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Moac Tor
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Posted - 2016.11.28 20:57:24 -
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Not really sure the reason for this move. For small and medium gang it has little to no effect, and from what I hear bombers aren't much of a thing in large scale fleet ops nowadays either.
Any chance you could elaborate as to the reasoning for this change Larikin. I can think of many other things in much greater need of being fixed than bombers currently (AFs and medium artillery for example).
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Moac Tor
Cyber Core
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2016.11.28 21:06:15 -
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Chance Ravinne wrote:This will be the fourth or fifth nerf to bombing runs in what, one and a half years?
Except this is not a nerf because no one will be basing a fleet doctrines around the use of defender missiles. Bombers are hardly overwhelming currently and there are many more important roles for destroyers to fulfil.
I doubt anyone will use them much like now. (this is based on the assumption that CCP don't release new types of bomb with useful effects, and if they do it won't be for a very long time if at all).
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Moac Tor
Cyber Core
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2016.11.29 20:56:01 -
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Olmeca Gold wrote:Moac Tor wrote:Chance Ravinne wrote:This will be the fourth or fifth nerf to bombing runs in what, one and a half years? Except this is not a nerf because no one will be basing a fleet doctrines around the use of defender missiles. Bombers are hardly overwhelming currently and there are many more important roles for destroyers to fulfil. I doubt anyone will use them much like now. (this is based on the assumption that CCP don't release new types of bomb with useful effects, and if they do it won't be for a very long time if at all). It is not hard to spend one slot for any generic t3 dessie, command dessie or dictor you are using for general purposes anyway. You need those in any big null fighti and every dessie will fit them, because why not.
To use them you'd need to position your T3 destroyers on top of your battleships and capitals, both of which have little manoeuvrability. Therefore it seems to me to be highly undesirable to anchor your highly mobile T3 destroyer fleet to your highly immobile capital and battleship fleet.
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Moac Tor
Cyber Core
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Posted - 2016.11.30 22:47:40 -
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Rowells wrote:Not really.
You could anchor them on the fleet, but that would be unnecessary. The range of a max-skilled missile is 45km, and with bombs clocking in a 12 second timer, you have about 9 (7-8 conservative estimate), to get where you're needed.
12 seconds is not a lot. You need to take into account server lag, the fact that your going to miss a few server ticks however fast you and your connection are, in game travel time to get within range of the bomb, and then travel time of the missile to the bomb.
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