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| * Failing to move away (or "starburst") away from a landing area, causing fleetmates to uncloak as they land | | * Failing to move away (or "starburst") away from a landing area, causing fleetmates to uncloak as they land |
| * Not warping off quickly enough after being targeted by an enemy (within three seconds) | | * Not warping off quickly enough after being targeted by an enemy (within three seconds) |
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| == Bombing techniques ==
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| Bombs do not work in Empire Space<br />
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| The other thing that sets the bomber hull apart, besides the ability to fit torpedoes onto a frigate hull, is where it actually gets it name from - the ability to fit the Bomb Launcher I/II. From this module you fire the six flavors of bombs that exist. But what is a bomb actually?<br />
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| *Bombs cannot be launched in high security space<br />
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| *Bombs cannot be launched in low security space<br />
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| *Bombs can only be launched in 0.0 security space, nullspace, and wormspace<br />
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| === Team technique ===
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| This is where each bomber is coordinated by the FC. The FC will call for each bomber to approach/align to a target/target zone/bookmark. They will warp to the point where they begin their attack run, approach and call out ranges to target for the FC. The FC then has to judge the best time to order the release of bombs, whereupon the wing will warp immediately to the escape point. Onus with this technique is on how well the bombers act as a team, and actual piloting skill. It's versatile, flexible and the FC can call abort at any point until the bombs are flying. It's also ideal for bombing single/small gang targets. Its weakness is that fleet management and FC-ing becomes impractical as soon as you grow beyond two wings of bombers. It also allows human error in aiming the bomb into the equation.
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| === Quarterback/Flyhalf technique ===
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| This technique uses a cloaked scout to sneak to within 30km of the enemy fleet/target and act as a target guide for the incoming bomber fleet. The FC then warps the bomber fleet to the cloaked scout a point where he can draw a straight line from the bomber fleet, through the scout, and straight into the enemy targets, release bombs such that the explosion radius is outside the cloaked scout's position.<br>
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| The FC shall fleet warp the bombers to the scout at zero. In mid-warp, all bombers will keep a close eye on their target distance and ownship's speed (cursor over the warp/speed meter in the bottom center of the HUD). The moment the bomber's speed begins to decelerate, decloak, and spam the bomb launcher button, until it turns red. The effect of this is the bomber will exit warp, decelerate, and the instant your warp field collapses, launch a bomb from the bomb launcher. Bombers can immediately warp off to the escape point, or align to a random celestial (in the case of an ad hoc bomb attack) to escape, reload their bomb launchers and cloak up. The advantage of this is that it allows for minimum amount of time on a dangerous grid, the aiming has already been done for the whole bomber wing by the cloaked scout, and the mid-warp shuffle that the game does to arrange the ships, has the effect of nicely overlapping the AOE damage of each bomb.
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| The Flyhalf technique also allows for the coordination of multiple wings of bombers. When the bomber fleet gathers at the observation point, they are assigned ranges to warp at. (John warps at 0, Jill at 10, James at 20, Harmony at 30, Guile at 50, Titus at 70, Steven at 100). This will prevent a mass cascade decloak of the entire fleet if one person DCs/makes a mistake, or in the case of a spy/awoxer/sabotage pilot, only one bomber wing will die. The FC can then squad warp each bomber group at will at the enemy. Ensuring enough time between squad warps so that their bombs have enough time to detonate before the next wave of bombs goes off.
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| ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
