit (due to its static nature)
- If we nerf/remove brace -> Mortar Pit deleted (same reason)
- If we delete Mortar Pit -> no reliable garrison-clearing/indirect fire for Brits
At some point the USF Mortar will be fixed, and then we are going to come back to Emplacement-spam cheese. Then, we are all going to wish we were fighting the USF mortar, instead. Unlike the mortar pit, you have a reasonable chance of wiping and stealing USF mortars with your infantry.
Brace needs to gtfo, and the only way to achieve this is by replacing the Mortar Pit with something else.
I agree, the USF mortar is a bit OP and only really due to it being laser guided.
I still think making the Brit emplacements de-crewable would fix them. Either that or make all other emplacements like the Brit ones so they can't get decrewed.