I was having such a bad time of it that I was considering melting my A1. However, your explanations were so thorough yet succinct that I gave the A1 another chance and now have decided to keep it
Same here! Yesterday was my first time flying the ship and I really was not enjoying learning the bombs😅 I still hate that you need to get clothes in order to lock onto a Target though. If the ground base you were attacking had a lot of turrets, it would be hard to get close enough to actually get the reticle on your target😅😅
This video made me go from bashing my head against the A1 cockpit to actually being able to use it. Thank you for such a concise guide, very very helpful
I tried watching many videos on this, and you're the only one who didn't stumble on your wording and instructions. Good job! I will say that after many attempts at this I found bombing to be very frustrating. Almost all bombs over shot the desired impact point. Though its been a while since i tried this again. I just assumed the gameplay was janky at the time. Have to try it again.
@festersmith8352 Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video. CIG needs to work on the bomb delivery and give it some love. The bombs don't land where they should 25% of the time. The faster the ship is moving the less accurate they become. Maybe this is by design on CIG's part.
Very well done. Includes bindings and EXPLANATIONS of bindings to be able to be successful. First video I have seen which explains how to differentiate between missiles and bombs if a ship has both. Subscribed and look forward to your past and future videos.
@alphonse11, I'm sure the A1 will be able to drop various types of bombs if they are added to the game. I would like to see an option to drop "clusters" of bombs, more than one at a time, groups of two, three, or four all dropping at the same time would be very cool I think.
@@TieJax I havent flown the A1 but can you not already do that? I can in my A2. Use the same button you would use to select how many missiles you want to shoot at once
@@ProfessorBooty69 Let me clarify, you can select and drop more than one bomb at a time, I do it in the video. But the release time (time in between each bomb getting released) is very slow. I would like to see all bombs released at the same time when more than one is selected.
You can also use math in a very broad factor. Alt, speed, speed of target(s), delay of payload. ( ex. boosting past a moving target at a speed of 320mps, at an alt 0f 500m-1000m, and dropping a payload at 1.5km-2.5km ahead of a target moving at 220mps, will retire the target.) You don't need the "circle" in the end. The A1 needs the ability to "carpet bomb." It's essentially done over by the A2 aside from speed and it's small size.
I need more testing but the bigger/smaller hud seems to give a better sense of the spread/aoe of many bombs, thanks tk the delay. The speed of flight, angle of release and I assume at some point atmospheric density will affect it beyond this manual “crosshair bloom” but eh. More reason to fly it!
First tut I have seen that nails this. I only got a little confused with the keybinds for the white and green circle, but I guess its hold "T" to bring up the white and then press "T" to mark the target.... I have read that the target computer not always work, so if I cant bring up the white circle to begin with, that would maybe be the reason...
Great Video! Thx Man! As already said finally someone who explains the mechanic not the beauty of the ship. Maybe pls make a video for Mining with Cutless and ROC? Subscribed! Ty!
@leibniz75th24, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel. There are already some great videos out on mining but I might give it a try.
@Dracounguis, Yep CIG has some work to do on this, I hope they look at DCS for inspiration. I don't think we need the high level of realism of DCS, but pulling some of the better aspects of missiles and bombs from that game would be nice. We will need to wait and see what CIG does with bombing in SQ42.
Very helpful video, subscribed. I wish CIG would release proper supporting documentation for these ships; ideally in the form of a flight manual. Out of curiosity what is your peripheral set up? I've been trying to get back into the game and lost all my bindings, as such I'm currently fighting with reconfiguring everything while attempting to take on board all the new keybinds.
@FreeFragUK, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel. My current setup is below. Virpil Constellation Alpha-R Virpil Constellation Alpha-L VKB-T-Rudders GameGlass installed on Fire HD 10" Tablet Tobii Eye Tracker 5
When I press t I never get a targeting reticle, I’ve reclaimed my ship, character repaired and melted my ship and re bought it, it just never seems to pop up even if I’m 200m above ground
@MajorWetSpot, The targeting is a little buggy but you should get it to come up. Did you check your keybinds and make sure "T" is selected? Try re-binding it.
