What the hell are the Mines, anyway?

    They´re a combination toxic waste dump/protective measure. Hitting one breaks the tip causing a concentrated burst of waste to be directed at your ship. However, almost instantly, the loss of pressure causes the tip to recrystalize and the mine is sealed to wait for its next victim <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Or they could just sit and stock up on solar energy, releasing it in violent bursts. Or they could all have mini-nuclear reactors in them. Or maybe they´re a collection of points in a game, which when sharing space with any point on your collection of points or ´ship´ decrease an integer variable in memory or your ´shield´... nah.... <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

    They run on a mysterious energy called &quot;stupid&quot;. When you run into one and blow up, they mysteriously cause you to bash your head against your monitor and yell: &quot;STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!&quot; <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> But really, I dunno...they never seem to blow up or anything like mines should...I half expected them to track your ship, like the launchable ones, at first. I could just picture a whole field of those suckers coming after a little newbie´s starflier, while he screams for help. <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Reaper: $200,000,000. Rockets: $100,000 The look on that pilot´s face when you launch a full pod of screamers up his tailpipe: priceless

    clangin together as they move sluggishly toward their target. say a planet. that would be funny. not for the planet tho. I talk like that cuz m punked out.

    [img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/alarm.gif][img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/dj.gif][img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/alarm.gif] and you were expecting a fight scene or something?

    once, I parked next to a mine near the molly base to check out my nav map.. Boom!... where that base?..hmm, I wonder. Boom! is it here, let see what´s the base sells.. Boom!.. who is that idiot keep blowing up?. Boom! Guns destroyed what?...who was shooting at me? Boom! Hull breach imminent. Oh ****!!..that was me...move it! move it!!! Apparently, when a mine in the mine field blows, it still stays there..

    My Eagle has 300 forward firing turrets and 200 rear firing turrets I have infinite amount of energy and insane level of shielding. I can take out a battle ship in a single pass. But hey, I`m a bad pilot, I can`t even hit a planet...

    Did the OP mean mines (as in mine fields), or the mines you can equip your ship with? The former definitely do some harm when going to close (I did not check if they only blow up and stay there, or blow up and do not stay there <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>). The latter are still mystery to me. I have already tried several different mine types, but cannot confirm even a hit, nothing to say about the damage <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. So I would ask, do you guys use the mines? If yes, how then?

    I dabbled with ship based mines for a while but got fed up pretty quick. They definitely do hit people but only the higher class thus more expensive ones hit with any degree of certainty/significant damage. Best to let one fly just as you are about to pass someone on a head on collision of if someone is chasing you. The are also good if you get jumped by 8 or 10 guys and you feel ur going to die - drop a cargo bay full of Rippers on them and it´ll even things up a little. In the end tho i stopped using them. Earlier on you cant afford the cash for decent ones, later on when u´ve got tonnes of cash u´ve probably got a beastly ship and a rear firing turret anyway so there´s never really a need 4 mines.

    They´re like the volatile gas clouds... They explode but don´t go away... (Why is it that you BOUNCE off of the GAS clouds? They´re made of GAS!!!!!) Which reminds me, somehow a volatile gas cloud started exploding and never stopped... It became self sustaining... . It was pretty funny to watch... The following statement is FALSE: The Previous Statement is True. ICQ: 175784556 MSN: mike_molt@hotmail.com Y!: mike81586 AIM: snipermike81586

    If I go back and time and kill my grandparents, what will happen?

    so it was like boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom? I talk like that cuz m punked out.

    [img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/alarm.gif][img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/dj.gif][img=http://filestorageals.homestead.com/files/alarm.gif] and you were expecting a fight scene or something?

    The mines around the stations are designed to go off in proximity of any other metal object. I am pretty certain of this fact as you don´t need to be really close and all of the sudden BOOM you get hit by one. This causes you to **** the mouse control away from the offending mine as we all know it doesn´t really blow up and will return to reek havoc on you if you don´t move! It seems however that by doing this you find the next one to be closer than you thought and well we all know where we go from here. Out of nano´s and Sheild Batts? How can that be? I was full before I left the base just a few min. ago! As far as Ship launched mines go they are NOT a waste of money in my opinion and yes you do need to buy the most expensive ones to do a good job but as I like to fly a freighter not a fighter they always keep the bad guys off my butt. Also I love to drop a few just as I go into cruise mode and retrieve my cargo I was forced to drop. It is amazing the amount of damage you can do to a group of ships that would love to chase you down when they get smacked in the face by a group of screamers. Just some thoughts from the edge of space!

