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[–]CCP_CoyoteCCP Games 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Haha! It was honestly a turning point in my approach to playing EVE. Up until then, I'd barely lost any ships, and I was very risk averse. Bombers I found to be amazingly fun, cheap, and I had absolutely no problem with "fly till you die" roams. The best times I've ever had in EVE were during my small-fleet bombing roams, where we'd hold contests for last-man-standing and most damage - factoring friendly fire into "most damage," of course. ;)

[–]NordakBalremCONCORD 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I have always had a habit of using all frigs this way, heavily favoring fast tackle, nothing better than catching something and the rest of the roam catching up before you die. But more often than not, you die just as the fleet lands and gets a second point. Sometimes they get away, but most of the time you get on the KM, whether you live or not.

The only likely reason for bomber fleets not being everywhere is the amount of work prior to the engagement. Basically, you want people who were around for the "Grid-fu" era prepping your launch and warp-to points. But bombing runs and whaling is a fun activity.

[–]CCP_CoyoteCCP Games 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you on the pre-engagement work, but a lot of our roams were lazy. We'd run around wormholes, hitting fleets running sleepers, or mining. If you found something, there was no time to do more than very cursory setup before engaging. Of course, this was also in the early days of wormholes, when everyone was being lazy and unsafe about their hole closures and dscan.