I've been wondering; if you have to fly at a low speed to make sure you don't add too much space to the dropping bombs does that mean that a higher altitude drop would be efficient? If thats the case how high can you target something? I'd imagine if you are doing a low pass on a target and you are facing ballistas for example you're gonna have a bad time. But if you are high enough, can splash multiple bombs outside of AA range you'll being doing some work. Great video btw. Been waiting for this ship for a loooooong time but can't bomb to save my life. lol Subbed
@evanelevan, Due to the slow release speed of the bombs your speed is more of a factor than the elevation. A high release at a very low speed will make the bomb's impact closer.
sometimes more important that the actual speed is being consistent with your motion--the more adjustments made during flight will jerk the bomb/sight around, as you can see the first time he drops 2 simultaneous bombs. you can do fast runs but itll be much easier with a single bomb, and it requires a lot of practice to time the delay right. that said, you can also try to do multiple passes with a single group of queued bombs... if you are quick enough and dont bank too hard. this is one of the most fun ships to learn, imo.
I think bombing will be a lot more interesting when the bombs destroy whatever the target is hiding in rather than them being invulnerable. They should have just kept it where the bombs kill through walls. It's better than them not being useful at all. They could have added AA defenses around places like Jumptown events and such. Players in control of JT could activate the turrets which would help protect them from bombs and other attackers.
@Psychobob, They have a lot of work to do on bombs. The targeting is not good, the damage is not applied correctly, and the deployment of the bombs is way too slow. CIG needs to take a look at how bombs are done in DCS.
The bombing computer doesnt work at all anymore. I have to be somewhere around 500m for the white circle to appear, and the bomb release green hud is not even close to accurate. The red circle is intermittent at best.
i dont understand man whatever i do i cannot get it on target its always short or to far and i do exactly what you do. i tried diffirent speeds and altitudes even when i sort of nose dive and i only look at the red circle it still falls short of the target. the only way i can do it is come to a complete stop and use the outside vieuw..
@melvinroodbol7195, thanks for watching. I have not tested bombing in the last update 3.23.1, it's possible MM messed something up with the aiming. The bomb should hit somewhere in the green circle as long as you have a lock on the ground target.
is it me or is the bomb impact reticle bugged? it rarely appears for me. idk if the A2 suffers from this since i havnt used it in a long time. But the A1 seems to have a bugged bomb impact point, i remember that with the A2 i could select the impact point from Kilometers away. with the A1 i have to get fortunate that the circle will even appear
@creativename2655, IT only seems to appear on the ground w/o a target if you are low. If there is a target I can get the reticle 9blue/white) to appear and then lock the target (turns green). Could also be that the S5 bombs have a shorter range than the ones on the A2.
ok but you did actually say what buttons youre pushing to pull up the white and green circle. is it T for both? a different button for the white circle and T for the green?
@mrblobby6284, It is the same button. Use the "Bombs - Toggle Desired Impact Point (Tap)" key bind. Hit it once to get the white circle, then again to lock in the impact point (green circle).
@Dracounguis, I don't really know. You need gravity to use any bombs, but I don't think CIG is that detailed to use gravity strength as a factor in how fast a bomb falls.
I still think 'bombers' need a bombardier. Maybe a remote turret that has the bombing reticle. Maybe not the A1 because the bombs are smaller, but the A2 is just too much griefing power in one person's hands. At least requiring a second person would make it a bit more reasonable?
I feel like in actual combat you don't get time to slowly line up your target like this. Fighters will eat a A1 so fast and it's going to be the focus. So chilling and dropping bombs seems like a pve thing only.
@trevtrev1523, The video was done deliberately slow to show how to target. If you are making a bombing run I suggest you first lock the target at higher speed then make a 2nd pass to drop the bomb. If in PvP you will need some wingmen to keep the heat off of you when making a bombing run.