    I saw a very nice guy who dropped lots of mine at the Colorado jump gate. I can attest that the ships didn´t last long. He was nice to give us newbies the loot. I bought a new ship. Copper sells well at Bush.

    I love those Corsairs who try to rob off me. They love to trail me and tell me to drop my cargo. Sure! Take my Mines! In the face! ----------------------------------------------------------- War does not decide who is right, only who is left.

    A propeller is just a big fan designed to keep the pilot cool. Want prove? Stop the prop and watch the pilot break out in sweat!

    Hehe, i stand corrected by the ´trader boys´ <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I suppose ship based mines would be pretty damn handy if you´re flying a space lorry and the only protection you have is an air gun and a big stick... One of these days i´m gonna have to try trading, i´m obviously missing out on half the game. **Warning this post many conatin traces of sarcasm directed at traders. However it is 100% free from ´trader slagging´**

    Actually, because the exploding animation for the gas clouds take about a second, it would just continually replay the animation... And you would take damage every time the animation restarted, which was how I worked out the rate... It was kind of funny to watch... like a minitature star. The following statement is FALSE: The Previous Statement is True. ICQ: 175784556 MSN: mike_molt@hotmail.com Y!: mike81586 AIM: snipermike81586

    If I go back and time and kill my grandparents, what will happen?

    Minefields are useful... I had a noob that refused to leave me alone, on a NON pvp server. He formed on me, and I could NOT get him off... He was begging for money too. Normally I am nice, but this nipplehead was really annoying. I decided to take him on a magical journey through a minefield. HEHEHE... But what are mines? My theory is big pinty things. No explosions, but pointy as hell. BEWARE THE POINTINESS

    Or little nanobot factories inside them which create nanobots from the scraps of destroyed ships, thus providing an effectively limitless supply, because the reason it would need more would be the same thing that provided it with the raw materials to build more nanobots. The following statement is FALSE: The Previous Statement is True. ICQ: 175784556 MSN: mike_molt@hotmail.com Y!: mike81586 AIM: snipermike81586

    If I go back and time and kill my grandparents, what will happen?

    Hey Redeye I did smell sarcasm on your breath as you spoke of &quot;Lorry&quot; Pilots. Never ever underestimate a freighter most have 8 gun mounts and if they fire at a rate of say 8-10 shots per sec, they can do some damage even to a HF. Yea a VHF has such a large shield/hull rating it is hard to get through their thick hide not unlike a limey like you, (just kidding). LOL. But with a good load of shield sucking missles at your VHF shields and some friends along to help me out you might be sucking space yourself if you are not careful. Glad you saw the point (no pun intended) about the mines. I used them the first time through SP and loved the fact they track behind you looking for somone to hit. You have to be carful not to double back though or you could be looking for pieces of your own ship from your own mines hitting you. If you make the head on run kill engine slide move and drop mines and shoot missles then turn on a dime and fire at the passing ships you can take almost the whole attacking group out in 1 pass. A liitle practice can do a lot I recommend trying it the first time for noobs in Liberty space as the competion is not as tough as other areas until you get the technique down. One more point. You can afford the best of everything when you make a boat load of money on a trade run rather than 3 or 4 shooting missions or trade runs at a lesser capacity like 70 vs 280. Multiply that out in dollars and see why we are the Trader Boys! LOL Come on and join us you are missing out on a great aspect of the game. I did the SP missions (2nd time) in a freighter all the way through the final mission. Now I am trying it in a Light fighter, only no mods allowed either just a plain old everyday light fighter with 4 weapon mounts. Right now it looks like the Hawk is the best I can do as you can´t buy the Banshee in Rheinland space until after the SP missions. Just some thoughts from the edge of space!

    Nukelt must be pyschic. Right when I ran into a mine I just happened to bash my head on my monitor and yell: &quot;STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!&quot; Later I looked back on that moment and laughed until I discovered that I owed my parents 100 bucks to repair the damage to the computer monitor... Next time I´ll try bashing my head on the keyboard. ---------------------------------------- &quot;You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you cant pick your friend´s nose.&quot; Remember, Drunk Ewoks are know to lie constantly...