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BolsterBomb
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Posted - 2012.03.13 15:46:00 -
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Mordeth Ventox wrote:Stealth Bomber Basics -
First things first...bombers are not WTFPWN boats. When applied correctly the damage they do can be quite substantial. If used improperly they won't do jack. Couple things to note for solo bomber pilot.
- Leave the torps at home. They are like a side arm on a solider...a weapon of last resort at best. - Only fit 1 bomb launcher. - Fit an offline probe launcher if you are in unfamiliar territory or trying to scan down miners. Bombing jet cans full of ore is a plentiful source of tears. - Put warp core stabilizers in your low slots. They have saved my ass more times than I can count. - Find and bookmark jump bridges. If you time your bombs right you can pop many haulers as they try to align or as they warp in. - Don't bomb frigs. They won't die, they will just lock and pop you. - Plan plan plan. Make bookmarks in your target system before you start bombing. Warp to your target (gate, jump bridge, etc) at optimal range while cloaked and drop a BM. Make tactical bookmarks 200-300km off gates so you can avoid bubbles. Don't I repeat DON'T bomb flycatchers or HICs you will die in a fire. - Pick a few active systems (high/low sec borders with null sec are typically great places to hang out as they are often gate camped 24/7). Live in these systems...become very comfortable there. - Never underestimate the OTHER benefits a bomber can have. Like making miners (real and bots) safe up. They are also great for popping the jet cans the miners leave behind in space as they warp off. If you hang out in some hot zones where big alliances are fighting, a well placed lock breaker bomb can really disrupt the remote rep battleship fleets. None of these will get you kills on your board, but they will help you extract many tears.
I hope this helps!
This is bad info completely.
A) First torps are your friend and your primary friend. B) Bombs cannot be used in high sec or low sec only null sec C) Dont fit a probe launcher thats dumb, your cloaked use your Dscan the idea is to surprise them not "hey heres a probe that will pop up on your dscanner compliments of the dumb bomber pilot" D) This guy must be trolling...warp core stabs in your lows lmao......
Here is a run down of the bombers,
Purifier and Hound are your best solo bombers due to slot layout and cpu/grid. Purifier IMO is the best due to the bonus you get on EM damage. This allows you to do more damage against ratting drakes and ravens.
The Manticore is the best FLEET bomber due to its mid slots. It allows fleets to fit ewar effectively. My fleets use a combination of target painters / warp disrupters / trakcing disrupter / damps
IMO bombs are lousy by themself because you wont have a lot of time to stick around and fight if you are bombing. Bombing is very difficult for new pilots due to the timing and direction of the enemy ships movement and the bomb.
What the bomb is good for is that one time "boom" in dmg. However you will never insta pop anything with a bomb (unless its a mwd frig but even then I wouldnt risk it)
Your primary targets are going to be industrials. Best thing to do is find the PI areas and camp there. Get used to how you need to be aligned, your range control, etc before you take on any fighting ships. This will teach you how to fly your bomber.
The best systems to camp our 0.0 systems deep deep deep in alliance territory. you will want to scout and do your recon finding PI planets, jump bridges and sanctum systems. I would not mess with any JB until you are comfortable as timing is everything with those.
http://abomberslifeonthehighropes.blogspot.com/
Thats the blog I wrote when i was learning to fly bombers.
Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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BolsterBomb
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2012.03.23 14:15:00 -
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Congrats on your first kill. I have been chasing after the holy grail (bs) of solo bomber kills for awhile. So big congrats on your first Raven,
Now for learning.
This pilot was clearly a r*tard (the kill still counts and is still awesome) but you want to learn what went wrong and why you should have died / he should have lived.
At 30k you are way too far away. A good pilot will always be aligned to a celestrial or station in case someone like you pops up. He should have been warping with his setup. (tells you a lot about 0.0 pilots though huh)
That is why you NEED to be within point range immediately upon decloak. 2nd, I have no clue how you managed to launch 2 bombs before you got a point on him. Again congrats but this is not the norm, so make better use of your torps by overheating your torps when you start and make sure you have nanite repair paste. You should have been able to kill the raven without a second bomb (and it matters when you are far from high sec) it takes time to get back into a 0.0 system.
Now that you have been spotted you will need to adjust your tactics as he will be on alert and anyone in his corp (does he have one) will know about you. Watch for bait.
Again CONGRATS the rush of your first solo bomber encounter is always the best. Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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BolsterBomb
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2012.03.23 19:26:00 -
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I meant he (the BS) should have been aligned during his ratting escapades. You should always be orbiting with prop mod on. Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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BolsterBomb
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2012.04.05 18:10:00 -
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Noisrevbus wrote:Since this thread is still rolling, i have a little question to add... Who are the best Covert-oriented corps around these days?Who pushes the envelope and use covert tactics beyond the simple overmanned cyno traps and short ganks?There are the usual suspects, like Burn Eden (with a long history in the field), Waffles (known by their plantschool affiliation) and DNS (known by profile and size), but their bumps and kinks are all too well known even if it's only fair to mention them as the topic comes up. Groups like Exceed and Panda Team aren't really around anymore (absorbed elsewhere), so who else is out there? More importantly: who is currently the best (in your opinion), active (handful daily kills), most successful; and who use the related ships to do something new and exciting against challenging odds? The problem i have is that i mostly see unimaginary ganks when i browse around covert-group killboards and movies. Drop some names, post some links... I should probably have made a new thread for this, but hrm... .
The Illuntia (I spelled it wrong) is a great pure cloaky corp that specializes in cloaky rapage.
I flew with them for a couple weeks but they are really heavy EU and not so much US so the tz didnt work for me. Great guys though. Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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BolsterBomb
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Posted - 2012.04.10 13:54:00 -
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ChromeStriker wrote:Substantia Nigra wrote:IGÇÖm having a grand old time in my stealth bomber. The carebear-in-a-hound has managed a couple of kills and not quite as many major stuff ups.
ItGÇÖs cheap and itGÇÖs fun, and oh so very sneaky.
Now all I need to do is muster the courage to tackle one of those sleeper-clearing T3s, rather than waiting on their following easy-target noctis.
T3's will !"$!$^"&%^*&(* you up big time! especially for only 2 bombers
Its funny you say this (its true) however my best "introduction" of myself to a new 00 corp I joined was I flew down in my purifer, dscaned down a group of T3s running a sanctum warped in and pointed the T3. Called for backup to kill the T3.
We killed 2 T3s that round because I was able to get a point and hold it till dps arrived.
It was epic fun Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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BolsterBomb
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Posted - 2012.04.12 17:03:00 -
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Denuo Secus wrote:I read a lot about solo bombers here. But I just don't get how a bomber should be able to evade or even tank light drones (which are available on every viable target for a bomber). An ABing bomber should be able to evade/minimize missile or turret damage. But it cannot outrun drones. Also a bomber cannot destroy drones. So does a MSE really help that much? Or what do I miss?
Correct light drones (warriors) are the problem, the thing is can you kill him before the drones kill you? Also you can disengage at will so if you are taking bad damge get out. Lt. Colonel of The Caldari State
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