BF2S Forums Why do you guys pick on claymores?

-r3-anubis wrote:

duffry wrote:

How the hell is it stat padding? I guess artillery is stat padding too, or nades, or fully automatic weapons?
'Grow balls and fight'? What? CQC with a sniper rifle or small-arm? You want a sniper to fight on your terms or he's a pussy? I might just as well say grow some balls and stop using a spray-and-prey weapon.

You can aviod artillery, nades and fully automatic weapons. I sniper should be hidden and he should use a pistol if hes gonna try to take on a person with a full auto weapon. If they put claymores everywhere hes a pussy. I don't spray my weapons, i have the balls to burst fire or single shot it. You don't.

not really, with arty you place and it kills the same with claying.

i like claymores
they blow people up

SharkyMcshark wrote:

EarlOfBronze wrote:

Only completely blind retards should die from clays in the open.

So only half of the BF2 playing population then?

+1

Last edited by EarlOfBronze (2006-07-03 03:56:32)

The thing I don't understand is how people climb a ladder and get hit by my claymore. It's in plain sight so how can the possibly miss it?
Whenever I climb a ladder I always look for claymores before finishing the climb, I just cannot get my head around the people that insist on trying to climb a ladder over and over and keep getting hit by the claymores I plant.

-r3-anubis wrote:

You can aviod artillery, nades and fully automatic weapons. I sniper should be hidden and he should use a pistol if hes gonna try to take on a person with a full auto weapon. If they put claymores everywhere hes a pussy. I don't spray my weapons, i have the balls to burst fire or single shot it. You don't.

Should?
Who are you to say how I should play, whether I should camp or engage.
Tosser

Why do we pick on claymores?  Well, if you've ever been killed by a claymore in the palace in Warlord, in alleyways in Karkand or near the flags on Sharqi you would know that it is very frustrating to be killed by one.  Believe me, I have nothing against claymores (I place them on the ladders on Sharqi & Karkand) but I don't think they should be placed in alleyways, near flags, etc.

Before 1.2, no sniper would even think about putting a claymore near the entrance to Karkand, because they knew if they did a friendly would walk right into it, causing a teamkill and -2 for the sniper.  Even in EA's ROE (Rules of Engagement), they request that friendly fire be turned on at 100% and with mines / claymores.  So why would they create a patch adding a new feature which allows you to disable friendly fire?

Plus, you can't destroy them!

http://www.bf2rankedservers.com/forums/ … .php?t=251  <------ Rules of Engagement

Last edited by Battlefield2Player (2006-07-03 05:31:20)

I think people hate claymores the most because, 1) EA made it to where we can't blow them up without running over them, 2) Referring to #1, claymores are the ultimate stopper to a lone soldier. You're forced to go a certain direction and it takes no skill to get that kill, a simple click of the mouse and you have a 85% chance someone will run into it.

Play in a squad. Put your havily armed guys up front and keep the medic in the back and if one of the forward guys gets clayed then the medic revives them. Where's the problem?

Simply because the change forces people to play together rather than lone wolves people don't like them?

a real claymore is either remote detonated / wired detonated think about that

someone told me bf2 was a videogame

-r3-anubis wrote:

duffry wrote:

How the hell is is stat padding? I guess artillery is stat padding too, or nades, or fully automatic weapons?
'Grow balls and fight'? What? CQC with a sniper rifle or small-arm? You want a sniper to fight on your terms or he's a pussy? I might just as well say grow some balls and stop using a spray-and-prey weapon.

You can aviod artillery, nades and fully automatic weapons. I sniper should be hidden and he should use a pistol if hes gonna try to take on a person with a full auto weapon. If they put claymores everywhere hes a pussy. I don't spray my weapons, i have the balls to burst fire or single shot it. You don't.

So what you're saying is "if he gets spotted and an enemy closes to CQB range, he should select a weapon with a slower firing rate, low damage and (for me anyway) poor accuracy, simply because of your misguided notion of honour.  When all's said and done, BF2 is a game, and people are going to play to win.  If that means pulling out a weapon that is considered a little cheesy but gives a good chance of taking a ticket from the other team and givng you 2 points in the process, then so be it.

There are lots of weapons in the game that make me frustrated when I die from them, including AT rocket from distance, grenade launcher and yes, claymores.  However, I accept that they are part of the game and deal with it.  I find myself being a lot more careful around know claymore "hot zones" like the TV stations, ladders etc, and as a result, I find that I don't get killed by them very often any more.

There are always ways to deal with them.  Car drops, squading up with a medic, getting a tank to drive over them, walk around, pick them up with a wrench etc.  Not always effective I agree, but is there any weapon in the game that you've not been killed with?

Wraith

-MIKI3. wrote:

The problem is, Killing people with claymore takes NO skill + they are indestructible and when you see them it's already too late.

EXACTLY, TAKES NO SKILL AND SOME OF YOU PEOPLE THINK ITS OK JUST TO THROW THOSE GOD DAMN THINGS EVERYWHERE