Starsector 0 96a RC8 - ZERO RANGE BOMBER LEGION XIV

[@SkalaJoker]

FInally a Legion build that didn't sucks for AI pilot. Thanks a lot!

[@xzardas541]

I'm suprised how well legion is doing even with those weapons and mod choices Defensive targetting array realy makes bombers usefull for battlecarriers as AI no nonger flies them acros the map to die.

[@phillipmele8533]

Now this looks fun. I oughta try this out!

[@rare.and.important.content]

Spicy build. I like it. Have you tried it with regular legion w/ sabot bombers and HE large ballistics?

[@artyomgunard4491]

Really simple set up but damn...

[@StelzCat]

Does ballistic rangefinder actually do anything for this build? It seems to me that with ITU already in place and no large ballistics any small mount bonuses are marginal as they go.

[@spit782]

Ballistic Rangefinder gives 100 flat range bonus to small weapons if no large weapon

[@hotdog9262]

@@spit782 yup. its better on the regular legion

[@cooldud7071]

@@hotdog9262 don't you mean XIV?

[@hotdog9262]

@@cooldud7071 no ment the regular legion, as it have large ballistics. which will provide 200 range to small ballistic mounts

[@cooldud7071]

@@hotdog9262 Oh sorry, I misremembered how ballistic rangefinder worked. My bad.

[@LowSettings]

Is the missile range improved because of the s mod? This is really good!

[@friendlyroughai3319]

Smod do nothing besides made the bomber stay at 0 range engagement, as for how the missile seem have really good range more likely because how bomber wing work. on average any missile bomber have has twice the range of their weapons counterpart, for example pcl on flash have 2k range while as weapons it only have 1k range

[@huntermad5668]

Is this new in 0.96 or always there?

[@aierce]

​​@@friendlyroughai3319here's this hidden stat that determines engange range for bombers in fighters.csv Normally bombers won't release their bomb until they hit that range (usually 800 ish). The 0 range modded bombers seem to ignore this AI behavior and uses their weapons range which is 1.4k for sabot

[@Asphyx12]

@@friendlyroughai3319 Is that targeting array vanilla or modded?

[@minhngoctran7271]

its vanilla, introduced in this patch

[@caccus2639]

Would shield shunt work instead of ITU?

[@avnblaa7283]

Thw dev was high again makiing this patch xD I love it

[@razorka1293]

Cool concept

[@admiral5017]

How did you get VIC to work in 0.96a RC8

[@friendlyroughai3319]

change the game required setting to work on 0.96, my vic relatively old so idk if the new vic are compatible with new game version

[@joegerkrep7727]

How does it fare against capitals/redacted?

[@friendlyroughai3319]

depends on the enemy, you may run full longbow bomber and dual cyclone/squal but overall build idea it still the same.