Nope.

I'm making record time!
If only I had someplace to be...

i use the rippers but only when i am pvp
id tell you how but that could be a spoiler and id have to kill you then
suffice to say look at thier stats and you see they are not fast no matter which ones and therefore not a long distance wep

Yeah, but I meant to ask HOW I should lay them. I can only think of the 2 ways I described above, and neither way ever seems to hit the enemy.

I was using the faster-maneuvering mines and all that, but it still seemed like only 1 in 30 actually hit anything.

Cyaron

"He who has the power to see
that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

best to use them if your being chased by a patrol or something, there's a greater chance of hitting them then...

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

http://www.cardamine.net/ - The home of Freelancer: Rebirth, the prequel to Freelancer!

Okay, but do you have to hit 'v' to look at what's going on? Because if someone is chasing me and I just start unloading mines ... that didn't seem all that effective either. Unless it's just to slow thenm down a bit.

But I would expect after dropping 10 mines, at least ONE of those bastards would have died from it...

Maybe you just can't expect mines to work well against fighters ... but that's who I need them against. Another note is that I have thougth I had hit several mines, but usually I just bounce off them. Unless my shield is down...


Here's an idea!
Do they only work against unshielded targets?

Cyaron

"He who has the power to see
that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

i use them at point blank range in a dog fight and try not to blow my own tail off any other time they have a huge chance of missing

So do you do it on a head-on pass, or do you boost so that you are pasing them?

I have done it with the head-on passes, and tried to time the mine drop about a half-second before the actual pass. But that usually hasn't worked.

As for dropping when I was passing them up, that might work, but if I used the boost I'd lose time from shooting.

I can't think of very many times when you pass them perpendicularly...


Thanks for the replies. I'm still a bit confused tho.

Cyaron

"He who has the power to see
that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

in pvp use it like a bomb when you are close and the opponent isnt moving fast or is turning you need to be close and get the hell out the area ie boost i dont use them against npc targets as the ones i use cost to much

If you're near a tradelane, they're the best thing around for discouraging pursuit. You can drop a mine just as you're about to enter- if it is well timed, you should go speeding away and the mine will disrupt the lane behind you, preventing anyone from following you.

When using them for direct combat, note that like any blast weapon, they work best after the enemy's shields are depleted. Also, make sure that you can get a hit before dropping, or it isn't worth trying- mines tend to be more expensive than missiles of the same damage rating.

When doing a head on pass, release slightly BEFORE you get to your target, not slightly after- remember, if you are past the enemy already, so is your mine launcher, and mines are not fast projectiles (an enemy going 200 is not going to be caught by a mine doing 80). Hit your mine key about when your target passes your nose and you should score a hit, as the enemy will not have time to evade the mine you've dropped on their face.

If successful, you should hear the mine detonate behind you. The first few times, you may want to hit V after you pass your target to see if you dropped too soon or too late, so you can adjust accordingly.

I've had some success when being chased, going to turret view and firing at the pursuer to knock down his shields then dropping a mine. Mines also make good bombs against stations and weapons platforms. But they are expensive to use.

"I'm bugging out. I don't like the idea of being MOWED DOWN."

I don't use mines against fighters myself (usually), but they are very effective against cap ships.

When you're going head on against another fighter, just release them nice and early, so they've popped well up above your ship when your opponent arrives...........

Easy

Okay ... when I'm in a head-on pass situation, the enemy rarely passes me directly in the senter. Normally they're at some 15° angle or so. I'm thinking, based on that, that I wouldn't have to use the boost at all to avoid being hit by the mine, but that I would want to deploy the mine about an entire second before the pass.

Is that about right?


Cyaron

"He who has the power to see
that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

I use driller mines, I usualy drop loads of them kill my enemy shield using tizona and let the drillers do there work on his hull, its hard to escape 20 mines



" Does Fraging PKs makes me any better! ? "