@@TieJax yes the bombs are much better, the speed difference is negligible in space and in atmosphere, the a1 bomb drop speed isnt very good for what you would expect a smaller slightly faster ship with much less hp and shielding should be doing. its a target that would need to be in and out and deliver the payload fast but it just doesnt do that. so just get a A2 for 5 mil spacebucks, money isnt hard to get ingame rn.
The bomb bud needs to be in a special mfd or something... Why the hell should I be aiming my nose at the ground to bomb. I should be flying horizontal over the target
I'm pretty disappointed with this system. In 2024 we have targeting pods, IR vision, GPS guided bombs. In 800 years for some reason we are back to B-17 bombing sights that can't even be pointed down so you see the expected hit location without hovering looking down, it's basically helicopter bombing (and we know how bad it is).
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Finally! Someone who explains game mechanics instead of showing us how pretty the ship is.
Subscribed!
@mdsf01, thanks for watching and glad you liked the video.
This is actually the best most up to date guide on how to use bombs. I really appreciate it. You earned a sub.
@Rat_Poobrain, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel.
I was having such a bad time of it that I was considering melting my A1. However, your explanations were so thorough yet succinct that I gave the A1 another chance and now have decided to keep it
Same here! Yesterday was my first time flying the ship and I really was not enjoying learning the bombs😅 I still hate that you need to get clothes in order to lock onto a Target though. If the ground base you were attacking had a lot of turrets, it would be hard to get close enough to actually get the reticle on your target😅😅
This video made me go from bashing my head against the A1 cockpit to actually being able to use it. Thank you for such a concise guide, very very helpful
@persuadedterror925, Awesome!!! Glad you liked the video.
I tried watching many videos on this, and you're the only one who didn't stumble on your wording and instructions.
Good job!
I will say that after many attempts at this I found bombing to be very frustrating. Almost all bombs over shot the desired impact point.
Though its been a while since i tried this again.
I just assumed the gameplay was janky at the time.
Have to try it again.
@festersmith8352
Thanks for watching and glad you liked the video. CIG needs to work on the bomb delivery and give it some love. The bombs don't land where they should 25% of the time. The faster the ship is moving the less accurate they become. Maybe this is by design on CIG's part.
Very well done. Includes bindings and EXPLANATIONS of bindings to be able to be successful. First video I have seen which explains how to differentiate between missiles and bombs if a ship has both. Subscribed and look forward to your past and future videos.
@actorandtech, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel.
Superb demonstration, this ship is my first foray into bombers in SC and this video is a great help.
@blue_doggey, thanks for watching and glad you liked the video.
thanks for this my dude. i have spent at least 400k on bombs just testing how to do proper bombing runs and failing horribly
Anytime! I think CIG broke something in the last patch with bombing so you might still have some trouble.
As a crusader fan I love A1
The only thing I hope is it can drop all bombs series. (Like Warthunder bombers did
Hope CIG will improve this in future.
@alphonse11, I'm sure the A1 will be able to drop various types of bombs if they are added to the game. I would like to see an option to drop "clusters" of bombs, more than one at a time, groups of two, three, or four all dropping at the same time would be very cool I think.
@@TieJax I havent flown the A1 but can you not already do that? I can in my A2. Use the same button you would use to select how many missiles you want to shoot at once
@@ProfessorBooty69 The period between bombs is too long. It's more like one by one.
@@ProfessorBooty69 Let me clarify, you can select and drop more than one bomb at a time, I do it in the video. But the release time (time in between each bomb getting released) is very slow. I would like to see all bombs released at the same time when more than one is selected.
Awesome tutorial Covered much needed basic information for me and was all so clear and easy to follow.
@MadgamerLin, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
Best video I've found for bombing how to. Thank you.
@triedandtruefoo, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
I was just looking for a vid like this the other night! Lol. Thanks for the tips, I’m going to do some more practicing tonight.
@MVous86, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
Great explanation. Thank you!
