Spiral Knights - THE ELITE BOMBER GUIDE (Best Bomb Poll

THE ELITE BOMBER GUIDE (Best Bomb Poll - please respond to it)

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Wed, 07/27/2011 - 03:02

Fallout

It's here! around two months of work put into it, we bombers are proud to say that the Bombing Guide is nearing an end! From Bombastic Demo gear to Eeks pwning some greavers; the guide has everything one needs to know about bombing.

Now that a gunner's guide has started, all that's left is a swordsman guide. Unless of course there's nothing more to it then hack and slash.

Feel free to submit any strategies into the discussion page on the wiki, and we'll always need some Grammar and Spelling warriors to make sense stuff to work.

Thanks to everyone that has helped edit and add content. Especially mentioning Vlad, Culture, CeCeeS, Velcro and Eeks.
I hope that bombers no longer have to make the 'difficult' decision of choosing the right bomb and knowing the tactics or will ever annoy the hell out of swordsmen with the air-born curiosities of haven.

Happy Dungeoning,
Fallout.

Repost from below: Ok to sort this rating difficulty out. EVERYONE please repsond to this poll (1-5star rating)

it is the overall rating of the bomb that you're responding to. (5 being favorite, 1 being absolutely terrible)
http://www.polljunkie.com/eA7HB5/Poll12326.aspx

Results will be here.
http://www.polljunkie.com/sA8LAS/View12326.aspx

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 03:28

Repair

Awesome guide! :)

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 03:30

hinigashi

Legacy Username

yeah great guide! Thanks

yeah great guide! Thanks fallout!

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 03:42

viper901

Legacy Username

I'm looking forward to the

I'm looking forward to the addition of 5* stun bombs and seeing how those play with the other status affects and how long it lasts. Might end up being a very strong option on vanaduke since it will slow down the time between attacks and ceiling falls.

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 03:43

Repair

Yea a 5* Stun bomb would be

Yea a 5* Stun bomb would be really interesting.

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 06:09

Splinter

Oh my, great job Fallout!

Oh my, great job Fallout! Makes me want to be a bomber now...time to go spend CE!

Wed, 07/27/2011 - 13:51

Negimasonic

a job well done fellas ^.^

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 02:23

Sick

Legacy Username

Great job indeed. The page

Great job indeed. The page looks fantastic! Thanks for all the work guys <3

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 05:54

Aquajag

I'm a bomber, just got

I'm a bomber, just got shiver, and I wish this guide had been out when I started! My main advice so far, is it be nice if there were category headins for bombs. E.g. Alchemical bombs could have a paragraph that deals generally with what they are, and how to use them, and then do the individual bomb breakdown as you do. A simple rating right before hazards for each bob would be nice, separated from the main text, so i can easily scan for "highly recommended" bombs and also ones to avoid.

Great work!

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 07:23

Iron-Volvametal

I agree with Aquajag.

A 5-Star Rating System & more pictures of every Bomb to show how big the Radius is & what the Explosion looks like would be a nice addition.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 07:51

#10

Eeks

Ratings would be nice.

Ionized Salt Bomb ☆☆☆☆☆ (0/5)
Radiant Sun Shards (3/5)
Dark Briar Barrage ★★★★★ (4/5)
Nitronome ★★★★★ (5/5)
Shivermist ★★★★★ (5/5)

Here are some to get us started! Seriously though, while the guide is filled with a ton of opinion as it is, I think we should try to avoid injecting opinion where possible. Ratings are a tricky subject since not everyone is going to agree on what should be a 4 or a 5. Instead maybe we can put bombs into 3 categories: Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended. This is still subjective but I think maybe we can reach some kind of agreement (at least we can all agree that ISB is awful awful awful!)

As for categorizing them, it was something I was going to do but I got lazy when I realized how the images were laid out. I moved them around and added tags for their purposes (crowd control, status, damage) along with some colors so you can quickly eyeball.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 11:16

#11

caseyweederm

Legacy Username

Very sweet. I showed it to

Very sweet. I showed it to the bomber in the group.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 11:30

#12

Doovad

Legacy Username

I like it. Lot of good stuff

I like it. Lot of good stuff to know and saves having to ask them later.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:03

#13

Iron-Volvametal

Hmm...Then how about a Poll?

A small little Poll showing how much people liked the Bomb or not? Ex. Nitronome: 500/12 'Did you like this Bomb?' And maybe a little Bar indicating Like from Dislikes(Sorta like Youtube)

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:37

#14

dancinjen

Legacy Username

This is really cool and

This is really cool and helpful. Thanks guys.

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:46

#15

Shrinkshootr

The good: there is definitely

The good: there is definitely a great deal of very useful information on this page, and is very helpful for anyone looking to become a master bomber.

