bombers killing stations in less that a second?

Skillzfire · Post by **Skillzfire** » Mon, 5. Sep 11, 20:35

i am at that point where all station deffends have a bomber or 2, this is normaly ok, when they don't use there missiles but recently since i installed CODEA they barrage all the time killing the station, is how can i deffend against a swarm of T halks? no way in hell i am putting my TL infrount of them so suggestions?

(i am flying a elephant atm surprisingly good in combat took on a M7 and won

god bless IBL's) have a few falcon haulers and busters, oddly 2 descos for some reason )

any help would be appreciated
skillz

garv222 · Post by **garv222** » Mon, 5. Sep 11, 22:25

My suggestion is using something faster and more mobile then the elephant. Don't trust the AI to do it either. Shooting down Tomahwaks yourself isn't too much trouble. Try intercepting the bombers when they spawn at gates.

Possible alternative might be putting a deimos near the station controlled by you of course and put out a forward projecting PSG wave.

You could also launch a ton of drones to snipe the bombers. Their shielding isn't that high.

It seems a bit difficult for you to intercept bombers with your current assets though. The elephant is too bulky to accomplish the task. Falcon Haulers are too slow. Buster might have the speed, but the shielding makes it risky. Maybe you could move the wing into a good intercept position before you take the mission. Have your elephant near by to fire at any missiles that streak past you. EBC should have decent enough range to cover a 4 km wide area.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Mon, 5. Sep 11, 23:56

Mass Driver armed Buster Raiders are excellent for this sort of thing.

For the bombers themselves, pop a couple Hornets, those will smash any of them in a single blow.

Also, station your Elephant between the station and the gate of entry, and use mosquitoes to pick off the tomahawks. I think assigning a couple of Discoverers to protect the station with Missile Defense Mosquito (C)onvoy should cause them to automatically shoot down the incoming Tomahawks as if they were aimed at them.

Honestly, you're only supposed to use one, but with something like the Tomahawks, you're going to want all the fire in the air you can get.

Skillzfire · Post by **Skillzfire** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 02:23

yeah i suppose, i do like my elephant though it is a machine of death the way i have it set up but it is to big and the i dont trust the AI with it, i think il do it myself il get my dragon from wevers tempest and do missions in that, whilst we are on the subject of bombers what are your epxirances are they good?

Virtualaughing · Post by **Virtualaughing** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 02:30

A mid speed ship armed with Ion Distruptor. This weapon requires a bit more attention. Do not use it if friendly forces in range. You dont even have to aim on missiles. just the guns point to nearby. If you hit the enemy menawhile it launches his rockets then that is most excellent.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 03:24

Bombers are excellent ships. They are stand off attack platforms, not fighters, but they'll give you anti-capital punch in fighter wings. CODEA bombers are even more useful.

deca.death · Post by **deca.death** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 08:43

Skillzfire wrote:i am at that point where all station deffends have a bomber or 2, this is normaly ok, when they don't use there missiles but recently since i installed CODEA they barrage all the time killing the station, is how can i deffend against a swarm of T halks?

Put something big and mean at the closest gates /at entry point (like Tyr fully armed with SSCs : ) but any anti fighter platform will do the job. Just hit them with something as soon as they enter.

Other suggestions are valid, both PSG and IonD will kill missiles in great radius. Not sure if MMD(c) will react to station target but if it doesn't you could always kill t.hawks manually, using mossies ot typhoons.

SIMON POPPLEWELL · Post by **SIMON POPPLEWELL** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 10:56

Using CODEA myself so I know what you mean. A Cerberus armed solely with FAA/CFAs will do the job very well, parked next to the gate it will takeout anything from M5-M6/M8 in seconds.

perkint · Post by **perkint** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 14:16

Any of the missiles which re-target will pick missiles (tempest does this & I think can be used by some m3's). Not sure if they rank below ships or just have to be the nearest enemy. Other than that, since you're already modded, you could look to MARS' goblins for help

Tim

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 16:19

Skillzfire wrote:i am at that point where all station deffends have a bomber or 2, this is normaly ok, when they don't use there missiles but recently since i installed CODEA they barrage all the time killing the station, is how can i deffend against a swarm of T halks?

With MARS you can indeed assign drones to protect a station from missiles.

It's not an automatic feature but beats having to target every single missile yourself and having to constantly watch out for eventual bombers.
That's what minions are for!

Automatic Jack · Post by **Automatic Jack** » Tue, 6. Sep 11, 20:29

Skillzfire wrote:yeah i suppose, i do like my elephant though it is a machine of death the way i have it set up...

I felt the same way about my Ryu and had many happy days flying in a TL but then I got a destroyer and my eyes were opened because of...

Gazz wrote: ... MARS ...

My jaw dropped the first time I heard "Pest Control Activated" and my turrets switched from HEPTs to CFAs and all the fighters, missiles and anything else looking at me with an unkind eye disappear in fiery explosions of death and shrapnel.

MARS is awesome, thanks for that Gazz.

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