Send out the Bombers!

[Argetnyx]

How do you use your Bombers?

I use mine to weaken defences and stop invasions.

 

[Fiddlin Nero]

So how do you bomb other bombers?

I voted for 'Stop Attacks' which I would clarify as destroy railroads and roads to deny attacks on the following turn.

 

[Argetnyx]

So how do you bomb other bombers?

I voted for 'Stop Attacks' which I would clarify as destroy railroads and roads to deny attacks on the following turn.

Attack cities where they are based and bomb them out

 

[Spoonwood]

I usually "duck and cover".

 

[Captain Carnage]

Multi role, like the Beau.

 

[The Omega]

Build 50+ of them, and kill everything that is wearing the wrong color uniform. Ground troops just become a mere formality after that point.

 

[thetrooper]

In this order:

1. Ships
2. (Rail)roads and terrain improvements.
3. Units

I rarely bomb cities...

 

[timerover51]

I use them to kill ground units, weaken city defenses, and take out terrain improvements to limit enemy reinforcements. If the AI manages to get ships, I hit them as well. Generally, in the late game, I will have two or three cities set to produce only bombers in a steady stream.

 

[WHarris]

Destroy enemy ships, bombers, fighters and (if possible) empty the AIs cities of troops.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

Let's not forget bombing to isolate luxes and resources of the enemy.

 

[I. Larkin]

Have not had it 3 years already...

 

[Argetnyx]

What? Nice signature anyway

 

[timerover51]

(Sorta translation...)

Hmm, that might depend on the sanitation pipe you are thinking off.

 

[MGS]

I rarely used bombers when i first began to play. I would build them and have them get destroyed as a distraction. Now i never attack without bombers to pound the enemy to a pulp for my troops. A lot easier and cheaper than building them to get destroyed.

 

[Rodrig0]

I'd bomb anything with them, except cities. I don't like how they would target anything, units, population, or improvements. I especially hate when they destroy markets.

I guess many players already know this, but for those few who don't know, and like to use bombers, here's an advice:

If you build a bomber in a city and want to move it to attack from another city, you have to relocate it. By doing this the bomber misses its turn. Well, you can set the rally point of the city building bombers to wherever you want it to be relocated. This way at the beginning of the turn, just out of the factory, it will be relocated and won't miss its turn. Don't know if you can set the rally point to a city in another continent... I'll try that next time I want to use bombers. But in case you can't, you can still set the rally to a coastal city, load it in a carrier, and transport it across the sea to the destination continent. If it is close enough, the bomber can be attacking from a remote city in a distant continent the same turn it was built!

Edit: yes you can! I just remembered doing that not long ago with stealth bombers, setting the rally point to an island across the sea, appart from the main continent. So you could build an airfield in a remote empty island, and have your bombers attacking from there the same turn they were built.

 

[Spoonwood]

Either my game has ended before the modern era, all the AIs have gotten pounded before the modern era, I don't want a war in the modern era in a diplomatic game, even with a late war in a 20k game, I forget about them, since they can't spawn a leader, or my wars have ended before the modern era such as in a space game, so I can focus on putting in research labs, modern wonders, transit systems, and SS parts. In other words, I don't use bombers.

 

[Aegis]

I'd bomb anything with them, except cities. I don't like how they would target anything, units, population, or improvements. I especially hate when they destroy markets.

I guess many players already know this, but for those few who don't know, and like to use bombers, here's an advice:

If you build a bomber in a city and want to move it to attack from another city, you have to relocate it. By doing this the bomber misses its turn. Well, you can set the rally point of the city building bombers to wherever you want it to be relocated. This way at the beginning of the turn, just out of the factory, it will be relocated and won't miss its turn. Don't know if you can set the rally point to a city in another continent... I'll try that next time I want to use bombers. But in case you can't, you can still set the rally to a coastal city, load it in a carrier, and transport it across the sea to the destination continent. If it is close enough, the bomber can be attacking from a remote city in a distant continent the same turn it was built!

Edit: yes you can! I just remembered doing that not long ago with stealth bombers, setting the rally point to an island across the sea, appart from the main continent. So you could build an airfield in a remote empty island, and have your bombers attacking from there the same turn they were built.

Wow, you learn something new every day! Thanks for the phenomenal tip!

 

[thetrooper]

Excellent 'news' Rodrig0!

Amazing that I'm still receiving tips after sooo many years of playing this game.

 

[kulade]

Sometimes I go a little overboard when it comes to bombers; that is, I end up cratering every inch of enemy land and then regretting it the next turn when I take their cities. It's better to use bombers to take out ships and units, but I wish there were a precession strike that only hit units instead of city improvements.

Oh and thanks for the tip, Rodrig0.

 

[TheOverseer714]

I had suspected something along that line, but never tested it. Nice tip, makes bombers more useful.