I play operations exclusively and i sometimes get in the arty truck and rain hell and fire on the objectives and tanks and whatnot. I use it as it’s intended. Seems like every time I use it now u have some jackass getting on top of it and preventing me from using the mortar. I could see if I’m 3-0 with it halfway through the round but I rack up the kills and flag defends always. I can routinely get 40-50 kills and get a lot of points from flag defends and usually get mvp or top 2 or 3. Why all the saltiness from my own team?
Ur team is suffering because u decided to be a jackass and killfarm from spawn. What good are ur kills if medics just immediately pick them up and your team needs to cross miles of no mans land to get to the objective. But there have been plenty of threads on the subject, if you’re looking for answers go read up on them
Because you are wasting a tank slot farming kills on point? This tank does not help pushes or clear flags like a HB would. On attack you are useless, on defense you are useless. You can’t keep players on the field as serving as a spawn point and you won’t bully players off point with your presence. The tank needs to be removed from Operations simple as that. If we had an extra tank slot, I would push you out of bounds or flip you on a hill.
Now?
It’s BEEN taboo since the game came out. Most selfish ground vehicle choice in the game
They’re salty because you suck the fun out of a match. They can’t push effectively because you are padding your KD. Defense has no ticket bleed. They can respawn over and over with no penalty. Most of the guys like you I run into play the first sector of Conquer Hell and quit when their team moves past the first base or they get blown up. If both teams hate your guts then you know you are doing something wrong.
You’re in the wrong neibourhood dude.
But seriously,on this forum that thing is not welcome,and you won’t have more luck on reddit,where a guy posted how to easily teamkill your kind…with great popularity.
There must be a reason dice never released a legendary for that thing in the exchange…think about it.
I’ve won games because I was defending flags on the defending team and also clearing the flags as attacker with the arty truck. If it’s used the right way you sure as hell can help ur team I’ve seen/done it myself. I’m the least selfish player when playing this game. It’s useful on operations if used the right way like I said. I don’t know why everybody has their panties in a bunch about ppl who use it. Like I said above I understand if your not helping your team but if you know what your doing with it and are using it the right way then I don’t understand the issue.
Literally any other tank could help your team better then the mortar arty truck. You are missing the point and I highly doubt you play for the team when in your first post you bragged about getting 40-50 kills a match and being top of the leaderboards.
To answer your question; people don’t typically like that playstyle because it’s seen as a cheap, no-skill, stat padding strategy. Which 99 times out of 100 is completely true.
It is probably the least skilled thing you can possible do in this game. Shoot at red dots with your go pro bombs from the safety of spawn. Even the bomber takes one or two brain cells to keep in the air.
And the point others have been trying to make to you thus far is that ALMOST ANY OTHER TANK can help your team BETTER THAN YOUR MORTAR TRUCK.
Just so it is clearer:
St. Chamond, A7V, Mark V:
Frontline firepower support for infantry
Against enemy armor
Mobile respawn for entire team
FT-7:
Frontline firepower support for infantry
Against enemy armor (depending on variant)
Putilov:
Frontline firepower support for infantry (Assault/Recon) / Against enemy armor (AT variant)
Mobile respawn for entire team
In comparison, what does the mortar truck do?
Yes, it can counter enemy armor really well, but most ppl using it never do that. Even if you do, what about the other functions? Even if others are to believe that you are genuinely trying to help, you can still do MUCH MORE for your team in any other tank.
Also, keep in mind that if the infantry players on your team have died on the flags but cannot find a close respawn point, have to run to the flag across the map from base and get sniped midway, your team will be way more likely to turn into a camping sniper team, no matter how many kills you rack up in the mortar truck. If and when that happens, that will be on you.
it has always been, because it’s the go-to kill farm meta and as others have stated it very rarely contributes anything meaningful to the efforts of your team. I use it as defender sometimes, but only if the attacking team is steamrolling and has clear tank advantage. In all other sitations any other tank is the better choice.
If you’re attacking in Operations and you use the artillery truck you’re nothing but useless, and should just leave the game or swap to defense…
Yes, you can rack up a stupid amount of kills in it, but they are completely meaningless kills while you hinder your team because it’s a tank out of play - I recently saw a player go 135-0 in one on a team that could’ve won with that tank in play to push with.
The mortar truck is haram lol.
I’d suggest considering the mortar variant of the Landship as while the reload is longer you have side gunners to deal with enemy armour and you will act as a spawn point for your team.
I’m not denying that the mortar truck can have a deliberating effect on the enemy (most people hate being farmed, simple as) it’s just not quite as useful.
People here are over-reacting a bit, but its true many abuse it to just KD from afar…the key, like all things abused in BF, is to use it to its full intended purpose. (Im assuming we are talking mortar truck here) You know if you’re just playing safe and rackin kills or if you’re really being an asset.
I use it a lot when Im playing solo because there’s nothing worse than constantly having nobody to spawn on except a pilot or some scout on a mountain. But its also a shame to see how many times a tank is being wasted with one person in it and nobody will man the guns. So I take a one man vehicle and do as much damage as possible.
Yes…its meant to be used from a distance to rain down on enemy positions. Its a deterrent force multiplier…push the enemy back, give team chance to advance under cover. Take a flag.
BUT MOVE AROUND DAMMIT. Help advance and keep pressure on infantry…occasionally flank around and fluster them from different positions. Use the turret in between mortars to suppress and incrementally take damage on infantry, planes, small vehicles.
Always keep re-positioning. Dont let enemies track you down and sneak up. The vehicle is fairly mobile…it can take a couple grenades and still get the hell out of dodge, repair, continue.
And yes, USE IT TO GET TO AND TAKE FLAGS. Starting the game, take that thing to 2nd or 3rd flag for quick cap and control…later on in match you can always post that vehicle on edge of flag area and take points while having lines of sight and escape if trouble comes. If your squad is using mic…have them tell you when ready to respawn, jump out quick and jump back in when spawned.
I have a lot of games where I rack up 20-25 kills, but more importantly, I push back soldiers and allow team to take objectives…its also funny how easy it is to get enemies sidetracked on revenge chasing you around the map and dont play objective anymore…
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Sigh.
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You’re probably that sniper, on the last open squad, lying shoulder to shoulder with his ‘friend’ on Brokeback Mountain…or that guy running with a buddy in a locked squad for 30 minutes screaming that nobody will join your squad…and there are 3 other locked squads like yours and so I spawn in the artillery. Ahhh..now you get it.
So you use the arty cus there is noone to spawn on? Be honest man, cant you see the amount of daftness in that?
Anyhoo, you’re way wrong on all assumptions about me and my playstyle. I wish you luck in the future with internet communications. You’re going to need it.
I just had to troll a little to get you to make an actual point instead of a lazy ‘sigh’. :-). And youre in such a hurry to bash the vehicles you disnt read very well.
So no…there is no daftness in that. Its a one man vehicle. If you know how to use it correctly, its very effective. Tanks are useless half the time because nobody wants to man the guns or repair…if they can drive and main gun, they bail out so you have a slow half blind grenade/rocket magnet.
The artillery is mobile…much more useful than trying to run and gun on foot by yourself when you have no squadmates. If you do have squadmates and youre willing to SUPPORT them with it, you certainly can peovide lots of annoying deterrent fire…you can hop out for a second so someone can spawn if they communicate.
That said, its usually one of my less deaired tactics as I usually am a flag getter on foot but there are times whem the vwhicle is more peoductive than lone wolfing on foot with noob teammates.