We have no dummies, but during the numerous test I did, there is a low chance on hitting a mine or even see one. Is more like the russian roulette, you can pass month after month a minefield without even notice any, then one day just hit one.
What I discovered during the test is that the floating mines set as Veterans will start moving. Discovered this behavior when by mistake I forgot to set a test minefield as Poor, so when I got close to one.. he sudden started to move fast straight to my boat. I panicked as I was at full speed and got no time to stop, he missed me just by few meters. The behavior is very similar to a magnetic/acoustic mine. So, the floating mines sometimes will move, mostly when blowing up some, or getting too close. Thats why sailing slow in a minefield would be the best thing to do.
Regarding the areas, Im very sure that I placed them in their historical position. At the beginning of the campaign (39) will be only a couple of them, then slowly the number will increase, so after Jan 40 you will have to be very careful when planing your trip. Mines are placed only in North Sea and ports. Few are placed around Norway, but the kriegsmarine will clear the area after taking over Norway.
Going through the english channel will require huge balls. Same with Gibraltar. So going in Mediterranean to do mission in the Open Horizons campaign will be almost like mission impossible. And those who use real nav and low TC, will have to use the Save Game option more often :P
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