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Offline Haagenti II

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Bombs are da Bomb
« on: November 03, 2009, 02:40:51 pm »
I think that the new Bombs are just the unit I have been looking for: a reasonably cheap method to clear those nasty IV wormholes which are loaded with the hated and despised Lightning III Turrets. Cheap and quick to build, just chuck a few 100 down a wormhole.
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Offline x4000

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 02:43:08 pm »
Yeah, I was thinking that they would be a nice substitute for Lightning Missiles when you get them, which after all cost AI Progress.  Glad you like them!
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Offline Volatar

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 05:17:54 pm »
These sound similar to an idea that I was thinking of proposing for a long time (from some other fiction I like). But these sound like they will work quite nicely  ;D
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Offline Alex2290

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 04:57:29 pm »
How do I build them?
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Offline x4000

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 05:01:30 pm »
These are the Zenith Autobombs, which are from the expansion only:  http://www.arcengames.com/aiwar_zenithremnant.php
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Offline Alex2290

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 05:03:46 pm »
Quote from: x4000 on November 04, 2009, 05:01:30 pm
These are the Zenith Autobombs, which are from the expansion only:  http://www.arcengames.com/aiwar_zenithremnant.php

Thanks.

Does the expansion work with the steam-bought game?
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Offline x4000

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 05:09:11 pm »
Yes, it is cross-compatible, and in January it will be on sale through Steam (with an option for existing preorder customers to migrate, I suspect).
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Offline JfpOne23

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2009, 11:26:31 pm »
How does one use the "bombs"?  Do they need to be transported to a target wormhole?  Built in-system? Launched from the Galaxy Map?
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Offline x4000

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2009, 11:28:45 pm »
He's referring to the new Zenith AutoBombs unit, which basically work like cutlasses or vampires, automatically seeking out targets within a certain range.  The AutoBombs detonate on impact and do area damage.  The current prereleases have a bug with the AutoBomb targeting when chasing moving targets, just to be warned, but that will be fixed before official release.  Pretty cool unit, though. :)
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Offline Haagenti

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2009, 10:09:54 am »
Autobombs are fully mobile ships. Basically, you send a few fighters into a wormhole to "distract" the lightning turrets, and then you send in a large bunch of autobombs to kill everything off around that wormhole. Cheap area damage.
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Offline JfpOne23

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2009, 11:05:05 am »
Sounds great...looking forward to trying them sometime soonish.
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Offline soMe_RandoM

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2010, 09:06:03 pm »
Z Auto bombers like realy good at the start of the game for those low power recon missions of destroying easy targets from 5 hops away or even more. low power stops them from killing them self stupidly and about all of them are used when you target a command station. :D
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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2010, 11:35:50 am »
autobombs are going to suddenly become useful come the CoN expansion- carriers!
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Offline zebramatt

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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2010, 11:46:04 am »
Autobombs are brilliant!
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Re: Bombs are da Bomb
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2010, 08:35:26 am »
wait , how is it even possible to achieve and gain a Z autobomb in the first place? call me clueless and a dumbarse , but i just don't play with foreign unit-creation buildings that ain't in the original AI war(without the ZR extention)
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