Change SPA to mortars

[gloomy whale]

I think the SPAs are pretty useless. They have poor range and can only go so far. Changing it to mortar squads would be far more effective and fun and people have wanted it for a long time.

[silk pier]

Yep, SPAs feel very incovenient. It's hard to keep them near support of the team, unlike the mortars woudl be as they are smaller and could be much faster to deploy.

[sonic mountain]

SPAs should be reclassed as assault guns and part of armor, more intended for high explosive direct fire. Replace them in the artillery squad category with mortars, deployable/retrievable similar to an OP and manned by two soldiers (3rd is spotter), also allowed to maneuver anywhere on the map but blocked from hanging rounds into enemy HQ. Also if there is a 2 arty squad limit, both squads should be able to deploy as either mortar or cannon team (2 cannons, 2 mortars, or 1 of each) - with limited rounds for desired balancing. Finally, artillery cannons should be buildable ANYWHERE in the first sector for survivability purposes - and would make it more interesting to hunt and find (by sound).

[normal tree]

I dont think the SPAs are great but they definitely arent useless. They have pretty decent firepower and with a squad that communicates well and works well they can definitely be a mean machine.

I do think they should absolutely have just used mortars instead.