Seems like they take longer then they used to. I miss the way it was.
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Player cooldown is longer because some people monopolized arty and bomber for the entire match
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Yes it has
It got reduced by half
Not joking here: mortar squads are more useful than radio squad, now.
Mortars do everything radio does, but can last longer, is on demand when you need it, you can surgically take out multiple fortifications in the map… maybe it’s the squad with highest learning curve, but once mastered, it’s a wonder support squad.
I ditched my radiomen because 2 minutes between smoke barrages is too long. You can’t even call a smoke barrage if another guy called arty or air strike…With a single mortar I can bombard a point, then shield my team advance with smoke shells, or confuse enemy and lob 3 explosive shells, switch to smoke, then back to bombs… the squad can even have 2 assaulters in it if you don’t need more than 1 engy, so is great to assault a point after raining fire and smoke on it.
I guess those using radiomen dedicated squads only do so for the airstrike. I think since the function came out I didn’t use it more than 10 times total…
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Has the shot deviation of the mortar decreased?
I cannot say for sure, but it does seems like it. For some reason I seem to be able to pinpoint land my shells on my markers, without much deviation.
Which is why I try to aim at different spots with each shots.
Quite useful when an ally pinpoint a hmg emplacement, or an aa, or even a rally point: I make those disappear.
Mortars are underestimated. There’s a good reason for this: ppl still remember how cancerous they were, and still have them in aversion: You could resupply many times with a single ammo box, so with 2 engies, it was possible to spam shells without pause the entire match.
Now they’re in a very good place: they’re tactical and require a brain TO USE WELL. Sure you can dump all your shells on a cap without thinking, but it’s wasted potential.
Is it just me, or just cycle through squads and the timer goes away faster?
Chad game, promoting suicide rushing.
It’s annoying I used to get so many kills paring Artty with snipers but now the radio squads suck.