If you think about it, there really should be a way to do suicide bombing in Dust 514. If Viet Cong soldiers were willing to be suicide bombers in real life then how much more likely would be an army of immortal clones? Considering that there are messages on the War Barge about not committing suicide in public areas then apparently killing oneself ain't no thang for Dust mercs.

Suicide bombing is of course a tool of asymmetric warfare, which is a war where one side is overwhelmingly more powerful than the other, which generally speaking shouldn't be happening on Dust. Still, it would make sense both in-universe and in a metagaming sense for an entire squad to don bomb jackets and dogpile a super-expensive tank, demolishing it for the price of a few dropsuits and explosives. That's just one example. Heck, suicide bombing one's own squad sounds like the kind of trolling one might expect in the Eve universe.

Of course, I don't really expect suicide bombing to be added since the tactic carries too much of a connotation with terrorism and the Sept 11 attacks (though I believe it's actually the non-Islamic and not religiously based Tamil Tigers who have used it the most), but logically speaking, it sounds like the kind of thing an immortal clone would immediately think of. I also know that it would completely change the dynamic of the game from shooter to something completely different (bomber?).

Also, if realism is the concern then in real life the majority of battlefield casualties from conventional warfare comes from artillery, which means that most of the time Dust mercs should be walking two steps and immediately getting killed by an incoming artillery round. Through no fault of their own, by the way, which isn't fun. But it's something to think about.

which is a war where one side is overwhelmingly more powerful than the other, which generally speaking shouldn't be happening on Dust

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In EvE, the smart bomb was a unlimited ammo weapon that effected everything in small radius, and didn't damage user, but did allies. EvE style smartbomb would be a great counter to circle strafing scouts outrunning turn speed as they have to be very close to strafe like that. Has it been confirmed smart bombs will be on death, like eve or both? I want them either way, just wondered if there are any details.