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Newt BlackCompany
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2015-02-13 12:13:37 UTC
We need space mines.

Cheap, deployable, and when they blow up and damage somebody, the owner gets the killmail and the aggro effects.
Helios Panala
#2 - 2015-02-13 12:21:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Helios Panala
They were in the game, they were removed for many reasons. Crazy lag and lack of fun being among them.

However, I could possibly have some fun with smart-bombing drones if those were in the game.

Disclaimer: smartbomb drones idea has not been thought through at all.
Arya Regnar
Darwins Right Hand
#3 - 2015-02-13 12:37:50 UTC
Smartbombing drones that damage each other?

The carnage...

I love this idea already.

EvE-Mail me if you need anything.
Gremoxx
Wing Commanders
#4 - 2015-02-13 12:46:23 UTC
Newt BlackCompany wrote:
We need space mines.

Cheap, deployable, and when they blow up and damage somebody, the owner gets the killmail and the aggro effects.



They where removed for a very good reason, some might say that bombers are reaching the position mines where occupying before being removed.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#5 - 2015-02-13 12:53:55 UTC
Never again.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#6 - 2015-02-13 13:01:44 UTC
CONCORD they came from no where... I begged.... I pleaded... why, why were they doing this. my voice fell on deaf ears and they blasted my ship without a second thought

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#7 - 2015-02-13 13:41:57 UTC
They existed, they increased lag and were generally more of a pain than a gain which is why I imagine they were deleted.

This is the first time this year I've seen this particular dead horse kicked which must be something of a record.

NBSI shall be the whole of the Law
Helios Panala
#8 - 2015-02-13 14:02:28 UTC
Arya Regnar wrote:
Smartbombing drones that damage each other?

The carnage...

I love this idea already.


Release the explosion swarm!

Awwww it blew itself up.
Nolak Ataru
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2015-02-13 14:16:09 UTC
How about instead of deployable explosive mines, CCP adds a suicide ship that does damage based on the number of mines in the cargo?
Leyete Wulf
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2015-02-13 14:35:48 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Never again.


Seriously, if you weren't around for them last time ask some people who were. The debate is already on about off-grid boosting and fighter-assignment and how they are detrimental to the game because they don't put ships on the field and imbalance fights. The idea of farming kills in a totally AFK method is patently game-breaking.
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#11 - 2015-02-13 15:03:27 UTC
This thread again.

We used to have mines. People would spam them to infinity on gates, lagging the server all to hell. So they got removed. We will not see them again, me thinks.

http://youtu.be/YVkUvmDQ3HY
Newt BlackCompany
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2015-02-13 15:31:46 UTC
Wow. I never knew they'd previously existed.

I can see the problems they could cause, but the explosions would be funny.

Oh well.
HTC NecoSino
Suddenly Carebears
#13 - 2015-02-13 17:28:21 UTC
I'll sell you an anaconda mine, it's sitting in my Jita hangar. Make an offer.
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#14 - 2015-02-13 17:45:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Agondray
Gremoxx wrote:
Newt BlackCompany wrote:
We need space mines.

Cheap, deployable, and when they blow up and damage somebody, the owner gets the killmail and the aggro effects.



They where removed for a very good reason, some might say that bombers are reaching the position mines where occupying before being removed.


Hardly, mines were removed because people would put masses of them on gates and stations which caused the lag and past laying them required no other interaction so you could just sit there cloaked and wait for someone to come through a gate, undock, or warp into a belt.

A way to limit control of mines could be done much like drones or they could behave like bombs where you can launch the one, and possible time limits that are relative to flight time but just a timer that can counts from laying given a agreeable time by ccp

"Sarcasm is the Recourse of a weak mind." -Dr. Smith
Mag's
Azn Empire
#15 - 2015-02-13 17:53:20 UTC
No.

Destination SkillQueue:- It's like assuming the Lions will ignore you in the Savannah, if you're small, fat and look helpless.
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#16 - 2015-02-13 18:04:55 UTC
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