Are proton bombs really worth 2.5 of a seismic? And are proximities correctly valued?

What's your best bang for your bomb buck?

Can't say if one is worth 5 points... but four of 'em are sure worth 20.

No, not even remotely. People love to say "BUT THEY CAN ONE SHOT A PHANTOM". You have to be pretty bad at flying a phantom/e-wing /w/e to hit one though. Proximity mines are kinda neat, but on a bigger more valuable ship like a firespray, usually you cant afford to spend your action on them and then a) be more vulnerable to all the attacks they can focus on a firesprays fat @$$ or be slinging naked attack dice.

Seismics are really REALLY good though.

Proximity Mines are an excellent but underused resource, because they come with an up-front cost as well as an action cost. Most people would rather spend 3 points on an upgrade that will add a little damage to every attack, rather than a single instance of 1.5 damage.

Proton Bombs are already good, but have gotten even better with the introduction of the Phantom and E-wing, both of which are subject to crippling or killing effects from a damage card. They're hard to price correctly, though: you could generate a Direct Hit against that Phantom, or you could generate a Munitions Failure, or you could generate nothing because your bomb missed its target.

Empirical evidence indicates that 5 is too much, though, because no one is running them. The best bang for your buck still looks like Seismic Charges, to me.

Protons will only excel on high pilot skill pilots. Also, since a-wings are soon to be amazing... They will be an ideal counter to proton rockets.

they are ***** worth it son !! i killed 2 a wings with one PROTON BOMB !!! i will never forget the look of the rebel players face xD both the a wings dodged any of my shots in like 3 rounds a row !! and that guy was like a wing power !!!

well my well placed proton bomb showed him what IMPERIAL POWAA WAS !!! well he drew 2 direct hit cards. one for each a wing both blew up with thier full hp they had omg dat look of him.... priceless it was so good.

Siesmic Siesmic Siesmic. Proton Bombs are just too expensive to run. They have a round a 20% chance of one-shotting a bunch of ships now (phantom, e, a, and Z), but you have to land the hit and all those ships are pretty maneuverable. Any good pilot would stay clear. For the price you'll get better efficiency with an AM or any other missile for that matter.

I rather run an IPM and a Siesmic, Ion them, then leave a bomb in their face.

They may be useful in Epic where points aren't as valuable.

I almost feel obligated to equip a proton bomb because the acrylic token is so cool!

Obviously, you've never seen the look of pure horror on an opponent's face when you drop a Proton Bomb in the middle of their Swarm

To me, yes. The possibility, though unlikely due to both maneuverability and the actual % chance, of one-shot-ing a Phantom, A-Wing, E-Wing, or Z-95 is awesome. So 5 points for fun factor if nothing else!

Against swarms, phantoms, Z-95/A/E-wings Yes!

Last tournament I brought 4 proton bombs. Everybody loved it and they went over with a bang!