Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27112202-20160717025407/@comment-86.134.25.197-20160728071837

I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying this. Really helps get some of the old gray matter buzzing.

In order that you quoted them. A howitzer is a cannon, not a mortar, and I think I can agree with that as it is a lot like a (very) short barreled cannon.

He then goes on to say that the engis MANA turret is also a mortar (do I even need to explain this one?), to me this looks like your taking this persons comment a bit more seriously than the origanal commenter meant it to be taken.

"the initial bulldog" Both me and Blood have already said this, when it first came out it worked more like you would expect a mortar to work then "It slowly became what we know today".

Yes, back when they first made it they would have called parts of its mesh this, just because they changed how the gun works does not mean their then going to go and sort though all the code to track down and change every mention of when it was called that. That would be pointless and a complete waste of effort.

Ok fair-dibs. Though they do go on to say that its normal for guns to be referred to as what they feel like they are, and the bulldog just doesn't feel like a mortar. A (very) short barreled cannon mabe, but after having made heavy use of the gun, one of the first guns I ever got and the first gun I ever got for my sundy, it just doesn't have the feel of a mortar. You don't (if you want to hit anything) shoot it into the air and let it fall on the enemy, you shoot it at their face. Even out at a medium distance, you shoot it like you would any of the granade launchers, up a bit, take aim, let it arc and if you miss hope the AoE still does the job for you. Your not just poping it high into the air and letting gravity (or what ever passes for gravity on this games planet) do the rest of the work.