Guild Wars 2

Is it just me or are ‘Reserve Mines’ Useless. They’re the 3rd Talent along the Explosives Talent Tree (or second ‘fixed’ Talent if you will).

When they activate they mines just sit there flashing, I have never seen them go off! Am I missing something, its there some special way to trigger them? At the moment they just seem like window dressing.

they do seriously need to make these mines and the other mine abilities not have so much distance between them. I’ve noticed on many occasions where they just never explode as for example the giant champion troll actually graphically steps on them and never sets them off. Dunno how many times I’ve see that kind of thing. And they are absolutely useless underwater, we need underwater versions like barrels or spherical mines that cause shockwaves when they explode. (like they use against subs)

It would be nice if they were magnetic mines and were attracting to enemies instead of just lying around.

I’d be fine if they were just timed, or if they were included in your number 3 downed ability- so when you explode all your Reserve Mines went off also. As they stand at the moment they just seem to do nothing. I have Literally never noticed them go off.

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It would be nice if they were magnetic mines and were attracting to enemies instead of just lying around.

whoa now, that sounds like something a creative inventor would have. The engineer isn’t about that, its about straightforward basic military gear.

Hilarious… I was literally moments away from posting a question about this myself. I’ve never seen them go off. Is it a bug perhaps?

I never really paid attention to them, but now that you mention it I’ve never noticed any of them detonating.

Ya, seriously worthless. i think I may have seen them go off one or two times, but they also do pityful damage, so I just think of them as decoration. Look! It’s something engineery!

If I got a grenade barrage centered on myself instead, that would be awesome.

The radius of the mines is tiny, your foe has to be pretty much directly over it to trigger them.