Iam a more of a missle/torpedo guy my self but if i use my mines i work like this

When iam being chased by ships, even if there is only one it has a good chance of him moving out the way to dodge them

I never fire them when friendlys sre sround because they have a nack of hitting them, you may not notice them hitting but belive me it happenes, if you have mulitipule targets following you, you will porlly bring down one of there shields, you may not notice becuase you might not have them targeted, it happenes but sometimes you dont offen see it happen

Practise with them, get into situations and try and distroy or take down shields targets just using mines, this will help.

I like using topodoes because you can see when it has it and what damage it has done but mines still do the damage

Place more than one, if you only place one then you will have much lower chanch of hitting than placing three

-Therefore i am

Heh ... mines may not work for me then. I was running away from like 8 npcs and was dropping mines as fast as I could, and I still couldn't get away. I'm not sure if any shields were lowered, but I would think that with 3 dozen mines dropped, at least a couple of them should have exploded.

Anyway, thanks for the help. I appreciate what I got. I'll have to experiment a little more before deciding if I should just ditch mines entirely.


Cyaron

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that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

i find that useing mines is best when the enemy is flying right at u. i find that the enemy usualy flys up or to the left of u when flying strait at u this is when u make a sudden jurk upward at the same time they do drop the bomb and then **** back into the course u had originaly had. i find this is best but i perfer not to use them as much. this is the only menuver i can get to work when useing them.

them seem to work on me though when the comp drops them! lol

i think the mines are useless, i just stick with my missiles and laser weapons

I've only used mines when running away in a freighter and laying down fire from turret view. That and using Rippers in the occasional dogfight when I'm horribly outnumbered. With 8 fighters zipping about the place one of the five mines is bound to hit something, however this is an expensive way to do things. I'm usually more cost effective and disregard mines, missiles and torpedoes and use guns, which cost nothing to fire.

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I only do when I know the target is dead on behind me, learn from the dragons and GC's. Fly across people at 90 degrees when you lay them, works best in a group!

Torps are better!

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IMHO missiles and torps are for head-on passes, and we all know that. mines, though i've never used them, as it comes out from your rear, i think its best when your rear is facing them. in other words, when you're passing by them, in a near parallel direction, best done when you're right above them.

don't tell me you guys never go into such a situation, cause i get many situations like that, although not too many survive after the first hit that the novelty of killing anything using mines really wears out when skyblasts can make a trillion holes in a matter of seconds (ever tried 6 skyblast Bs?)

Take my advice. They are USELESS. I never spent money on mines and I never will. They suck and most of the time, they don't hit anything. Bottom line, THEY SUCK!

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Carnt anyone use mines round here?
I dont use them as often as missiles but they can come in handy, a bit a practise with mines can do you could, online were that guy in the sabre is chasing you, fire a few might annoy him. but poeple are normaly too smart to get hit by a mine, offline npcs can be battered with mines, they will fly into the suckers with practice, dont just lay them miles away, when the npc is rite behind you, no way to dodge then, well if you are a rookie then maybe, but come on guys use them rite!

-Therefore i am

i alway using mine againts npc, esp the looted one, such as ripper..
(well, i haven't a fast internet connection.. so can't try this in pvp)

1. use thruster- but make sure they not very far from me, so they had a little time to dodge, i always keep 100 m (use v button)..
2. release 2 mines continuously, but some time the mine detonate each other..
3. efective use against low turning rate such freighter, but almost useless againts high turning rate ship, except bounty hunter
4. use mines with big explosive such screamer and ripper..

ps: using this technique.. if 5 bounty hunter chase me with baracuda , 2 of them will destroy, 3 will had a little or half shield to spare, and then its toasted with gun ( i rarely use missle, except the horming one.. like stalker series..)

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using this technique.. if 5 bounty hunter chase me with baracuda , 2 of them will destroy, 3 will had a little or half shield to spare

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How many mines does it take for you to do that, and what type of mine?

Mines with high explosive power, like the ripper, and it will take less mines everytime because your bound to get better at it, try it with quite a few at first the work your way down.
At last someone who uses mines!
I use torpedoes as well, i find it more effective

-Therefore i am

its depend..

some time i use 7 mines..
some times just 4..

but one thing..
i use advance thruster, ripper or screamer (unmodded)..

and make sure they are in one group when they chase you..
so when the mines hit one ship..
the other ship will get impact..

actually it need a little practice..
just like you use torpedo to hit moving fighter..

ps: some wreck had ripper mine with them, its just to seach them..if i told you, its will be spoiler..

I only tend to use mines in PVP, in SP, it just makes my ship look hard

in PVP, if you got some dude chasing ya, just lob a couple of mines at him. Won't do much damage, but it will throw off his aim.

Mines were never meant to be offensive weapons, just detterence,(it even says that in the weapons discription) they have a poor chance of hitting and the damage isn't THAT great but sometimes disrupting your opponents aim for even just that split-second and you'll be able to get the upper hand.