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Chigger Troutslayer
Ferrus Syndicate
ASGARDIAN EMPIRE
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Posted - 2007.05.16 12:54:00 -
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Edited by: Chigger Troutslayer on 16/05/2007 13:03:23
So I was looking through the contract system and found a bunch of Python Mines listed for sale. I understand they are no longer in game.., but now I'm curious. What were they used for?
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Neon Ghost
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Posted - 2007.05.16 12:56:00 -
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Mining pythons, of course. Snakes don't grow on trees you know!
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Chigger Troutslayer
Ferrus Syndicate
ASGARDIAN EMPIRE
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Posted - 2007.05.16 13:06:00 -
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What about tree snakes? Don't they grow on trees....
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Neon Ghost
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Posted - 2007.05.16 13:24:00 -
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Bah! Your superior knowledge of Ophiology has made me look foolish! 
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Marquis Dean
Demise and Vestige
9th Fleet
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Posted - 2007.05.16 13:49:00 -
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afaik they were like proximity-activated smartbombs that you could place at gates in losec. Of course, people just spammed them like crazy, they created insane lag so they were removed.
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Marquis I have to admit, without you there wouldn't be much laughter in these forums.
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Jade Raven
Beyond Divinity Inc
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Posted - 2007.05.16 14:11:00 -
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I believe mines were used in the first ever battleship kill in eve, at the hands of moo. If i'm not mistaken.
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Clipped Wings
Gallente
LFC
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Posted - 2007.05.16 15:37:00 -
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<SnakeName> mines were used, way back in the day, as, surprisingly enough, mines.
They were stuffed into launchers and then 'fired' from that, leaving a mine at the location of the ship when launched.
The idea was good, the implementation was...unfortunate. Many small objects each doing insignificant damage, caused massive lag, and were thusly removed. CCP mentioned they were looking into how to revise them, but that was back in end 2003, I believe.
-Clipped Wings of LFC
"I believe in the theoretical benevolence, and practical malignity of man."
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Keitaro Baka
Babylon Scientific and Industrial Enterprises
Babylon Project
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Posted - 2007.05.16 16:11:00 -
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They were hilarious in a race too.. and you were able to lay them in high sec too i think right at the start.. ah good times..
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Callthetruth
Caldari
Logical Logtistics
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Posted - 2007.05.16 16:56:00 -
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no more good thingst o put in ya hanger
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korrey
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.05.16 18:55:00 -
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The other reason was that people would put them in front of Station docking ramps. So you went to undock some random day and your ship explodes.
But I think you have the name wrong, the original mines used to kill a Battleship by Moo was "Anaconda" Mines. Ive never heard of Pythons before 
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Altrex Stoppel
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.05.16 19:21:00 -
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Originally by: Chigger Troutslayer
What about tree snakes? Don't they grow on trees....
You just won your own thread....
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Sc0rpion
Minmatar
MetaForge
Ekliptika
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Posted - 2007.05.16 20:39:00 -
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Originally by: korrey
But I think you have the name wrong, the original mines used to kill a Battleship by Moo was "Anaconda" Mines. Ive never heard of Pythons before
There were several different kinds of mines, each doing (big surprise here) different damage types. Pythons did 30 base EM damage. I forget what the others did.
Come to think of it, I may still have a mine BPO kicking around somewhere...
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Nerogk Shorn
Caldari
Royal Hiigaran Navy
The Sani Sabik
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Posted - 2007.05.16 20:53:00 -
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Originally by: Marquis Dean
afaik they were like proximity-activated smartbombs that you could place at gates in losec. Of course, people just spammed them like crazy, they created insane lag so they were removed.
I don't think this was the only problem. I believe that even if you placed them in low sec, and then traveled to some high security system, you would be flagged if someone ran into your mines in low sec, resulting in concord ownage. At least this is what an older buddy of mine said.
It'd be funny to see people get randomly jumped by concord if you ask me.
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wierchas noobhunter
Celtic Anarchy
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.16 21:11:00 -
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Originally by: Altrex Stoppel
Originally by: Chigger Troutslayer
What about tree snakes? Don't they grow on trees....
You just won your own thread....
lol
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000Hunter000
Gallente
Magners Marauders
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Posted - 2007.05.16 21:18:00 -
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Interestingly enough they haven't been removed, just made inactive.. mebbe ccp still got future plans for them.
CCP, let us pay the online shop with Direct Debit!!!
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xenodia
Gallente
RONA Corporation
RONA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.16 21:18:00 -
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Originally by: Chigger Troutslayer
Edited by: Chigger Troutslayer on 16/05/2007 13:03:23
So I was looking through the contract system and found a bunch of Python Mines listed for sale. I understand they are no longer in game.., but now I'm curious. What were they used for?
Once upon a time I had a corp mate whod always fall asleep on ops. One time wed had enough of it and when he fell asleep we gang warped him to a safe spot and put a huge minefield around his ship, so when he woke up and tried to warp out he blew up.
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