Why are there mines for naval and not land? we should have mines for land. they would be identical in every away to the naval mines but be invisible to the enemy. land mines would also not be seen when building, not would builders be seen building them. Alternatively, there could be a mine layer unit which would properly mine a selected area.(rectangle selection please)
Not identical better have minelaunchers that spread small minefields torwards a selected direction .... building single mines is nothing against the armies that get thrown around .... minelaunchers would be better for areadenial imo
Mines are a very complex topic that has been covered in some depth before; Mine Layers? Area denial devices and weapons (Suggestions and discussion) Mines [land,sea,other] & How To Make Them Work Mines Personally I would be surprised if it's something they're trying to have ready for Release, I would imagine that there are plenty of other much easier to implement ideas/units for that time frame compared to mines. Mike
I don't remember if it actually worked like this, but I do have fond memories of picking up Mobile Bombs with transports in Total Annihilation and flying the transports over my enemy's base. I don't remember exactly what it did, but it was hilarious and caused many explosions. More effective than Bombers if more micro-intensive. Land mines would have to be deployed in a very automated manner. I haven't tried out area commands yet, but ideally you would select an area to be saturated with mines, optionally select mine density, and then whatever mine-capable units you have selected scurry over to do their dirty work. Long-range artillery, aircraft and orbital platforms would be the ideal way to do this. It's simply a more convenient way to do mines than something like the Podger or the... I don't remember the other Mine Truck unit from TA, where they had to roll all the way to the front lines at the speeds of an amputated bear, then probably get taken out by an errant Peewee or Guardian round. With mine-launching Artillery or Aircraft, you have a much safer investment that is both easier to use in terms of APM and much less rage-inducing when it's destroyed.
