I literally only signed up to complain about mortars

EA does not care about your complaints. Or they are incompetent as they clearly have no clue on how to balance a simple FPS.

EA with all its resources and money cannot make a simple FPS balanced. Just think of how many BF games came prior that were well balanced wonderful games. Then EA comes out with this absolute piece of garbage. They have a helo flying around  a map that no one can kill and the pilot is going like 100-1 and they cant fix this after multiple patches. They have Light Machine Guns that can kill a SMG at super close quarters with 1-2 bullets. Wins every time. They have anti air weapons such as the IGLA that cannot even hit an air vehicle. Anti tank mines are a joke. They don't work at all. Once again I get on to play and EA has to fill my map with bots because nobody wants to play this trash anymore. My advice is just move on to better games. Let your feet to the talking because EA does not care to make any substantive changes for whatever reason. 

I've only been victim to the helicopter rubbish once, if they just increase the bullet spread and reduce the damage they can probably deal with that one. I do like an RPG, however. I see a post on the right saying remove heli from Manhattan bridge and that is exactly the map I was victimised on (as above), I had a random with me and neither of us get the time to lock on, if we do - he's outta there. Doesn't work on that map. 

I was victim to an LMG bro the other day, but just the once. 

I otherwise think its decent. I've played a few of the BF series, BF1 is probably a smidge better, but I think it beats 2042. 

I'm no fan of EA since their purchase of Gamestorm/Kesmai many years ago, shuttering Kesmai at the time, but it did move us on to Ultima Online, which was awesome. 

It's the way it goes, it seems. 

I came here to complain about the exact same thing.  EA will do nothing to balance their game though, just as they still haven't fixed any of the issues caused by their previous changes to breakthrough.

I have no idea what metrics they are using to determine what changes need to be made, or should be made, or maybe they just throw darts at the wall and implement whatever that lands on.  The second people saw the mortar changes they were on every forum trying to tell EA how this would be a gigantic issue in breakthrough.

EA meanwhile makes posts about how they are listening when they very clearly have no clue what is going on.
Aside from the poor CM's on the forums.  Those folks need a raise.