AOE buddies: grenade or mortars?

See above. Which do you think is best?

 

Grenade and mortars are two different beast. Even though they have similar mechanic, they couldn't be more different. Mortar is good for raining fire on the opponents over obstacles, keeping you safe. Meanwhile grenade is a little bit more situational, it has short range, but it is easier to hit and has massive burst damage, it's good for sneaky lob on the opponent ship around the corner. They'll never see it coming.

Also you need to consider that you can build a strong mortar relatively early, even without much captain training. But with grenade, you need to train Isac to the max level to be able to reach the full potential. Only after you max your training it becomes a fearsome weapon.

 

Grenade is a top tier weapon, Mortars is something you only equip for quests!

 

That 1 lonely person who voted ballpark

 

It really depends on your ship and playstyle. If you like staying from a safe distance, go for the mortars! But if you like playing up close, then it's the grenade for sure. Since I main the yellow ships, I don't use mortar, but I do know quite a fair bit on grenades.

Pros:
• Grenade is relatively easy to hit with
• It deals high damage
• The crit can be really useful in finishing off your opponent, especially when you are running away from him
• It has a rather short cooldown
• When the enemy groups up really tight you can hit more than one of them at one go (based on my experience really rare though)
• Waves are less of a problem as you can still hit the enemy (nyah nyah flare blast users)

Cons:
• If the enemy is doing a little enfo dance it's tough to hit them
• Grenade needs you to go really close to attack so you will be useless in mortar lobbing tussles (if you don't have a ranged weapon)
• Being close is also risky as you are putting yourself into dangerous situations where a whole lot of other nasty weapons thrive

That's about it I think! Despite the drawbacks I still love my grenade It can be really scary if you use it well.

 

Describe to us your playstyle, what ship you use and what the rest of your load-out would look like if you had either? If you can provide us with a bit more information on your self then we can make a better assessment of what might best fit your playstyle.

 

Not to mention the +50% crit... My t4R has 50% crit. With a crit, the damage comes to +1400. T4R!!!

 

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Yes it is 69%

 

What about missiles?

 

Personally I find missiles are fierce but only with 5 projectiles and training - they’re mid range not long range. I have T5E that deliver total 5x520 damage if I land those all at once - game over! Not for long range and definitely no good for brawling!

 

Nice!!!! I was lucky enough to get epic perks in quest raffles and my grenade has 60% crit - can’t hit a yellow boat with it to save my life but great for blues, greens and reds!

 

I’ll vote for Bertha until the day I die.

 

I am a speeder. I like to deal awesome damage and not get hit.

 

And I DO NOT stay with my team. Speeder no-no. Unless there is fixer. Always stay close to fixer.

 

If your a speeder your very capable of using Grenade. But like someone else said, mortars can deal more damage earlier on in the game cause of earlier access to the good trainings. If your going to run Mortar than try to run a Frost Weapon for Bonus Damage. And also run Frost Bonus DMG Perks on the mortar for a higher damage output.

As for grenade, it won’t be super OP til later in the game for you. And you’ll want to run Fire Bonus Chance perks and maybe run a Blast Canon with it or a Explosive Canon. Then you can run TShield or TBolt. Whichever you find more useful. Because of the close range needed for grenade TShield might be better for you. If you run the ExCanon or BCanon use Fire Bonus Dmg Perks on it also for maximum damage output.