Re: [BNW] Bomber, cool or stupid?

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>I was wondering what other people thought of the bomber PP from Defiants?
>I think it is pretty cool, but everyone else in my group thinks it's
>really lame.
>

It strikes me as somewhat powerful yet limited.  He does big honking amounts 
of damage (and it's Massive - arrgh).  Really - has anyone actually used 
such a character and _seen_ what kind of pain a Bomber can inflict?  And had 
anybody other than your resident Goliath/Tough survive it?

On the other hand, a Bomber is One-Shot Charlie.  Taking the "focused 
strike" (or whatever it's called) Trick is almost mandatory.  And if you 
really think about it (and I did, and asked Matt), a Bomber blows up pretty 
much everything on them.  Makes you wonder why the archetype Bomber carries 
a gun.  "Hey, I've blown up - looks like I'll have to spend some more money 
to replace that gun.  And my clothes.  And my other equipment.  Hope my car 
wasn't nearby!  Oh, it was...  :( "

And of course, as part of a group, it's not too peachy either.  Hope he 
gives his comrades lots of warning.

>I think part of the reason that I like is because it's one of the first
>really original powers I've seen in BNW. Most of the other ones are pretty
>standard or have been seen in comics before, but I can't recall ever
>seeing anything like a bomber.
>

Well, as noted, it's not really original, but it is seldom seen.  And with 
good reason, probably.  It really doesn't come across as that "heroic" a 
power.  On the other hand, in the BNW scope it's rather dangerous to give to 
an opponent/villain.  NPCs are going to be more likely to use it.  A NPC 
Delta Primer can count on his comrades guarding the site as he reassembles, 
or the police not arresting him once he does reassemble.  Your typical 
Defiance Bomber probably has no such recourse, and will be a lot more likely 
to use it only as a last-ditch defense.

>So what do others think?
>
>-Theo McGuckin, operations
>"We waste more electrons by 6am then most labs make all day. Be all you
>can be!"


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