Tips on the new BM-31-12?

[OG Ranger_NCR]

Title says it all. I got it today and I'm at a loss a bit on how to use it properly. The range is EXTREMELY bad and the number of rockets you have doesnt allow for good saturation at long ranges. AOE is there but its a bit meh.
Do you just rely on your team scouts for targeting and sit wayyyy back at spawn? I tried that but the wt maps are wt maps so there aren't many places where you can reliably hit tanks from 600+ meters away, rockets hit trees,buildings, etc.
As of now it looks like worse Katyusha, even the sturmtiger has better use IMO.
Thoughts? Tips?

[Fal]

the only tip i can give is set keybinds for the suspension so you can aim a bit lower than it allows, other than that its a meme vehicle, dont expect much of it

[OG Ranger_NCR]

Originally posted by Fal:

the only tip i can give is set keybinds for the suspension so you can aim a bit lower than it allows, other than that its a meme vehicle, dont expect much of it

Tried that too, sadly the leeway it gives you with aiming is like 100 meters, not bad but definitely not ideal for aiming.

I suppose I expected too much from it, wasn't worth my time in the end, lmao.
Maps are too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ small for this thing at 4.0

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Just like the Matilda Hedgehog, you probably need to get lucky with maps and find a spot that you can learn distance to hit their caps/spawn early in the game. Also get luck with a map that has slopes that you can abuse to aim lower.

[Lucky_Star_Fan]

It's a joke vehicle. At least the Sturmtiger has armor and can hit things in front of itself.

[Eftwyrd]

It’s a joke just like the bm13n, my best results from that have always come from prepared positions lining up on a cap point to saturate it when people rush in, any kind of mobile or reactive play is more likely to get you casually machinegunned because you don’t even warrant the main gun and you lack of depression means you can’t even shoot an unanticipated target in many circumstances

[Chief Beef]

I’ve been trying to use it as artillery as intended, shooting rockets into caps the enemy is actively taking, overall the vehicle is just a unique thing to have, but in this game it’s not really useful at all,
Especially if cas gets a sight of you

[FkYoSht]

Ive gotten """"hItS"""" but no kills yet. Something feels sus with the over pressure of this rocket.

Also, what makes this a 4.0 vehicle?

[Chaoslink]

Its like the BM-13N Katyusha. Its a meme. It isn't meant to be effective, its meant to be fun.

[OG Ranger_NCR]

I tried it more yesterday, here's the conclusion:
Just find someone who is willing to tag along and be your scout to continiously mark targets at 600+ meters, best result I got was on Eastern Europe with like 5 kills. Its definitely doable but I do agree that the rockets are pretty underpowered for what its worth, its hard to reliably one-shot even an open-top vehicle (yesterday I managed to hit close to yag-10 but it only killed half his crew).
IMO it needs its br lowered and AOE added just a little bit. Knowing Gaijing, of course, the latter will never happen, but I do hope that it gets lowered to like 3.0-3.3

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by FkYoSht:

Ive gotten """"hItS"""" but no kills yet. Something feels sus with the over pressure of this rocket.

Also, what makes this a 4.0 vehicle?

big boy rockets, i think it can even explode a tiger 2 h if you hit it on the turret or tracks

[Eftwyrd]

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

Originally posted by FkYoSht:

Ive gotten """"hItS"""" but no kills yet. Something feels sus with the over pressure of this rocket.

Also, what makes this a 4.0 vehicle?

big boy rockets, i think it can even explode a tiger 2 h if you hit it on the turret or tracks

Just got mine and was able to kill everything on the test drive map with it, I know from experience with the bm13n that’s not going to be so easy against players though

[Drogowit]

As a necromancer of threads:

The correct way is only one: Spawnkilling. Only at start of battle. ideally with backups.

Go try maps with fantastic layout i.e. Campania, Iberia - with sufficient distance and low enough buildings (i.e. not sun city or alaska)

Spawn up, insta-set up your distance to +/- 2x of Cap that is in front of you and in direct line to "popular" enemy spawn, take into consideration possible offset, and use landmarks to identify correct angle + study replays.

You can use this as a solid method both in its own BR and all the way + especially in top tiers. Easiest Abrams/Leo kills on the planet.

You will learn it one day. I meme it and have horrible KD Ratio but i get plenty of godmodes with it to compensate.