Posted by: Arwyn
« on: July 02, 2014, 04:25:16 PM »I have done passives before, but not recently. You do need homing on the missile itself, but for mines, I find that thats a good idea to prevent massive overkill.
Also, to deliver mines, there are a couple of other ways to bang them out. Large minelayers with box launchers work very well for fast minefield laying.
If you have more time, you can do the same thing with very large slow missiles with a single mine payload. I have built PDC's with large "mine launcher" missile tubes. You can put enough fuel on those to go a considerable distance in system (millions of Km) and drop the mine on a waypoint. Works like a champ, and no ships required.
Also, to deliver mines, there are a couple of other ways to bang them out. Large minelayers with box launchers work very well for fast minefield laying.
If you have more time, you can do the same thing with very large slow missiles with a single mine payload. I have built PDC's with large "mine launcher" missile tubes. You can put enough fuel on those to go a considerable distance in system (millions of Km) and drop the mine on a waypoint. Works like a champ, and no ships required.