With the newest updates the minefield decay is also displayed in the minefield preview when sweeping and scooping mines. What is very helpful to control enemy minefields can cause problems when trying to decrease your own minefield sizes by scooping parts of them – for example to pull a minefield or web out of an opponent’s sweeping range. Remember that the scooping ship must have a lower ID number than the
sweeping enemy in order to scoop successfully before his ship can start to sweep.
This table below gives you the minimum of lightyears you need to scoop the minefields and webs away from your opponent’s sweeper:
| Minefield | Number | After | Resulting | Decay | Min | Min |
| Radius | of Mines | 5% Decay | Radius (ly) | Difference (ly) | Web Scoop | Mine Scoop |
| 150 | 22500 | 21375 | 146,2 | 3,8 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 145 | 21025 | 19974 | 141,3 | 3,7 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 140 | 19600 | 18620 | 136,5 | 3,5 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 135 | 18225 | 17314 | 131,6 | 3,4 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 130 | 16900 | 16055 | 126,7 | 3,3 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 125 | 15625 | 14844 | 121,8 | 3,2 | 5ly | 9ly |
| 120 | 14400 | 13680 | 117 | 3 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 115 | 13225 | 12564 | 112,1 | 2,9 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 110 | 12100 | 11495 | 107,2 | 2,8 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 105 | 11025 | 10474 | 102,3 | 2,7 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 100 | 10000 | 9500 | 97,5 | 2,5 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 95 | 9025 | 8574 | 92,6 | 2,4 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 90 | 8100 | 7695 | 87,7 | 2,3 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 85 | 7225 | 6864 | 82,8 | 2,2 | 4ly | 8ly |
| 80 | 6400 | 6080 | 78 | 2 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 75 | 5625 | 5344 | 73,1 | 1,9 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 70 | 4900 | 4655 | 68,2 | 1,8 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 65 | 4225 | 4014 | 63,4 | 1,6 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 60 | 3600 | 3420 | 58,5 | 1,5 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 55 | 3025 | 2874 | 53,6 | 1,4 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 50 | 2500 | 2375 | 48,7 | 1,3 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 45 | 2025 | 1924 | 43,9 | 1,1 | 3ly | 7ly |
| 40 | 1600 | 1520 | 39 | 1 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 35 | 1225 | 1164 | 34,1 | 0,9 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 30 | 900 | 855 | 29,2 | 0,8 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 25 | 625 | 594 | 24,4 | 0,6 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 20 | 400 | 380 | 19,5 | 0,5 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 15 | 225 | 214 | 14,6 | 0,4 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 10 | 100 | 95 | 9,7 | 0,3 | 2ly | 6ly |
| 5 | 25 | 24 | 4,9 | 0,1 | 2ly | 6ly |
Good luck, Commander!