Basically, Big Berta is too useless in speederfights, imo. It's a wep that is also a gamble for a shooter. If you've got an enfo backing you with frost, or if you are against shooters and defenders, it's good, otherwise it's obsolete.
I do get your point, but levelling a berta would be a mistake if the nightmare speeder meta continues. It looks as if Nightmare is gonna be highly speeder dominated soon, what with so many Nightmares switching over.
Let's face it, you would prefer a good bigtorp or excannon over a Berta in a speederfight.
Of course, you could be matched against shooters as well, where Berta would come into play, but chances are, it's usually gonna be a raptorfight. Even if youre against shooters, firebombs and excannons are a lot better when compared to Berta.
And no, I did not say, "Don't level it AT ALL". I just stated, be aware, it's a waste of resources if you have better options at hand. If you know your mortars and trust them to hit speeders easily enough, sure, use big berta, bait speeders from the back to make them waste nitros and lure them straight into a berta shot. But. It's a loooot easier to just run an excannon and give them the smack down. So ya. Imo, berta is a waste of resources IF you have a better 2 slot ready with dupes.
And no, my opinion is not misinformed, berta is severely underplayed in late Ace and Nightmare, and though it has HUGE damage going for it, the said damage is much more easily delivered from the business end of an excannon. The ability to go over walls is not much when faced with enemies who can waltz out of the radius, is it?
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