on vehicle heavy conquest maps i have been able to hold deny main roads to all enemy armor (armour) with the mines. equip the explosive ammo perk and litterally sow the main roads with em. usually you will get disables, which is great because the gut jerk reaction is to bail out of something disabled. get some ammo and do it all over again.

thus you can control the flow of the fight around a specific base. deny the enemy the use of vehicles and you have leveled the playing field.

in rush its a little harder to perfect since the main routes for tanks will be heavily gaurded by fresh spawning attackers.

ive worked with a sniper before to set off my mines with his rifle when squads were near. i get a couple kills, he gets the spots and picks off the stragglers.

do i miss being able to repair that much? no, because people just drive away while im trying to.

@dingo
cool beans, i gotta get some rounds in with you.

Dear Santa...

ivorymonsoon wrote:

using M15 Mines ofcourse you can't repair

WHAT? I don't want to use the mines now. What's the point of being an engineer if you can't fix things?

I'd swap the mines for the RPG launcher, which is what DICE did for BC2. I wonder if it was a balance issue thing then.

Azira wrote:

ivorymonsoon wrote:

using M15 Mines ofcourse you can't repair

WHAT? I don't want to use the mines now. What's the point of being an engineer if you can't fix things?

I'd swap the mines for the RPG launcher, which is what DICE did for BC2. I wonder if it was a balance issue thing then.

I think it's because the Stinger missile makes you too vulnerable to tanks...
1. Drop down a few mines
2. Run off to shoot jets
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!

I'm starting to think it's the jets that they're worried about then. If you had mines and a repair tool then you'd be fine for the most part. If you had helicopters then you'd be kind of screwed. Maybe with the addition of jets you'd be really vulnerable.

Still doesn't make much sense if you consider that the other three classes don't have anything that they can use against jets. Not a fan of dropping the repair tool in exchange for mines.

LOL dingo! might need to mend your bumper on it pretty soon?

ive yet to run across jets that were a threat to the ground war. ill pop them with a stinger if they are making strafing runs, but generally those arent effective.

to paraphrase the afghanis in the soviet invasion "we dont fear the russians, only thier helicopters". ive been up against some really good helicopter crews and they are the real terror of the skies. whats really a paradox here is that ive seen up to half of my team be engineers, yet NO ONE will attack airborne threats, lol.

actually this is worrying me because i like to rock engineer, but with so many people now doing it i feel the need to run assault or medic because support services are desparately needed.

i would wager some cyber money that working with a squad you knew, repair tool will equal out in more points. you just cant get around the fact that you must expose yourself to drop the mines (no...not that kind of expose....) for the chance to wreck a vehicle. whats instantly going to help your team will be keeping the tank/armoured car alive as long as possible.

so i guess what my ramblings boil down to is "two sides of the same coin". hmm dont know why i just didnt say that in the first place?

anyone getting tired of the rpg spamming down corridors?

You'd be recording all the time Dingo.

I need to see this time for myself. Looks crazy.

dingo, i was as excited as you were for javelin, but my hopes were crushed. the lock on time is very long. also the way the round travels can result in a premature explosion because it clipped something >_<

if i gotta go head to head with a tank i try and stay close to it because i can move faster than the turret travel, but the javelin negates my strategy. hopefully you will do much much better with it than i do!

I've finished the first three co-op missions. Time to work on the next three. I don't know if I'll ever have the enthusiasm to finish the SP.

i finished the sp the other night. just a warning, the button pressing sequences jump in frequency.

ive got the first coop done but dont have anyone to do the second one with. i saw a chopper icon and instantly knew i wasnt worthy.

got my first medal though today! woot woot

I've finished all but the last 2 coop missions. This is because the one I'm stuck on requires hardcore teamwork!!! Mics are a must for this...

Just did a bit of the co op. I love it, no ifs or buts... Just the random crap you have to put up with...
Plus I needed to vent after this one...

Spoiler:

Sorry to those who can't stand rage vents, but it was either here, or throw something at the TV

Woah Ninja, that's positively mellow compared to some raging I've seen.

Yeah, getting frustrated and not telling isn't the best idea. I know I've had some times when there might have been a controller in the TV.

I had apparently unlocked the Stinger and had forgotten. Time to try it out!

stinger is just plain wholesome falmily fun

Not when IR flares keep popping up

Dmick024 wrote:

stinger is just plain wholesome falmily fun

In fact, you could almost invite your 5 year old sister to enjoy this M-rated family fun.

^this is truth. it seems that people dont understand that there are two tones differentiating between solid lock and incoming missile.

just a notice that ill be off of my headset until i can get my settings fixed. im disconnecting way too much and have linked it back, so i dont want anyone to think that im being rude. so if you dont get any garbled speech from me thats why

I'm not sure if I can tell between the two tones (since I can't remember atm) but when the HUD says there's a lock on me I usually wait a bit before setting off the flares. It's what I'd do if I was on the locking-on end: wait for the flares to go, then fire. As a pilot I just wait for him to think I have no flares, then when it comes use them.

I might get some play time in tonight but I won't be playing tomorrow. Something doesn't sit right when I pick up a game on Remembrance Day, and it REALLY doesn't sit well if it involves shooting people.

Good point.
I'm still plugging along and getting a little better. It really bugs me that chat is not working right. It works in the XMB and on other games, so it's really frustrating.

Dingo oozes awesome without even trying.

I was going to get on BF3, then my sister took over the PS3.

Spoiler:

I don't think I'll see her on it once Skyrim comes out though.