Will RO2 have Mortars like in the first one?
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I guess you watched the Darkest Hour Mod. Red Orchestra itself has no real mortars. On some maps you see mortars placed but they are only decoration. I think I saw static mortars that you could use on some custom maps but their elevation and traverse is fixed.
Right now Red Orchestra 2 wont have playable mortars but it feautures a mortar strike as a minor artillery strike.
Right now Red Orchestra 2 wont have playable mortars but it feautures a mortar strike as a minor artillery strike.
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You're wrong there, MeFirst. RO has mortars, but only as an artillery strike. IIRC, mortars were one of the three different types of artillery in RO that the mapper had to chose.
I dont consider that playable. It is not like in darkest hour. It still is basically just a minor artillery trike.
So in what way is it not playable?
You can maually point it and manually make it go boom. So it's basically just like any other weapon in game.
You can maually point it and manually make it go boom. So it's basically just like any other weapon in game.
it would be nice to be added, so in large maps you could have a mortar teams of 4 supporting fellow troops.
As far as I know, the only crew-served weapons in RO2 are the tanks, and requiring AI crew members as stand-ins for such weapons to function, and the animation and game mechanics this entails, is probably why ATGs, mortars, infantry guns, etc. have yet to make an appearance. Even the HMGs as recently seen in these late-date videos don't utilize loader/ammo carriers as part of their actual teams.
Playable mortars are really cool. I hope it gets either modded in or added as DLC for RO2.
Carpathian Crosses: Mortar Instructions - YouTube
Carpathian Crosses: Mortar Instructions - YouTube
Maybe they will have them in Rising Storm mod, since some of the Darkest Hour people are on that team.
But as MeFirst started there are no "playable" (as in a select-able mortar class) in RO 1. There is in Darkest Hour mod for RO 1.
The commander in RO2 will have access to Mortar/Artillery/Rocket strikes. He will need to use his binoculars to point at the area to mark it, then run to a radio station to call in the strike.
But as MeFirst started there are no "playable" (as in a select-able mortar class) in RO 1. There is in Darkest Hour mod for RO 1.
The commander in RO2 will have access to Mortar/Artillery/Rocket strikes. He will need to use his binoculars to point at the area to mark it, then run to a radio station to call in the strike.