This ^

It should be a 3 seconds warning so you have "half" of a chance to run away. Also re-spawning as a the OB starts, sucks big time. You see that 1sec to re-spawn count down, as you seen the OB starting... horrible feeling.

That's true, you have to put a TON of skill points in Orbital Bombardments, pay millions of isk, and spend a lot of time building them up...


oh wait, no you don't!

lol. Before OB's, everyone was amazed at the E3 presentation. Everyone wanted OB's in game.

then when us testers finally got to call them in, people cried they were too easy to earn (they were)

Now people (mostly tankers/vehicle ppl no doubt) want them nerfed/removed.

my feelings on this matter: The default strike is weak enough that it poses no serious threat to good vehicle pilots/smart players. honestly, most maps have several areas that provide cover from OB. that said, the OB collision detection is kinda broken. It should collide with tall buildings, to eradicate those pesky Snipicus nests high atop buildings/rooftops.

It's a weapon shot from orbit, how does it make sense that tanks should be able to survive them? yes you don't have to put sp into calling them in, because it wouldn't make a huge amount of sense to put in a skill that everyone will skill up to max as quickly as they can, and then we will be in the same situation we are now except we've all wasted a load of sp to get back to the exact same spot. and it's my understanding that instant battles take place in hi sec and concord has a thing about people shooting planets so npc warbarge strikes are the only things we can get.

What I'm saying is that I've put a minimal amount of sp into AV so I do some damage and I can easily lose my dropship to a couple of swarms or forge gun hit, so watching tankers qq about dying after being shot from space doesn't hold much weight.

And before you say anything else I know that you're acting incredibly biased towards your vehicles, we all do it to some extent.

Your problem with OB's are it's AV capabilities? And you want a nerf for that!? Lmao Sounds to me like you're just butthurt because you've gotten your tank taken out 1 too many times by teams that are good enough to actually earn an OB. We should total nerf the OB's because they shouldn't be able to take out HAV's right All my of AV is militia/starter grade, pretty free right, should that be nerfed too?

The only issue with OB's is that they come a little too frequently. Like I said earlier, I would like to see a 3000 WP requirement instead of our current 2500. Or like someone else mentioned, increase the WP needed to use every consecutive OB by 500.

It's not free...2500 WP needs to be accumulated before its awarded. But I'm sure you knew that.....

Again your issue with OB'sare it's AV capabilities. Sorry but that's not even an issue. OB's should be more than capable of taking out tanks. OB's are meant to take out everything in it's proximity on the ground, your tank is nothing special to be excused from this mechanic. Even if they did make it a skill to call in OB's, every squad leader would obviously be skilled in it and you'd be right back here again QQing in another thread because your tanks will still be taken out.

Well each time you lose a clone one the way to that 2500 points, the time it takes, each clone your team loses a clone is a cost. It costs effort and involves risk and both are rewarded with OB. Pretty simple economics mate.

NO

What the author of this post does not elude to is that he is a tanker and likes to pown infantry on ambush maps.So if by chance he actually gets an effective squad on the other team(if they are smart)they will undoubtedly target his tank.He just doesnt like the risk that involves so he asking for a nerf.