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What the hell are the Mines, anyway?

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Post Thu May 22, 2003 2:49 pm

Mines just have an endless supply of nanobots to repair them.

Post Thu May 22, 2003 3:05 pm

Or little nanobot factories inside them which create nanobots from the scraps of destroyed ships, thus providing an effectively limitless supply, because the reason it would need more would be the same thing that provided it with the raw materials to build more nanobots.

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Post Fri May 23, 2003 3:24 am

Hey Redeye I did smell sarcasm on your breath as you spoke of "Lorry" Pilots. Never ever underestimate a freighter most have 8 gun mounts and if they fire at a rate of say 8-10 shots per sec, they can do some damage even to a HF.

Yea a VHF has such a large shield/hull rating it is hard to get through their thick hide not unlike a limey like you, (just kidding). LOL. But with a good load of shield sucking missles at your VHF shields and some friends along to help me out you might be sucking space yourself if you are not careful.

Glad you saw the point (no pun intended) about the mines. I used them the first time through SP and loved the fact they track behind you looking for somone to hit. You have to be carful not to double back though or you could be looking for pieces of your own ship from your own mines hitting you.

If you make the head on run kill engine slide move and drop mines and shoot missles then turn on a dime and fire at the passing ships you can take almost the whole attacking group out in 1 pass. A liitle practice can do a lot I recommend trying it the first time for noobs in Liberty space as the competion is not as tough as other areas until you get the technique down.

One more point. You can afford the best of everything when you make a boat load of money on a trade run rather than 3 or 4 shooting missions or trade runs at a lesser capacity like 70 vs 280. Multiply that out in dollars and see why we are the Trader Boys! LOL

Come on and join us you are missing out on a great aspect of the game. I did the SP missions (2nd time) in a freighter all the way through the final mission. Now I am trying it in a Light fighter, only no mods allowed either just a plain old everyday light fighter with 4 weapon mounts. Right now it looks like the Hawk is the best I can do as you can't buy the Banshee in Rheinland space until after the SP missions.

Just some thoughts from the edge of space!

Post Fri May 23, 2003 3:51 am

Nukelt must be pyschic. Right when I ran into a mine I just happened to bash my head on my monitor and yell: "STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!" Later I looked back on that moment and laughed until I discovered that I owed my parents 100 bucks to repair the damage to the computer monitor... Next time I'll try bashing my head on the keyboard.

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Post Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:32 pm

how do you use them anyway self ?

Post Fri Oct 10, 2003 7:31 am

How come when you launch a mine it never hits you, but always the enemy hit you with there mines?

Post Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:18 am

Mines never bite the hand that feeds them ...

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Post Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:10 am

Thiz iz a very FUNNY© thread!

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Post Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:39 pm

They must have something to do with PTBH's (Portable Tactical Black Hole)...

Don't you just love the pinball effect they give your ship (Let me tell you about the birds and the bees, bouncing from mine to mine...)

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Post Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:05 pm

Man, all this talk of mines reminds me of when i dialed up the refire on mines and popped a full load of lightning mines on some poor guy.. really funny, especially when that poor guy sis ur bro on ur own LAN server

(i was cheating like hell)

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