BF2S Forums Why do you guys pick on claymores?

SharkyMcshark wrote:

Im not sure I understand. Every post these days about snipers has people saying stuff about how snipers shouldnt get claymores, how claymore whoring is bad, but I dont understand why. I mean, its annoying to get killed, and even more so randomly because the floor combusts in front of you, but I dont understand the special rage directed towards claymores.

Personally I dont really ever use them that much, but they make good defensive and offensive traps if you set them up at choke points, or in enemy bases.

So will someone explain the problem to me?

They can't stand losing to a deadman..


by this i mean.. they kill a sniper.. only to die seconds later from a claymore placed by said sniper..


i find it hilarious though..

and i'm now going to claywhore..

rustynutz wrote:

Its just every one gets pissed cause the claymores will kill you from 10 feet away, think that is not sure though

This does kind of annoy me time from time, the range appears to be so big on it.

Other then that, it's when I kill the sniper and die to his Claymore a second later.

at one point my graphics were set so low that it was near impossible to discern a claymore on the ground without getting within its INCREDIBLE blast radius.

In saying that, I don't have any particular problems with claymores. Except perhaps that they shouldn't be able to kill you from 15 metres away

they dont....u have to be within like 10 feet ....and it most explodes only forward

nah, it's annoying when you're shooting at a sniper, kill him, and then get killed, only to realize that he placed a claymore instead of shooting his pistol.  just to get that extra kill.  that's annoying.

not being able to shoot them is my major beef, that and when I do spot them, I stop, and as soon as I press "s" ( to go backwards) it goes off, that's just bullshit

Generally people like being killed by methods that require skill...at least thats the case with me. Placing a claymore requires next to no skill and is a guaranteed kill in a lot of situations.

Also, claymores are given to snipers so they can have some defense while they are sniping. I think it'd be neat if claymores only worked around the immediate area around the sniper. If he goes past a certain radius they dissapear. You'll be able to deploy 2 more after they dissapear to setup shop at a new location but you'll have to wait like 1 or 2 minutes before you can re-deploy. You can only re-deploy them after they've dissapeared so you won't get them back when they kill someone.

Just my 2 cents...

Last edited by PRiMACORD (2006-07-01 21:38:05)

kr@cker wrote:

not being able to shoot them is my major beef, that and when I do spot them, I stop, and as soon as I press "s" ( to go backwards) it goes off, that's just bullshit

that's what i hate about them

it's like "oh, i'm 15m away, i should turn around"

*BANG*

and now your waiting for 15 seconds....

and i also agree with PRiMACORD on this one.  There is absolutely NO skill in laying clays... and most of the time you kill a sniper RIGHT after he laid the claymore, so you just have to wait to die


i don't mind dying from a claymore if it's next to a flag or something.  But when they lay one down just before they die, that's just plain lame

Anyone have those stand offs with claymores?  You know, when you walk around a corner, see one, and there is that 1-2 second delay where you neither move closer or further from it (you just kinda freeze) and it doesn't explode, and then you suddenly come to your senses and try to run, but its too late...

What I hate: Someone runs up to you. You shoot him. He drops a claymore and trhen promptly drops dead.

Now what do you do? Move. BOOM!

kr@cker wrote:

it does take some skill to hide em good, while we're on the subject, why can't we shoot AT mines, you know, like real tankers would if they saw them

you use to be able to, but then n00bs kept driving over friendly mines... and Engineers complained... so they made it so you can only wrench them up... or drive over them

Alexanderthegrape wrote:

all fair in bf and war

It might be war, but its a game and games need to be fair.

ALL claymore whores need to die. Grow some balls and fight. Plus, claymore whoring is basically stat padding! You see it and it kills you, you can't really avoid it and can be used multiple times to free points and kills.