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Posted - 2006.06.19 22:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Paigan
Some thoughts from a new Bomber pilot:
Long time ago, it was announced there will even be bomber frigates in eve.
Everybody thought "wow cool, frigs that are designed to engage Battleships".
Sadly, this is not what the Bombers we received actually are.
Today's Bombers with their special CM bonus are more like some long range extreme frigate counter.
Kind of what the misdesigned destroyers should have been.
At first i thought "bah, nonsense". Meanwhile, i kinda like that 150km anti-frigate idea.
(Okay, Nemesis is hardly useable due to 5PG too less and manticore is imba with its 3rd launcher.
Turrets bonusses are of no use. But all in all it's okay)
BUT
they are still no Bombers
So my suggestion would be to add a 98.5% grid reduction bonus for siege launchers.
Maybe with a penalty of -75% torpedo flight time or so.
That would make them real Bombers.
Raven f.ex. also gets a bonus to cruise AND siege launchers.
And every turret ships gets a bonus for BOTH sub types of its weapon type.
So why not bombers, as well?
Otherwise, please rename the class to "Anti Tackler" or "Artillery Frigate" or "Frig Killer" or something like that.
.. and if you do so: how about introducing a bomber class frigate next? :-P
Stealth bombers work wonderfully for engaging battleships... just not solo. Think of stealth bombers like World War II submarines. Sure, you can go solo, and you might pick off a lone ship here or there thats far from help, but if you REALLY want to make an impact, you operate in a wolf pack of 5 or so ships.
A stealth bomber (with good skills and the right fitting) can decloak, lock a battleship, fire, and recloak before the battleship can get you locked. As long as youre within 20 or 30km, your cruise missiles will still hit the target even after you recloak (exact range varies depending on target speed, course, and your skills affecting missile velocity).
Now, multiply that by 5 or 6. So a battleship is sitting there, and all of a sudden he hears a swoosh sound, and hes being lit up by 6 stealth bombers. Before he even has lock on one, they all disappear, and a couple seconds later, blam, hes hit by 10 or 15 cruise missiles simultaneously. Then a few seconds later, its rinse and repeat time (because the stealthbombers uncloak and fire again soon as their launchers are reloaded). Now hes taken 20 or 30 cruise missiles in the space of 10 or 15 seconds.
This tactic has its weaknesses, first and foremost being that it DOESNT work if theres a fast locking ship around (can lock a stealth in 5 seconds or less, figure). Because as anyone that flies cloak ships knows, if anything succeeds in locking you, you cant recloak and is bye bye stealth bomber. But if used in this manner by a competent group, you WILL get kills, and have a good time doing it.
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