A suggestion to a more resonable mine tech tree, as the pressent one for the most part is 30-40 years ahead of it times. The first pressure mines became operational around 1943, not 1903, and mobile mines were post ww2.

Mine Warfare
1890: long stick and Very Slow Forward. Hand detonated mines
1900 Baseline (0): primitive paravanes and dragged booms behind small vessels.
Horn mines.
1908: Advanced (+1): advanced paravanes, active charges. Reliable horn mines, early antenna mines.
1918: Reliable antenna mines.
1922: Unreliable magnetic mines & countermessures.

Old tree:

Quote1890: long stick and Very Slow Forward. Hand detonated mines
1900 Baseline (0): primitive paravanes and dragged booms behind small expendable vessels- suicide duty. Electrical Contact mines
1908: Advanced (+1): advanced paravanes, active charges. Pressure mines. Advanced contact mines
1915: de-gaussing and other methods against magnetic and pressure mines. Magnetic mines
1920: active searching unmanned anti mineweapons. Mobile mines.

No problem here. Sounds alot more historical.

Ahoj!
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Peachy with me.

I agree as well.

I'd extend the later dates a bit more. 1918 -> 1922, 1922 -> 1930.

And to clarify the minefield issue. From next half year, everyone defines the extent of the minefields - in square nm and number of mines laid down.

1 mine is taken as 1t.
1000 mine cost $0.2 and 0.2BP - like ammo for land units.

Every nation has ~10000 mines in stock. Save the currently warring ones.

Oh bloody hell! Another thing to consider  :-\

Remind me next time to join a war, not start one. There's just too many things going on for one person. In that area my enemies have a considerable advantage.

Quote from: P³D on August 14, 2007, 06:33:06 PM
I'd extend the later dates a bit more. 1918 -> 1922, 1922 -> 1930.

That does unfortunately not solve one of the main issues, the use of cutting edge mid-forties technology in 1908, the pressure mine.

Quote from: P³D on August 14, 2007, 06:33:06 PM
Every nation has ~10000 mines in stock. Save the currently warring ones.

So....I'd say the DKB has probably laid only about 2,000 mines so far - losing both dedicated minelayers put a crimp in their useage...

Hmm...
*Looks at Japanese fleet*
Next thing to be build for the IJN: Minelayers...

Quote from: swamphen on August 15, 2007, 02:21:14 PM

Quote from: P³D on August 14, 2007, 06:33:06 PM
Every nation has ~10000 mines in stock. Save the currently warring ones.

So....I'd say the DKB has probably laid only about 2,000 mines so far - losing both dedicated minelayers put a crimp in their useage...

Hm, considering I have used pretty much anything that floats to put down the sound blocks, and then my minelayers have done a number of runs, around 15k mines should have been laid by the Netherlands so far.

Let's see...around 2K for NS, most of my minefields where laid pre war.

15K? You sure Korpen? That's more than we are supposed to have in stock.

The East Indies are becoming a very dangerous place for any ship.

....Abandon Hope All Ye Whom Sail Here...

It needs some color Swampy. ;)

....Abandon Hope All Ye Whom Sail Here...
One thing I don't understand is how ships with Baseline Paravanes have been able to sweep Advanced Mines succesfully.