Please redesign the gameplay mechanics of the mortar item.

The mortar in this installment is such a mindless, lazy design. It offers no operational enjoyment whatsoever and requires zero skill. The developers have only been fixated on tweaking damage values. Is this really Battlefield?

Please turn the mortar into a fun gadget that demands skilled operation and provides satisfying kill feedback. Do players only care about getting kills? No—what players care about is the thrill of that exact moment when they predict, adjust, and take down a target through their own effort.

That has always been the design philosophy behind these little gadgets in every Battlefield title. You spend time operating and calculating, and are rewarded with a player kill. Think of the mortar in Battlefield 4, the mortar in Battlefield 1, or the personal TV missile in Battlefield 2042.

But what about the mortar this time? Infinite ammo right from the start, just point and click on the map. No prediction needed, no consideration for impact points, no thinking required. What’s the point of that?

With those gadgets from previous Battlefield games, I could play for an entire afternoon without getting tired. I might not get many kills, but it was just fun. Every kill gave me a huge sense of satisfaction.

Now let me give you a design concept for the mortar. After placing the mortar, the player first opens the big map to observe the distance to the target they want to bombard. They then adjust the approximate elevation angle based on experience. After firing, a small window on the left mini-map briefly shows a feed of the shell’s impact point and surrounding area. The player then fine-tunes the elevation angle accordingly to land a killing shot.The time from firing to impact should be neither too long nor too short.The mortar should start with only 3–5 rounds, requiring slow resupply from ammo crates.

I hope the developers seriously consider this. Please throw that current mortar gadget straight into the trash. No one wants to use it just to set off fireworks for atmosphere. It’s tedious and utterly uninteresting.