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Jump back to quoted post16 Apr 2017, 23:23 PMArray

A problem with all the resource ideas is that games would probably go on longer and longer. Vehicles help speed up action on the large maps. Getting 8 people to stick around for 60 - 120 minutes is problematic

Jump back to quoted post12 Apr 2017, 01:38 AMGrumpy

It was situational before, meaning that it was really good against Ost with multiple weapon teams, and not so great against OKW. One leig pretty much hard countered a mortar if the player actively used it against the mortar.

Now it is much more situational. It still seems to hit a lot, but not kill much. The smoke is okay, probably a little more reliable than smoke from the standard Soviet mortar.

A lot of games are won through attrition. One of the key components in that is how efficient units are in terms of price, popcap, and what they actually kill. In that light, compare the new and old mortars.

Old:
260 MP, 6 popcap, 30 kills in 40 minutes
cost: 260 + 6*1.5*40 = 620
benefit: 30 * 28(average reinforce cost) = 840
ratio: 1.35 (really good)

New
240 MP, 6 popcap, 10 kills in 40 minutes
cost: 240 + 6*1.5*40 = 600
benefit: 10 * 28(average reinforce cost) = 280
ratio: 0.47 (better to build another ammo cache and possibly second RE)