Minefield Limit Loophole

[Q]

I too think this is not a relevant bug. If you don't like over 100 mines in a sector you may reduce this number in the settings text file. For me personally this is not important, I prefer this uncertainty: even if your fleet has the ability to sweep 100 mines, your not 100% sure that all mines are gone!

[Nitram Draw]

I agree with Q, the more uncertainty the better.

[dogscoff]

Ditto. I vote we chalk this up as a "feature" rather than a bug.



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[Suicide Junkie]

I don't see why there should be any limit to the number of units in a sector, so I always set the unit limits to 10,000.
You can always sweep out a minefield if you build wave after wave of sweeper ships, and sats & fighters can be rammed quite effectively when you emerge from a wormhole.

I have not used fighters since the first week I got the game because they die too easily. Something just occurred to me though which would make them very usefull ! Launch them on the strategic map one at a time into different squares and have THEM sweep the minefield one at a time ! Put just a cockpit and engines on, making them really cheap. So if you are not able to sweep free with a minesweeper, you might be able to clear it with fighters....

[zen.]

The DevNullMod (I've installed but haven't played), I think, allows Point Defense to shoot down mines. This certainly gives even regular combat ships some chance of taking down a few mines. Although IMHO, if ships can shoot down mines, more than 100 mines per sector should be set.

In a related question, how many thousands of units/ships do y'all set before it actually -slows down- your computer/turn processing? I've kept my units at 4000 and 2000 ships per empire, but haven't played a game to that point yet.

zen

[raynor]

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I have not used fighters since the first week I got the game because they die too easily.

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Fighters die entirely too easy if you launch them from carriers in a strategic battle. But they are immensely powerful if you launch the fighters in one large group *before* entering combat and then fight the battle.