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  • How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 19:44

Stimba
*Try two... last time computer turned off randomly and lost everything....*
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdWMPQWWg8
I'm here to tell you guys who always seem to ask me how I manual dive bomb or
are wanting to learn.

The Pro's Of manual dive bombing:

-hitting border humpers
-Team killing (whoopie!!! :P)
-helps hit turning ships
-can hit ships when not at maximum altitude(to dodge aaw)

Con's
Hard to learn
Auto can be better to hit cvs or non moving ships


Step one:

Load planes like normal. Some people think that there is a trick when you load your
planes - their isn't. This may seem obvious, but is important - only dive bombers can
dive bomb.


Step Two:

Wait for your planes to reach maximum altitude then Right click where you want
them to go around the enemy. Wait for them to cricle.



Step Three:

HOLD Semicolin button. (the button that looks like this ===> ; )

Step Four:

LEFT CLICK Where you want to dive.



Step Five:

Hit the period button before your divebombers get shot down and when you think
you are above the enemy ship.

(Couldn't get a screenie of this as it was too hard to press ; . and print screen
button at the same time. If someone has a screenie of this please pm me it.

Step Six:

Have fun trying this at the beginning as it is very hard but once you get the hang of
it it is very easy and a powerful move to show off with when trying to join a fleet.
I use it on BB's because CV's are generally easier to auto dive bomb.

Recommendations are welcomed, and thanked in advance.

Best Regards,

Stimba
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  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 19. 2007 07:47

we64
I still think, Auto, for once in the game, is good for this part. Auto DBing is quite
good, get the job done nicely..So much less hassle.. even you completely master manual DB,
it is not that much more benefiticial than auto.. I can still auto DB a DD if i want to
you know..
TB is definitely better with manual..

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 19. 2007 07:42

Stimba
The squad of DB's do not all have to dive at the same time. They all will dive on the
spot, but only the bombers in the process of diving will release their bombs when
you press ".".


I would suggest you approach from the front as the enemy ships will then sail inside
your diving spot.

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 19. 2007 07:38

Germanicus
I have a question

if you left click early to paint the target, the ship may move so that the target no
longers sits on the ship.

if you left click too late, the planes may not converge to the target at the same time,
and it decreases accuracy.

Any idea when it would be good or from which direction to approach for maximum
accuracy?

Or should I just resign to the fact that US DBs are blind?

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 19. 2007 07:01

Stimba
sorry about the mix-up. it was so automatic that i kinda forgot what the steps were.

Fixed It thanks for watching out for me. ^^

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 21:10

Adalbert
umm yeah... teamstar your explanations sounds more like it.
You might want to work your's over, stimba. And include all the cool things you can do
with manual DBing and all the advantages too... otherwise why would someone bother.

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 21:05

elios
Thanks a lot...can I bomb the open sea with this?

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 20:52

pn298ab
What?

I thought it was hold the ";" key then left click, then spam ".".
Thats how I do it.

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 20:12

Temstar
huh, that doesn't sound right.

Here's how I do it:

When your DBs are airborne, select them and press the ; button ONCE.
Go to where you want the bombs to hit and left click
you will see a strange icon on the map when u clicked, it looks like a circle and a few
triangles moving across it.
Once your bombers reach that point, they will start diving automatically, any time
during the dive, selecting that group and pressing the . will make them drop their
bombs. If you want to drop as fast as possible, one way is the select the group
before they reach the bombing marker and spam the . button as they approach it.
The bombers will drop the bombs almost horizontally with out any dive at all.

Manual DB is useful for hitting ships border humping (as you don't need to target, it
can hit all the way to the border), bombing with out alerting the target (since it gives
no red indicator) or TKing people.

Also, manual DBing can be done with the bombers at any altitude, this is a cool trick
because it means you can fly your planes at a height below the golden angle and
pentrate dense AA coverage and bomb with impunity. There is also a SUPA SECKRT
way of bombing at any altitude with auto but you gonna have to find that one out
yourself ;)

  • Re : How To Manual Dive Bomb

    07. 18. 2007 20:08

chihkangma
Great job...
Hople I could read this when I was CV1....
I am CV4 now...

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