Re: How do mines work
 

I'd like a Degaussing option.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Quote taken from www.warships1.com

Re: How do mines work
 

TerranC: interesting, but mine sweepers dont work this way - they just blow the mines off. In limited capacity, too.

Re: How do mines work
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Uhmm... nothing. I love your explanation. :-) But Zoompet's is the right one.

P.S. Check your private Messages.

Kim

Re: How do mines work
 

WWII ships also deployed a mine sweeper componant that looked like a rake or a cattle catcher on a old time locamotive.
The mines would hit rake and blow a portion of it off. Eventually it would be pulled up and more steel beams would get welded on.

Re: How do mines work
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I didn't say that I'd like a Degaussing Minsweeping Component, I said that I'd like a degaussing option for ALL ships.

Just like it was done back in the old times.

Re: How do mines work
 

How about lower level mines can be detected by high level scanners? then you need to get higher level mines (better cloak) and or better scanners to find the enemy ones?
just a totally out of context thought.

Re: How do mines work
 

Yeah, it is an interesting idea. If you had a degaussing option or a component for ALL ships, then you could make your way through the mine Field(s), without a mine sweeper. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Re: How do mines work
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, no, if that was the case, it'd be unbalancing to the game...

And mines would have been useless then and now.

Put in a degaussing component:
And let it uses lots of supplies
And still allow for a random chance of mines hitting the ship.

Also, Create detonators:

Megnetic = Can be deflected by degauss but still could hit
Kinetic = Degaussing is ineffective and a mine sweeper will have to sweep the mines

Re: How do mines work
 

this'll have to wait till SEV but its a good idea, mail it to MM

Re: How do mines work
 

Oh, and another thing; since Magnetic mines of WW2 never hit the ships, rather, it bLasted itself and the shrapnels hit the ship, I wonder if there can be mines that don't destruct, yet, when a ship comes into range, send out a pulse that destroys the ships. The mine would de-energize there, and a ship would come, reenergize it and arm it once more.