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2.15: Tricky Mines (TA:CC) | [Back to the WarGuide]
The cheapest mines still look like dots on the minimap. As a matter of fact, every unit looks like a dot on the minimap. These tricks are fun to do, if you can pull them off. 1) Make a ton of cheap mines in a section of the map where your enemy may think you could be. Eventually, with enough mines, you can make it look like your base is where the mines are (on the minimap of course). 2) Spread cheap mines out everywhere on the map. You can get to your opponent's head when you have a ton of little dots everywhere on the minimap, and at the same time limit his scouting abilities. Also, if he starts to think that "all those still dots are just mines, there's no worry," you can slip in a Bertha or two and really give him a surprise. 3) At the beginning of the game, build mines on metal deposits that are close to your enemy's base. This can be really fun. It's amusing to see an enemy construction vehicle approach a metal deposit, and get blown up in the metal extractor building process.