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Acac Sunflyier
Gallente
Ketsui ga Katai
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Posted - 2011.02.06 01:00:00 -
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I was reading this thread about new ships and I was trying to think of what ship roles aren't taken using a modern navy as an example. We have submarines (cloakers), carriers, dreadnoughts, cruisers, and so on. And I honestly couldn't think of anything that hasn't been done. But then I thought what would be really cool to add. A mine sweeper. My grandfather used to sail on one of those during WWII and they'd go around the Mediterranean getting rid of German Mines.
So what EVE needs for a new ship is a mine sweeper. But what does it do? It gets rid of mines. What mines you ask? The mines that players and corps should be able to deploy in null sec around their gates or stations. How cool would that be? And it makes sense too. It's a common military tactic for defense to set up a mine field. So we should have them. So CCP add mines to the game.
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Arklan1
Fleet Coordination Commission
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Posted - 2011.02.06 03:34:00 -
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from my personal view, i'd sooner have directed defenses, sentries and turrets and such, then a passive mine field, modern day or eve. minefeilds just... well, need sweepers to clear. or best case are removed by cannon fodder sacrifices to clear the road. active defenses don't need to cover a wide area with physical placement of lag inducing items, but ...well, sentries. they're already there.
as to ships worth adding and roles not filled - ...i got nothing.
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Zombie Jeebus
Amarr
Alt Holdings llc
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Posted - 2011.02.06 03:48:00 -
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Once upon a time there were mines in the game. They were removed due to a number of issues, epic lag and grid loading issues being primary ones. There would be too many issues with people using them to lag out people trying to load the grid after jumping at a gate. Hell we still have issues with this and jetcans/cargo cans. Petitionable exploit or not, mine would simply have the same effect.
Mines were a cool idea, they just haven't figured out how to make them work out. I kinda doubt they plan on revisiting them though. 
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SGT FUNYOUN
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.02.06 03:49:00 -
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Unfortunatley for your idea... mines got nerfed about 3 expansions ago. They were in EVE and they were lag heavy. So to reduce lag and the fact that noone used them... CCP ditched them.
SO yeah no mines in EVE anymore... maybe when DUST drops they can be used by Merc Corps on planets when they are fighting each other face to face on the ground... but not in space. Too easy to bypass a space mine field.
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