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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:11 pm
by Broodwich
Pt bombers also have at least a 15 second rip time. They are also weaker than hvy bombers. They also can only carry 1 lrm ab per rack, whereas xrm you carry 5 (or maybe 4, w/e).
So to be effective, the drop needs to be farther (to give the bbrs time to rip before an int blasts it), they need to travel farther (to gain momentum to launch at maximum range) and they only can launch 1 lrm ab before they are in mrt range anyway due to long reload times. All this time gives an exp team plenty of time to blast the weaker PT out of the sky
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:12 am
by Ramaglor
bull
how the hell do you stop a 6k out tp2 pt bomber run?
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:14 am
by Gappy
Clay_Pigeon wrote:QUOTE (Clay_Pigeon @ Dec 1 2008, 11:28 AM) LRM AB was one of the reasons PT bombers cost $250 now. Before that change, you could mount a 10 bomber run for free.
Bull@#(!. The missiles cost money before, even though the ships didn't. Noir made that changed and completely killed using PT bombers as anything other than a bizarro figbee.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:35 pm
by CronoDroid
What? I'm fairly sure only MRT cost money, since DN 4.4x LRM AB was a free missile unless I'm mistaken. I don't have ICE or Alleg on this machine so I can't check but I'm sure PTs could mount both MRT and LRM AB, one of which was free.
If LRM AB is free now, I suspect it was also free back then.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:19 pm
by apochboi
LRM Antibase is free. MRT Antibase isnt free it has comprable damage to AB1
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:45 pm
by Clay_Pigeon
Gappy, you are thinking about MRT AB, not LRM.
In DN 4.5, MRTs were $100/each. LRM AB was free. PTs were free.
In DN 4.6, MRTs were made free, LRMs remain free, and PTs cost $250 each.
I believe that's how things remain under CC_03 (just checked ICE, unless there are extra entries for those items).
I think we're getting a little far afield. Apoch, can you mark down that icon change I mentioned for CC_04 (so the research and loadout icons match up)?
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:17 pm
by Ramaglor
I put the icon change in the CC office for you Clay
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:28 pm
by gr4vity
If I recall it correctly basic bombers can mount them as well.
Also - maybe its fair to keep it that way since GT doesn't has FigBombers in AdvSup.
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:23 pm
by Cortex
In a no-dev DM, GT has no nan1 but Dreg does have it.
-- Cort
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:57 pm
by apochboi
Thanks Cortex, I will sort GT out. Must of been an old issue from the days of DN.