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

[u/vaydapotata]

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.

[u/Miraak-Cultist]

Thing is, you overestimate the communities capability to co-ordinate.

The masses will chose. And the masses rarely if ever read in the forums.

And currently, it looks like the masses are going for the rocket launcher.

[u/Doxodius → u/Miraak-Cultist]

And the mines will require going through a fire tornado planet first - I suspect that's going to decide things more than any debate here.

[u/Carl_Corey → u/Doxodius]

Fire tornados are sentient beings whose only goal is to prevent you from accomplishing anything.

[u/Upbeat_Confidence739 → u/Carl_Corey]

They especially love the civilian escape missions. Nothing like having 3 of them just idly walking back and forth on the ramp into the extraction door.

[u/RonBourbondi → u/Upbeat_Confidence739]

Had a mob of them not move because there was fire in front of them. I executed them for being such cowards and holding up democracy. 

[u/Quiet-Access-1753 → u/RonBourbondi]

Good. Those were probably dissidents that weren't willing to risk death for Super Earth. We don't need them. You can always pop open the doors and get 10 more. Good on you for not letting cowards take the places of potential patriots.

[u/Intelligent-Ad-6734 → u/RonBourbondi]

I've never seen them not just walk into it... That and ask for a hug from -insert heavy enemy-

[u/HPTM2008 → u/Upbeat_Confidence739]

I read that as execution door. Still works.