@aidandc74, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
You can also use math in a very broad factor. Alt, speed, speed of target(s), delay of payload. ( ex. boosting past a moving target at a speed of 320mps, at an alt 0f 500m-1000m, and dropping a payload at 1.5km-2.5km ahead of a target moving at 220mps, will retire the target.) You don't need the "circle" in the end. The A1 needs the ability to "carpet bomb." It's essentially done over by the A2 aside from speed and it's small size.
@MKGetKUNKed or you can just use the circle and hit the target. 😉
This is a huge help man. Thanks a lot for this!
@roguereaper1330, Glad to help!
in Battlefield you pitch down after clicking to drop the bombs so the following bombs hit also the target if you input the correct order
@MsD0V3R, Don't think CIG has Battlefield or DCS bomb flight characteristics.
@@TieJax it is maybe the case i didn't try
I need more testing but the bigger/smaller hud seems to give a better sense of the spread/aoe of many bombs, thanks tk the delay.
The speed of flight, angle of release and I assume at some point atmospheric density will affect it beyond this manual “crosshair bloom” but eh. More reason to fly it!
@ScabbyMcKniel, I'm sure how bombs are dropped will change several times before SC is out of Alpha. 😃
First tut I have seen that nails this.
I only got a little confused with the keybinds for the white and green circle, but I guess its hold "T" to bring up the white and then press "T" to mark the target....
I have read that the target computer not always work, so if I cant bring up the white circle to begin with, that would maybe be the reason...
@becksvideoproductions, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video. The target sight is slightly bugged, it does not always work at range.
thanks for the video... now to practice!!
@MaxEnvy, thanks for watching and glad you liked the video.
I might be a bit late lol, but your video really helped me out ;)
Thanks a lot !!
Never too late to help someone in SC.
Nice video I will also be doing a bombing tutorial soon 😉 I’ve learned how to bomb ships mid air and wanna show people how to do it.
A wish gladiator was a bomber... this is a great tutorial, thank you!
@LocalAlpha, I believe CIG will allow it to carry bombs at some point.
would be nice if we could choose bombs or torps
Great Video! Thx Man! As already said finally someone who explains the mechanic not the beauty of the ship.
Maybe pls make a video for Mining with Cutless and ROC?
Subscribed! Ty!
@leibniz75th24, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel. There are already some great videos out on mining but I might give it a try.
thanks for this, huge help!
@ThePandalorianGaming YW 🙂
Great job 👏! And great info
@RubyRhod44, thanks for watching and glad you liked the video.
Honestly I was looking for a good tutorial since release date. And I can say this is the best one ever.
Thank you so much you nailed it, o7
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@IyadHamouda, Awesome, thanks for watching.
great video. I was just using the ship as a dive bomber
@josephquayle5764, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
Thank you for this, just bought the A1 and have killed myself more often than my targets... now i think i might get that to even lol
@Makanikeiki, I did the same thing at first, glad to have been of help.
Thank you for the guide
@MrEasterrabbit, Welcome!
Yeah, the dashboard really gets in the way if you are trying to fly level.
@Dracounguis, Yep CIG has some work to do on this, I hope they look at DCS for inspiration. I don't think we need the high level of realism of DCS, but pulling some of the better aspects of missiles and bombs from that game would be nice. We will need to wait and see what CIG does with bombing in SQ42.
Very helpful video, subscribed. I wish CIG would release proper supporting documentation for these ships; ideally in the form of a flight manual.
Out of curiosity what is your peripheral set up? I've been trying to get back into the game and lost all my bindings, as such I'm currently fighting with reconfiguring everything while attempting to take on board all the new keybinds.
@FreeFragUK, Thanks so much for watching and subscribing to the channel. My current setup is below.
Virpil Constellation Alpha-R
Virpil Constellation Alpha-L
VKB-T-Rudders
GameGlass installed on Fire HD 10" Tablet
Tobii Eye Tracker 5
Well done sir
@arkman117, Thanks so much, very much appreciated!
When I press t I never get a targeting reticle, I’ve reclaimed my ship, character repaired and melted my ship and re bought it, it just never seems to pop up even if I’m 200m above ground
@MajorWetSpot, The targeting is a little buggy but you should get it to come up. Did you check your keybinds and make sure "T" is selected? Try re-binding it.
