BF2S Forums Do claymores suck?

I use clays commonly as i like the sniper role ( but i'm a gold medic )
I find them very useful... with those toys a sniper can continue to concentrate on a direction because he knows he is protected behind....that's an advantage.

I also put them to defend flags , but not under the flag... for example in the palace in Warlord or in TV Staion in Sharqi , in critical defense points. They save tickets

CommieChipmunk wrote:

I <3 claymores and everything, but they should be like they are in PR, where you actually have to detonate them.

I whole heartedly agree. At least then it would be more realistic.

The thing I hate about the claymores themselves is their inconsistent detonation range, I can be like 10 feet from one and it blows up, ok I was too close god-damn claymore, re spawn, oh look there's a claymore over there about 30 feet away, it blows up I die, what the fuck? Also when I see one, I stop and then the god-damn thing blows up, after I stop, and I'm the only poor son-of-a-bitch around. Most of all though I hate claymore suicide runs, that seriously pisses me off, I want go through my damn computer screen and the seriously beat the hell out of the person that does that, fight me like a damn man. That's my two cents.

As bad as claymoring is in BF2 it is nothing compared to how bad it is in Medieval 2 Total War

Last edited by doctastrangelove1964 (2007-02-01 18:06:32)

Claymores were perfect in patch 1.12 ; DICE had only to make AT mines invulnerable to explosions . Atleast you had chances against claymore . Now - you see it and if you are stucked because of it you now it is the two possible ways -
1) wait untill it will dissapear ( fucking too long )
2) die and give a claywhore his fucking frag .

Yeah. Claymores shouldn't even be in BF2, imo.

doctastrangelove1964 wrote:

As bad as claymoring is in BF2 it is nothing compared to how bad it is in Medieval 2 Total War
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Win.

They are part of Battlefield 2 but abused, that's what is sad.

Macca wrote:

Claymores are a snipers' only protection. You take em away is just like taking the re-supply ability from Support.

Oh I don't know. I think you forgot about their fucking gun.

claymores are not part of Battlefield 2. They were introduced because of the stupidity of the player base. Claymores are supposed to kill teammates and blow up when they hit by a couple of kilotons worth of TNT from an F-15. It was never DICE's intention to make a claymore a weapon to be used as flag defence, let alone OFFENSIVE use (claymore suiciders).

Claymores are meant to cover a snipers ass when he's is sniping said body part of the enemy. I do not mind a claymore guarding a sniper who is actually sniping. That's what they're for. I do mind idiots who use them for any other purpose, and regularly harass them untill they have a mental breakdown, scream at me, and disconnect.

IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED BATTLEFIELD 2 BEFORE 1.2, DO NOT SAY ANYTHING RELATING TO IT.

Last edited by SargeV1.4 (2007-02-02 04:26:05)

It's just lame that many snipers actually use them as an attack weapon and build deadly traps instead of just sheltering themselves with them. Oh hell, but there are few snipers left who snipe long-range anyway.

I have a serious question for those of you that think that using claymores offensively is cheap and lame; not overusing them, just offensive use.

You spawn at a flag that's being attacked and sucky luck, there are three players running your way; we'll say around 4m from you. Pick their classes yourself but all armed with automatic weapons.

If you were support you'd drop to the ground and try to mow them down with your PKM or whatever.

If you were medic you'd probably drop to the ground and try to mow them down with your AK or whatever (I won't be an ass and suggest you'd drop two and then hop around a corner to heal before taking on the last guy)

So we're agreed the goal is to kill the enemy, without dying, right?

Now imagine the same scenario exactly but you're playing sniper (for just a second forget that you don't like the kit and think nobody should play it ). Your desire hasn't altered: you'd still want to, and should, kill the enemy, preferably without getting killed yourself.

Regardless of kit the goal of the moment remained the same: kill the enemy without getting killed yourself. Different means at your disposal so you use what you got; and don't come back with any of this, "You should have used your rifle, pistol and grenades." crap. Lemme see you do it FFS! Unless you're one of the best players out there (and you don't get zoom lag, and you have reliable hitreg) you're not going to be able to zoom and get three headshots boom boom boom before getting smoked, even if you were armed with the SVD or the Type 88. So instead you drop a claymore in their path and beat a retreat, maybe selecting grenades as you run and toss one back from where you came.

So the questions is: is there really that much difference between the three tactics? If the other three guys end up dead and you're still around that's good for your team. Bad for them and they're probably furious about getting killed that way but that's their problem, just like it would be if you tossed a 'nade into a flag getting captured and happen to kill three guys.

Snipers only get 2 Claymores....

Spec Ops gets 5 wads of  C4.

What the hell are you complaining about?

Last edited by Macca (2007-02-02 15:50:27)