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<p>concept for mines that could work in a later release.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Overview==<br /> In the past many people have pondered the possibility of adding dropped &#039;&#039;&#039;Mines&#039;&#039;&#039; to BZFlag. There have been a number of problems with them. This document will describe the overall problems with them as well as possible implementations that could work.<br /> <br /> ==Problems==<br /> Mines have some core conceptual problems with regards to gameplay. The main problems are related to how the BZFlag damage and hit system works.<br /> <br /> Since BZ doesn&#039;t have a damage system and every hit kills it&#039;s target, mines become frustrating in that they kill a user with little to no visual warning. In order for mines to be effective a user has to &quot;stumble&quot; upon them. In BZ that would simply make a user blow up for no reason that they can see. <br /> <br /> Conversely if you make mines show on the screen and radar people would just drive around them and they would not be as effective.<br /> <br /> Since the mines would be on the ground and tanks can&#039;t aim down, there would be no effective way to remove them with out ShockWave or letting them time out.<br /> <br /> All of this works out to gameplay that isn&#039;t fun.<br /> <br /> ==Suggestion: Popup mines==<br /> <br /> One option would be to have mines drop and be shown on the screen and radar. In radar show the detection radius and make it rather large. If a tank moves over a specific speed in this radius the mine will activate. The GUI on the tank should tell the player when they are nearing the activation speed.<br /> <br /> When the mine is activated it should jump up into the air and spin around firing out a random circular spread of normal shots. These shots will be attributed to the player that laid the mine and subject to the normal team kill rules.<br /> <br /> A shot that flies over a smaller radius around a mine should also ether activate it or destroy it.<br /> <br /> The flag should have a longer reload the normal and not allow normal forward shots.<br /> <br /> This will make the mine be a danger on the field that can effect all players. Skill in placing and activating the mine can make for fun gameplay. Players would have a way to defend against the mine, and death from it is not ensured due to the random spread</div>

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