I had these problems a lot with earlier bombers/strike but later ones are also the same. Currently, 2 MK-77 Mk2 doesn’t one shot the base, you need to support it with 1 500 kg bomb. When it is mixed, you need to drop 3 of them in the same base if i don’t want to do second pass.
Naturally, I use payload selection mode where default bombs are 4x Napalm
1- Select 500 kg bomb
2- Drop it on the base
3- Cancel payload selection and it defaults to napalms
4- Drop two napalms to finish the base.
But this is cumbersome. There is also incentive to finish a base since it gives a little bit bonus if you destroy the base. But my current tactic is also cumbersome and prone to fat fingering. What to do?
i have a lot of questions, Which nation? Tier? What jet are you flying?
But here’s the general issue:
RU You use x2 Napalm Per base and that’ll do it, those are the ZAB-500s.
US You’d use 3 Napalm Per base.
Alternatively, 2 Napalm first, turn around quickly and drop a 250kg instead of the 500kg to save weight on your flight, and use minimum load to get there quicker than anyone else.
Well, my problem is nation independent in its nature. AS I said, on my planes, 2x napalm isn’t clearly for full one base. What you suggest is already pre-rejected in my OP(sometimes I wonder if people read my post body). Dropping 2 napalm then turning back to drop one more is speed killer. I want to do it in one pass, in a cumbersome way.
My problem is not reaching base. My problem is how to drop 1 x bomb type 1 and 2x bomb type 2 in an easier way then I explained.
unfortunately there is no easy way as there is a lock out for releasing different types of weapons even when you cycle specifically to them. It was added due to player demands as some people couldn’t manage to not drop all their bombs on one target using ripple mode.
However there is a way to drop all of your bombs in one go, regardless of type.
From this I assume you are going after 2 bases, however you may find you are better off going after 1 using a custom load out of 2x napalm 1x regular bomb as you have a reward multiplier that is reduced the more bombs you carry:
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It’s entirely up to you if you think it’s worth trying for 2 bases or not.
If you decide to only carry a bombload for one base when you spawn in got to “bomb series” and select “all”, make sure the “drop bomb series” is bound in your controls (I just bind it to the same key as fire secondary weapons).
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then turn off secondary weapons selection and when you hit “drop bomb series” it will drop all of your bombs regardless of type (although keep in mind there is a bug where you will sometimes only drop one bomb no matter what, I usually tap the drop key 2/3 times just to be sure).
This might not be the answer you are looking for but it’s the best I’ve got I’m afraid.
Thanks for deep analysis. Indeed multiplier changes with bomb amount but for some planes total score between one or two bases is not as close as this plane. then it becomes an issue of getting 450 score vs 750 score which will translate to RP after the match.
Another factor is bomb all command with different bomb types will be detrimental since some napalms drop much earlier than regular bombs. I will probably miss with the second bomb in the order.
I wish there was some customization where you can push button to drop bomb groups you manually selected for each plane. All this ripple mode or bomb series is just failing stopgap solutions when it comes to ARB bombing.
