Stealth Bombers: Difference between revisions

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*Bad targets for bombers: frigates. Frigate hulls can shrug off a lot of torpedoes. You can whore on the mail if you really must, but if you haven't yet uncloaked and there's some intel value in not revealing your presence to anything in d-scan range, you may want to consider holding off.<br />

The torpedo explosion radius will be too large to apply full damage to the small signature radius of a frigate, unless:

*the frigate is locked (no warp, no velocity) and still in space~~, and~~

*the frigate is locked (no warp, no velocity) and still in space

*the frigate is affected by ten or more target painters~~, and~~

*the frigate is affected by ten or more target painters

*your fleetmates have some kind of fleet booster that will shrink your torpedo explosion radius down to 40m to match the target frigate's signature radius (no way possible), but

*your fleetmates have some kind of fleet booster that will shrink your torpedo explosion radius down to 40m to match the target frigate's signature radius (no way possible), but even under the above conditions, the target frigate will absorb only a fraction of the torpedo damage. Save your expensive torpedoes, practice launching cheaper torpedoes.

even under the above conditions, the target frigate will absorb only a fraction of the torpedo damage. Save your expensive torpedoes, practice launching cheaper torpedoes.

<big>If you have an abundance of torpedoes and don't care about wasting them, send any and all of your targets some love.</big>

== Bombing techniques ==

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 *Bad targets for bombers:  frigates.  Frigate hulls can shrug off a lot of torpedoes. You can whore on the mail if you really must, but if you haven't yet uncloaked and there's some intel value in not revealing your presence to anything in d-scan range, you may want to consider holding off.<br />
 The torpedo explosion radius will be too large to apply full damage to the small signature radius of a frigate, unless:
-*the frigate is locked (no warp, no velocity) and still in space, and
+*the frigate is locked (no warp, no velocity) and still in space
-*the frigate is affected by ten or more target painters, and
+*the frigate is affected by ten or more target painters
-*your fleetmates have some kind of fleet booster that will shrink your torpedo explosion radius down to 40m to match the target frigate's signature radius (no way possible), but
+*your fleetmates have some kind of fleet booster that will shrink your torpedo explosion radius down to 40m to match the target frigate's signature radius (no way possible), but even under the above conditions, the target frigate will absorb only a fraction of the torpedo damage.  Save your expensive torpedoes, practice launching cheaper torpedoes.
-even under the above conditions, the target frigate will absorb only a fraction of the torpedo damage.  Save your expensive torpedoes, practice launching cheaper torpedoes.
+<big>If you have an abundance of torpedoes and don't care about wasting them, send any and all of your targets some love.</big>
 == Bombing techniques ==