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Leto Aramaus
Frog Team Four
Of Essence
#1 - 2015-06-10 18:37:12 UTC
I never cared or needed to worry about it before joining FW, but now I'm curious...

What is "smart" about smartbombs?

They deal damage to all things near you, including your corp, alliance, and fleet members. They even deal damage to your own drones.

The only thing they don't deal damage to is your own ship. Is that why they are "smart" bombs?

The UI update we deserve
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2015-06-10 18:50:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralph King-Griffin
It's smarter than other bombs in that it is still around after the initial detonation

So instead of

push button - become expanding gass

It's

Push button - giggle fecklessly like a lunatic as those near you become expanding gass Blink

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stoicfaux
#3 - 2015-06-10 19:02:46 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
It's smarter than other bombs in that it is still around after the initial detonation

So instead of

push button - become expanding gass

It's

Push button - giggle fecklessly like a lunatic as those near you become expanding gass Blink

This. Which is why suicide bombers must never acquire smart bomb technology.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#4 - 2015-06-10 20:17:15 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
It's smarter than other bombs in that it is still around after the initial detonation

So instead of

push button - become expanding gass

It's

Push button - giggle fecklessly like a lunatic as those near you become expanding gass Blink

This. Which is why suicide bombers must never acquire smart bomb technology.



But then they'd have to work in groups and be close together -- or else risk having to stop calling themselves suicide bombers.
stoicfaux
#5 - 2015-06-10 22:04:57 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
stoicfaux wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
It's smarter than other bombs in that it is still around after the initial detonation

So instead of

push button - become expanding gass

It's

Push button - giggle fecklessly like a lunatic as those near you become expanding gass Blink

This. Which is why suicide bombers must never acquire smart bomb technology.



But then they'd have to work in groups and be close together -- or else risk having to stop calling themselves suicide bombers.

But they (probably) can't because smart bomb damage propagation is instant. The first one to set off their smart bomb would blap the other guys by a fraction of a nano-second unless they somehow all triggered at the same precise infinitesimal instant.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
Dato Koppla
Spaghetti Militia
#6 - 2015-06-10 22:49:15 UTC
Smartbombing in highsec in groups is basically impossible. The amount of lag it generates from all the Concord spawning is basically like getting DDoS'd.
Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
#7 - 2015-06-12 07:27:20 UTC
Of course the name Smartbomb is little more than a reference to the screen clearing special weapons/power-ups of 1980s scrolling shooters...
And we're dealing with a world where the origins of references is lost in thousands of years of barbarism - does it need to be more than that?
Spugg Galdon
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2015-06-12 08:50:57 UTC
To be fair, I wouldn't mind it at all if Smart Bombs had their name changed into "Shockwave Generator" or something. It would mean that they would at least have a name that made sense.

They aren't "Bombs".

They aren't "Smart".

They generate a shockwave from your ship (albeit an instant AOE wave).

So.....

EM Shockwave Generator
Thermal Shockwave Generator
Kinetic Shockwave Generator
Explosive Shockwave Generator

Then it all makes sense!
Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
#9 - 2015-06-12 12:17:57 UTC
But then you lose the '80s computer game reference...
stoicfaux
#10 - 2015-06-12 13:30:32 UTC
Just for the record, I hated Defender.

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Paranoid Loyd
#11 - 2015-06-12 13:39:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
derp

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Moonlit Raid
Doomheim
#12 - 2015-06-12 21:40:28 UTC
I actually LOVE smartbombs.

If brute force isn't working, you're just not using enough.

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Marech Bhayanaka
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2015-06-20 22:54:50 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:

But they (probably) can't because smart bomb damage propagation is instant. The first one to set off their smart bomb would blap the other guys by a fraction of a nano-second unless they somehow all triggered at the same precise infinitesimal instant.

One second tick.

Marech.