Satchel charges

(iezza) #1

Whats your opinion on them, got the achivemment with my first use, cos where they use the bomb on security tower you can place inside without opening it, so when i heard “they opened the conduit” i went click click BOOM!

Whats your opinion on them?

(wolfnemesis75) #2

My Class Soldier will no doubt get this ability. It is very powerful if used effectively. In a high rank match, you will see them being deployed for some lethal disruption.

(its al bout security) #3

omly useful on friendly fire matches as it can be placed on a friendly mine to make an ohk (kinds like placing one mine directly on top of another (but when coupled with 3 engies and 2 soldiers you can hace 6 OHKs jusy hiding on the map)

(iezza) #4

Only in FF matches?

(its al bout security) #5

friendly fire, if friendly fire is off a friendly mine wont blow up a satchel

(iezza) #6

Darnit.thats not good.

(Super-Pangolin) #7

Not essential, and very situational. I only have them on an explosives-oriented character (Engi/Soldier hybrid), and will probably only use them in future on dedicated Soldier characters.

Fun for scaring enemies though. :smiley: I always wanted to put one right above where the hack objective gets planted in Reactor to blow it up in Resistance’s face.

(tangoliber) #8

I use it because I like how it warns the enemy whenever I set one. It provides another thing they must get rid of before performing an objective.

However, I rarely blow them up though… It is usually hard in the heat of battle.

(its al bout security) #9

they cab become a lol tool on sec tower

(iezza) #10

You do know u can just select them and press ande to blow them all up.

(Jimmy James) #11

My wife’s first build is a soldier and she got Satchel Charge ability at level 20 and in the first game after that she blew up a bunch of enemies just by throwing the charges down at choke points and timing the detonation right.

I made a soldier class recently but haven’t gotten a chance to try it out yet.

-JJ

(adrian783) #12

great ability if used right, i love it a lot!

(Jamieson) #13

When I im playing Engineer and my teammate [TAW.net] Outlaw is playing Soldier we do a pretty effective combo. I will plant a mine and he will plant a satchel charge next to it. When the enemy player runs across the mine they set off the satchel and it kills them instantly.

On my pure specced soldier though they are useful to control choke points but I think the Moltovs flashbags and buffed grenades are more useful. I therefore usually spend most of my pips on those being offensive rather than defensive but thats just my style.