Carpet bombing

[AdmiralZeech]

Hi, as you've noticed, I have joined this forum. As is customary for me, I will make my obligatory beg for carpet bombing post
Obligatory beg for carpet bombing post will now commence.

In the original release version of SupCom1, bombers would pay attention to what is beneath them and drop a bomb if they were flying over a target.
(originally, bombs were not physics-enabled, they just fell straight down, iirc.)

This means you can move a formation of bombers over some enemies, and they would repeatedly drop bombs as they fly over, which was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_-jkaRGZA

I dont care what other changes need to be made, so that this feature is competitively balanced, but this needs to be in game. Definitely, absolutely, oh yes.

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For practical reasons, I think only T1 bombers should have this ability. (T2 fighter bombers would end up dropping bombs whilst dogfighting. T3 carpet bombing would be incredibly cool, but probably unstoppably OP.)

I think its best if bombers have a small attack range where they can see a target beneath, and the bombs are home-on-point. This would make bombs accurate against single targets whilst still being relatively indiscriminate when carpet bombing.

One problem is being able to micro bombers so that they spray bombs all over a single target. If this cannot be fixed, then maybe a rebalance is needed so that this will be considered a valid alternative use of a T1 bomber.

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This concludes the obligatory beg for carpet bombing post.

[Kryo]

would totally be imba i dont think this can make it into the game without changing the balancing a lot. Also bombs should fall with physics, so you would need to determine targets ahead of the flight path.
Homeing bombs suck. Look at supcom2, just looks stupid and you cant micro anything.

In the original Nomad mod we had a t3 bomber that bombed a carpet instead of a single bomb. dunno if this is still in the mod.

[AdmiralZeech]

The bombs are home-on-point, which isnt homing at all. Just a way of making sure the bombs actually get to where they are supposed to go. Please improve your understanding of home-on-point. (MMLs use it.)

Falling with physics / determining targets ahead is too complicated, easier just to stick home-on-point in the blueprint with a very small attack range.

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I dont care if the axis of the earth's rotation needs to be changed to accomodate this feature, I must have it. I have made it my life's work.

[FunkOff]

T1 bombers cost half now what they did then, so this is pretty much guaranteed to be imba.

Also AZ, the exact thing mmls have is called "TrackTargetLocation". It's exactly as you describe, just has a different name :-p

[TAG_ROCK]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reminds me of TA so i am 100% for this change, and change whatever needs to be changed to make this work !!!!
At t2 stage flaks eat bombers so I dont think it will be imba at all.

On a separate note I've also always wanted for interceptors to be controllable like in TA, it gives the game such playability!!!!!!!!!!

[FunkOff]

There is absolutely no way this could be balanced, rock.... seeing as it's a complete change of bombers.

[TAG_ROCK]

Shame...

[Isen]

if anyhting you can kill with flak cant be imba, restorers in 3599 are ok rock lol, only need flak everywhere 0.0

[AdmiralZeech]

There is absolutely no way this could be balanced, rock.... seeing as it's a complete change of bombers.

It could be balanced, if we believed enough. I think you're personally wrecking our paradise with your heresy, funkoff. Stop it.

[Kryo]

of course it can be balanced, but it would make a total rebalancing of all air and anti air units necessary, maybe even of all buildings, that have death explosion, all units, that walk in formation and so on.

Effort: OVER 9000!
Use: about 200 only