Engineer's Guide to the Galaxy (Episode 2. Sorta)

[coax.]

(04-04-2012 10:23 PM)dokk1e_1. Wrote:  

(25-03-2012 05:33 PM)coax. Wrote:  1 Mine to destroy a full health tank.
THose 4 points can be invested a lot better.

I have never been able to kill a tank with 1 mine not even with boosted mines max 800 DMG

P.S.-I've seen a video where guy drops a mine on the top of the tank and does 1000 DMG with one mine is that where i should throw the mine?

Read carefully what I wrote: "1 RPG shot + 1 Mine to destroy a full health tank."
800+250 > 1000
Run to tank -> shoot RPG -> immediately throw mine -> dead tank most of the time.
Try to come from behind, mines do less damage from the side.

The video you saw was probably quite old. Back then mines did a lot more damage and didn't cause damage to yourself. So you could just run up to a tank, throw a mine and walk away safely. Those were the days.

[Hmmmmmmm]

(04-04-2012 10:28 PM)coax. Wrote:  

(04-04-2012 10:23 PM)dokk1e_1. Wrote:  

(25-03-2012 05:33 PM)coax. Wrote:  1 Mine to destroy a full health tank.
THose 4 points can be invested a lot better.

I have never been able to kill a tank with 1 mine not even with boosted mines max 800 DMG

P.S.-I've seen a video where guy drops a mine on the top of the tank and does 1000 DMG with one mine is that where i should throw the mine?

Read carefully what I wrote: "1 RPG shot + 1 Mine to destroy a full health tank."
800+250 > 1000
Run to tank -> shoot RPG -> immediately throw mine -> dead tank most of the time.
Try to come from behind, mines do less damage from the side.

The video you saw was probably quite old. Back then mines did a lot more damage and didn't cause damage to yourself. So you could just run up to a tank, throw a mine and walk away safely. Those were the days.

I was made a month ago.....

[Ninja-Penguin.]

(25-03-2012 06:09 PM)coax. Wrote:  "Which is what the engineer does to vehicles"
Nope. Engi + Vehicles = Lots of burning wracks. Thats what makes you useful.
How many classes can kill a full health APC or tank in under a second? None. Throwing unboosted nades is useless, a mortar strike is easiliy dodged. Everybody who is not an engineer just runs in fear whenever they see a vehicle. The only class that can handle vehicles apart from the negineer is the assault with C4, but approaching a vehicle, planting C4 and detonating it is far more dangerous than shooting a rocket.
I think I'm helping my team way more by killing stuff and make sure there are absolutely no vehicles around.
If there are no enemy vehicles your teammates can advance to the enemy position.
Pressuring the enemy is far more useful than just sit at your flag repairing stuff.

Behold:

[Chang]

(26-03-2012 10:58 PM)Hmmmmmmm Wrote:  With my engi, i mostly play on Sarqi and Basra. There are no tanks/APCs there.

[rpgsniper16]

Use rpg against people when there's no vehicles around. When sniper is trying to shoot you take a shot at him with the rpg. get sprinting and jogging fully upgraded.

[mono]

(05-04-2012 09:07 PM)rpgsniper16 Wrote:  Use rpg against people when there's no vehicles around.

It's quicker, more accurate and more efficient to just use your SMG. This isn't Quake.

If you're trying to shoot at ranges where your SMG isn't effective, then it's probably also far enough that anyone you shoot an RPG at has enough time to simply stand slightly to the side and watch it go sailing past uselessly. For these ranges, you should be using your XM-25.

Using an RPG as an anti-infantry weapon might work wonders on pub servers against noobs, but in the long run it's just putting yourself at a disadvantage by using the least efficient anti infantry weapon you have.

[DeltaForce]

All engineers who say that Repair Tool 4/4 is useless, haven't used it to its full potential.

And no engineer+vehicle does not have to be wrack it can also be engineer+vehicle=longevity
Sure engineers can destroy vehicles, but many other sources in this game can too. But no one else can repair.

[Hmmmmmmm]

(05-04-2012 10:56 PM)DeltaForce Wrote:  All engineers who say that Repair Tool 4/4 is useless, haven't used it to its full potential.

And no engineer+vehicle does not have to be wrack it can also be engineer+vehicle=longevity
Sure engineers can destroy vehicles, but many other sources in this game can too. But no one else can repair.

I have used it at 4/4. It changes my hole mind set. Most people on Kanrkand and Mashtuur don't vehicle use past the start of the game.