Am i the only one that uses them? i think they are pretty good.. a couple of minor tweaks and they would be great. What are your opinions on them?

I don't have much experience with them but the time I spent using them in open beta I thoroughly enjoyed them.

Can't wait to start popping em out again once I have some decent time to play.

mine spamming is supposedly a greatly effective way of ramping up your dps in fleet actions so you get the good gear.... or so I hear

I'm planning on using them once I can access them. So far, I can't play for more than an hour without the game going offline .

I wasn't a fan, but I can see the benefit.


Escorts could drop them on a strafing run, cruisers/science vessels could drop them to prevent strafing runs... I can see the benefit.

Mines are very controversial. I personally don't like them at all. Not of course because of anything the mines do/did, but the people who use them. Mine spamming was a big issue in CB/OB and continues to be. They clutter the UI making it hard to target anything and then there are the exploits that can take place because of them.

They're super-effective. My engineer tank from beta used them every chance he got. I'm trying to recreate the character in headstart.

Here's why they work so well: A)They knock out boarding parties, torpedos, energy siphons, etc. B)If you do the typical head on attack where you pass over the enemy you can have that enemy fly into a series of mines with no front shield(if you stripped it on the first pass), and the mines do serious damage without a shield. Both of these work in pvp almost as well as pve, which surprised me. I'm not sure if that's because it's a great strategy, or because most of my opponents suck.

Also, if you're fleeing in pvp, it's fun to force the enemy to fly through 30 mines or so.

I like Mines. They replace my rear phaser array, so that as I pass on top of an enemy in a strafing run and my front-facing weapons are no longer useful, I drop mines right on them and blow them to bits. Fun fun. They're a little weak, IMO.