The bad: this page is written somewhat well on most things, but the presentation is very poor in that some paragraphs are written in a really immature fashion. I understand that this is written by "the people," but someone should make it so that the entire page sounds professional/uniform. You have some sections that stand out or just sound way too non-technical. A couple examples:

"Corner Shielding: One of my favourites is to grab a big radius blast bomb, sit in a corner while the rest of your team guns. it keeps melee mobs distant and your teamates will thank you when a zombie starts noming on their face." Personal accounts don't belong on a wiki page. This should be rewritten completely or removed.

"Now the bomb's line now stops at 4*, but its usefulness remains." You can see what's wrong with that.

As I said though, 99% of the page is well written, and extremely informative. It's great that we have this info to refer to. Someone just needs to polish it up a little bit and make it sound more "technical" or "professional."

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:50

#16

dancinjen

Legacy Username

I do agree that it doesn't

I do agree that it doesn't need to be in a first person point of view. Not necessarily professional or technical just take it out of first person.

If you want help with editing grammar and what not I can help. Not saying you can't, just saying if you don't want to take the time to do it I will. :)

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 15:31

#17

Errodu

Legacy Username

This is a fantastic guide.

This is a fantastic guide. You and your associates did well, Fallout!

Thu, 07/28/2011 - 16:25

#18

Nechrome

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO!

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO! MAKES ME WANNA BE A BOMBER NOW!

LORD EXODIUS, SIGNING OFF... FOR NOW
READ MAI STORYS.
LET THE FLAMES BEGIN
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/17487
THE SPIRAL EMPIRE: THE RISE OF NECROPOLIS
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/18095
READ THEM.
OR DIE.
FIND THEM NOW IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GENERAL DISCUSSION FORUMS.
PURCHASE NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
.

Fri, 07/29/2011 - 20:47

#19

Fallout

Eeks just knocked it up a

Eeks just knocked it up a notch

Fri, 07/29/2011 - 21:57

#20

Fallout

Ok to sort this rating

Ok to sort this rating difficulty out. EVERYONE please repsond to this poll (1-5star rating)

it is the overall rating of the bomb that you're responding to. (5 being favorite, 1 being absolutely terrible)
http://www.polljunkie.com/eA7HB5/Poll12326.aspx

Results will be here.
http://www.polljunkie.com/sA8LAS/View12326.aspx

Fri, 07/29/2011 - 21:16

#21

Mistify

what do the numbers

what do the numbers correspond to? 1 being easiest?

Fri, 07/29/2011 - 21:41

#22

Rangerwillx

Really?

Oh wow. It's from worst to best. 1 being terrible, 2 being, not good, 3 being, ok, 4 being, quite good, 5 being, this is one of the best bombs in the game.

Sat, 07/30/2011 - 06:09

#23

Guardianknight

I'm not a bomber but

I'm not a bomber but I have to say that this is a very well put together guide.
Like some others have said, it makes me want to become a bomber.
Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this. It'll be useful to a lot
of people.

The one and only, Guardianknight.

Sat, 07/30/2011 - 11:02

#24

yusyus

Legacy Username

really great guide which

really great guide which helped me alot, thanks for that!
and please everyone, take the poll, it's so useful to know opinions and it can only make the guide better :)

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 07:18

#25

Baines

Surprised

Wow, great guide and love the idea of the poll. I have been watching the poll as people respond and am surprised as some of the results, but it is a collective assessment. Good work!

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 12:01

#26

Ailea

So you guys going to do Gun

So you guys going to do Gun and Sword Guides next?

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 12:04

#27

zeddidragon

Legacy Username

It felt wrong to vote on

It felt wrong to vote on every bomb seeing as I haven't tried every bomb yet.

That said, if I was forced to only use one bomb, it would easily be Radiant Sun Shards.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 13:36

#28

pikachupower

Legacy Username

Only bombs

Some of the videos I saw in the bombing guide, the guy uses a sword, rarely but at least once, to fend off monsters, and I wonder if only bomb- equiped bombers would try to do the same scenario, like one character I saw, I think "sick"(I think that's her name) she fended off Lord Vanaduke and the Jelly King with just bombs, and to me she's a pro bomber... But I do know that bombers do need swords in case they can't charge their bombs in tight mobs, but it would be cool to see pure bombers go out crazy with only bombs.

Anyway, I like the bombing guide, and maybe I'll go bomber when I finish my swordsman set(I love my levi)

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 14:40

#29

Fallout

Most bombers do only take

Most bombers do only take bombs (like me =p). But T3 can get quite tedious soloing without a sword, and trying to kill one scuttlebot with a nitronome takes so much longer than if you were to hack at it with a levi.

