Talk:Trajectory Simulator/@comment-86.4.35.156-20171213201316/@comment-454133-20171213204635

Bombs have been trouble for aces, but AFAIK aces are still doing okay. The nerfs to "Genius" and Advanced SLAM both helped their case, and showed that FFG is trying to carefully tune the power of bombs. And bombs are very much a response to aces once ruling the battlefield and making other fleets unviable. The meta shifts like that a lot over time.

As for battlefields being clogged with bombs, that requires a player to bring that many of them. As amazing as it may sound to take 3 bombers with Minefield Mapper and just clog the table with Cluster Mines, it's actually less viable than it may seem. Aside from toy fleets that don't seem to do so well, I haven't seen it tried.

I'm still interested in seeing how the Rebel Bomber mixes things up, but I haven't seen it played yet. I just got mine and I'm excited to field it. We'll have to see how it pans out.