AT mines sometimes seem...useless

[eddyeddyd]

Whenever i plant them its sually in defense of a flag but there are other ways for the vehicles to get around and suauly my teammates ignore my cries for help and noone even if they are engineer plants mines.....waaa

what should i do b4 i abandon mine altogether

[USI_Krusher]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Consider getting a real education first.

[Sars99]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Consider getting a real education first.

:laugh: :laugh: LMAO!!!!! +1

well i find it best to just put them at the top of a ramp, and save one to use as 'poor mans C4'. especially on tanks, if you can get up to it without it seeing you and planet it on the top, no matter where it moves or how far (even cannon recoil sets it off) to get that kill

[phantomsquirrel]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

i've found at mines to be really useful, versus tanks and even hummers/favs.

number one, is to protect your armor. drop two or three on top of or in front of where your armor spawns, ie as usmc drop them at the entrance to the garage in mashtuur city. this is in case the enemy steals your tank, they try and leave and they get blown up.

number two, use them offensively. there's not much like the rush of sneaking up behind an enemy tank, dropping them in front/behind him or even on top of him and watching him blow

number three, use them stealthily/defensively. put them at the top of ramps, where tanks cannot see them. or, drop one in the middle of the road, so its obvious for trucks and tanks not to drive there. instead, they will go around it, usually through the median or grassy side. thats where you put more mines, which they don't see

number four, and my favorite, use them as bombs. a great tactic that me and my friends use, is bombing runs with the transport chopper. i fly the blackhawk, usually as support, and my buddy sits in the back as engineer. once i see an enemy tank, i do a low, slow flight over him as my friend drops at mines right on top of him/around him. this has got to be one of the most rewarding kills in the game, if you haven't tried it yet give it a shot

[TotalBF2er]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Whenever i plant them its sually in defense of a flag but there are other ways for the vehicles to get around and suauly my teammates ignore my cries for help and noone even if they are engineer plants mines.....waaa

what should i do b4 i abandon mine altogether

Another way of doing it is to create a distraction when they approach your mines, either by shooting at them to get attention, what have you.

My favorite move is to lay the mines on the road on the way to the Mosque (Jalalabad), and sit in a parked FAV and shoot at them as they zip up the road...

If I don't destroy them before they reach my position, the mines usually will. One game I sat there and stopped every single FAV trying to backdoor to the Mosque and got high score on the server.

[Thirdeyez]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

lay mines so they cant be seen for easy kills, like at the top of ramps and such.

Whn you lay them imagine your self in a vehicle and think if you would see them. Like a corner you see people zipping around. Also maps were the ground hides them well, like all the water on Songua Stalemate. or just honestly seal choke areas, some idiot will come charging in or youll keep tanks/cars at baytill your team can push them away from that point, a few MEC engies can seal off USMC tanks from entering the city on Karkand.
Remeber too, FF means spam, so spam away sometimes since liek a claymore sometimes people dont watch every step or driving.

All in all the engy is worth it for wrench and shotty IMO.

[brianthebold]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

I put them around the chopper spawn pad on Wake, when I am on China, because I am sick of people running me over in FAV's

[barz26]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Daqing Oilfoelds is probably one of the better maps as the ground is darker and there are a lot more vehicles.

Think about it, when in a tank what paths do you take?

A good tip i learnt, when in a tank or even on foot and going for a flag, if there are any vehicles near you lay the mines on top or below before going for the flag, don't take the tank if on an aerial map cos the commander will spot you for the enemy planes and even if he doesnt the moment the flag goes neutral you'll get bombed. If one of the enemy spawns they will jump into the tank to get you...boom, or not notice you and get in a vehicle to drive off...boom, or kill you and then get in a vehicle.....you see where im going with this?? :)

AT mines are ace if you know how to use them, will take out any vehicle and really satisfying when you get 5 kills from one mine as a Vodnik goes over it:)

[eddyeddyd]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

hmmm it shall be considered...

[davelisowski]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Keep in mind, most armor-whores play as engineers. They can jump out and remove your mines then cap the flag with their tank/apc.

Other than that, use mines in limited view areas, or limited spaces (choke points). You can also use mines to distract or "bait" enemies by placing one mine in the open an the others in the "alternate" routes that the enemy would take. For example, place a mine out in the road, then put the others in the grass or hill area next to the road in the hopes that the enemy will see the one in the road and travel through the grass to avoid the mine.

:edit: You can also crawl under some vehicles which not only keeps you out of sight, but also out of harms way. Throw down a mine under the middle of the vehicle so that no matter which way the driver goes, the mine will explode. You just have to be quick enough to get out from underneath the vehicle to survive.

[Komet.nl]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

I find this funny.. Placing them next or onto friendly mines :P When they press ALT or see the Red Skulls they don't notice anything unusual and just drive over.

Kills Guaranteed

[bauch5]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

lol ace tips i think one of the most usefull places to mine would be the roads either side of the hotel cos its so annoying when you spawn in the alley way there abd get blown to peices enemy tank fire.

[TomGazpacho]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Another way to use them offensively is to run up behind a tank, quickly toss a couple just under it and then drop a grenade on them...and RUN! It's an almost guaranteed tank killer.

[USI_Krusher]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

Another way to use them offensively is to run up behind a tank, quickly toss a couple just under it and then drop a grenade on them...and RUN! It's an almost guaranteed tank killer.

Too bad grenades don't detonate AT mines any more.

[Warm Pudgy]

Re: AT mines sometimes seem...useless

back in the day when id get pinned down behind a fence by a tank (eg: power plant in mashtuur) id throw mines over the fence followed with a grenade


now days you have to be more strategic with em

learn the areas that vehicles can capture flags
remember, the capture zones for vehicles is larger than for people on foot

like the hotel in karkand, a tank can cuddle with the wall down on the street and still capture the flag, so throw a mine on it

you know that little dome walkway that has a spawn point across the street? tanks love to sit in there, so throw a mine on it

you know the back way that the humvees like to go in karkand? throw a mine in the grass


simply put, just learn the maps, learn the routes vehicles like to take
get the tanks, do these things your self, and figure out the best tactic that will get you kills with mines


also remember that the best players use the fastest transport to go from flag to flag, and never stay put in one place for more than a few seconds
only noobies use the tanks to capture a flag, theyre slow and easy targets

if play engineer, when i spawn i throw mines under armor and run off in a buggy