A mines question..

You would need a ship or ships with enough mine sweeping components to remove 120 mines. The higher your mine level the more mines they will remove. If you right click on a mine sweeping component it will inform you it’s sweeping ability.

Caius

Have a look at the description of the minesweeper component, it tells you how many mines it can remove (it varies depending on level).

Twon't be so easy after my friend, will it??? Mwuahahaha!!!

120 mines? Hmmm, now just which wormhole are you trying to peek through anyway???

Mwuahahahaahaa! Death to the infidels!!!!

I'll soon have bigger, badder, more painful suprises for you mon frere!!!

Muwuahahahahah!!!!

Javaslinger

BTW are the mines now cloaked in 1.33?

in SE IV if thay couldent do it in one turn thay fell to the mines i assume its the same in SE V

Yeah, any mines not immediately swept detonate. Sometimes that's survivable, usually not. (a hex can only hold 100 mines, BTW)

what iv seen one with close to 500 in a un modded game thay where mine that where dropped after combat with a drone may be its a bug? i dont know and i dont care i dont use mines there a cowards weapon

I've also managed to put more than 100 mines in a sector... don't remember how though... pobbably using the "remotely launch units" function.

btw, if you send fighters into minefield, mines damage/destroy them. One mine can destroy multiple fighters (if mine have high enough damage/fighter low enough HP).
But to kill whole fighter group, et least ONE mine will be used, even if its massive overkill.
So if you eg. build small fighter with life support, cockpit and one engine and launch only one and send it into minefield, he can waste one mine.
Can be usefull when you does not have/available minesweepers.

I was wondering if your own mines activate when you go through them?

Like if i placed mines at a warp point would I be able to go through myself with no problem?

Fighters arent supposed to warp...

I don't build defence bases, they're a cowards weapon...
yeah, I don't park my ships on warp points either for the same reason.
sats too, and fighters.
I don't bother with armor or shields too, cause what's the point of defence? same goes with PD.

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an se5a is a ww1 fighter, it is also a car.

I don't use mines in single player...It's to hard on the AI...But otherwise, Coat em thick!!! MINES EVERYWHERE!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

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Picture of my mine feild of death....

(It's late, deal with it)

now THAT I can understand.

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an se5a is a ww1 fighter, it is also a car.

Hey can mines detonate on drones? Because I have an idea. Build a minesweeper, but add a drone launcher and a drone with just engines. Said drone will fly in be destroyed, but then you know how many mines there are!!!