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Furry Commander
Furry Armada
#61 - 2012-10-01 21:26:14 UTC
a ship with multiple bomb launchers sounds cool, why not make it bigger and tankier instead? like a cruiser sized hull with good tank and 2 or 3 bomb launchers and a bpenalty to cycle time? and smart bomb bonuses? a ship specialized in AOE damage would be pretty cool i think and there really isn't anything like that. it could be used for firewalls in current fleet setups far more efficiently and might be a good counter to cloaky ships which currently doesn't have that great of a counter tactic...
Cameron Cahill
Deaths Consortium
Pandemic Horde
#62 - 2012-10-01 23:32:11 UTC
Furry Commander wrote:
a ship with multiple bomb launchers sounds cool, why not make it bigger and tankier instead? like a cruiser sized hull with good tank and 2 or 3 bomb launchers and a bpenalty to cycle time? and smart bomb bonuses? a ship specialized in AOE damage would be pretty cool i think and there really isn't anything like that. it could be used for firewalls in current fleet setups far more efficiently and might be a good counter to cloaky ships which currently doesn't have that great of a counter tactic...


The problem is still that it will be nearly impossible to bring bombs to bare with anything non-cloaky bigger than a frigate. No matter how much tank you put on it, you give enough time for a fleet of battleships to lock you before you can align and bomb and you will die in a horrible fire without killing anything. Frig sized bombers are just better.

Also remember you can only launch what 20 bombs absolute max? before they start blowing them selves up. So you have 5-10 of your multi-launcher bombers with 200 angry people in rokhs trying to kill them. You really think you can land align (the whole wing) and bomb before you all die?
Furry Commander
Furry Armada
#63 - 2012-10-01 23:40:55 UTC
Cameron Cahill wrote:
Furry Commander wrote:
a ship with multiple bomb launchers sounds cool, why not make it bigger and tankier instead? like a cruiser sized hull with good tank and 2 or 3 bomb launchers and a bpenalty to cycle time? and smart bomb bonuses? a ship specialized in AOE damage would be pretty cool i think and there really isn't anything like that. it could be used for firewalls in current fleet setups far more efficiently and might be a good counter to cloaky ships which currently doesn't have that great of a counter tactic...


The problem is still that it will be nearly impossible to bring bombs to bare with anything non-cloaky bigger than a frigate. No matter how much tank you put on it, you give enough time for a fleet of battleships to lock you before you can align and bomb and you will die in a horrible fire without killing anything. Frig sized bombers are just better.

Also remember you can only launch what 20 bombs absolute max? before they start blowing them selves up. So you have 5-10 of your multi-launcher bombers with 200 angry people in rokhs trying to kill them. You really think you can land align (the whole wing) and bomb before you all die?


probably not, in this case i am proposing a new tactic for bombs that necesitates a new ship. less of a strafe bombing run thing and more of a try to get in the middle of a fleet and just blast AOE damage. i frankly don't know if something like that is overpowered or not, but i find the absolute chaos a few ships that could spew bombs and smartbombs without dieing instantly to be incredably attractive, and potentially more arousing than arty alpha... Lol
Cameron Cahill
Deaths Consortium
Pandemic Horde
#64 - 2012-10-01 23:44:03 UTC
Not really bombs then more just the smartbomb bonus. Are you a negative ten alt by any chance ;P
Furry Commander
Furry Armada
#65 - 2012-10-01 23:59:42 UTC
Cameron Cahill wrote:
Not really bombs then more just the smartbomb bonus. Are you a negative ten alt by any chance ;P


surprisingly no... i miss alpha fleet though... i have wanted a smartbombing ship since i learned what smartbombs do. i take any excuse to suggest one short of starting its own thread since i fear there isn't much need for one, and it could easily become far to good. even something with a role bonus to area and a slight damage boost would have me grinning like an idiot for two expansions or more
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#66 - 2012-10-02 03:13:14 UTC
Furry Commander wrote:
surprisingly no... i miss alpha fleet though... i have wanted a smartbombing ship since i learned what smartbombs do. i take any excuse to suggest one short of starting its own thread since i fear there isn't much need for one, and it could easily become far to good. even something with a role bonus to area and a slight damage boost would have me grinning like an idiot for two expansions or more

Smartbombs are plenty powerful. You just have to know how to use them right.

How did you Veterans start?
Furry Commander
Furry Armada
#67 - 2012-10-02 19:04:47 UTC
oh i know they are powerful, i have done a few disco ops, i just wish there was a ship bonused for them so i can feel special