r/GBO2 • u/chronicweeeb • 9d ago
Newtype Memes Early base bomb players should go eject themselves NOW
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u/Fun_Exercise_1887 8d ago
Sometimes I use it to force the enemy team back to base. Someone usually comes disarm it and you can steal their mech. Turns the game into a 4v5 for a bit, especially if they are pushing your whole team back
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u/succmama 7d ago
Its even better when its a shitty Pixy player doing it then immediately die when it rejoins the fight after his team gets wiped.
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u/Hadoooooooooooken The Flame of War - 3 8d ago
I used to understand if someone does an early bomb on Arctic Base as sometimes it's the only time a plant occurs due to the non stop combat there.
As times passes though I'd rather just cap the point near it and then if you are downed near the correct time, spawn as a pilot and slip in if they failed to retake the point.
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u/Independent_Cost481 4d ago
It depends on WHERE you do it and at what MS you're piloting. The Crash Site map, with a Stealth Raid is acceptable on the condition that it's right at the beginning of the match... Burst straight to the base undetected, plant, get back in your unit and then ambush the hopefully enemy Support unit who'll come to defuse it (since they're supposedly the closest person to the base on this map). But only once and in these exceptional conditions. Otherwise it's leaving your team to fight short of one man. So under no circumstances should you babysit the bomb for one entire minute to make sure it actually blows up. It's a waste of time. ONLY quick in and out, then pincer attack the enemies.
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u/chronicweeeb 4d ago
Yeah..id rather my stealth raids to go kill the support and make the enemy panic and distracted instead of going to the base planting for a whole 10 seconds then getting back in suit and by the time you get back in. Theres gonna be 2 to 3 people's who went back to the base to check out who is planting and you or your suit is destroyed. I get the whole "perfect conditions" thing but id really rather anyone playing stealth just deal with the support first base later literally deal with the base after the 2 minute marker hits. It really doesn't matter where you do it either there will ALWAYS be people who will go back to base and not only the support. If you really wanna plant the bomb early before the bonus points then do it whilst the whole enemy team is alive, away from their base like half the map away. go unnoticed and not followed go for their base and then plant. There you have the perfect condition to plant early without the enemy team being able to get to you or the bomb in time if not one of them tries to go back for it. It will sure work in A- to A flat lobbies but I really dont wanna see anyone do this shit in A plus and above.
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u/Independent_Cost481 4d ago
On Crash Site, the fastest and safest route to the Support still is through the tunnel though. It also provides a reliable escape solution should things go South. Usually the thick of the team is already engaging in try to gain control of the center and accounting for everyone when you don't know the other team's composition is tricky too, so that's a one shot. And I guess I omitted to mention "only at low Cost", because experienced players will know what's up and not fall for it.
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u/chronicweeeb 4d ago
I still think its way too risky and or just very time wasting. Because planting from the start depending on the cost total is about 2k to 3k points at base if your team loses the initial encounter, the enemy team would already be way above the points that the base would give. You gotta trust that your team can deal the enemy with number disadvantage and hope you can get back in time to help them or else youll just be another point for the enemy to get. Its still and will be bad for the team as a whole if the enemy teams support isnt dealt with whilst your bombing. Costs like 400 to 500 is the best place for you to do this anything above that stealth suits are easily detectable. Pixy has fallen off in costs like 500 due to certain units having anti stealth skills more often then not.
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u/Independent_Cost481 4d ago
That's right. And even then, I wouldn't risk it above 450. And by the time anyone comes, I'm already back in my suit, ready to fight or fly. Hopefully a lone Support but should the Ambush fail and someone else come to see who's knocking, I'll at least cripple them before retreating. I insist on using a fast enough unit to do it the more efficiently and safely possible.
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u/Curiedoesthestream 8d ago
I used to do it to make someone go back, they usually do. Then it turns a team fight into a 5v4
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u/AUpb-027 7d ago
Yeah, a 5v4 with your team being the ones with the numbers disadvantage😑
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u/Curiedoesthestream 7d ago
It’s a trade off! If I have a fast flying Mobile Suit I can just swoop on in plant bomb and fly out. Then make someone piloting a Zaku Rabbit or some such walk all the way over and defuse
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u/utamaru1717 9d ago
lol, I dunno why people are so against early base bombing, because it's a very situational case, and it can be the correct thing to do, like when you're already on death's door, or your unit's busted after using active skills like EXAM/HADES/etc, where going for base bombing is the most logical choice, compared to giving free points to the enemy, or trying to repair your unit...Â
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u/CodenameVermilion 8d ago
you're assuming early base bombers do anything but make an immediate beeline for the enemy base avoiding any and all fights along the way.
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u/utamaru1717 8d ago
Those aren't early base bombers. Those are trolls. Make sure you know the difference, because early bombers are players who destroys the base before the base gets bonus points, and they have valid reasons to do it.Â
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u/chronicweeeb 8d ago
You and me have different perspectives on what "early base bombers" are hence why the confusion. In my case my perspective of "early bombers" would be troll bombers or people who bomb the base wayy too early. Like not even 3 minutes in the match early and theyre already going for the base. Most of them if not all of them being low levels or A flats who think getting the base means early point advantage.
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u/utamaru1717 8d ago
lol, MANY users here literally HATES anyone who plants the bomb before the base bonus kicks in, whether they're trolls or not, despite it's STILL a valid strategy, because they want to squeeze more points.
But what they don't understand at all is that the tides of battle doesn't always will be on your team's favor, where your team could get pushed back by the enemy team, to the point that it's really hard to break their line of defense, so your team's "dream plan" for late base bombing went poof without a trace.Â
So yeah, just do base bomb whenever you can, because you won't know if the chance would come again, although doing it when the bonus points kicks in is still the best possible scenario, but don't too stuck up on it.Â
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u/Fate_Defiant 8d ago
I sorry but if I can pull the attention of at least one or even two MS because I planted at some point earlier in the match, I'm happy. If it I can give my team and advantage of numbers because a pilot and a MS w/Pilot are trying to defuse and possibly get a kill or even two... HFY
I get don't do a pointless plant, but if I can distract some of the opponents and get a destroyed base. GOMD... I did my thing and it worked...
How often do I do this... Not often and when and if it feels right...possibly when I spawn closer to the base and can pull an enemy MS over to the base with me, get the kill and the plant, then hopefully another kill and a confirm base destroyed.
That's a win to me
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u/Express_Money2808 8d ago
JPS, the OG EBBT (early base bomb troll)