Missiles VS Bombs

[x5-452]

Are 1 shot Missiles (from ship) inferrior to Bombs?

The only way to hit the target is if Anti-Missile Drones are down, this means you have to disable both the Pilot (for subsequent aim accuracy) AND Drone Controller before Missiles have any use at all

Whereas, Bombs don't require the Drone Controller to be disabled before being effective. You save yourself one target to manage.

You can directly attack the systems you want once you disable Pilot.

What are your thoughts?

[morbosfist]

Missiles and bombs are separate items. They do not compare. Missiles are like lasers but cost ammo and ignore shields. Bombs disable systems and hurt crew but leave the hull undamaged. It's all about how you're attacking. I personally hate both except for ion bombs.

[Empiro]

Bombs can't damage the hull and destroy the ship. I like bombs more because that's usually a good thing. I'm typically trying to capture the enemy ship, not destroy it. If I have to destroy it, then I'll use bombs to take out the enemy's shields or weapons, and use my other weapons to destroy it. Using missiles for damage is such a waste.

Both Ion and Breach Bombs are excellent. Fire Bombs are fun to use, but ultimately not that effective unless you have Rockmen boarders.

[x5-452]

Yea, I was trying to Ion Bombs, Breach Bombs and Missiles to damage pilot and shield systems for Glaive Beam, but Missiles kept getting shot down.
Useless in this application

[Zyos]

I have a slight preference for bombs over missiles since they can't be shot down by defense drones. The only downside is that bombs can't directly damage the hull.

[Herr Sten]

Missiles are great to disable systems through shields, but defense drones are a problem. Bombs are magnificient for crew-killing operations, as they do not damage hulls and do not consume very much power.

[Malgayne]

All other things being equal, bombs are better than missiles in everyway, EXCEPT that they don't actually destroy ships. Sometimes that's what you want, and sometimes it isn't, but that's the difference.

[ThePoroGod]

yea.. bombs all the way

[Tealtyr]

Ion bombs are awesome. Fully disables a shield.

[Skinny Pete]

Escrito originalmente por Malgayne:

All other things being equal, bombs are better than missiles in everyway, EXCEPT that they don't actually destroy ships. Sometimes that's what you want, and sometimes it isn't, but that's the difference.

Yes, but you'll never see a bomb with the destructive potential of a Pegasus Missile (2 shots 3 damage each).

[rpgamer987]

Escrito originalmente por x5-452:

Yea, I was trying to Ion Bombs, Breach Bombs and Missiles to damage pilot and shield systems for Glaive Beam, but Missiles kept getting shot down.
Useless in this application

Why not just... bomb the drones so the missiles can get through?

Shooting missiles at all while a defense drone is active is a complete waste.

[x5-452]

If your target is the shields, What would the point be in attacking the drone controller?

When there's only one missile, 1 ion, and 1 breech, you do the exact same amount of damage to the 4x shields after wasting one of the bombs on the drone controller just to let 1 missile in, instead of bombing the shields directly.

[anarcher]

Escrito originalmente por x5-452:

The only way to hit the target is if Anti-Missile Drones are down, this means you have to disable both the Pilot (for subsequent aim accuracy) AND Drone Controller before Missiles have any use at all

I don't think the AI using missiles on you has any of these problems though, since I've had TWO def. drones up and maxed engine and maxed pilot+engineer and still a sector 7 or last stand an enemy with 2 missile launchers hits me.

[Empiro]

I like bombs because they give me more control -- usually I don't want to destroy ships. When I do want to destroy a ship, I always have lasers anyways.

If you're relying on missiles to damage hull and destroy ships, you're probably going to run out of missiles very quickly.

[DarkTwinge]

Missiles are weak weapons because they try to be both a damage weapon and a utility weapon and suck at both. The one exception is the Artemis, which works similarly to a Small Bomb and does good utility work. Pegasus and Breach can both be passable if you're desperate, but in virtually all cases you can use better alternatives.

Bombs, on the other hand, are amazing. Ion Bomb is the single most powerful weapon in the game and Breach II isn't far behind. Fire Bomb is the weakest but can still do decent work.

[gecimen]

To my experience, the only good missile is the Pegasus, since you have a hich chance to hit. Single missiles are often dodged or get eaten up by drones.

Bombs however have a lot of use. Ion bomb, heal bomb, crystal lockdown bomb, fire bomb, are all great weapons in their own category.