Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

[Donkey]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

I just got banned from a server tonite because of this...I clearly left room to get by )I hsould know I drove by myself) I clearly told the entire team that I had mines there and yet some asshats decide to drive right through and punish me...

This is the stupidest thing in the game...Not to mention that the previous 3 rounds I was in the top 3....And then some dumb asshat comes along and cant see a clearly places AT Mine not only runs it over but then decides to punish giving me my first ever server BAN....this is such Bull....EA/DICE and all the asshats that play BF2 can you know what with you know what!!!!

To the people who think this is not a problem you are probably the ones causing the problem....

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[BigBadBob]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

Thats just stupid.

gets rid of them. Works for me.

[Sir. Headshot]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

Dont you just hate the spanish ALL THEY EVER DO IS PUNISH!!! FOR MINES!!

[imported_John-Paul]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

This is the issue I find most frustrating, too, because I really enjoy using the Engineer class and wish I could place mines without being repeatedly punished by clowns.

What really bothers me is that shy of going into an enemy base, placing a mine under the empty vehicles and then leaving again without taking the flag - something I've actually taken to doing - it's just about impossible to lay mines anywhere without some fool on your own team driving directly into them and instantly punishing.

I think there are a few problems, to be honest:

1) As mentioned, a number of people don't play with the 3D maps switched on. (Potential Solution: Have the Skull & Crossbones appear on-screen even when the 3D maps are switched off).

2) The instant punishment might have something to do with inexperienced players not knowing how they died. By that I mean: if Player X runs over one of Player Y's well-placed mines, the HUD will read: "Player Y[Teamkills]Player X" and sometimes I wonder if Player X in that situation even knows what happened. Do they realise they just ran over an AT Mine or do they think Player Y is some menace who attached C4 to the vehicle moments earlier?

3) There's no auditory warning when mines are up ahead and ... who knows? Maybe that's the thing missing for the mindless players who don't pay attention to what's happening on-screen.

The problem definitely needs to be addressed because the Engineer class is rendered unplayable for most people. There's no reason why an engineer should be punished for another person's stupidity and anyone who plays the class often knows there are a LOT of stupid players out there. I've even had a player in a tank stop behind me, closely observe me laying mines (and leaving plenty of room to pass), and then, once I've moved out of the way, drive straight over them and instantly punish.

I've probably racked up over 200 hours of game time and not once have I driven over a friendly AT Mine, so I'm fairly confident in saying it's practically never the fault of the engineer when a friendly runs over a teammate's mine. Those who do it should not be allowed to punish.

[justlearningdude]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

I got banned from DS server for laying mines right at the first part of kirkand, some idiot decided to drive over them and next thing I know I can't access the server anymore.

It used to be a great tactic stopping the armour coming down, and eat away at their tickets...but now I'm just not going to bother...tank and APC whores don't give a damn about the team, they just want points...

[Donkey]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

Ok so now we all just need to tell this to EA/DICE and constantly bombard them with how dumb this is.... Does anyone know where to send something like this or post this, besides the EAUK forums that never work???

I have started this same topic on other forums and have about the same results as in this one...

[stilla-killa]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

or give the other kits an option to take them up like the engineer can do

[Donkey]

Re: Engineers, AT Mines, and TK

Ok this has been posted on EA's BF2 forum....So everyone go there and voice your complaints

EA BF2 Forum