So we all know that the Mad Bomber set is inferior to the Chaos set, because Chaos bonuses apply to every weapon type, not just bombs like Mad Bomber. They seem to have the exact same defenses, except that Chaos has an additional weakness to curse, but that alone isn't reason enough to switch to Mad Bomber if you are a bomber .So i have a few ideas as to how to make the Mad Bomber set on equal grounds to Chaos.
-Make it so that Bomb dmg or Bomb ctr goes from medium to high
- Slap on some bomb asi as it will help the DPS by speeding up the bomb animation. Bomb ASI H
- Increase the defenses slightly and lower the status negatives.
- Change the defense typing, for example changing elemental defense to shadow defense. It's so much more easier to dodge elemental attacks in PvE generally, other than gun puppy bullet hell. Shadow attacks on the other hand ( other than zombies ) are somewhat harder to defend/dodge, grievers and devilites, and howlitzers can be pretty hard to get off your tail.
With one or three of these, I would think it would revive any viability for this armor set. Bombs are massively underappreciated imo, so I would think buffs like this to rebalance armor selections for new players would help create more diverse community.
Your post is well-written; thank you for that.
Arguably the class armors (sword, handgun, bomb) are already pretty well-balanced, including Mad Bomber. A better overall solution is probably to nerf Chaos and Black Kat, either offensively or defensively.
But if you want to buff Mad Bomber instead, then adding some bomb ASI would be nice, and changing the damage defense to shadow would be nice.