So, AT and AP mines have been in-game for a while now.
How do you feel about them? Are they useful?
Biggest problem is mines getting carpet bombed away by aircraft spam.
Otherwise I think they are useful and appropriately costly
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Agreed.
Only work inside when the enemy does not breach with a nade. Or some weird spot that no one bombs.
That makes sense.
I remember before they were added lots of people were concerned they would screw up the game and make it un-fun. Just a case of things in theory changing when they are put into practice, I guess
It’s a mechanic that could be more prominent in gameplay if there wasn’t HE going off in all directions from tanks/planes/arty that incidentally sweep mines away.
With that said I’ve used them to some good but limited effect in area denial.
Honestly they’re great so long as they’re not popped by artillery, which means anti-personel mines are the only ones actually used like a mine. Usually, anti-tank mines get used as just an additional detpack, so…
Well, they’re not in a bad place. I think they cost a bit much compared to how often they get used, but they’re not bad.
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have seen them, but never died to one yet. the constant bombardment kills them off most of the time, but even without that, I think AT mines would still be … kinda not worth it, because on invasion maps the defenders wont get prep time to place them at choke points.
Guess well have to wait for some very determined scumbags to create a “mine meta”,
I think it is still too early to have a real opinion…
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So mines are actually useful? never used them or notice dying to one. I might give them a try 
I personally think AP mines are very useful, especially in conquest where you know from where the enemy will come, they also kill the actual (real) player most times and not the AI cus the AI is slower.
On the other side… AT mines are absolutely useless in my opinion, they cost 4-3 bronze orders while explosive packs cost 2 and do the same job but better and are actually skill based.
When you’re fortifying, fortify the next objective up.
Seems like enough invasion maps have at least 2 major chokepoints for them.
That or you can use hedgehogs to create chokepoints.
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Also do mines stay after the person who put them dies? cause i ve heard both yes and no in this question
yes. dunno for how long.
it will show up as enemy KILLED X
i see, ty
Both mine types are useful
I tend to equip every soldier I can with them. I advice to do the same, there is no side cost of not doing it. It’s a slot that can’t be used to nothing more.
Mining a point have Defended it multiple times without shooting a single bullet.
At mines I rarely use them, but when I do it’s just place and forget. As games go on, you will notice where an enemy tank will probably drive. Just remember that path, mine it and forget about it.
If you get a kill… Good. Extra 200 xp per tank, 400 with premium, double it again if was a premium squad laying them down… With enough multiplications in the end as best squad or winning multiplicators it’s a easy more than 1000 xp end game just to lay a mine.
Worth. Always. There is no side cost besides a one time bought price of 3 bonze tickets I pretty much gain every game back…
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I like to put them next to the enemy teams spawn beacon. It’s hilarious when I see a whole squad get blown up.
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im usually so eager to thwack a span point I’ve never thought of this. amazing.
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Out of curiosity, do you know whether that mimics reality? I mean will a grenade blast 5m away or a bomb 30-50 m away make a tank mine activate? (In WW2.)
Definitely not at that range. They need heavier weights to press on them or some are magnetic. Getting caught in a blast would probably just destroy the mine. But unless there’s a huge force from the blast it probably shouldn’t effect it.
Of course a near direct hit with a bomb, or being in an artillery strike (if it’s close enough) should detonate or destroy them. But a grenade or a bomb 50 meters away? No.
Depends on the mine but from what I understand, no.
Other than accidentally driving into an old soviet minefield in Afghanistan I did not deal heavily with loitering explosives.
The thing is too, all the mines we see in game would be buried partially.
I can’t find the model being used in-game as a WWII mine, just a postwar Soviet one that would be just like them to add.
But all of the AT mines I can find use pressure planes which wouldn’t be set off unless a detonation is right above them.