Hypothetical Idea

[kikatsu]

What if mines could be launched while in Cruise?
Could make pursuits a bit more interesting, and actually cause people to maneuver a bit more and take speed loss into account when in hot pursuit (maneuvering to avoid mines would slow you down slightly).

[Zynth]

What if mines could be launched while in Cruise?
Could make pursuits a bit more interesting, and actually cause people to maneuver a bit more and take speed loss into account when in hot pursuit (maneuvering to avoid mines would slow you down slightly).

Well...I think Cruise Drain will keep Nukes away, so...kinda moot anyway.

Another thought, wouldn't like 400 cruise speed LFs mine spamming you to death in a fight right?

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[kikatsu]

Well they can't with powerplant drains. Plus if they use Rippers they can't really death spam you, can they?

[Zynth]

Well they can't with powerplant drains. Plus if they use Rippers they can't really death spam you, can they?

Guess not.

But then the idea would be moot as well. Since you can't deal any damage while being chased.

Unless of course....

CRUISE DISRUPTING MINES!

Which I just thought of and I believe is a wonderful idea.

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[Camtheman]

There should be more variety of mines :L

The buffing of the Screamers to be EMP mines is a nice idea (and isnt there a kind that tracks reallly good but has crap damage that they buffed)

Majority of people use nuclear mines.

Pehaps a mine that is very slow and does a HUGE amount of damage but you can only carry a small (10?) number of them, perhaps for bombers?

[AeternusDoleo]

At cruise speeds, mines would not track quick enough (especially with lag) to reliably hit anything smaller then a battleship. And I doubt we'll be making mines that can track at 350m/s... It'd also promote cheesy kills where a fighter enters cruise and spams mines on another fighter not equipped with a CD, using speed to be practically invulnerable.

There is a reason why all offensive araments are disabled in cruise, and should remain so.

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[Friday]

Well, if we are on the subject of different mine effects....

Why not a 'Cluster Mine' - creates a series of flak effects in a radius (say a bubble 100 meters across for three seconds?).

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[Hidamari]

CRUISE DISRUPTING MINES!

screamers should have this built in.

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