Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Drane on September 11, 2013, 03:00:11 PM
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Would like to request mine ships for laying mines or add mine laying capability to pt boats.
Thank You
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How many mines does each ship/PT boat get? How long do the mines last? Do they disappear when you die? Can friendly ships hit them? Can they be gunned down from the air? Can they be detected and avoided or defused?
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When ords are down, no mines available. :D
Mines could be another Pandora's Box.
:salute
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I like this one. But do some research :salute, get some information and re ask it!
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Enough with the mine wishes... :bhead
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Lets use an aircraft you would not expect to lay mines.
B-29 :rock
They did do this. :aok
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As I stated in the thread on landmines, you shouldn't add a new aspect to the game unless you add the accompanying counter-measure to it. Also, sea mines typically were laid in shallow or otherwise constricted waters (near potential amphibious assault beaches and harbor approaches). The reasons are because they are typically moored to the ocean floor to hold them in place; otherwise they potentially pose a threat to friendly units, and such a threat would be totally random. They were used both offensively and defensively, by the way. The counter to mines or course is mine-sweepers. There was also special rigging some ships could deploy that was designed to either pre-detonate the mines or push them aside so they could not contact the ship's hull. None of this is modeled in the game, and to add the mines without the counter-measures would be detrimental to game play, IMO.