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Author Topic: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines  (Read 1411 times)

Schwartz

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[0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« on: May 19, 2019, 01:43:21 PM »
Doom doesn't currently respect the phase mine radius very well. Example: It'll place a bunch of mines in front of a pirate station, then approach and unphase within the mine's radius. It'll also place mines dangerously close to allies.

The first issue is probably not limited to a single ship, but it's most evident with the Doom since they usually are near where phase mines are. I have seen silly Afflictors decloak and get one-shotted by allied phase mines.

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She did that to herself. An obvious case of psychological projection.

Edit: Three times on one fight!

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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2019, 07:00:41 PM »
Aha, thank you - yeah, that's a bit of a problem. It was indeed entirely unaware of mines that it planted itself, and had limited awareness of mines from another Doom. Fixed it up!

https://twitter.com/amosolov/status/1130291593616023556
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2019, 07:49:54 AM »
In a similar vein, I just saw a Sunder with 50% flux and a phase mine very close ahead turn off its shield and vent right after the last enemy died, only to lose half of its pristine hull to the explosion.
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2019, 11:51:42 AM »
Thank you - made a note, will keep an eye out.
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2019, 05:14:03 AM »
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2019, 09:34:39 AM »
Hmm, what am I looking at here? I'm not seeing any allied ships getting mined.
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2019, 11:04:43 AM »
I am the allied ship who just got hit. On the south, you see the icon of the allied Doom who mined my ass because a couple of fighters were flying circles around me. ;D
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2019, 11:22:47 AM »
Ah, thank you! Made a note.
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2022, 02:12:05 PM »
Sorry for necroing, but it still happens in 0.95.1a-RC6

First the Doom places a mine, then (some seconds later) it approaches its own mine, which now arms itself, then (4 seconds after that) it takes the hit. It could have phased out or backed off at any point, but just didn't see it.
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Re: [0.9.1a-RC7] Doom kills itself with phase mines
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2022, 04:29:35 PM »
I think this may have come up in suggestions a little while back; regardless - this should be fixed (or at least much-improved) in the dev build.
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