I came here expecting a tank on rudders like BF4, instead it's a garbage truck made of paper. Handles terribly, can be destroyed by just about anything and isn't even particularly powerful to make up for it.
autocannon: low dmg (22 on direct hit), low RoF, low accuracy. it would always be a challenge hitting stuff while bobbing up and down but they also made it tickle infantry and vehicles (specially vehicles, you have to spend half a minute to kill one of those armored jeep, while it shreds you)
torpedoes: kinda fun initially, to guide and also to avoid. but they can be shot out which kinda ruins your only "big" ordinance
missiles: I really hoped we would have better stuff to unlock than a fucking lmg and a auto guided tow. both bc one is too weak and the other is too strong, it's passive radar from BF4 but it acquires the lock by itself. no atgm, no tv missile, no regular tows. nope just a AA slot
mortar: it's such a gimmick I barely wanna write anything about it. who thought this was a good idea? a mortar on a bobbing, weaving, moving platform? please just let us have minigun gunners again, and the repair seat...
...especially bc the boat is made of paper. a single minigun/turret/hmg can kill you faster than you can dmg them. might as well call it unarmored cuz it sure feels weaker than that tanky af jeep they spam here. and you barely have anywhere to run/hide from infantry who decide to target you with laws/at4s/javelins. mainly javelins, which 2 shot this thing. not to mention the choppers. one good burst from a transport leaves you on in the red. and the little bird just vaporizes you out of existence. you're just a free kill for anyone
the only mild success you can find with this thing is sit away from the action and act as a AA platform using the heavy mg and the busted auto AA, while some poor guy clicks on the minimap and hopes to kill someone with the mortar. I really wish they didn't make it so you have to be "landed" on the beach to act as a spawn for the team. it was one of the best features of the boat and they made it so you'll barely ever be able to use it
also as a side note, using this on escalation is pretty awkward with how the points it can actually help with are the first to go as the match progresses. rant over ig