500KG worse than orbital precision strike

[10000 Angry Bees]

Takes longer to cool down, just about as long to hit and detonate, isn't free at lvl 1, and does less damage.

It's 500KG of dogwater.

[Captainn]

500kg is great but it should have less drastic damage fall off for sure.

[Akameka]

problem with 500kg is : YOU die if you are anywhere near the actual fireball.
But even small ennemies don't if they are like... 3m away from the impact point ?

Why can't it be like the random mininuke you can find on the field or call in near objectives ? Thoses will obliterate anything in their explosion radius. I once got a 57killstreak just shooting one of thoses, meanwhile 500kg does huge fireworks but its actuall explosion damage to ennemies is about that of the precision airstrike.

[Steak]

Originally posted by Captainn:

500kg is great but it should have less drastic damage fall off for sure.

Nah, it's fine. Yea it's kinda lame how small the actual killzone is compared to the effect it has but it one shots everything that is a problem and you get 2 of with with a 8 second cd inbetween uses.

[coolman552]

Originally posted by Robert_Robusto:

Originally posted by Captainn:

500kg is great but it should have less drastic damage fall off for sure.

Nah, it's fine. Yea it's kinda lame how small the actual killzone is compared to the effect it has but it one shots everything that is a problem and you get 2 of with with a 8 second cd inbetween uses.

whats the problem with two uses though, just make its cooldown on par with orbital laser so its equally effective where both of these high end strategems can shine in different aspects. 500KG bomb for casting atomization on your general direction, orbital laser for sustained and concentrated atomization in a medium sized area

[jey123456]

precision strike doesnt one hit titan tho, or at least, it never has for me (ill admit i didnt try it hundreds of times before i stopped using it)

[Axis of Lint]

I've had decent success with the 500kg bomb, but there are usually better things to take in my opinion (my current two mainstays are railcannon strike and airstrike).

[DrunkBunny94]

The precision orbital is very good but the 500kg end up better imo

The cooldown is faster when your ship is upgraded as you have 2 uses every 128s (2min 8sec for the CD inbetween uses), the orbital precision is 90s or (1min 30) so for 2 shots thats 180s (or 3min) which is longer.

It has a predictable launch direction and it lands faster, like the eagle strafing run it is dropped from over your head towards the stratagem beacon, this can make aiming it easier than the precision orbital which always come from the middle of the map, making it awkward and out of your control when fighting in certain areas.

500kg does more damage. The precision strike does do high damage if i had to guess its similar to the orbital railcannon, but its still less than the 500kg which will always 1 shot titans if the shot lands rather than just inflicting massive damage.

Finally and this is the big one for me - the 500kg can destroy objectives that otherwise require calling in a hellbomb to destroy making it S teir against the bots.
This means you can blow the observer/eye of sauron secondary objs, you can destroy the dropship primary on the bots, you can destroy the grey research building obj thats present on both the bots and bugs missions. Anything that you have to call in a hellbomb to destroy so far you can kill with a 500kg.

This gives the 500kg a HUGE amount of flexibility.

[Nobody watches your TTV]

l2aim and 500kg can oneshot 1-2 titans

[KRONIC KILLER]

been using them both now
3 big bombs :}
u can clear out a big bug pit in record time

[♠♣The Jester♣♠]

It doesn't seem to do a ton of damage because the center-point of the explosion does the most damage. If you're 10-15 meters away it ain't going to do anything to ya.

It's very good against bile titans though. Just go under them call in your 500 kilo, wait 1 second then scram. Just make sure not to FPSRussia yourself with the Titan's body.

[Plagues]

Better call in time, does mote damage point blank, and you get 3 of them with upgrades.

[Moe Lester]

The 500kg with the lvl3 hangar upgrade is better against the terminids,but i feel like railcanon against bots is better because it is really hard to hit hulks or towers with the 500 kg

[Riqcrow]

is bigger, is noisier, is flashier = is more dakka. nuff said

[Zeddy]

What's your basis for saying "Less damage" when nothing exists that it doesn't instantly kill?

[Yak]

Originally posted by Vivianite:

bomb go boom in large area, precision strike go boom but smaller and more dense

real talk it's due to radial damage fall off of the bomb, it's a lot higher than what people give it credit for

ngl the precision strike feels like its got a larger AOE when my friend can get gibbed standing behind a building its hitting but walk away scott free from a 500kg going off just a few steps away...