BF2S Forums Are you afraid to lay down Mines or Claymores?

yes im afraid to plany clay mores lol

^DD^GRiPS wrote:

Seems to me we need an IQ test before we can play this game.

Or maybe for teh n00bs that do this over and over again, the instructors voice that comes on when you first select certain things can be programed to yell at them - after the 2nd time they run over a mine, his voice can change to the drill instructor's from Full Metal Jacket and he can yell "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?  WHAT'S YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMBNUTS! LOOK OUT FOR THE RED SKULL! RED SKULL MEANS STOP!!"

...yeah, I am afraid to lay mines. but its REALLY REALLY rewarding if you risk it, and an enemy actually does set it off against the n00b odds, so I keep coming back to it every now and again anyway.

btw: at the very least, the ability to punish for running over a friendly mine should be taken out. That way they can blow themselves up to their heart's content, without being able to blame you and cost you/your team points for their bullshit

Last edited by oberst_enzian (2005-11-13 20:22:52)

Wow, NOT punish you.  NICE.  Wish that happened to me more often.  I never punish any Tk unless i know for sure it was intentional.

oberst_enzian wrote:

Or maybe for teh n00bs that do this over and over again, the instructors voice that comes on when you first select certain things can be programed to yell at them - after the 2nd time they run over a mine, his voice can change to the drill instructor's from Full Metal Jacket and he can yell "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?  WHAT'S YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMBNUTS! LOOK OUT FOR THE RED SKULL! RED SKULL MEANS STOP!!"

actually something like that would probably work pretty well.

i think an audible tone when you're close to friendly mines/claymores would help too. it's not realistic, but neither is anything else in this game.

well how much it would help is probably debatable but i think we can all agree that it can't hurt... people won't look for the tone so they can get tked on mines

the whole advantage of mines over c4 is that you don't have to babysit mines for them to work. you shouldn't have any tk problems with c4....

I believe some checks and or balances should be inplemented within the game.......If you kill yourself two or more times by a friendly AT mine, your ability to drive (anything) is lost until the end of the round.  Losing your license is in direct reflection of the PG DN button your dumb ass has taped down.  If you choose to forgive, revoking your license is not an issue.

As for claymores...........after you punish 2+ times you lose your ability to walk or even negotiate in anyother fashion other than prone.

I always say there must be a check to every balance.  A ying for yang.  Why punish the Engineer for doing his job.   Why should a sniper be punished for securing his location.  This is what they were trained to do...............AND YOU ......THE PAGE UP, BUNNY HOPPIN, NOOB TUBE, SNOT NOSE, JELLY DOUGHNUT EATING 200 LB PILE OF CHEWED BUbBLE GUM................READ CLOSELY..........................................

RED SKULL = HOT, DO NOT TOUCH, BAD SHIT!!!!!!!!

Last edited by Be0w0lf2 (2005-11-14 07:49:58)

Ronball9 wrote:

I know what you mean. 

You have to wonder how many of these little geniuses go under their kitchen sink at home and drink everything with a skull and cross bones on it, believing it to be an afterschool snack of some sort.

HAHAHAHAHA LOOOOOL!!!!

well i know what you mean, i thought i was being smart by placing claymore behind places (like west flag on karkand, behind sandbags), lure enemies towards me and watch em go boom boom boom in my room. but nooooooo... somone have to go towards it and think "gee... what's that red skull... it's sooo beauti BOOM!" and before i could say OMFG! i'm punished and my trap is sprung and i'm wasted by a jackhammer...

sigh...

At least when i (by mistake) hit a mine (i love speed and i can't break on a nickle when going around a corner) i ALWAYS forgive (why would i punish that :S, when i'm a moron driving over the mine)

Imho, it's an american philosifi to punish someone for laying mines...

A: lays a mine
B: slams over it
B: punished

Let's take a RL situation

A: buys coffee at McD
McD: sells A coffee
A: looses hot coffee in car (while standing stil)
A: sues McD for making to warm coffee

Only in America

i only lay mines on a hill, so the enmy coming down from it wont see it(for noob drivers that is, i use always third view) or infront of a bridge.

these are clearly to see for my teemmates, so i havent got so many troubles with teemkilles this way, only a few times because of real dumbasses

man, what a bwner!

try pronouncing that.

Yeah, the only time I use mines now is to try to throw them on top of an enemy tank so it blows up when it moves.  That is generally the least likely scenario for you to end up with TKs.  But even that isn't foolproof!
It really sucks!  I don't see why it is so difficult!  Any time I drive a tank (or any wheeled vehicle), I am constantly on the lookout for enemy mines and C4, so spotting friendlies with the nice skull and crossbones is easy!  The only explanation I can think of is that they have 3D map turned off...

Stick with using Claymores, dude. Poor snipers are vulnerable enough when prone without taking away his 'safety net'. It seems the BF community is getting wise to this and more and more are forgiving Claymore kills. If you stop using them, the smacktards win.