Title said it all.
I started to love bombing when either in solo mode or a party mode because i rarely get hit than a gunner and my bomb does effect them even if i go afk after placing a bomb on the location.
In case the title making you any confusion.
What i meant was does swift strike buckler bonus affect on bomb or just sword and gun?o.O
If so what shield so i get then as a bomber?xD
I see,well explanation.Ty for your time
But why do player still getting mad bomber suit when it was a minus on all resistances?
Is it worth the tradeout of more ctr and damage bonus than those resistances?
Edit:What's the point on having a swiftstrike on a ap?Does it make it reload faster or it just shoot faster than before?
Same goes for alchemer line and polaris.
In my opinion it is. I'd honestly recommend it out of all the other sets since it gives such a major plus at the cost of status resistances.
It really depends on how well the situation plays out of how well you are at dodging damage and other level-specific effects such as Shadow Fire and other various things. The Mad Bomber set is one if not the best bomber set out there if you plan on only bombing.
A lot of people who bomb in Firestorm Citadel use a mix of Volcanic Demo and Mad Bomber Set: Giving you resistance to Fire and Damage Bonus Medium and Charge Time Reduction Very High.
So in short, it's really based on your skill and preferences.
In general,i'm more a swordman but i started to love bomber because my friend play it and i found it look interesting same go for gunner.
Swordman is generally quit boring,what you does is just swing your sword then your enemy is dead. >.>" happen a lot in ld.
But it's different when being a gunner or bomber because you can't 1swing your enemy to death instead you bomb or gun em all down.
i found gunning is stupid with AA on because you won't even see the AA on the monsters when you aim at it unlike sword.And AA bombing is useless.
I'm thinking of being a gunner/bomber,usually gunning as main and bombing for crowd control and dps in fsc.I start to dislike sword as there too many swordman out there while there only a few of gunner and bomber that can actually survive(well some that i know when full sword or some hybrid-sword/bomb or sword/gun).
So you know any about guns? x)
The bombing part is already been solved by you thank you so much. :)
To answer your edit: Attack Speed Increase on guns increase both the shooting speed/range and the reload speed. It's quite useful for guns such as the Alchemer line.
If you plan on using a Gun as a main and Bomb for more of a support, I would suggest changing Mad Bomber to Volcanic Demo, since Charge Time Reduction is important for crowd-controlling while using something like Nitronome while still giving you a very nice status resistance to Fire.
Auto-Aim does have a range issues but I would suggest leaving AA off anyway as you can aim at which target you want.
And yes, I know a lot about guns but not as much as someone who mains guns. I myself am a mix of everything and it's very rare that I actually main something.
If you're a swordy-bomber, then I'd recommend full Mad Bomber, one E-Boom Mod, one E-Slash Mod and a Barb Shield.
max:max on bombs and vh:sword damage. 2/3 bombs and 1/2 swords fast-swing swords and you've got yourself a perfect swordbomber hybrid loadout.
If you're a gunner-bomber then you're a bit more restricted; I find that dps bombs don't go so smoothly with gunners, so what I'd suggest for that is a Shadowsun set, Swifty shield and two E-Bomb Focus Mods, and only using haze bombs. Toss a couple of alchemers to switch (Or Blitz) and a couple of hazes, such as VT/Shiver.
That'll rock vh:dmg, hi:asi for guns and max:ctr for your haze bombs. UVs don't hurt this setup.
There was just a thread on this topic in the Arsenal forum: http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/68025.
Ty Bopp; wanted to link to that but couldnae find it anywhere. Never realised we were on the NR board xD
Swiftstrike Buckler allows Attack Speed Increase: High to be applied to all weapons. However, Bomb is highly unaffected by this increase: All the increase does is decrease the amount of time it takes to bring up another bomb. (Try spamming [attack] and you'll see what I mean. It's not very useful.)
The shield you choose as a bomber is based highly on your situation. Unlike Sword-users (Barbarous Thorn Shield/Swiftstrike Buckler) and Gunner-users, (Swiftstrike Buckler) Bombers have no unique stat-boosting shields. So you'd probably want something that has resistance to status effects that causes problems for your charge such as Shock and Fire.