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bomb duds against targets at high latitudes? |
CocoaJin
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Joined: March 09, 2013
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|  Posted: 2013-03-10 15:01
Its seems the farther away from the equator a target is, the more likely the bomb is a dud. It looks as if the bomb will impact, sometimes it even explodes, but apparently there is no damage delivered.
As far as I can tell, the bomb isnt being shot down, because I see no PD like weapon discharge and impact upon my bomb...it just seems to fizzle out.
Perhaps i wouldnt mind so much, except that im using a noob light bomber for the K'luth, I'm severly limited in my payload, so each dud increases the odds I have to make a trip back to a friendly planet in order to complete my objective.
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Pantheon
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Posts: 1789
| Posted: 2013-03-10 15:45
If you're mashing B and trying to bomb a target that keeps flickering in and out of range, you can find yourself experiencing an edge case wherein your client thinks you're within range by a microsecond, but the server which will receive your movement's and command's ever so slightly behind when you tell it to, will not. So you fire a bomb, your client displays the bomb, but the server goes "I can't do that".
Since the server sends out all damage (clients only emulate ship to ship combat), you'll see a dud bomb hit the planet and do no damage, when in reality you've never fired it.
Higher latitudes just means the target is further away, and you're at a highest risk of being in that edge zone.
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Talien
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From: Michigan
| Posted: 2013-03-10 16:28
If you're real close to the planet and are firing at something at the very top or bottom the bomb may be hitting the planet but not the target spot because of the curvature. If you see the population drop but the target isn't damaged, this is likely the case.
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CocoaJin
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| Posted: 2013-03-10 16:55
i found that extending out to approx 250gu helped a lot.
Its interesting that the curvature of the planet can block bombs at higher latitudes considering I can seemingly launch bombs around the curvature for low latitude targets.
Either way, thanks for the info, it seems Im on the right track now...if only i was able to find some K'Luth to actually do something meaningful 
Ive been bombing Ran since last night, I cant seem to put a dent into it and dont know where else i can participate to help my faction.
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Walrus of Apathy
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From: Dorans Basement
| Posted: 2013-03-10 17:16
If you're having trouble finding people, you might want to try going into the ventral systems, that's where ~99% of the people here will hang out. AS put putting dents in planets, bomber ships don't have enough bombs to put a dent in planets by themselves until about the destroyer level, and K'luth don't have a bomber dessie, so you'll have to wait until you get the Clavate cruiser to do serious bomb damage.
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CocoaJin
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| Posted: 2013-03-10 19:52
what would be considered the ventral systems?
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Flux Capacitor
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From: the place
| Posted: 2013-03-11 05:47
your lungs are a ventral system....
also the chat can work to "vent" your opinions
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