Originally by: Sokratesz

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First of all bombers cant warp cloaked. (which is their greatest weakness and something that would instantly fix them)

I fly a manticore with the following fit:

3x Arbalest cruise launchers with CN wrath cruise, 1x impcloak II
1x Sensorbooster II, 3x muon dampeners
1x BCU II, 1x overdrive T2
2x damp strength rigs

I think i can fit one or two T2 launchers or a second BCU with a CPU implant, havent checked.

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Originally by: Beef Hardslab

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Well, me personally, I'd rather go with the slight edge in my favor than risk being popped by the "noob". Also, really, unless you live in hisec, there's not much point in shutting autotarget off.

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Originally by: Nomakai Delateriel

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Originally by: Sokratesz

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First of all bombers cant warp cloaked. (which is their greatest weakness and something that would instantly make them overpowered)

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Fixed.
If they could warp in when cloaked then it would be way too easy to set up multi bomber strikes and it would be virtually impossible to stop them.

Even in the days when the Pilgrim and Arazu were at their height they were still restricted by the very high price and limited offensive capability.

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Originally by: RuleoftheBone

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Originally by: Marcus Druallis

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. Also they are not even viable low-sec ships due to the fact they cannot warp cloaked. What, you're gonna sit in a random ass belt hoping someone comes in and doesn't move when you fire? C'mon.

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Actually they work quite well in losec. The suprise value is either keeping them cloaked until needed or in an adjacent system. Run a few in an inty/AF/EIF swarm and see what I mean. A couple in a gang of 8-10 adds speedy sneaky Raven DPS with EWAR to boot.

No need for them to warp cloaked...that would be overpowered. Some more speed or further reduced sig radius when not cloaked would be handy. Making them a bit more difficult to lock would not be out of line.

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Originally by: Lyria Skydancer

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Originally by: RuleoftheBone

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No need for them to warp cloaked...that would be overpowered.

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I think the main issue would be that cov ops would be obsolete if SBs could warp stealthed. Sure they can probe, but still.

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Originally by: RuleoftheBone

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Originally by: Marcus Druallis

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Originally by: RuleoftheBone

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Originally by: Marcus Druallis

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. Also they are not even viable low-sec ships due to the fact they cannot warp cloaked. What, you're gonna sit in a random ass belt hoping someone comes in and doesn't move when you fire? C'mon.

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Actually they work quite well in losec. The suprise value is either keeping them cloaked until needed or in an adjacent system. Run a few in an inty/AF/EIF swarm and see what I mean. A couple in a gang of 8-10 adds speedy sneaky Raven DPS with EWAR to boot.

No need for them to warp cloaked...that would be overpowered. Some more speed or further reduced sig radius when not cloaked would be handy. Making them a bit more difficult to lock would not be out of line.

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I understand how to use a stealthbomber. But using them on lowsec gates is ********.

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The only time I have engaged on a losec gate is against an outlaw/flagged target. Normal use in losec is open or dead space (same as any other small ship unable to take sentries).

Not all outlaws sit at gates all day either...unlike most alliances .

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Originally by: Bahhs Deep

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That's why as I said on the first page, any system you plan on "hunting" in you should set up offgrid BMs to warp to. When I go out doing this I fit ODI IIs in the lows to go faster. Works well when you are going to go on a campaign of hit and runs on gate camps and such.

*posted on first page, reposting for those whom havn't seen it*
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With offgrid BM's the enemy will never know you're there until it's too late. You have to be VERY patient to be an avid stealth bomber.

SB's are fine as they are, cloaking while warped will be overpowering. It would become the new NanoGang you see roaming everywhere. Or "wouldn't see" in this case...until it's too late and you're dead. You see there's absolutely no way to defend yourself against that kind of gang...other than cloaking and all that other common sense stuff.

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