Patch 1.7 on PS4 - Hate the bombers - they need to be fixed

I agree with you, It seems like the bomber has been nerfed into oblivion at this point. The bomber used to be very scary when flown by a player who knew how to use it but like you stated this change has made them useless. I mean it was possible to dodge a bomber in a fighter or an interceptor because you can move quicker. The only time it was a problem was when the player was good. But even then it was still possible to get out of the way of the burst laser to move in for an attack, I just had to be more skilled than the bomber player. I don't understand why they did this. I mean are there people who find the game so challenging, that they needed this nerf. 

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I honestly cant hit most ships I am trying to shoot with the bombers anymore with the mini gun lasers. They move away from my targeting so fast I just stop chasing them. And trying to shoot capitol ships is horrible when using the beam weapon.

Did ANYONE in Quality Assurance say anything before they put this patch out. Its like no one tested this and said HMMMMM this is really a bad idea.

@Cry4dawnThere really isn’t anything wrong with the TIE/sa, its a bomber, not a dogfighter.

I don't understand why all this TIE Bomber bashing ?

Even from EA/Motive: with this "daily challenge" where you have to destroy many bombers...

If this challenge exist it's realy because it must be difficult to destroyer bombers...

Now you just have to flight in a A-Wing, make a couple of pew pew agains TIE Bombers, and glory is yours.

There is no challenge anymore...

But it's not fair: destroy a Y-Wing with a Interceptor TIE is always a challenge because of their shields.

So, EA and MOTIVE have two solutions :

 1 : give back the initial charactéristics to bombers

or

 2 : wipe the "Bombers" daily challenge out from the game.

Stop with the "BuT ThEy hAvE ShIeLdS" please 🙂

Imp have :

- power conversion

- more dps from their primary weapon

- more hull (so more regen from repair component and field repair, making them on part with the regen of republic shield)

- more speed and manoeuvreability

- almost immunity against ion weapons while republic ships are wrecked by them (hello ion rockets)

Look like it's already a lot of compensation .....

And yep, if people can't dogfight in a bomber, the problem don't come from bomber balance, but from their ship selection at the ship selection screen ... i mean, why not try a ship who is supposed to dogfight instead ?

Hey Lolli are you just trolling this thread or you just didnt read it at all.

Not crying and trying to understand facts is not trolling, it's just trying to understand facts 🙂

Yep totally agree. They've nerfed the bomber into oblivion with this update.

How about getting rid of mines on Interceptors and A-wings? Only bombers and support ships should have these in my opinion. Also the dumb fire rockets should only be on fighters. A-wing and Interceptor are way too OP currently with how many powerful auxiliary components (dumb fire rockets, dumb fire ions, etc) they have and how fast they can be. They should only have lock-only auxiliaries and no mines IMO.

Also when you're trying to fire the rotary cannon, your whole ship violently jerks/stutters to a halt when you start firing and try to keep moving. Like trying to aim with 60% less maneuverability isn't hard enough?! Pretty ridiculous.

@EightBallFTW 

Ok, I notice that too last night and I was affraid it was a stick issue.