[UI] Mine sweeper

I wonder if anyone has ever proposed a mine sweeping option as either a ship extra or a PET gear. Several ways it could work

PET gear

1- (a) PET expends X amt. of fuel per mine it eliminates. (no damage)
(b) Only PET is damaged by blast.
(c) Damage to ship is decreased according to level of gear purchased.

Ship extra

1- New extra could be added to inventory. Different levels of effectiveness would be made available for purchase and or upgrade.

 

This as been proposed many time's and in many formats and there are more cons than pro's to the idea.

 

I would like to hear your opinion as to the cons of this idea .

 

The first major con is it can and will be used and abused by players using bots and scripts.
Capture the beacon will also be affected with the dominant clans having even more power to own the event.

The only real pro I can see is for newbies on the X-2 map so they do not insta pop when the map is a blanket of DD mines.

 

I think he was suggesting it for noobs trying to leave the pally field and not die to pirates.

 

I like the idea if it could be used or unlocked in certain maps , like in lowers for noobies & pirate 5-3 maps maybe all pirate maps . it could be locked or have no effect in uppers or in B-maps . It could also be a special ability on a ship or a cpu chip that allows your ship to phase through the mines with less or no damage for a short time . Almost like when a pirate npc flies right through rocks or in the outfit gate an npc goes through walls , maybe it could allow us to fly through walls in the outfit gate instead of going all the way around to kill a stray npc that got away . Just make sure you are clear before you turn solid or you might get stuck & pop in the wall . a timer could help with that .

 

The idea came to me when I was doing a quest in 4-5 and someone had obviously taken some time to mine a good portion of the map.
Since I seem to take a lot of damage there , the mines were an inconvenience that I wish I could have removed instead of having to avoid .

 

1 mine - 1 pET POOFupD lol

 

this is a good practical, easy way for DO to accomplish a mine defense. i mentioned an extra chip in a previous post endorsing some kind of minesweeping tech. It is definitely needed. This is a really good idea. Give a player a percentage chance to shoot down the mine. There could be a con to minesweeping like causing a feedback and the ship taking damage. Lets face it minesweeping is a dangerous task.

 

OK . I guess that is an acceptable opinion TY
I invite DO to close at their discretion. If they choose to create something like this we will see.