Is 'Mortar Bay' a fun game?

Just a question. Personally I think 'Battle Bay' is a fun game with this crap minigame called 'Mortar Bay' that for some reason we are forced to play sometimes. In 'Mortar Bay' you often can't even see the enemy ships, or can only barely make them out from a distance. It's not very fluid and really comes down to a contest of loadouts as opposed to strategy.

Then again, maybe most people actually like 'Mortar Bay' and think it makes 'Battle Bay' better not worse. Which is why I'm asking the question. But if almost nobody likes 'Mortar Bay' (which has been my general impression) I have to then ask what is the point of forcing us to play a lame minigame like that.

 

Enforcers and Speeders dumb down them shooters whom use Mortars all the time... also from what ive heard, higher infamy players dont spam mortars as often. I am only infamy 1600-ish and i do agree with your OP, there are a lot of mortar shooters in the game lol. Im an Enforcer so i just distract them and single target them with my blast cannons, also overboost is my good friend

 

Nice bro
I dont like mortar bay
I prefer the mini game, teamwork
doesnt show up too often, but it is always fun, even if its a loss.

 

dont know what is defined as high infamy, but im 2500+ and see mortar bay often enough.

 

Just what i have read on some previous posts; i just checked the Top 20 and didn't see any Shooters Spamming Mortars; so im guessing Nightmare league probably doesnt spam the shit outa mortars.Im thinking Shooters in Nightmare League dont spam carry mortars because the enemy is mostly compiled of Speeders. Ya, this isnt good news for the rest of us... my solution is go learn how to play Enforcer, and then enjoy the fact you made a change to a much more enjoyable ship and able to avoid mortars most of the time

 

Zeus noted down the frustrations about the mortar issue in his recent thread on reddit so at least we know he's aware of it

 

Here's my opinion.I dislike mortars too. But mostly because they kick my ass.
Loadouts IS strategy. The "fix" is to play Speeder or Enforcer and not spam Shooter. Although on occasion I do rush them with my Shooter. Even though I'm a firebomb spammer I keep a couple cannons.

 

But "Torpedo Bay" is a pretty hard game too.

 

Lol no it's not. Torpedoes are the easiest to dodge compared to mortars that are hardest to dodge. Not to mention that only one out of three torpedos is a single slot weapon and only one out of four mortars is not a single slot weapon and you can't sit behind a wall and spam torpedos all day.

 

Well it's clear that mortar loadouts don't suck or 'Mortar Bay' wouldn't be happening. But it's a broader point than them kicking ass or not. Speaking for myself I would rather be struggling in 'Battle Bay' or simply playing one of the other 5 million games out there than crushing in 'Mortar Bay' because 'Mortar Bay' just isn't a very good game.

 

Evidently the devs cant win at everything
Nerf fixer because they were able to heal themselves to well
Nerf speeders hp, speed, stun, and shield so that they are more balanced
Ob nerf affected fixer and enforcer as well.

Consequences-
Mortars completely destroy fixers, to the point they cant stay together and heal team properly. team splits up
A decrease in speeders meant less worry about ships that can effectively avoid mortars
Mortars became complete destruction from long distance, aka big berta and long range...
Firebomb and fiare gun (but primarly the bomb) became op because of the stars and perks recieved from them.

aka mortar bay....

Honeslty torp has alway been op for those with the skill to use them.
It requires more strategy then mortars at least...

 

sorry but I´m around 4000 infamy and I die 90% of the time for other weapons, if you want to change the name of the game call speeder-bay will be more correct...mortars op? XDDD look flare gun o rockets... tell me which boat or player can beat speeder 1v1... ¿?

 

I guess it would have to be enforcer. Then again skill makes huge difference. I can knock down full health defender with speeder with torp and sniper. Shooter with real good aiming skill will beat the speeder with proper support items.

 

It's not for me so much that mortars are op. The issue comes more from each team having 3 to 4 shooters having 3 to 4 mortars each. Now you're playing a game where both sides just sit there and is not fun.

I notice that zero people have said that 'Mortar Bay' is a fun game...

 

You represent about top 5% of the overall playerbase. Of course your matchups are different compared to... I don't know..other 95% of us.