Since they now disappear when we swap loadouts. Once again DICE team 2042 changes something that doesn’t need changing. Keep in mind in 2042 we only get 3 mines, compared to SIX mines that can be carried by a BF4 Engineer, plus the ability for BF4 Engi to also AA or AT rocket in addition to SIX mines. What in the world are you guys @Dice thinking? Mines should persist after we swap loadouts!!! Or make an Engineer subclass that can carry mines BY DEFAULT in addition to AA or AT rockets.

I like how DICE completely ignores actual issues in this game while changing stuff that 100% does not need to be changed

@kregora but the whole point of the mines is to persist so they can do their job. They are already the most underused anti vehicle utility

@Zhukov211I found that my favorite way of using the mines is by directly throwing them at a nearby vehicle like the limpet charges in BF1, only with an instant explosion.@Metal_Daryl97 Like the spread of the jet 25mm

@UP_Hawxxeye And C5. And in my opinion this is okay. I think it was bad design in the first place that Angel could place a spawn beacon for their squads spawn, place some mines and c5 and wait for vehicles to come along.So this "nerf" makes a lot of sense.The only consistency with BF2042 is its inconsistency. Sometimes it feels like every time I log in, the rules of the game have changed again.With the constant changes it feels like an early access stage of the game, one year after planned launch.

@UP_Hawxxeye wrote:I found that my favorite way of using the mines is by directly throwing them at a nearby vehicle like the limpet charges in BF1, only with an instant explosion.IMO that was the most effective way to use them. Parachute and drop them directly on top of a vehicle or use Mackay to grapple to the top of a vehicle, drop them on top and bail off. Landmine placement on top of a hovering condor was always my favorite.DICE has stealth nerfed them to explode instantly in your face if they are dropped in the close proximity to a moving or stationary vehicle now. Landmines before the nerf were more utilitarian, now we are stuck with C5 which does not guarantee the kill even if they kill you.

Land Mines went from nearly useless to completely useless

12 Replies

Metal_Daryl97
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I like how DICE completely ignores actual issues in this game while changing stuff that 100% does not need to be changed
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@Zhukov211I found that my favorite way of using the mines is by directly throwing them at a nearby vehicle like the limpet charges in BF1, only with an instant explosion.
@Metal_Daryl97 Like the spread of the jet 25mm
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Zhukov211 I don't understand what the issue is, Lis always carries rockets and can carry at mines as gadget. What is missing is the anti-tank perk, but we don't have a mechanic perk either.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@kregora the issue of the OP seems to be that the angel changes for the spawn beacon also affected the mines
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye And C5. And in my opinion this is okay. I think it was bad design in the first place that Angel could place a spawn beacon for their squads spawn, place some mines and c5 and wait for vehicles to come along.
So this "nerf" makes a lot of sense.

The only consistency with BF2042 is its inconsistency. Sometimes it feels like every time I log in, the rules of the game have changed again.
With the constant changes it feels like an early access stage of the game, one year after planned launch.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@kregora but the whole point of the mines is to persist so they can do their job. They are already the most underused anti vehicle utility
SeriousJuJu
3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye wrote:
I found that my favorite way of using the mines is by directly throwing them at a nearby vehicle like the limpet charges in BF1, only with an instant explosion.
IMO that was the most effective way to use them. Parachute and drop them directly on top of a vehicle or use Mackay to grapple to the top of a vehicle, drop them on top and bail off. Landmine placement on top of a hovering condor was always my favorite.
DICE has stealth nerfed them to explode instantly in your face if they are dropped in the close proximity to a moving or stationary vehicle now. Landmines before the nerf were more utilitarian, now we are stuck with C5 which does not guarantee the kill even if they kill you.
kregora
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye Mines do persist, as long as you have mines in your active loadout. Or did I miss here something?
AngrySquid270
3 years ago
@kregora wrote:
@UP_HawxxeyeMines do persist, as long as you have mines in your active loadout. Or did I miss here something?
They are talking about Angel's ability to abuse the deployable gadgets using his loadouts crate...or at least his former ability to do so.
Spawn beacon persisted after a kit swap.
AT mines persisted after a kit swap.
C5 persisted after a kit swap.
Body armor persisted after a kit swap.
It lead to the possibility for Angel to have two lethal piles of AT mines:
Location A: Two mines + One C5
Location B: One mine + Two C5
You could have all that setup along with a spawn beacon, then finally swap to an M5 with bottomless rockets.
It was a tremendous amount of Anti-armor power for a single infantry. The nerf was deserved.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@AngrySquid270 why over-complicate things when one can just put 6 mines?