how to not get instantly shot down as a bomber?

[amebapiko]

i can release the bombs once most the time

[K]

Assuming you're playing arcade, turn back and climb as high as possible, come in from the side of the map and do passes, this is the best way really in a heavy bomber at least. even if not using them doing similar is the best bet. without help or using planes with loads of high cal guns dotted around for defence you're boned most of the time

[{H.B.M.N} FrEsH Dumbledore]

Try Dive-Bombers. They are not instantly marked as Bomber and most players will be like *oh no its not an bomber it could kill me, mommy my K/D :(" Also they can climb 10 times faster than a Bomber and are mostly faster. Sadly in this Game there is no word such as *TEAMPLAY* So either you bring your friends (but honestly, who would play this game on free will) or you are doomed. Even with a Max-Trained gunner crew (I do play the Pay2Win Bomber BV 238 alot) you get wrecked quickly because the AI Gunners have the IQ of a Banana.
Taking long routes *around the map* often does not work for me because someone will be surely autistic enough to fly that 20km detour just to kill you. And since bombers are slow they mostly catch up.... so it feels like wasted time for me. But hey, maybe you have more luck

[robball14]

on fast bombers you have to reach the objective ASAP, move with a negative pitch angle (not too much negative) and reach the target, bomb it and use the energy and speed accumulated to run away from incoming enemy fighters.
with heavy bombers your only strategy is based on luck and your gunner skills, take a long route, enough long to not get spotted by enemy aircrafts immediately
with bombers at jet br, on some you have to apply the first strategy i said (Il-28 as example)
and on others you have to apply the second strategy i said, but you have to take a route even longer, i suggest to stay away at least 20km from the center of the battlefield

[halolo39]

robball14님이 먼저 게시:

on fast bombers you have to reach the objective ASAP, move with a negative pitch angle (not too much negative) and reach the target, bomb it and use the energy and speed accumulated to run away from incoming enemy fighters.

germans are the only nation with fast and agile bombers plus actual payloads to destroy 4x bases since gaijin has a hard-on for that configuration this few months. you're out of luck if you're any other nation, only option for other nations is to kamikaze to the objective and hope your payload is enough.

[Skaldy]

buy premium bombers

[Cryptid]

option 1: circle your AF and climb to 40k ft.
option 2: convince someone in a fighter to escort you. (good luck)

[su]

amebapiko님이 먼저 게시:

i can release the bombs once most the time

go fast.

[Skibidi Rizzler]

dont play bombers

[shadain597]

Play Sim, not AB or RB; bomber turrets work the same there as they do in RB, aside from spotting, but fighters have to deal with losing mouse aim and the limitations of cockpit view. Only downside? Quite a few people in Sim fighters will have a LOT of practice dealing with said limitations.

[Futuristic Hexagon]

Know how to use your gunners, and start firing from 1 km out. Most pilots in ARB will sit on your tail, and will leave themselves in a position to get themselves lit on fire.

The hardest part is getting the lead right when aiming. Not all bombers are lucky to have good gunner position or guns. Italian planes are an example of poorer guns on a bomber for defense.

[Rambo Mouse]

Be russian!!

[Lord Eddard Stark]

Rambo Mouse님이 먼저 게시:

Be russian!!

General rule of thumb for WT. Being a comrade will never hurt you, unless you are Polish. People forget that the "Great Patriotic War" started with the USSR ALLIED with Nazi Germany to divide up poor Poland between them. Then they promptly decided to invade Finland because "LOL why not" and lost so many men to a handful of barely equipped snowmen that the Germans were like "Hey we can take these guys too if the little Finns can."

But to OP's question: height and angle of attack. Don't just fly straight in from the spawn. Try and see where the fighters are (arcade), or were they might be (realistic). Always be aware of your surroundings and DON'T get target fixation. Sometimes it's better to move slower and take your time getting to a place to bomb. You might not do as much damage and/or get impatient, but you won't be dead :)

[Happyguy22]

AB: climb. Nobody really climbs I noted about 4 years ago, so dunno about it now. I'd assume it's relatively similar. Side-climbing is something as well, alongside map edges.

RB: cloud, stay out of LoS and try and minimise time in view. Cling to the map edges and never go down the middle.

Gunners are mostly last resort.

I suppose another is try and form a killbox with another player if that's the correct term. stay in a rough formation and use your combined firepower to ward off players.

Ultimately: you will die often. Bombers aren't really worth it anymore, beyond the risk-reward of SL grinding and events.

[shadain597]

Happyguy22님이 먼저 게시:

AB: climb. Nobody really climbs I noted about 4 years ago, so dunno about it now. I'd assume it's relatively similar. Side-climbing is something as well, alongside map edges.

In my experience, for Arcade, either you climb for so long that the match ends with you having zero score, or you are low enough that at least one fighter player will happily spend most of the match chasing you down and still killing you despite their terrible aim.

[Mollerz]

Dive fast and hard red line that binch to the ground with an assault fuse with series bombing.

Scream witness me and attack the D point on your road to valhalla!