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[Delyruin]

Hey guys, I was playing today and I ran into a planet that was smothered in mines, probably about 50 in all. They kinda fucked up my fleet a bit as all the micromanaging in the world couldn't help me avoid them. I sent in some ONI Sloops because I thought they had the power to clear mines, but it turns out they only have the power to reveal the mines.I looked for a UNSC ship that could sweep and clear the mines but I could not find one. None of my ships would do anything about the mines except get killed by them, and even when I took the planet the construction drones would not deconstruct them.... They floated there, eternally poisoning the gravity well.

 

My question is twofold:

 

1. Is there a UNSC ship that clears mines that I simply cannot find?

 

2. How do you folks deal with mines?

 

 

[Emperorfluffball]

Using the Sloop, like all scout frigates auto attack is disabled, effectively putting them into a "cease fire" mode where they will not shoot at anything.
this can be toggled by right clicking the attack button. if you look at... say a Paris frigate's attack button there is a the swirling grey circle. this indicates that auto attack is activated...
sloops can destroy mines by  having the attack button activated...

this is the easiest way with the least amount of Micro.

the other way is to have an athens or a carrier in system while the sloop "spots" targets (in this case the mines) for the strike craft.

[Delyruin]

Well damn I feel kinda retarded. Thank you man....this will ease my conquest significantly, this AI I'm playing is quite the mine fanatic.

[Emperorfluffball]

Using the Sloop, like all scout frigates auto attack is disabled, effectively putting them into a "cease fire" mode where they will not shoot at anything.
this can be toggled by right clicking the attack button. if you look at... say a Paris frigate's attack button there is a the swirling grey circle. this indicates that auto attack is activated...
sloops can destroy mines by  having the attack button activated...

this is the easiest way with the least amount of Micro.

the other way is to have an athens or a carrier in system while the sloop "spots" targets (in this case the mines) for the strike craft.

but the 2nd way mean you have to constantly keep an eye on the scout an manuver it yourself

[Aunt Gruntie]

Or just spam the things in the general area of the mines. Say build 20 of em and just throw them at the mines

[Battlegrinder]

Any ship can be a minesweeper...once.

[Aunt Gruntie]

That makes me want to use the envoys to clear mines while using their invulnerability. Dont think the mines will detonate if the ability's activated though.

[Trivv12]

I just fly into the mines with my suicide fleet.

[Idio]

I just fly into the mines with my suicide fleet.

Admiral: "Send in the bomb squad."

XO: "Sir, it's one mine, we can't just sacrifice 1200 men to clear it!"

Admiral: "Do it!"

XO: "Aye sir..."