2) YES PLEASE. So from what I understand only skulk and gorge would have the new hitboxes then?

3) Also good change. Mines are too easy to para kill and being better able to decide how much res to spend on mines is just better because more control. But then make it able to carry 2 or 3 mines at once.

Why would you increase the time for it becoming active?

Isn't that the fun part.

3) [...]cut research time in half, and increase the time the mine becomes active (so the time between when you place it and it works) to 5-8 seconds.

Deck says

3) [...]cut research time in half, and increase the time the mine becomes active (so the time between when you place it and it works) to 5-8 seconds.

Why change research time, I seriously don't get the reason behind this. It's just some random thought that came up and you're seriously considering it, same goes for the activation time. There is absolutely no reason to change it. Just change the hp and number of mines and see how it plays out. Why would you nerf them even before anyone has ever used them at all. I assure you there is not going to be any problem with mines. Learn to avoid them and it'll all be fine................................................................................................................................................

the fear of "marines putting mines @ their feet when they're about to be crushed" is silly, since if the marine has a GOOD POSITION, and is backing himself up with a mine (5pres cost) why sHOULDNT he be rewarded with killing 2 skulks (and possibly himself since when you stand on a mine you blow yourself up)

The mines probably don't need to be changed. Sure, we could change and test stuff to see if it makes for more interesting tech paths. Not really the point of this mod though. The point is to limit op things and have ns2 play better competitively.

Yes, you could make the argument that the proposed mine changes play better competitively, but that hasn't been proven. I would rather focus on bigger things that need to be right than guessing what could work better with something like mines. Also, it's additional changes that are different from vanilla.

if mines stay as they arecan we just remove them so I don't accidentally click them ever

Let's not go crazy with the mine talk. The idea is noted and will be considered, but I don't think this falls under the main goals of the mod. I also think mines as they currently are still get kills. I also prefer less pve than more or keep the current pve.

if mines stay as they arecan we just remove them so I don't accidentally click them ever

I just had a useful idea about the separate Gorgetunnel-ends:
(I came up with this while thinking how we will see the wrong end placed down at least 1 time in the lower div next season)

If only 1 Gorgetunnel-ends exits, u should be forced to place down the other one!
This could be done by either disabling the option to drop the same end again altogether until you dropped the other end, or by automatically replacing it with the "right" one.

Idk how easy/hard this would be to implement though.

the gorge tunnel thing is nice but seems a bit like a hodden mechanic unless explained somewhere (which is not here)

Awesome, seems like you kinda already implemented what i thought :)
One thing the old compmod did better though was distinguishing which end was which with the second one being green, now you have to keep track. No big deal though i guess, since its pretty much the same in vanilla.

the gorge tunnel thing is nice but seems a bit like a hodden mechanic unless explained somewhere (which is not here)

It is explained briefly in the mod when you have the gorge tunnel selected and about to be placed. It will take a little time to get use to it for comp and non comp players. The good thing is, it explains it in the mod so it should prompt someone to clarify. Also, if you don't hold crouch when you place the tunnel, the gorge tunnel would work how it does in vanilla so at least you can't do something like drop 2 entrances by mistake.

There was a recent update to comp mod that removed being able to see who the enemy teams commander is before the game starts.

Deck says

There was a recent update to comp mod that removed being able to see who the enemy teams commander is before the game starts.

That took the whole season near enough o.O

also, when is contaminate going to be nerfed? at the moment, if I get a 3rd hive up, I just rush the biomass and start spamming it because it is so difficult for the marines to deal with it guarantees the win.