Mines, useful ?

[Jockey79]

I've been trying to test mines on my Hauler with a friend who is in his freagle, but so far, I've done more damage to myself with them

Has anyone else bothered with mines? Is there a trick I am missing?

I figured, mines were the type of thing you drop as you try to burst away and get in to FSD. I had my friend follow me at different ranges, while I kicked out mines. They did nothing to him, he just flew in to them and they either bounced away or did a pathetic pop with very minor shield damage. He also used them for target practice at one point while following me, gave him something to (think clay pigeon shooting). Then we tried having him sit still and I flew past kicking out mines as I went by (this is when it hurt me more as the mine exploded as it left the launcher).

Sometimes, I also seen ghost mines. As mine went, now and then new mines would spawn in front of me that only I could see and they did no damage (weird bug I take it).

All in all, I'm somewhat deflated at the idea of trying to escape leaving little presents behind - 5k CR for a few fireworks.

Please tell me I just used them wrong and they have a purpose.

 

[mnemon]

I've been hit by NPC mines that were fairly effective, too bad the NPCs can't use them very well ... mostly used by cobras so could be class 2 mines.

The effect was enough to kill half my shields in C/B upgraded viper in B3.X, I assume that them being explosives they're more effective against hull like missiles seem to be ...

Would be cool if they had more concussive effect, would give them a lot of utility.

 

[Oppenheimer]

hey and what about those torpedos?