Anyone using traps and mines?

Morat · 05-09-2004, 03:42 PM

I'm hardly seeing anyone making much use of the bouncing betties, claymores or even the staple of '42 - the mine, in BFV. My own view on them is that it's way too easy to TK with them, especially on public servers. Is anybody at all finding them useful?

NavalLord · 05-09-2004, 03:57 PM

i am, i love those claymores, the c4 rocks if you know the most traveled routes, and punji sticks, makes a great "jail", i can put them in the entrance to a bunker and anyone who spawns in there cant get out

if you know the traveling routes well and are good at sneaking around then all the traps and mines are great, im just having trouble finding a lag free server that i can cause tons of mahaem on

Dick_Justice · 05-09-2004, 04:26 PM

Today was the first time I can remember that I killed someone with the tree log trap. Unfortuanatly I did´t get the kill...

Sarge · 05-10-2004, 04:23 AM

Ive seen them used with good cause. I've been killed by several, and have seen ppl use them very well. Keep trying.

Monkeyfeng · 05-10-2004, 10:03 AM

its very useful at times, but its true that its really easy to tk with those kind of weapon. things like pungi sticks can easily kill your own teammates if theyre not careful. i found the bouncing betties to be the most useful, cause its damage is great on infantry and its easily concealed. its great in jungle wars.

Mad Monk · 05-10-2004, 12:53 PM

It would help with the TKs if there were a warning icon for pungi sticks and caltrops from your own team. Similar to those for the mines your teammates lay.

e.z.o.z. · 05-10-2004, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMonk

It would help with the TKs if there were a warning icon for pungi sticks and caltrops from your own team. Similar to those for the mines your teammates lay.

That was only from 1.5 or 1.6 I think. BFv doesn't have that yet (hopefully the patch will add it). But, yeah, that would be good.

Monkeyfeng · 05-11-2004, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Monk

It would help with the TKs if there were a warning icon for pungi sticks and caltrops from your own team. Similar to those for the mines your teammates lay.

good call, i forgot about that warning sign in bf. that would be a good addition in future patches. also, i don't know whats bfv doing. i mean all the functions in bf like easy map voting and such additions in original bf should have been with the bfv. i guess they are just lazy or something.

CJMello63 · 05-11-2004, 11:08 PM

I die myself more from my own Bouncing Bettys.

NavalLord · 05-12-2004, 03:49 AM

the thing that pisses me off is the bouncing bettys, they do not go where you place them, and by that i mean that when i place on down it wont be there, it will be 5 or more feet away from me to the side or behind me, and its really annoying when you are trying to place them in a doorway, if you set it down in the middle then it will be off in the corner of the door, its really annoying

and the reason that none of the stuff from the 1.5 and 1.6 patches are in this game is because this game had the main contents developed before the 1.5 and 1.6 patches came out, and since EA is a bitch publisher, Dice had no time to include the 1.5 and 1.6 stuff because EA wanted the game out asap

Sinster · 05-13-2004, 05:11 PM

I love the traps.. But you are correct about the TKing. I been playing on servers were the traps doesn't affect your Teams

Eggman · 05-20-2004, 02:55 PM

traps work fine for me, i have no problem with them at all, the problem i seem to find is not with them but in stupid team mates, who after you inform them twice about the possition of a trap still walk over it, die, then starting calling you a tker. It seems to take the fun out of it. :/

Gab · 05-20-2004, 07:19 PM

I too use traps but my gripe is that they take to long to deploy. I always find my self having to be a ways from to front line to deploy what ever trap i am using to its full potential. but then no onw comes that way. If i could lay down the Bouncing betties faster i could use them alittle more effectively

NavalLord · 05-22-2004, 03:56 AM

if the bouncing bettys went where i put them then they would be a little more efective

05-09-2004, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Morat Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Diving towards your pos with my finger on the bomb release... Posts: 1,188	Anyone using traps and mines? I'm hardly seeing anyone making much use of the bouncing betties, claymores or even the staple of '42 - the mine, in BFV. My own view on them is that it's way too easy to TK with them, especially on public servers. Is anybody at all finding them useful? __________________ Desktop wallpapers by Morat at caedes

05-09-2004, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,101	i am, i love those claymores, the c4 rocks if you know the most traveled routes, and punji sticks, makes a great "jail", i can put them in the entrance to a bunker and anyone who spawns in there cant get out if you know the traveling routes well and are good at sneaking around then all the traps and mines are great, im just having trouble finding a lag free server that i can cause tons of mahaem on __________________

05-09-2004, 04:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dick_Justice Major Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Marl, Germany Posts: 3,350	Today was the first time I can remember that I killed someone with the tree log trap. Unfortuanatly I did´t get the kill... __________________ Plays BF 2 in Europe under the name of \"Erich_Felsner\"

05-10-2004, 10:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
Monkeyfeng Captain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Taiwan, can you find it on the map? Posts: 2,785	its very useful at times, but its true that its really easy to tk with those kind of weapon. things like pungi sticks can easily kill your own teammates if theyre not careful. i found the bouncing betties to be the most useful, cause its damage is great on infantry and its easily concealed. its great in jungle wars. __________________

05-10-2004, 12:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mad Monk Major Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: O-O-O-O-Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Posts: 3,033	It would help with the TKs if there were a warning icon for pungi sticks and caltrops from your own team. Similar to those for the mines your teammates lay. __________________

05-10-2004, 04:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sarge Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Back in GA, US fooking A Posts: 1,204	Ive seen them used with good cause. I've been killed by several, and have seen ppl use them very well. Keep trying.

05-11-2004, 11:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
CJMello63 Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Raynham, MA Posts: 3,803	I die myself more from my own Bouncing Bettys. __________________

05-12-2004, 03:49 AM	#10 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,101	the thing that pisses me off is the bouncing bettys, they do not go where you place them, and by that i mean that when i place on down it wont be there, it will be 5 or more feet away from me to the side or behind me, and its really annoying when you are trying to place them in a doorway, if you set it down in the middle then it will be off in the corner of the door, its really annoying and the reason that none of the stuff from the 1.5 and 1.6 patches are in this game is because this game had the main contents developed before the 1.5 and 1.6 patches came out, and since EA is a bitch publisher, Dice had no time to include the 1.5 and 1.6 stuff because EA wanted the game out asap __________________

05-13-2004, 05:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sinster Staff Sergeant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Plymouth, MA Posts: 266	I love the traps.. But you are correct about the TKing. I been playing on servers were the traps doesn't affect your Teams __________________

05-20-2004, 02:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Eggman Private Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: U.S.A Posts: 77	traps work fine for me, i have no problem with them at all, the problem i seem to find is not with them but in stupid team mates, who after you inform them twice about the possition of a trap still walk over it, die, then starting calling you a tker. It seems to take the fun out of it. :/ __________________ \"Fire can be our servant, wheather it\'s toasting s\'mores or raining down on Charlie.\"

05-20-2004, 07:19 PM	#13 (permalink)
Gab Private 1st Class Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 130	I too use traps but my gripe is that they take to long to deploy. I always find my self having to be a ways from to front line to deploy what ever trap i am using to its full potential. but then no onw comes that way. If i could lay down the Bouncing betties faster i could use them alittle more effectively

05-22-2004, 03:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,101	if the bouncing bettys went where i put them then they would be a little more efective __________________