Of the blast bombs I have held into consideration, the Nitronome was the first one I committed myself to getting as a part of my Rank 5 clearance, followed by a deconstruction bomb which I have yet to truly explore. However, I am having concerns about deciding between the Big Angry Bomb and the Irontech Destroyer as my next blast bomb. At first, the difficulty of choosing between them stemmed from the appeal of one bomb vs the efficacy of the other, silly I know. After practicing with my maxed Nitronome and citing the wiki and videos about each, a second question came to mind.
Correct me if I am wrong (which I just may be). Disregarding the influence on the movement speed, is there an inverse correlation between the knock back of each blast bomb and the time it takes for the detonation to happen? The regards are in the order of a Nitronome, Irontech Destroyer, and Big Angry Bomb with the belief that each has the same blast radius.
I have not the resources to explore the differences first hand from what I assume on observation so I will have to review my sources first. And I ask that question because it does matter to me only when my blast bomb is of benefit to either myself or my party. With my maxed Nitronome, I have noticed how some occasions, allow me to stand in one spot and bomb without concern. While the knock back helps in creating distance for charging another bomb, that explosion almost always comes in time to once again grant me distance. So I could tend to clusters of AI enemies without moving on occasion.
Having to close the distance by either waiting for the enemy to near me once more or moving them, I would suppose that the Big Angry and the Irontech would take up more time in causing their greater damage to clusters unless the enemies are restricted to the bomb's blast radius only. But seeing as how the repeated stationary deployment of the Nitronome allows enemies to come too close to me at times, I should think the Irontech would be the better of the three choices (chasing enemies with bombs can also be fun).
To restate
T = Time needed for bomb to detonate (shorter time = higher ranking)
K = Knock back associated with the damage dealt (further knock back = higher ranking)
***T - K : BLAST BOMBS!!!
--- A - C - nitronome
--- B - B - irontech destroyer
--- C - A - big angry bomb
Correct or Incorrect? And which do you think I ought to get between these two (Irontech Destroyer & Big Angry Bomb) out of the four final-formed blast bombs? Which of the four would you get?
irontech has its confusing position between those three since it has the same movement penalty with big angry bomb >_>
Big angry bomb is really fun once you associated with other bombers. Otherwise, it's hard to keep up damaging your enemies unlike nitronome.