Color coded mines...

How about color coded mines, so that at least you know friends from un-friends...

 

Not knowing is half the point
It gives an advantage to the players that pay attention.

 

Exactly

 

I agree, mines having an identical appearance is bothersome. However, it adds an element of strategy and memorization to the game, and demands attentive play. Maybe a yellow item, like a scan pulse, that temporarily differentiates mines would work, but a full color swap is too much.

 

Ok. Well how's about being able to take out a mine with a shock wave from a weapon???

 

Shooters. 'Nuff said.

 

Or even a time limit on how long the thing can float there before it explodes???

 

Already exists.

 

A shorter 1 than 5 minutes would be good...

 

it is shorter. 5 minutes is game length, and you see mines randomly detonate mid game all the time.

 

its 2 min 30 sec i think

 

Thanks mate. Wasn't sure of the specifics... we speeder mains live fast and die faster
a wild mine joke appears

 

im not sure tho
but it is something around that much time

 

I thought It is 1 minute and 30 seconds...

 

With all due respect - this would be true if it would not be possible to just spam mines like crazy (5 mines Shooters etc.).

Sure - showing it with colour without any need to do something is same stupidity as enabling spam - but there should be a way. Maybe make it that when you shoot mine, it changes colour so that you know whether it is friendly or enemy one. Or something other - but there definitely should be a way unless they decided to limit number of mines per boat...

 

While it might be annoying, it's not like spamming with 5 mines really gets you anywhere - it's not (on average) an effective strategy.
If it was, then nightmare would be be overflowing with 5 mine shooters, but I can't think of a single one.

(Diet Coke used to do it in the past, to troll).

 

I already request this since 2016 (or is it 2017).
The response is the same.

 

I am not saying it gets you anywhere regarding leagues. I am also not saying it is best strategy in any game mode.
But like you said - it is very annoying and since (do not know about you, but I do) you encounter players like these (not 5 mines every single time, but 3 and more are quite often) quite often in events, there should be a way to decide which mine is safe and which is not...