Speaking of mines

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Tnarg:
I was curious about the prospects of having mines being ionic like ionic missles. These would be great, all those nasty fleets trying to break into the back door. Ah yes, cripple them so that they can't leave, and then send in the guard dogs to pick them off, or capture for that matter.

Could this work?

With current Versions of SE IV, no. The mines will keep 'attacking' even when the ship(s) don't have any engines left. So you'll waste a huge amount of mines on a single scout or something stupid like that.

In the forthcoming patch, whenever that's ready, mines are finally smart enough not to attack a ship that doesn't contain any components of their 'special' damage-type if they have a 'special' damage-type. Then it will be a workable strategy.