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Need Help Clearing Yaki Minefield

Post by mmaster211 » Tue, 25. May 10, 18:31

Well, I just finished The Hub and now I'm trying to clear out a Yaki minefield for my PHQ. I'm not sure how to do it...when I tell my ship to fly to a mine on the sector map, it seemingly flies around randomly. I can't see the mines highlighted on my HUD, and the only thing I can do is use the camera view. Even then, I'm having trouble finding them and I'm sure there must be an easier way to go about doing this. Either that or I'm probably doing something wrong.

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Post by Magnu » Tue, 25. May 10, 18:41

Run over them in a well shielded ship, an M7 if you have one, using the mission guidance arrows on your HUD to find them.

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Post by mmaster211 » Tue, 25. May 10, 19:44

That's the thing; I used the mission guidance arrows and they don't point precisely at them. They just point me in a general direction, not the actual mines themselves.

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Post by Technojerk36 » Tue, 25. May 10, 19:53

6 PSGs will do the trick.
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Post by Cpt.Jericho » Tue, 25. May 10, 19:55

Why six when you can mount 8? However, probaly the best solution for the problem :)
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Post by Magnu » Tue, 25. May 10, 20:26

mmaster211 wrote:That's the thing; I used the mission guidance arrows and they don't point precisely at them. They just point me in a general direction, not the actual mines themselves.
The arrows will point you in the general direction of the mines which in my case was close enough to trigger them. I was in a Tiger.

You could try what others have suggested or if you have turrets, have them set to attack enemies.

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Post by Flozem » Tue, 25. May 10, 20:35

What Magnu said... have a long range weapon in your turrets and set those to attack your enemies. Then it's just a matter of manually flying in the general direction of the mines. Took me a week to figure it out. :shock:

Don't ever have your autopilot engage to attack the target, cuz it's guaranteed to crash your game.

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Post by frickenmoron » Tue, 25. May 10, 20:40

I did a more... complicated thing. Basically I used the sector map to fly next to a mine after zooming in 2-3 times (on both axis levels). Worked like a charm, just a bit tedious.

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Post by StarTroll » Tue, 25. May 10, 21:02

Take a M7M and fire flails, it takes care of the mines quickly.
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Post by EnderIII » Tue, 25. May 10, 22:44

StarTroll wrote:Take a M7M and fire flails, it takes care of the mines quickly.
You are joking.

I had to spend 30 minutes hunting those darn things down.

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Post by Technojerk36 » Tue, 25. May 10, 22:47

So flails track targets you can't see?

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Post by StarTroll » Tue, 25. May 10, 22:55

@Technojerk36 :
As long as there is an ennemy (even out of range) the flals can be launched and will target the nearest hostile.

@EnderIII :
I did it in my kraken and it took me less than 5/10 minutes to eliminate most of the mines, afterwards the Outpost is easily taken care of, as it has too few shields.
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Post by Flozem » Tue, 25. May 10, 23:01

Lol - must remember that for when I restart... :P

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