Hawkei wrote:

my landfac buildorder is

1 scout
20 engineers

Well that's just stupid. For several reasons. You have no land units, no defensive units, and no raiding units to apply immediate pressure - and immediate pressure is exactly what you should be doing against a bomber first type build.

Okay, the scenarios where you are likely to see a bomber are as follows:

1. 1st Air Bomber
He will do Pgen, Afac, Bomber... This results in an extremely early bomber, and you will likely only have 5 units and one factory operational.

2. 2nd Air Bomber
He will do Lfac, 2 Pgen, 2 Mex, 4 Pgen, Afac, Bomber... This is the more usual arrival time, and this is more popular with most players. As it allows for decent ground expansion and is a good compromise.

In either of these cases, you should IMMEDIATELY stop whatever it is you thought you were doing and take the following actions simultaneously:
- Build an Interceptor if you have an air factory;
- Build 2 or more T1 MAA from the land factory;
- Build static AA in your base with ACU; and
- Send all your land units to attack his expansion points (because he is very likely to have undefended engineers).

Now the first problem is that if you are letting him kill all your engineers, power, and storage, you are not adapting to the situation. Early bomber is an imminent threat. You must deal with it immediately. The second problem is that you are ill equipped to counter attack, because, you have no aggressive ground units of any kind.

my landfac buildorder is

1 scout
20 engineers

biass wrote:
Typically if you are paying attention you will make aa before bomber kills you
also, ur acu = buildpower also

biass wrote:
Quick, a bomber is coming!
How do you react:
A): Make any form of AA and kill the bomber
B): Ping it so a friend who does have some air can kill the bomber
C): Cry on forums

hm

Myxir wrote:
eco when the situation allows it, not when you want to. if you don't invest in defense units/buildings, you can not blame the attacking unit

angus000 wrote:
You must be talking about first bomber. As soon as you see it, you need to make mobile AA and spread out your engies/buildings so as to reduce the damage done by the bomber until you're done killing it. Also, it's always good to make a t1 land scout after your first 2-3 engies to send it at the front lines so you can see any incoming units, be them bombers, labs or tanks, that way you should reduce the damage even further.

Also, "making air is air player's job". That's just wrong. Having your own air factory and/or interceptors is incredibly useful. You shouldn't rely on your air player just to kill an occasional bomber or to scout for you every time you need it. As a general rule, you should always build a t1 air factory to at least make scout unless you are going full land rush.