Or its used because its the only indirect piece OKW has outside of a walking stuka? And combined arms is a core concept of CoH2 let alone war? I share your shock that people use the pack howi in both teamgames AND 1v1 yet people still defend it like its the only piece of indirect USF have, except they have the most of any faction....
They sure do, and I hate having a USF team-mate who only goes indirect and never bothers to use their wonderful infantry, 50 cals, or jacksons. But USF being busted doesn't mean that the LeiG is trash no matter how you put it.
And while "combined arms" is available to all, a map-hack with great range that gives you clear idea of where to target your longer-range-than-other-mortars ISG is particularly unique to OKW. It's great synergy, going beyond "combined arms" in a general sense and to a specific function.
I guess you can argue soviets can do something with flares but I'd take ISG + IR Halftrack over 2 soviet mortars any day. Soviets also "only" have the mortar outside rocket arty... but that's true for basically every army.
And my real _shock_ is how you are otherwise reasonable but use hyperbolic language like "this unit is trash" when it very much isn't and it's used a lot in team games to great effect.
Unrelated, why exactly was USF given mortar in t0? Was it because smoke-nades got removed from riflemen?
If that is true, then originally USF only had 2 indirect platforms too -- pack and scott.
I can't keep up with all the changes anymore =(
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