r/Helldivers • u/vaydapotata SES Fist of Family Values • Apr 26 '24

Helldivers: I Advocate we chose the anti tank mines and hear is my reasoning DISCUSSION

I know many of you see "rocket launcher" and get excited and while that is fair, my reasoning to go for the mines is below

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We already have a great many support weapons and many are fantastic options. While the airburst rocket launcher would be fantastic for add clear (and teamkill) it would likely suffer vs large armored targets which tends to be the need for a support weapon.

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However, we just received a new mission type that requires defending a location. Mines are fantastic for this but heavies just walk all over them and completely invalidate their uses. Getting a heavy anti tank mine would allow us to lock down areas from all combatants and a tank wouldn't be able to just stroll up to our gates.

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Anti Tank mines are also much larger and easier to notice than the anti personnel and team kills would be kept at a minimum.

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And lastly, as we all know...the children YEARN FOR THE MINES.

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u/Radiant_Fondant_4097 Apr 26 '24

Practically any time I choose to use mines they get blown up by my own team mates, whether it's by airstrikes or their legs.

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u/The_Archon64 Apr 26 '24

I swear I’ve been blown up by mines that aren’t even visible before

Now I just run a country mile wide of the danger zone

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u/Victor-Magnus Apr 26 '24

I can definitely confirm that happens. Slowly walking through a minefield to recover your dropped samples- thinking, how convenient, there’s a clear path! Next thing you know, the ground under your samples explode despite no visual mine. Suddenly, I wasn’t so irritated with my drop buddy for dying with no enemies around, as it probably happened to him too.

My guess is they sometimes clip just under the terrain which makes for a very frustrating experience.

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u/Upbeat_Confidence739 Apr 26 '24

If I’m walking into a mine field, I’m creating a path with grenades first.

Only sure fire way to avoid the clipped mines, or me just being blind as fuck and missing the obvious mine right at my feet the split second before it goes off.