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Deep Space Mine ability doesn't work consistantly

worgausworgaus Member Posts: 91 Arc User
edited September 2018 in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
I finally got around to completing the 3 piece for this set and was interested to see how well the Deep Space Mine ability worked, and the answer is: it doesn't. I activated it twice during the Home episode and no mine field appeared, no mines appeared at all. It was pretty anti-climatic. Just figured I'd let you guys know.

Edit: after messing around with it a bit more, I've found it does work sometimes. It worked once in Pi Canis Alpha Maiewski, I fired it off 2x, once at the first vessel and once at the last one. The 1st time it worked quite well, I could see the mines going after the target and the damage they did. The 2nd time, nada.

2nd Edit: Apparently having your torpedo on autofire interferes with it, as in sometimes your torpedo stops autofiring during the 30 second countdown, and you also can't fire your torpedo if you're too close to your target while this ability is active. Also it would be helpful if the tooltip clarified where the minefield is supposed to show up: around you or your target. It looked like it appeared around my target once, and the last two times the field appeared around me.

And on that note, it would be an infinitely better ability if the minefield appeared around your target. Or if their trigger range was extended. I'm not sure if the minimum range to fire your torpedo while this is active is intended or not, but if it is, that is also info that would be handy to have in the tooltip.
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