EVE Search - KIA Corp Calls for the Banning of mines from use in Eve.

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Captain Canuck	Posted - 2003.11.05 22:16:00 - [1] Here is what I think. Mines in real life (land/sea) are dangerous if you dont know they are there. Rush through a mine field, you lose a leg/foot/etc. Once you know they are there, it slows you down, and makes you an easy target for the enemy. How are these mines any different? When defending a position in RL, mines are very effective at bogging the enemy down, diverting their resources to clearing them, or keeping them away from certain tracts of land/sea lanes. If deployed mines cause lag, either intentionally or not, they are serving their purpose. Slows you down, makes you a big fat target if you go through them. 0.0 space can all be considered a war zone, so the fact that you travel through it (0.0 space that is) makes you a willing participant, and the mines are now there for you (perhaps not specifically you, but by travelling through 0.0 space you become a willing combatant - if you dont want to be a combatant, stay out of the war zone...stick to neutral territory - .5+) So this lag, even if only a product of the mechanics of the game, is a natural effect of mines - all mines, thats just one of the things they do. I hear a lot of whining about "if you dont like being podded, dont go into 0.0 space" well, if you dont like mines or the lag they produce......... Just my humble opinion....and before you flame me, put some thought into an intelligent response (like i did)
Captain Canuck InteGral Sales	Posted - 2003.11.05 22:16:00 - [2] Here is what I think. Mines in real life (land/sea) are dangerous if you dont know they are there. Rush through a mine field, you lose a leg/foot/etc. Once you know they are there, it slows you down, and makes you an easy target for the enemy. How are these mines any different? When defending a position in RL, mines are very effective at bogging the enemy down, diverting their resources to clearing them, or keeping them away from certain tracts of land/sea lanes. If deployed mines cause lag, either intentionally or not, they are serving their purpose. Slows you down, makes you a big fat target if you go through them. 0.0 space can all be considered a war zone, so the fact that you travel through it (0.0 space that is) makes you a willing participant, and the mines are now there for you (perhaps not specifically you, but by travelling through 0.0 space you become a willing combatant - if you dont want to be a combatant, stay out of the war zone...stick to neutral territory - .5+) So this lag, even if only a product of the mechanics of the game, is a natural effect of mines - all mines, thats just one of the things they do. I hear a lot of whining about "if you dont like being podded, dont go into 0.0 space" well, if you dont like mines or the lag they produce......... Just my humble opinion....and before you flame me, put some thought into an intelligent response (like i did)
Captain Canuck InteGral Sales	Posted - 2003.11.05 22:16:00 - [3] Here is what I think. Mines in real life (land/sea) are dangerous if you dont know they are there. Rush through a mine field, you lose a leg/foot/etc. Once you know they are there, it slows you down, and makes you an easy target for the enemy. How are these mines any different? When defending a position in RL, mines are very effective at bogging the enemy down, diverting their resources to clearing them, or keeping them away from certain tracts of land/sea lanes. If deployed mines cause lag, either intentionally or not, they are serving their purpose. Slows you down, makes you a big fat target if you go through them. 0.0 space can all be considered a war zone, so the fact that you travel through it (0.0 space that is) makes you a willing participant, and the mines are now there for you (perhaps not specifically you, but by travelling through 0.0 space you become a willing combatant - if you dont want to be a combatant, stay out of the war zone...stick to neutral territory - .5+) So this lag, even if only a product of the mechanics of the game, is a natural effect of mines - all mines, thats just one of the things they do. I hear a lot of whining about "if you dont like being podded, dont go into 0.0 space" well, if you dont like mines or the lag they produce......... Just my humble opinion....and before you flame me, put some thought into an intelligent response (like i did)

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