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Solaris {C?}
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Joined: October 23, 2002
Posts: 163
From: Hell, Groombridge 34 System
|  Posted: 2003-11-17 19:14
I would like to see mines move towards ships as they pass to increase damage and the chance of someone hitting them or even if u get within 10 or 15 gus away they go boom. Now im not saying make them follow like IT missles or PSI missles give them like 2gu max spead. Maybe give them both. I dont want to see the Mines follow someone all over the MV or try and follow scouts, but this is intended for Dreds and Stations. So make them attracted to a ships mass the higher the mass the more the mines love them. If only one of these were considered I would at least like to see the mines blow if you get within a certain range other then just hitting them.
Considering the vastness of space, this could add to the realism of game play IMO. Thank You for your time.
Solaris
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pika
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Joined: October 03, 2002
Posts: 106
From: New Brighton, MN
| Posted: 2003-11-17 21:45
Magnetic mines? (or organic-seeking mines, I suppose)
it would be an interesting idea, but they might need to be toned down a bit... more mines hitting but doing their current amount of damage might incite another grief war
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Ash'elth
Grand Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: June 07, 2002
Posts: 1128
| Posted: 2003-11-17 22:32
You do realize that 20 or so AM mines when detonated together have a radius of almost 100 gu?
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Tiggy
Midshipman
Terra Squadron
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 282
From: Western Australia
| Posted: 2003-11-18 03:57
How about a larger detection radius? Ie, you don't have the contact the mine to have it detonate, you just need to be nearby (50GU, say) And it'll automatically detonate.
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Solaris {C?}
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Joined: October 23, 2002
Posts: 163
From: Hell, Groombridge 34 System
| Posted: 2003-11-18 21:04
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On 2003-11-17 22:32, Ash'elth wrote:
You do realize that 20 or so AM mines when detonated together have a radius of almost 100 gu?
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Yea but only if you blow them I want them to blow on their own so if I lay a few small feilds i dont have to blow all my mines just to hit 1 ship.
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Pope
Fleet Admiral
Joined: June 11, 2002
Posts: 2449
From: World of tomorrow
| Posted: 2003-11-19 03:24
you'd think all smart weapons in the darkspace universe would be pretty advanced by now.. unfortunately as a matter of fact they are all pretty dumb.
the weapon software guy who designed the tracking algorithm of the PCM, for example, should really be shot for treason. (talking ingame here)
PCMs should be REALLY smart, ITs decently smart, PSI/AR and mines should have some noticeable intelligence.
of course, someone needs to smith this out for real - since we got no weapon system developers on exathra..
but since the only one who could smith it out is F, i bet it has to wait a few more months at least..
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Faustus
Marshal
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2003-11-19 08:37
Mines that follow and explode when ship is in proximity are on the TODO list already... 
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Solaris {C?}
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Joined: October 23, 2002
Posts: 163
From: Hell, Groombridge 34 System
| Posted: 2003-11-19 10:19
Wow thank you so much Faustus for responding to my post, I know you are busy with important things.
Solaris
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PuppetMaster[**]
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Joined: November 20, 2001
Posts: 182
From: Riegelsberg/Germany
| Posted: 2003-11-19 10:25
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On 2003-11-17 21:45, pika wrote:
Magnetic mines? (or organic-seeking mines, I suppose)
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organic-seeking?
hmm, what will happen if i fly in a tranni through a minefield, dropping all 10 infs one by one?
just a thought
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Solaris {C?}
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Joined: October 23, 2002
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From: Hell, Groombridge 34 System
| Posted: 2003-11-19 10:30
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On 2003-11-19 10:25, PuppetMaster[**] wrote:
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On 2003-11-17 21:45, pika wrote:
Magnetic mines? (or organic-seeking mines, I suppose)
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organic-seeking?
hmm, what will happen if i fly in a tranni through a minefield, dropping all 10 infs one by one?
just a thought
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I would Hope that the Mines would Kill the trannie way before u droped more then 2 troops. 
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