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Regardless of hwo silly the OP's other accusations are, i HAVE to reply to the "can gank smaller ships".

ive been in wormholes, hell, i was with SYJ for over a year back when they were C5/C6 and no one had failscaded yet.

the most amusing thign on the planet was when a SB decloaked near our cruiser/BC gang, because we would isnatntly lock and alpha them off the field with 1 or 2 guys before they could even launch a bomb/missiles.

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OP your an idiot lets be honest oh lets add a delay on locking on decloak what do you get anything small t1 or t2 frig sees you knows theres a delay eitehr 1 combat fit for pvp rushs you and in effect kill you assuming your in point range(bombing should only be done when you have a warp through so the range is meh) and 2 if your out of range my nemesis has 119k range on the torps and 130k lock with my fits just warp away simplly put a bomber with a lock delay on decloak is next to worthless against anything combaty with someone paying attention and would only be useful on hualers and barges and even the barges its iffy since as pointed out before they have a flight of lights. Again as has been said before a solo bomber is beyond meh same with a solo bomber bombing stuff your meh I dont think a single bomb can kill anything in one hit beyond a mwding t1 frig. You mentioned in fleets well guess what i could take 10 incursus warp in on something using a cloaking as a warpto and chanegs are anything short of a cap kill it(yes i know uber fit bs could likely tank and all but 10 incursus can still do a lot of dmg and cost NOTHING) in short bombers are fine the way they are.

Bomber attacked my Helios the other day.... foolish maniticore

In general, I'm pretty happy with bombers.

They are unique, with an interesting weapon system that truly is only really viable against stationary targets or large targets.
Their bombs are great anti-blob tools, but require work and coordination to accurate deploy.

They might be great for grinding sov structures, but even a small force can harass the hell out of a siege fleet.

If they create the equivalent of tracking computers for missiles (i.e. a module to lower explosion sig & velocity), they might need re-examining. But I don't see where they are overpowered in the current environment.

It's very interesting that everyone keeps pointing to individual things that stealth bombers can do and conclude that stealth bombers aren't overpowered. Yes, and as my post says, if stealth bombers could only do a few of those things they would be pretty balanced in my opinion. It's the fact that SB's can do all of them and are such a short train that makes them need rebalancing.

A lot of you have also grossly misunderstood what I meant about good against small ships. It's almost like you guys read that tagline and didn't read the part where I talk about initial tackle for gank, not 1v1 (though I have linked a very successful solo SB pilot, as tangential as that is).



Let's start with the very first part, where I answer your very first question.



Now go read the rest of my post to answer all of the rest of your questions.

People use stealth bombers to hit towers not because they're ideal, not because they fit the role so well, not because of their versatility, but because the other options are less than ideal, are less versatile. This isn't a problem with stealth bombers. This is the beauty of EVE at work, where players have thought outside of the box and found a solution to a problem created by other players. 'If we hit this tower with a fleet of battleships or dreadnoughts, our enemy will bring carriers and we'll be caught here. Instead, let's bring stealth bombers. It will take far longer to complete but we will have the option to leave if we must.'

Stealth bombers are decent (I wouldn't even call them good) at getting point on something, but they're not decent at staying there until their friends arrive. If a stealth bomber attacks a small ship, the small ship has an inherent advantage against a stealth bomber and should be able to easily dispatch it before friends can jump into the system and complete warp. If a stealth bomber attacks a large ship, its drones, neutralizer, and many other modules can very quickly render a stealth bomber's size and speed ineffective, allowing the larger ship to quickly dispatch the ship.

What we see here is advantages coupled with disadvantages. A stealth bomber can do one thing at the cost of another thing. This isn't versatility, it's balance.

I hope you'll truly read and appreciate the amount of comments from people who have spent a long, long time in stealth bombers rather than dismissing us out of hand and repeating your statements. Put simply, stealth bombers are not the issue to the problems you're assuming exist.

gank catalysts day 1
EAF, AF not very long at all.
ceptor not very long at all.
decent dps in a t1 cruiser not very long at all.
i was involved in large null battles from 3 months of age.
now at a year old i am leadership group of a 7 year old pvp null corp. Low SP pilots can do a ton of helpful stuff in T2 frigs, faction frigs and t1 cruisers.