um...the terr u were bombing probably had bomb armor of some sort(protection against bombs or shraps) so ur bombs would be weakened, u have to gun more:). anyways its not that bad i just started 3 days ago and i pwn people(mostly noobs with less than 10k exp). anyways if ur starting out some people might be glad to give u cash. also, its not that different from before, the higher energy ships tend to die less.