Mines in Silent Witness XII

[Loneshade]

Is it normal that all the mines in Silent Witness XII treat me as a friendly and bounce off my ship, rather than to explode?
just curious....

[El Novato]

Is it normal that all the mines in Silent Witness XII treat me as a friendly and bounce off my ship, rather than to explode?
just curious....

i´m not sure but, I think that they are SCA mines? if that is, the rep is stuck to -5...Soy they bounce on you.

[caltrop]

I believe they belong to the sector owner, so they are initially neutral, and yours if you claim the sector I.e they turn green

[El Novato]

I believe they belong to the sector owner, so they are initially neutral, and yours if you claim the sector I.e they turn green

Uh, This is interesting. Did you actually claim that sector and the mines became yours ?

[caltrop]

Yes, likewise for the mines in a certain xenon sector ^_^

[El Novato]

And i was worried about my future plan of Launching a rage SCA´s station destruction on that sector...

Muahahaha.
First, deploy a defence station to claim the sector.
Second, Unleash hell.

[StormMagi]

That seems... a little broken.... Especially for xenon sectors...

[Matterom]

Key Distinction. Mines as defined by the sector re-spawn. cannot be cleaned out, and are subject to the owner of the sector. EG: SW XII and the ones in faulty logic.
Silent Witness mines are Friend/Foe Mines which will avoid being near friends and attack foes. they still detonate on collision.
However, Faulty Logic Mines are Tracker mines, unlike Friend Foe Mines, even if you are the owner, friend, enemy, vegetable, they will move at anything that's not another mine and detonate.

[StormMagi]

Yeah...talk about invulnerable fortress sectors...

[Matterom]

Not that bad really, just don't be there yourself and you don't have to worry about mines /shrug

[StormMagi]

That is no fun for me

[caltrop]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

[StormMagi]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

That would be nice. I tried to sweep them by putting turrets to missle defense on that Paranid Destroyer you can pick up for free in a Xenon sector, and promptly died because they didn't shoot the mines...

[Iguanabob]

Muahahaha.

Best.GIF.Ever.

[shealladh]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

Having Missions that require you to mine sweep would be nice. Not the shoot a small number of mines, but during the war, you get to clear the sheer amount of mines.

[Matterom]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

That would be nice. I tried to sweep them by putting turrets to missle defense on that Paranid Destroyer you can pick up for free in a Xenon sector, and promptly died because they didn't shoot the mines...

Turrets don't target mines. got to manually target them

[shealladh]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

That would be nice. I tried to sweep them by putting turrets to missle defense on that Paranid Destroyer you can pick up for free in a Xenon sector, and promptly died because they didn't shoot the mines...

Turrets don't target mines. got to manually target them

Maybe a nice addition to have a mine clearing turret options ?

[StormMagi]

It would be nice if:

- you could sweep the mines
- it would be worth doing so

eg to gain access to resources that would otherwise be unobtainable

That would be nice. I tried to sweep them by putting turrets to missle defense on that Paranid Destroyer you can pick up for free in a Xenon sector, and promptly died because they didn't shoot the mines...

Turrets don't target mines. got to manually target them

Yeah, found that out the hard way

[Matterom]

Also the mines in those sectors regenerate, they're like ore and gas. You can't just get rid of them.

[shealladh]

Also the mines in those sectors regenerate, they're like ore and gas. You can't just get rid of them.

Yup, I figured it's something to do with future extras coming soon TM