Mines now kill friendlys again?

2006-06-07 03:26:11

#1

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

Is it just me, or do mines kill friendlys? I was laying mines on that new chinese map midnight sun or whatever...... and what happens? a fellow m1a2 driver strolls over them.... boom. dead. My fault.
EA what the hell are you playing at???

2006-06-07 03:27:05

#2

=NwW= SgtD: Member; +16|6805|England basingstoke

umm the server can turn ff on or off....

2006-06-07 03:27:49

#3

daffytag: cheese-it!; +104|6804

I think server admin can choose how mines act, same with claymores

2006-06-07 03:27:50

#4

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

lol, well i wasnt aware of that... sorry dude. i used to go past basingstoke every day when i was in the army. no use i know but thought id share that

2006-06-07 03:27:54

#5

maclennan101: Member; +2|6966

friendly fire is on this is a server rule not EA

2006-06-07 03:27:55

#6

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|6999|AUS, Canberra

internode had the claymores turned off then one day they just turned them back on and it was tk heaven.

2006-06-07 03:28:00

#7

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6994|UK

its a server setting, i turned it off on my clans.

2006-06-07 03:29:02

#8

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

why would any server want to turn on ff for mines??

2006-06-07 03:29:07

#9

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7003|Noizyland

Depends on the server. Realisticly though you can never tell. If you ask people they'll either ignore you or tell you that FF is off just so you blow yourself up.
My suggestion is that if you're planning to lay a lot of mines or Claymores, spawn as Sniper, lay a Claymore, wait until it arms, dance infront of it.
If it dosn't blow up you should have a no-blow-up-friendlies-with-mines server. Mine-whore away!
If it does blow you up, be sure to take a screenshot so I can laugh at you.

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2006-06-07 03:30:07

#10

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

lol cheers dude, ill keep that in mind

2006-06-07 03:31:13

#11

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

+1 for you, no real reason

2006-06-07 03:34:28

#12

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7003|Noizyland

Well I appreciate it all the same.

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2006-06-07 03:37:28

#13

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6944

TK heaven has been revived by god of tking, dice.

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2006-06-07 03:42:52

#14

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6909|Disaster Free Zone

James-m wrote:
why would any server want to turn on ff for mines??

Umm to stop claymore whores. To be more realistic. For it to take some kind of skill to get kills with claymores/mines instead of just spamming them everywhere. To make people think about where they put them for the best effect and no negative effect (eg.TK's).

Now i ask why would any server have friendly fire for mines off, you cant do it to vehicles, guns, grenades, c4, knifes, so why claymores and mines?

the_heart_attack wrote:
internode had the claymores turned off then one day they just turned them back on and it was tk heaven.

And that week or 2 with FF off was well stupid, claymores everywhere. Like everyone else i exploited it and got about 100 defend flags with claymores, but it took no skill and was not very fun either. It was also extremely annoying not being able to move without being blown up. I'm Damn glad they put FF back on.

Last edited by DrunkFace (2006-06-07 03:48:25)

2006-06-07 05:39:39

#15

James-m: Member; +28|6778|England

ok well if your glad about being blown up thats fine by me. i just wondered why some servers do it and some dont.

2006-06-07 06:20:07

#16

Waffenzug: Member; +0|6763|Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA

It seems to me that it would make sense to have it turned on all the time. In a real battle (and yes I know this is only a game) wouldn't your forces know where your mines were deployed? I agree with the sentiment about indescriminant use of claymores to get cheap kills but otherwise I say have at 'er. It is part of the kit, it is an effective weapon, why not use 'em? If that makes you unhappy, please come over here so you can make one of my claymores go BOOM!

2006-06-07 08:47:32

#17

DerGraueWolf: aka Nekrodamus; +52|6960|Germany, near Koblenz

FF ON or OFF is not the problem, I can live with both (and still need 30 iar ) as long as the server clearly declares the setting. I realy hate this suicide-testing!

2006-06-07 08:50:35

#18

RaVeN.sco: Member; +15|6763|Scotland

Tyferra wrote:
If it does blow you up, be sure to take a screenshot so I can laugh at you.

rofl

i'd +1 u too, if i ever get enough posts to do it................

2006-06-08 11:44:10

#19

jmarkham: Member; +3|6868|USA

Whether FF is on or off, it's hard to miss the big red skull on mines. Please stop running over the mines and causing teamkills. Claymore may be a different story, but mines are easily avoidable. I try to put mines down strategically while still allowing friendly vehicles to go around them but for some reason I can't lay one mine without being punished for a teamkill. Anyway, back to the topic........which has already been answered: FF is determined by the server.

On one hand I wish FF was always off but then you run into problems with mines and claymores all over the place, but on the other hand with FF on giving you a teamkill and then being punished for it makes those weapons almost useless. Since you can't have it both ways.......just look for the big red skull and avoid it.

2006-06-08 11:45:14

#20

137[CSi]: Headshot Specialist; +104|7065|Woodland Hills, Ca

=NwW= SgtD wrote:
umm the server can turn ff on or off....

/thread

2006-06-08 12:21:33

#21

deject: Got His War On; +37|7002|Golden, CO

I "test" out if the mine FF is on with other people's stuff. I still would get a death but no nasty -2 suicide. Plus, my teammate is probably stupid.

2006-06-08 12:23:31

#22

XIthRyker: Member; +7|6882

I was on a server so they'd blow up but not damage you at all.

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