Why every engineer should get tank mines

[Dkamanus]

Mines need a placement timer. They aren't improved C4, they are mines. Its fucking stupid to abandon a tank, cause you couldn't kill the engineers due to AP rounds while he was just running towards you to suicide himself on it. C4 is fine in this case. Mines are not.

[Figment]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

Problem is once they start tweeking things like c4 and mines are they going to refund the changes ?? Assuming they change the cert prices for it that is.

Say if they balanced it by changing the cert costs for such weapons, can they easily refund certs to people who have certed into these? If not, then future balancing could come into a potential shit storm.

If cert costs or station cash changes, I presume you get compensation. Otherwise, I don't see why you should be reimbursed if it's simply balanced out.


If you got it because it was OP, then it's your risk to get something that might be on the nerf list.

[jassinlive]

They did lower the cost for bouncing betties so there is always a chacne they will do the same for C4.

For C4's though they are weak as piss.

[ShadetheDruid]

Originally Posted by jassinlive

For C4's though they are weak as piss.

No, C4 is fine. Geez, it's amazing what lengths engie players will go to keep their OP frisbees.

"C4 is crap!" Haha.. no.

[StumpyTheOzzie]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

Thats nearly as bad as me throwing C4 at the base of the shields inside a bio dome ( in the room you spawn up too ) ....

...oops ! I guess you just gotta rape the bad game mechanics until they change it, each to their own

Skyexile did that and got banned for it, then got massive hate for "winning the race"

Anyway, I bought mines on the strength of this post and I'm loving it. I use them the same way as everyone else, more like suicidally C4ing the tank than as a minefield, but still... Fun.

I do miss the minefields of PS1 though. I remember getting kills hours after planting a minefield and not really knowing what happened. Then again, after everybody got CR3 EMP they became pointless.

[jassinlive]

Originally Posted by ShadetheDruid

No, C4 is fine. Geez, it's amazing what lengths engie players will go to keep their OP frisbees.

"C4 is crap!" Haha.. no.

C4 in any game are crazy OP no matter what the circumstance. Why does it only take 2 Tank mines to guarantee a sunderer kill while 2 C4's don't even get them in the red zone?

[Figment]

Originally Posted by jassinlive

C4 is any game is crazy OP no matter what the circumstance. Why does it only take 2 Tank mines to guarantee a sunderer kill while 2 C4's don't even get them in the red zone?

Mines do hit the belly. Two C4 to the rear of tanks kills. Unless they have an armour upgrade (pretty much all do). Next to nobody has a mineshield at the bottom.

[jassinlive]

Originally Posted by Figment

Mines do hit the belly. Two C4 to the rear of tanks kills. Unless they have an armour upgrade (pretty much all do). Next to nobody has a mineshield at the bottom.

I usually always put 2 C4's on top of the tank seeing as though no one rocks the top armor.

[PredatorFour]

Originally Posted by jassinlive

I usually always put 2 C4's on top of the tank seeing as though no one rocks the top armor.

I rock the top armour and i can tell you that it is pretty much irrelevent. Think the best thing to do is get a full mine guard instead.

So mines go of when they receive pressure `above` .... yet here we have bombs that go off when dropped upon vehicles.

Maybe they just should of been named differently ?

[jassinlive]

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

I rock the top armour and i can tell you that it is pretty much irrelevent. Think the best thing to do is get a full mine guard instead.

So mines go of when they receive pressure `above` .... yet here we have bombs that go off when dropped upon vehicles.

Maybe they just should of been named differently ?

In the description they are described as vehicle proximity mines so regardless of where or how they are placed they should go off from any point on the vehicle.

[jassinlive]

?Any news on whether or not they are going to nerf the mines in the next update
?

[jassinlive]

Originally Posted by jassinlive

?Any news on whether or not they are going to nerf the mines in the next update
?

bump

[OCNSethy]

I havent heard any details on any next update... and pls stop bumping. If we hear anything, we let everone know

[jassinlive]

Originally Posted by OCNSethy

I havent heard any details on any next update... and pls stop bumping. If we hear anything, we let everone know

Hopefully very soon. Sick of only 1 out of the 4 cores (or 8 threads) i've got running.