An antiquated weapon that fires larger anti-armor rounds at a somewhat higher rate of fire than its smaller cousin. Projectile speed is low and effective range is short. Its low flux buildup is a lone saving grace.
–In-Game Description
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The Heavy Mortar is a capable weapon that is common, cheap and works on almost every ship due to low flux and OP cost. Its efficiency and damage per shot are both good, although it suffers from low accuracy, slow projectiles, and short effective range. As such, it is very difficult to hit smaller and faster targets. Ballistic Mastery can help alleviate those issues.
The Heavy Mortar is an efficient weapon for its OP cost and is useful in damaging armor. The Heavy Mortar has theoretically higher DPS than the Heavy Mauler for all values of armor as the Mortar's higher DPS balances out lower hit strength, even if its lower accuracy and range make applying it more difficult.
