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It was stated to be so at one point, although I could never find where afterwards. The idea was that an increase in trapping skill was supposed to make minefields disable easier. As far as I know, there is actually no difference regardless of skill in minefield disabling - whatever you are, you fail or kill yourself

When I got the TEF, it exploded a few times. The damage was pretty sad, really. About 200 points of damage and a few hits just made me heal. No biggie.

I think that our trapping skill gives us a greater chance of avoiding mines, but only commandos get a bonus in disarming them. I tried this on some old minefield left in our city and I got a message to the extent of "your trapping skill helps you avoid a mine." Of course, I then found about four others the hard way... haha

Iseult
Master Ranger / Mediocre Pistoleer
Bloodfin

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Iseult wrote:

I think that our trapping skill gives us a greater chance of avoiding mines, but only commandos get a bonus in disarming them. I tried this on some old minefield left in our city and I got a message to the extent of "your trapping skill helps you avoid a mine." Of course, I then found about four others the hard way... haha

Iseult
Master Ranger / Mediocre Pistoleer
Bloodfin

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That may be correct, I dunno.

I tend to spend a fair amount of time crawling around in Rebel minefields, and I've never (knock on wood) had one explode. Of course, I've never tried to actually disarm a minefield. I've never seen the message you refer to either.

I heard we have an ability to search for mines in the fields and disable them. I've attempted it before ranger and got a TEF. I tried it as a ranger and, though I never found mines, I didn't get a TEF. Can someone shine the light for me please?