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Jump back to quoted post11 Sep 2015, 12:56 PMAlexzandvar

It's essentially a mortar with a longer reload and less AoE, what exactly in your mind makes the small 1 shot capability of the ISG not okay compared to that of the Pack Howis (which got buffed as well) and all the other light artillery such as mortars in the game?

The reason why you let it "sit there" is because it's barrage is shite.

EDIT: Again I should impress that this is the only MP only indirect available to OKW and a nerf to it would be a huge kick in the balls for OKW in 1v1 and 2v2 were you can't rely on your Ost friends turbo mortar to save you.

Jump back to quoted post10 Sep 2015, 19:17 PMdbmb

Unless an emplacement is placed in a location where it is ineffective (near your base / away from action), in most maps (all?) there are locations for indirect fire to attack the emplacement with the Brit player having little recourse.

Take Kholodny (summer or winter), for example. For a Brit spawning in the west spawn, a conservative placement of the Bofors would be at the fuel / munitions cutoff near your base. Unfortunately, both the Mortar and ISG can sit in completely safety in many of the East spawn's location and begin barraging the emplacement in the fog.

You are forced to rush into an enemy defensive position to take out the mortar, or you lose your emplacement. There is no other tactical decision you can make and this makes for terrible gameplay. With other factions, you can at least reposition your static defenses to hide from indirect fire.

In the live version of the game, the balance between static positions and mobile artillery is almost fair. The cheaper mobile artillery forces the static position to shut down; the Brit is now bleeding manpower upkeep for a paperweight. This balance breaks down because the Brace mechanic is abused for purposes other than indirect fire response. For example, an AT gun starts attacking the Mortar emplacement and all of a sudden it is unkillable. This is the problem.

Unfortunately in the balance preview, the Brits now have no tactical answer to indirect fire. Once the enemy gets a mortar or ISG, your emplacement gameplay ends for the remainder of the match, since there is no way to keep them alive.

I would guess a change to the Brace mechanic is required - make it reduce damage only from indirect fire. Once this is made, I see no problem with the Brit player shutting down the functionality of the (very high upkeep) unit in exchange for surviving ISG / mortar bombardment. Once functionality is disabled, ground forces can move in and clean it up. That to me is tactics.

Jump back to quoted post10 Sep 2015, 18:14 PMbC_

care to elaborate?

Jump back to quoted post10 Sep 2015, 12:44 PMAlexzandvar

EDIT: In all reality the ST is a garbage now with the giant nerf to it's AoE profile and the fact it's stuck in the shittiest most buggy commander to ever grace this earth so eh.