[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Loser:

Because once you're cautious, you will be protected from the mines and the mines are no longer a protective measure. At that point they are just a drain on your economy.

Precisely. And once your enemy realizes you don't have 100 mines over each warp point and planet -- he splits up his fleet. And gets the defenceless fleet slammed by 15 mines you just built. So he resends the sweepers, so you stop building mines ... lather, rinse, repeat.

Mines and sweepers are very important in PBW. My current enemy never entered my space without 100 mine sweeping ability. I only had 30 or so at my warp points. Then I wrecked 3 or 4 troop transports with my fields of 5 mines located one sector to the left. Ha. Funny stuff.

[ October 02, 2003, 19:23: Message edited by: Arkcon ]