Anyone else seeing success with the new proton bombs? I took a list with Ten, Brayden and Dutch against a nasty 5 tie fighter list the other day. His ties killed Ten after he negated a 5 hit attack with Iden(sp). Afterwards Braylen was injured and out of position, so I ended up relying on Dutch to get me through. Two proton bombs later that hit all 5 of his ties and I was back in business. The bombs only actually killed one, but damaged the other 4 until I finished them off with the y wing and finally with Braylen after he turned around.

I know it was only a mini swarm, but the proton bombs did their work. Anyone else seeing positive results?

They are even more fun with trajectory simulator and the Tie Punisher!

2 minutes ago, AngryAlbatross said:

They are even more fun with trajectory simulator and the Tie Punisher!

They are even MORE more fun with trajectory simulator and Captain Nym's ability to decide when they detonate!

I knew how strong proton bomb was against unshielded ships. Everybody saw that crits are super dangerous. They are hard to use on Y but still super cool

17 minutes ago, player2422845 said:

I knew how strong proton bomb was against unshielded ships. Everybody saw that crits are super dangerous. They are hard to use on Y but still super cool

It’s fun to drop a bomb and then k turn around and have forward firing arc with turret and primary. Good way to get ships either off of you or at least be able to shoot back.

Question:

Does the crit hit go bypass shields? Or is a shield removed instead?

Thanks!

3 minutes ago, nj3478 said:

Question:

Does the crit hit go bypass shields? Or is a shield removed instead?

Thanks!

A shield is removed instead.

2 hours ago, player2422845 said:

I knew how strong proton bomb was against unshielded ships. Everybody saw that crits are super dangerous. They are hard to use on Y but still super cool

Norra does have a relatively easy time just diving in and dumping bombs though.

50 minutes ago, Octarine-08 said:

Norra does have a relatively easy time just diving in and dumping bombs though.

It's almost like she gets an autoevade or something, my dice are just really hot.

4 hours ago, Do I need a Username said:

A shield is removed instead.

I've always wondered. In 1.0, structures taking a crit took 2 hull. SO why didn't they have a crit take 2 shields?

4 hours ago, LTuser said:

I've always wondered. In 1.0, structures taking a crit took 2 hull. SO why didn't they have a crit take 2 shields?

Because in first edition crits didn’t do two damage, so why would they in second edition?