@Rigwald noones working on a swordsman guide ~ however there is a gunner guide in progress.

also with the poll, i may just add a "the people's of SK's" rating then an elite bomber's rating; just because I'm sure not everyone who responded to the poll had used every bomb. (or were skewing the data). And anyone who answered with all ones, your data will be removed. that's you Mr.
People who ruin things:
50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
56 1 5 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
40 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 5
47 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
34 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
53 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5
52 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Nice try though.

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 17:41

#30

Elir

Kinda surprised Nitronome

Kinda surprised Nitronome isn't a solid five, and Dark Briar should at least be a four. Easily my two favorite bombs. Great guide! Thanks a lot. :)

Sun, 07/31/2011 - 22:46

#31

Fallout

More people who ruin things

More people who ruin things ;)

61 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1

56 1 5 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Yeah, damn you Mr 62 and Mrs 56.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 05:32

#32

Jamini

Legacy Username

This guide...

Has made me swap one of my gunslinger's swords for a DBB.

For T3 danger rooms.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 05:48

#33

Eons

The poll is flawed. Most

The poll is flawed. Most people don't have all those bombs or have even seen them in action. People are just voting based on what they heard from other people so what is the point, since the results won't be statistically valid. Top to bottom this whole poll is a sham, just a popularity contest. Numbers assigned arbitrarily by people whose knowledge of the items is questionable.

There is no best bomb. Some bombs are more useful in certain levels and against certain monsters and others less so. And a good player with a "bad" bomb will outperform a bad player with a "good" bomb 100% of the time.

If you want a real rating you need to break it down scientifically: rate different qualities of the bomb vs a wide range of situations and then sum it up for an overall rating.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 13:28

#34

Negimasonic

yeah...I kind of think

yeah...I kind of think bombing is often too situational. I'd rate Shivermist a 5* and AoA a 5* but they aren't useful all the time. Really the only bomb that is always useful (in the fact that it never fails to do its job. Damage reliably) is Nitronome. I even liked my VT a little better than Shivermist at FSC (EXCEPT for vanaduke of course).

I've used or seen in action all bombs except the last three which also messes up my rating.
5/5/4/5/3/4/2/1/3/1/1/3

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 14:06

#35

Fallout

Yeah, I considered the whole

Yeah, I considered the whole situational thing, but decided it would be to tedious to create several polls/discussion. and the guide kinda sums up all of that situation thing anyway. This was the best i could think of, and I'm unsure it would add to much of a new players overall decision on a bomb.
Right now it looks like it'll be

Nitronome:
Player's Rating = ★★★★
Bomber's Rating = ★★★★★

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 14:11

#36

kevomatic

Legacy Username

Ash of Agni 5

Killing things with fire counts as crowd control. :]

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 14:54

#37

zeddidragon

Legacy Username

Radiant Sun Shards

Because you can't go wrong with a gun that shoots swords.

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:29

#38

Ageatii

Meh

I don't have experience with every bomb, and there's no option to choose "Not applicable".

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:49

#39

Eurydice

Community Manager

Moving this thread to The

Moving this thread to The Arsenal. Also, adding the Bombing Guide to the list of links for New Recruits. Thanks for making this!

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 02:31

#40

CeCeeS

Legacy Username

Fallout: Is there a way to

Fallout:

Is there a way to modify this poll or make a new one where you can leave out ratings of a specific bomb? Right now you have to rate every single bomb, and almost no one will have tried every maximum upgrade of the bombs. I tried to rate the bombs I know, but couldn't without giving "false" ratings to the other bombs.

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 03:32

#41

Fallout

Every Poll website I've

Every Poll website I've searched Doesn't give you the option or doesn't give you a table of results (to rid of outliers and noobs).
I'll Try looking for one ~ Perhaps the best i Could do is add a 6th rating for undecided. (so rate 1-5 if you have the bomb, and 6 if you are not sure.)
Thats about the only option =S unless you can find a better poll site with excel spreadsheet stuff.

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 03:56

#42

Fallout

Results at this point in time

Results at this point in time =S
Best to worst:

Shivermist Buster
4.493150685
Nitronome
4.342465753
Ash of Agni
4.232876712
Voltaic Tempest
3.726027397
Dark Briar Barrage
3.630136986
Graviton Vortex
3.246575342
Radiant Sun Shards
3.205479452
Venom Veiler
2.561643836

Heavy Deconstructor
1.863013699
Big Angry Bomb
1.808219178
Ionized Salt Bomb
1.561643836
Irontech Destroyer
1.397260274

Tue, 08/02/2011 - 04:28

#43

Fallout

Bleh I did something better-

Bleh I did something better- but i had to sign up for it which i don't like doing.
Someone tell me if its good and then I'll use it ;)
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