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Zothike
State War Academy
Caldari State
#41 - 2013-09-28 14:36:20 UTC
Othran wrote:
I was around when mines were in game. Anyone seriously proposing their return in any form is completely delusional Straight

they can be reintroduced in the form of unique objects like a bubble is, i wait minefield since i started EvE in 2004, with the introduction in Rubicon of Objects not within the POS code give me great hope that we will see in a nbear future expansion "Minefield bubble" or "minefield core" or whatever will be the name

Will be by the same occasion great opportunity to create 2 new ship class / minelayer - minesweeper + eventually give new spice to sov warfare
permion
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2013-09-28 23:48:16 UTC
The original drones were mines that were stationary+dumb, that were eventually iterated to mines that moved closer to their targets, and then eventually iterated to drones. Essentially mines are an out-moded and outdated form of technology, the only place we "really do see" them are on some dead space complexes(so they are implemented for real-sy already).

Essentially the basic lore for drones in the world, means that mines are old technology. Lets be honest cloaking tech is really expensive(for something so disposable), and in space you really don't surprise anyone. Even something completely dead blocks/reflects starlight so it's detectable AU's away. Adding even a small amount of electronics means you're now putting out heat which makes it even more detectable.

The modern military isn't going to use outdated tech that even civilian ships have countermeasures for. Capsuleers aren't going to use something the military finds underpowered. The only people that make use of it are pirates that are in dead space, since you control where people go via gates(once again spaces the military doesn't really use, and that CCP hasn't given to us to use/make).
Lady Areola Fappington
#43 - 2013-09-29 00:24:14 UTC
permion wrote:
The original drones were mines that were stationary+dumb, that were eventually iterated to mines that moved closer to their targets, and then eventually iterated to drones. Essentially mines are an out-moded and outdated form of technology, the only place we "really do see" them are on some dead space complexes(so they are implemented for real-sy already).

Essentially the basic lore for drones in the world, means that mines are old technology. Lets be honest cloaking tech is really expensive(for something so disposable), and in space you really don't surprise anyone. Even something completely dead blocks/reflects starlight so it's detectable AU's away. Adding even a small amount of electronics means you're now putting out heat which makes it even more detectable.

The modern military isn't going to use outdated tech that even civilian ships have countermeasures for. Capsuleers aren't going to use something the military finds underpowered. The only people that make use of it are pirates that are in dead space, since you control where people go via gates(once again spaces the military doesn't really use, and that CCP hasn't given to us to use/make).



Pretty much the same way I feel about minefields in EVE. A minefields primary job is to constrain, funnel, and direct opposing forces. With the type of movement and force projection EVE has, a minefield really won't do any of those.

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Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#44 - 2013-09-29 00:25:40 UTC
If we cant have mines perhaps we can have remote charges that can be detonated by someone on grid, a cloaked ship and remote charges would be awesome.

Dumbing down of Eve Online will result in it's destruction...
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#45 - 2013-09-29 00:50:31 UTC
About the only real use I could see for proximity mines is if they took up drone hold and bandwidth, and de-activated like drones do if you left grid.

Since they're pretty much drones anyway. Could be a useful way to protect your logi from being tackled, or some such. That wouldn't cause much lag, which I believe was the primary issue with their being removed in the first place. I could be remembering entirely wrong, it's been YEARS.

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