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Smart Bombs

Fri, 06 January 2006 10:30

crr65536

Chief Warrant Officer 3

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Something I've been wondering - are Smart bombs good for anything? While they have the handy feature of keeping installations intact, they take forever to kill a planet.

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Re: Smart Bombs

Fri, 06 January 2006 11:21

LEit

Lt. Commander

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Registered: April 2003
Location: CT

If you have enough OAs to turn a planet red, smart bombs make sense, because defenses are them limited to 10.

Also, they make some sense for IS. Late game, IS often just drop 10mil pop on a world to take it, and don't worry about the losses. If you can smart bomb it to wipe out 25% of the pop on the ground first, that can save a fair amount of pop. Of course if you've got the pop bomb so big that any losses don't matter, then you don't need the smart bombs. Also, IS can't build smart bombs.

- LEit

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Re: Smart Bombs

Fri, 06 January 2006 11:24

mlaub

Lieutenant

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Registered: November 2003
Location: MN, USA

crr65536 wrote on Fri, 06 January 2006 09:30

Something I've been wondering - are Smart bombs good for anything? While they have the handy feature of keeping installations intact, they take forever to kill a planet.

Yes, but they have diminishing returns. Adding a small amount will kill more population than without. Usually you want a seperate design so you don't over build them. The calculators are great for this.

-Matt

Global Warming - A climatic change eagerly awaited by most Minnesotans.

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Re: Smart Bombs

Fri, 06 January 2006 13:37

iztok

Commander

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Registered: April 2003
Location: Slovenia, Europe

Hi!

crr65536 wrote on Fri, 06 January 2006 16:30

Are Smart bombs good for anything? While they have the handy feature of keeping installations intact, they take forever to kill a planet.

Tech trading bio levels. Wink

Seriously, if you don't have really good smart bombs, it is often much faster to use packets, at least against non-dropped opponents.
BR, Iztok

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