I've been wondering; if you have to fly at a low speed to make sure you don't add too much space to the dropping bombs does that mean that a higher altitude drop would be efficient? If thats the case how high can you target something? I'd imagine if you are doing a low pass on a target and you are facing ballistas for example you're gonna have a bad time. But if you are high enough, can splash multiple bombs outside of AA range you'll being doing some work. Great video btw. Been waiting for this ship for a loooooong time but can't bomb to save my life. lol Subbed
@evanelevan, Due to the slow release speed of the bombs your speed is more of a factor than the elevation. A high release at a very low speed will make the bomb's impact closer.
2900 m is the highest you can drop the bombs. I tried 2900 then 2950m and at 2950m the bomb despawns with no explosion before it touched the ground
sometimes more important that the actual speed is being consistent with your motion--the more adjustments made during flight will jerk the bomb/sight around, as you can see the first time he drops 2 simultaneous bombs. you can do fast runs but itll be much easier with a single bomb, and it requires a lot of practice to time the delay right. that said, you can also try to do multiple passes with a single group of queued bombs... if you are quick enough and dont bank too hard. this is one of the most fun ships to learn, imo.
I think bombing will be a lot more interesting when the bombs destroy whatever the target is hiding in rather than them being invulnerable. They should have just kept it where the bombs kill through walls. It's better than them not being useful at all.
They could have added AA defenses around places like Jumptown events and such. Players in control of JT could activate the turrets which would help protect them from bombs and other attackers.
@Psychobob, They have a lot of work to do on bombs. The targeting is not good, the damage is not applied correctly, and the deployment of the bombs is way too slow. CIG needs to take a look at how bombs are done in DCS.
The bombing computer doesnt work at all anymore. I have to be somewhere around 500m for the white circle to appear, and the bomb release green hud is not even close to accurate. The red circle is intermittent at best.
Yep, CIG broke some things in the last patch. This is typical when they add stuff to the game; they usually break something that was working.
Thanks
@Ruintek, thanks for watching .
long story short, this entire system needs an overhaul
@johnwayne4911, I don't disagree with you on that, at least it is a starting point.
i dont understand man whatever i do i cannot get it on target its always short or to far and i do exactly what you do. i tried diffirent speeds and altitudes even when i sort of nose dive and i only look at the red circle it still falls short of the target. the only way i can do it is come to a complete stop and use the outside vieuw..
@melvinroodbol7195, thanks for watching. I have not tested bombing in the last update 3.23.1, it's possible MM messed something up with the aiming. The bomb should hit somewhere in the green circle as long as you have a lock on the ground target.
is it me or is the bomb impact reticle bugged? it rarely appears for me. idk if the A2 suffers from this since i havnt used it in a long time. But the A1 seems to have a bugged bomb impact point, i remember that with the A2 i could select the impact point from Kilometers away. with the A1 i have to get fortunate that the circle will even appear
@creativename2655, IT only seems to appear on the ground w/o a target if you are low. If there is a target I can get the reticle 9blue/white) to appear and then lock the target (turns green). Could also be that the S5 bombs have a shorter range than the ones on the A2.
ok but you did actually say what buttons youre pushing to pull up the white and green circle. is it T for both? a different button for the white circle and T for the green?
@mrblobby6284, It is the same button. Use the "Bombs - Toggle Desired Impact Point (Tap)" key bind. Hit it once to get the white circle, then again to lock in the impact point (green circle).
So have they finally fixed the bombing UI does the red CCIP square show properly
@undeadpeak7438, It's not 100% fixed, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't!
Do bombs fall faster on planets versus moons?
@Dracounguis, I don't really know. You need gravity to use any bombs, but I don't think CIG is that detailed to use gravity strength as a factor in how fast a bomb falls.
I have a problem where the target lock keeps unlocking seemingly on a timeout...do you have this too?
