[QBrigid]

Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
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100 mines in a sector is the default with AIC as it is in se4, a larger setting is possible.
However the AI has a daunting task constructing and placing 100 mines per field, can you imagine the AI needing to double that effort [[Wink]]

Yes the Human Player can load Mine Sweeper Components in total on Medium Transports, do you recommend this be restricted?

No restrictions to the number of components, IMO. If you think a component is overpowered, just change it to a bigger size or more expensive.
Devnull has got 500 mines per sector; it is always a matter of balancing minesweeping ability and size of minefields. I do not use it often, it is just a kind of Last resort sometimes in the early game.

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I don't know PTF. It seems like a whole lot of work building several minefeilds up to 500 to match the other players.
At 100 mines and at Space Empires 4 minesweeping ability of FIVE, will give the same result. Without all that work and micromanagement.

JLS, I would keep minefilds at the traditional 100 setting (IMHO)

I also like the AIC se4 traditional mines because they work against Human Players like Space Empires and they are cheep to buy in AIC and the mines work against all the enemy components on the ship not just a few or one. Against the AI, minefields will work early and buy enough time to prepare defenses, just like when we play against other human players

But if I start next to violent AIC ai race or a good AIC human player I know mines is only a delay and against some human players, se4 mines is a short delay at best

If you think a component is overpowered, just change it to a bigger size or more expensive.

PTF, will bigger organic or any se4 armor protect you from armor skiping weapons?

If Temporal or Cryslonite with early armor skiping weapons and they are full of unrestricted armor turn on you we are dead. Sure shields will help me but they will have shields and a whole lot of armor = they shoot I die - I shoot I bounce off all the armor they can fit and at 10kt that would be an awful lot

[ January 24, 2004, 15:26: Message edited by: QBrigid ]