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Solo Stealth bombing - Where do I go?
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Bloody Bogan
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-06-10 01:36:04 UTC
I've skilled up a stealth bomber and now i'm ready to go, did a bit of scanning, found a nice wh, and even found some targets within the wh!

.... and they're behind a pos.

Nomatter, i'll try another wh! .... and other ships behind a pos....

Is this just bad luck, or are most ships in wh just sitting behind pos shields not doing much?
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-06-10 03:27:47 UTC
Not sure check with a wh'er

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Disastro
Wrecking Shots
#3 - 2013-06-10 04:16:12 UTC
Bloody Bogan wrote:
I've skilled up a stealth bomber and now i'm ready to go, did a bit of scanning, found a nice wh, and even found some targets within the wh!

.... and they're behind a pos.

Nomatter, i'll try another wh! .... and other ships behind a pos....

Is this just bad luck, or are most ships in wh just sitting behind pos shields not doing much?


If you are looking for large numbers of potential kill mails i would take my bomber to fountain and wait for some big battles to erupt. Right now there are 2100 people in PNQ fighting each other. Get a nice little bomb into the middle of that blob while they are fighting and you might find yourself on hundreds of kill mails.

I once did that in the middle of a fight between blast and panda team years ago and ended up on dozens of blast capital kill mails. It can work if you get a good perch set up on the battle and wait until they are engaged. As long as you are nuetral to everone on the field it can be entertaining.

I assume you trained BOMB Launcher as well as training for covops?
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-06-10 04:39:33 UTC
Join the in game channel Bombers Bar and get in on the fleets they run.
voetius
Grundrisse
#5 - 2013-06-10 08:49:15 UTC


some good suggestions above :)

You can sometimes find offline small POS in wormholes that have labs and arrays on them, so if you like explosions you can blow them up, I know people that have got some drops off these so you might get some loot as well as killmails.

Or find a jumpbridge to camp, get your bookmarks setup, keep scanner open and when you see a pod incoming at <1mill. km off you go.
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#6 - 2013-06-10 10:08:04 UTC
In wspace you will often find people in a POS because they really have no other place to go AFK. They are either on their POS or cloaked up somewhere. Patience is key. Yesterday I found a WH that had a pod and a Badger in it. I was in a Hurricane without a cloak. I decided to shoot the rats in the Ore site, quickly jump my WH and grab a salvage Thrasher. I looted and salvaged the Ore site and left, letting them think I was just after a quick Nanoribbon grab. A full hour later I returned, spotted a mining ship, and warped to the Ore site in my Hound... Pirate

To bad I screwed up and the guy managed to warp off in structure, dammit! Lol If you ever see a ship on a POS again, click it. As soon as it warps off your camera will follow and you might have an idea where that ship is going, and what it is going to do. Solo bombing is very situational. Recognizing or creating these situations yourself is key! Good luck, bombing is awesome!
Ace Menda
Gemini Lounge
#7 - 2013-06-10 10:34:33 UTC
Being a solo bomber will always mean you will have a hard time. Because bombers are made of tissue paper and bombs aren't going to kill many things with one bomb.

Best bet, join the bombers bar and join in on their fleets.

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Minmatar Citizen160812
The LGBT Last Supper
#8 - 2013-06-10 13:21:41 UTC
Klymer wrote:
Join the in game channel Bombers Bar and get in on the fleets they run.



Do that. Lots of fun guys, fun times and big kills.