Patch wishlist

[Marco]

How about add an option for deployng mines ans satellites when launched ?
I think this can be easily implemented by allowing the use of the same system already encoded in the game and utilized for ships in fleets formations, just after the launch command.
This would allow a far better tactical use of mines and sats, in particular in battles involving planets defense.
Mines are actually only a strategic weapon and I don't like it very much.
A further step in developping this concept would be to allow tactical battles in minefields deployeds to block warp points.
Now with such type of minefield we have only 2 options:

1)Don't try to pass trough the warp point blocked.
2)Try to pass and destroy the minefield or be destroyed by it.

If the passage would be permitted only after enter the warp point area in the middle of the tactical battle display, we can add the possibility of only forcing the minefield, without destroing it completely or be destroyed by it.
That seems to me far more realistic than the actual all-or-nothing system.
Obviously the problem is to set the formation for a minefield composed of possibly several hundreds of mines but I think this can be arranged by tuning the maximum number of mines and satellites allowed in a single tactical battle, the efficiency and eventually the radius of mines warheads, the efficiency of mine-sweeping equipment and eventually the possibility to allow same weapons to target mines.
Beside I think that to set a mine formation for the AI, deployed to efficiently defend a fixed point like a planet or a warp point, would not be extremely complex: the simpler formation of concentricals rings is not so bad, in particular if is supported by armed sats, may be with pre-arranged entry paths for friendly units and seeking weapons, guarded by others armed sats.
About that another suggestion to make mine warfare more fun and challenging is to allow friendly seeking weapon and may be fighters or even ships to freely pass trough friendly mines in tactical combat.
Thanks for yours opinions an best regards.