Revolver Law's Guide to Trip Mines (I5)

[ QUOTE ]
is there a delay between setting it down and it "arming"?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, a little bit but not much. If you don't want to be in the center of the group when the mine blows up you need to key up your movement while planting the bomb (as the above poster suggests). But yeah there is a little bit of a delay (a second or so, I guess. I never measured it but the bomb definitley doesn't go off while you are still kneeling).

playe with mines some more lasqt night and I'm getting more comfortable with them. I still hate the fact that a mob can run over one and it explodes behind them. I think they're out of the AoE range of the mine at that time.

They make soloing a lot easier but slow until I can put more recharges in it.

For team play, since I don;t have recharge I would slow the team down in most situations. I did find it useful to plant 4-5 of them in a doorway before pulling through the doorway, or make a pile right where the tank is going to pull. In almost all cases I have been using caltrops on top of them, I find that only lower minions seem to run away, and especially in groups I fight orange through purples.

/traps corruptors and /traps MMs also get Trip Mines too.

One useful trick to keep mobs from running over your mines is to place them at a corner. Aggro the enemies, then run around the corner. The enemies will follow you, then when they round the corner, they'll stop to shoot at you, and then BOOM.

3 Damages in Tripmines will almost KO most Blue con (-1 to you) minions out.

For those of you having problems with Tripmines and PvE mobs moving over them - I'd recommend taking Caltrops.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
is there a delay between setting it down and it "arming"?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, a little bit but not much. If you don't want to be in the center of the group when the mine blows up you need to key up your movement while planting the bomb (as the above poster suggests). But yeah there is a little bit of a delay (a second or so, I guess. I never measured it but the bomb definitley doesn't go off while you are still kneeling).

[/ QUOTE ]

It also beeps that it is ready. Just after that little beep it goes Boom!

Also, to keep from having one mob blowup 10 mines (it's happened to me), stagger the mines in groups of 3. The groups should be a ways apart from each other to make sure the first guy doesn't blow them all up.

If you don't have CD at least while toe-bombing, then it most likely will not work for you.

I've added the tactic of starting the trip mine drop and immediately hiting the grenade launcher.

I have to stay in the middle of the group but the added "omph" of the grenade added to the mine is interesting.

Pick the strongest target for the grenade's launch.

Great guide BTW!!

You have offically inspired my creation of an Energy/Devices blaster

Boom and doom baby! I only wish i could attack my own time bomb :[

*places bomb, backs up, snipes bomb* I've run this tactic in Call of duty with bouncing bettys and it's a riot when used against un-aware snipers; extreme counter-sniping >

... You do realize the last post in this thread happened over 4 years ago, right?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Now this is what I call an incarnate necro :P

Well, as long as this old guide has been brought back to life I'll add a nice tactic that's appeared recently.

If at any point you have to talk to an NPC in a mission and you think you may end up fighting them when you're done talking, you can take the time to place about 10 mines at their feet before you talk. Once the conversation ends and they decide they don't like you - BAM! Suddenly the wall has an interesting new paint job.

Underground, Final mission, last AV. Entire league made up of those tricky trip mine blasters. Didn't think it would work, but omg. I thought a full league or even half league of MMs was scary. This was the most hailerious IT I have ever run in my short time of COH Incarnates.

So many bombs, so many explosions, so much pwnage. So beautiful.