I would love to see mines come back but keep them off gates WHs and stations like smart bombs and add in E-war variations nuets and maybe temporary sensor damps however all mines should be triggered by blues as well there isn't a weapon in game that ignors blues so don't start now oc limit them to 0.0 and lower

Mines are to indiscriminate. i would like to see them come in as a special type of drone. that you can control to suicide into ships.

if i remember rightly there use to be proximity mines in eve once upon a time however it lead to all sorts of issues with concord pilots would set up there mines in null go high sec to buy a new skill book kill miners whatever and suddenly concord turns up and kills them why because some one in null just activated the mine in null sec but the owner of said mine is in high sec.

it is entirely possible i dreamed this up while high/drunk

you could also make a min laying mobile structure that can be put in space and deploys a screen of mines. and limit so only so many can be on grid at a time.

I still have a anaconda mine blueprint.
laying a minefild would be tedious, unless it came with presets like probe scanning does. also matter of ownership. could have standard layers where doing so in high sec might get you shot, to covert ops layers for the sneaks

Wouldn't this make stealth bombers bombs obsolete?

I thought they removed the Anaconda BP's back in '12?

Mines are to indiscriminate. i would like to see them come in as a special type of drone. that you can control to suicide into ships.

With the Numerous Server improvements over the years that have occurred, how we can have larger and larger amounts of players in systems for fights, I think it's time to reintroduce the Mines to eve. With a few changes to the old Mine setups like Making them Expire after X amount of time and limits to how close they can be to each other I think this would be an interesting strategic weapon to bring back to EVE.

Have them as unforgiving as Bombs and Smartbombs with high DPS and maybe a more friendly version thats Lower DPS but won't trigger on Blues. Eitherway I think bringing back Mines would be interesting Especially in bottleneck systems in null and Lowsec systems.

Aren't mines something like a deconstructive element to the game ? I mean I like the concept thinking small and direct, but doesn't it just lead to abuse and exploits with big blocks or organizations digging in systems and privatizing everything more then it already is ? 50 bubbles on a gate .. which solo pilot or small gang does still bother to roam there - then add mines and the game comes to a standstill.

Just imagine every gate camped with a dozen and more bubbles and 30 SB waiting with bombs already on the way, which is what a mine concept might bring.

Until a reasonable concept comes up that works in favor of the game and not against it and not just for the LoLs, I'll say 'No' to mines.

-1 until then.