@cmdrls212, Yes, currently the targeting is a little buggy.
This ship does come with missiles. It comes with four Arrester III.
@mcvellrobinson9186, thanks for watching, and I did point that out in the video. The A2 only has bombs.
I still think 'bombers' need a bombardier. Maybe a remote turret that has the bombing reticle. Maybe not the A1 because the bombs are smaller, but the A2 is just too much griefing power in one person's hands. At least requiring a second person would make it a bit more reasonable?
@Dracounguis, I like that idea for any heavy bomber!
the DeLorean of star citizen
@theflippantmumm-ra6851, You know your right it does look kind a like a DeLorean now that you mention it!
ok, A+. I had to go through a few lemons before I got here.
@ApplECartHoBo-gz9so, thanks for watching, and glad you liked the video.
how do you select to drop more than one bomb?
@rvbarton, Use the same button or keybind you use to change the number of missiles, I think the default is "G".
This is a fun ship
@mrdashin8323, I agree with you on that 100%.
Cool! Now if CiG would only fix stealth mechanics so this one can be an actual stealth bomber like the bomber it has it's name inspired from.
@LordCritish, Don't think CIG ever stated this was a stealth bomber.
@@TieJax Then they chose a very misleading name for it, calling it Spirit, in obvious reference to the B-2 Spirit.
I feel like in actual combat you don't get time to slowly line up your target like this. Fighters will eat a A1 so fast and it's going to be the focus. So chilling and dropping bombs seems like a pve thing only.
@trevtrev1523, The video was done deliberately slow to show how to target. If you are making a bombing run I suggest you first lock the target at higher speed then make a 2nd pass to drop the bomb. If in PvP you will need some wingmen to keep the heat off of you when making a bombing run.
Is this after the dissapearing circle was fixed on launch?
@ShadowBroker000, Yes, but the circle still does disappear!
@@TieJax my god they cannot get anything right
is it possible to purchase this ingame?
@Max_Cony, thanks for watching. It's not available in the game yet but should be soon!
@@TieJax thank you for the answer
Can you make one more video to show us excatly how do you drop bombs while driving
@tanilsarikaya00, Sure, maybe next week.
@@TieJax can you drop bombs while driving at low altitude?
Yes, but there is a blast radius for the bomb and if you are too close you will take damage.
how many meters altitude minimum ?@@TieJax
Can you not just dive bomb?
@AllThingsFlightSim, yes but not as accurate as when you use the target sight.
bombing in this game is really bad. Some people from the VET need to play some DCS :D
We need at least a proper CCIP bombing mode
@Asgar1205, I agree with you on that 100%.
The A1 is the latest but it's not great lol, just use a A2 if you wanna bomb something
@GentlemanBroncos, The A2 may be bigger and carry a better bomb but it is slower and costs a lot more than the A1.
@@TieJax yes the bombs are much better, the speed difference is negligible in space and in atmosphere, the a1 bomb drop speed isnt very good for what you would expect a smaller slightly faster ship with much less hp and shielding should be doing. its a target that would need to be in and out and deliver the payload fast but it just doesnt do that. so just get a A2 for 5 mil spacebucks, money isnt hard to get ingame rn.
The bomb bud needs to be in a special mfd or something... Why the hell should I be aiming my nose at the ground to bomb. I should be flying horizontal over the target
@thirdworldrider6991, I agree with you on that 100%.
Ok.. look what in the hell. WW2 planes had better systems to drop bombs. This is pretty damn absurd
Don't disagree with you on that!
Very true, I would love it if CIG would take some notes from DCS.
I'm pretty disappointed with this system. In 2024 we have targeting pods, IR vision, GPS guided bombs. In 800 years for some reason we are back to B-17 bombing sights that can't even be pointed down so you see the expected hit location without hovering looking down, it's basically helicopter bombing (and we know how bad it is).
@Tentacl, I agree with you, I would love to see some laser guided bombs and a FLIR system or something like it at some point.
This is incredibly confusing.
@opieshomeshop, What part are you having problems with?