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Zhukov211
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Mines are utterly useless.

I can’t help but thank how sorely mines are needed every single time I’m seeing a Bolt or the new highly mobile light tank speeding in and out of an objective, slaughtering infantry with the greatest of ease.

Unfortunately carting mines in 2042 is a joke and almost all other gadget options are vastly superior in comparison. 

Let’s compare. 


2042 mines

-Can only carry 3 AT mines

-disappear when we swap loadout  

-can’t carry AT/AA

BF4 mines

-Can carry 6 AT mines/6 Slam or 2 AA mines

-stay deployed upon swapping loadout

-also carry 5 AT/AA rockets

-also carry repair tool along with 6 mines and 5 rockets 


BF1 mines

-carry 3 AT mines

-stay deployed upon swapping loadout

-also carry AT gun w 5 shots

-also carry 3 AT grenades

In addition to current gadget choices(rockets, C5, Beacon, etc), each class should also be able to choose the following. 

Medics - med bag or smoke launcher + gadget

Engi - Repair tool or Mines + gadget

Support - Ammo or new item + gadget

Recon - SOFLAM or beacon + gadget

These items would also be available to all classes, as it is now, however they’d take up a primary gadget slot. 

10 Replies

  • @Zhukov211 you can swap loadout, you just can't use angel's crate to do it.

    not sure how many vehicles i have destroyed with mines but i T1'd them in early 2022 i think. they are very useful if you know where to place them
  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
    Legend
    3 years ago

    i gotta be pushing 1000 vehicles destroyed with mines by now.  i'll check tonight

  • Zhukov211's avatar
    Zhukov211
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Psubond You’re completely missing the point. Compare what you can do carrying mines in 2042 loadouts w compared w mines/loadouts in BF1, BFV, BF4.
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    Psubond
    Legend
    3 years ago

    @Zhukov211 wrote:
    @PsubondYou’re completely missing the point. Compare what you can do carrying mines in 2042 loadouts w compared w mines/loadouts in BF1, BFV, BF4.

    just cause you could carry more in previous games doesn't make the ones in this game useless.  

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    Zhukov211
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @Psubondsemantics and you’re still refusing to address the points presented and full content of my post. Why?

    Care to reread the content of my post and address the topics presented? Or are you simply going to stick with arguing semantics? 


    Mines in 2042 a joke. With such huge maps compared to previous BF games(which means that in 2042 that you have a much lower chance of your mines being ran over by an enemy vehicle), how mines are currently implemented in 2042 makes this gadget next to useless compared to most other options. 

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    Psubond
    Legend
    3 years ago

    @Zhukov211 wrote:

    @Psubondsemantics and you’re still refusing to address the points presented and full content of my post. Why?

    Care to reread the content of my post and address the topics presented? Or are you simply going to stick with arguing semantics? 


    Mines in 2042 a joke. With such huge maps compared to previous BF games(which means that in 2042 that you have a much lower chance of your mines being ran over by an enemy vehicle), how mines are currently implemented in 2042 makes this gadget next to useless compared to most other options. 


    i read the OP.

    i do rather well with mines.

    the reason they disappear when using the loadout crate is to make you run mines if you are going to run mines.  if you don't like that you can always place the mines and redeploy with a different loadout

    how would your suggestion of carrying 6 mines help much with the huge maps?  you can't just have a favorite spot to put mines.  every game is different because the players are different.  you have to watch the patterns of the drivers.  *EVERY* driver has a pattern.  to get kills with mines you have to recognize the patterns and place your mines accordingly

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    Zhukov211
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Psubond losing a ticket/suicide in order to keep your mines deployed? This proves how poorly the concept is implemented.

    The other. You’re stating obvious facts that are applicable in any setting, in any game, when using mines. This changes nothing as far as how poorly mines are currently implemented in 2042 compared to previous BF titles.
  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
    Legend
    3 years ago

    @Zhukov211 wrote:
    @Psubondlosing a ticket/suicide in order to keep your mines deployed? This proves how poorly the concept is implemented.

    The other. You’re stating obvious facts that are applicable in any setting, in any game, when using mines. This changes nothing as far as how poorly mines are currently implemented in 2042 compared to previous BF titles.

    other than 3 less mines name ONE way that mines are implemented differently in bf 2042 than other battlefield games?  what other battlefield game let you switch loadouts to a different gadget without dying?

    your OP is asking for more gadget slots.  that's not a mine problem

  • They certainly can be better,

    That being said, I am a AT mine master and they are not utterly useless at all.

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