Change Trip Wire Flares?

Jump back to quoted post17 Nov 2015, 19:05 PMSwitzerland

Demos have been targetable for quite some time now with more than adequate detection radius. S mines are not targetable, cheap, plant like lightning, are dangerous to defuse with troops or require the time of a vehicle (something clever players have learnt, so they add a teller) or wasting munitions or time to barrage (SU76 exempt) to clear the clusters.

Axis do not suffer the same waste of time or limited mobility defusing/destroying mines that allied factions do. One grenade, mine gone. Detect and target demo gone. If you are suffering movement problems against allied mines, more than likely you are lacking in the detection department.

Personally I like the flare mines right where they are, but thier plant time and the USF mine plant time compared to S Mine field is s complete joke. 1 mine vs 4 clusters and the new USF mine is done by the time half the S mine field is done.

Jump back to quoted post18 Nov 2015, 04:18 AMMittens

I think reducing their build time may be better/ increase the area of activation. a possible price reduction from 10 to like....7 or at max 5.

Jump back to quoted post18 Nov 2015, 04:22 AMmiragefla

If it's still going to be able to instantly knock out models instantly it should be priced at ten unless it's going to trade vision and get a build-time decrease which is the only thing it needs or if we price it so cheap, they'll essentially be poor man's S-mines without the signs that result in wipes if your squad walks forward for a second after the first one.

Jump back to quoted post18 Nov 2015, 04:32 AMDullahan

It's totally fine.

You guys underestimate how powerful having vision is, especially if you have good trip wire discipline and make sure to put these down constantly when not in combat.

Jump back to quoted post17 Nov 2015, 21:38 PMelchino7

+1 Same with medkits on OH units

Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2015, 01:12 AMKothre

Trip wire flares should just be a standard engineer buildable. I miss the old vet 1 ability. And I mean old. Like original CoH 2 alpha old. Conscripts used to have an ability similar to Terror Doctrine's Zeal ability, in which the squad fought harder as it took casualties. That was way more fitting thematically as well as actually useful. With that said, I do like trip wire flares.

I remember grenadiers used to have something way cooler than medkits, too, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.