How has bomb calibration changed?

[Octavius]

Originally posted by Rolex
I don't understand why calibration is being dumbed down so much. Anyone have a reasonable theory?

In a nutshell, I think (and hope) it was altered in an effort to raise buffs from the deck to a reasonable altitude.   A sort of initial carrot approach.  If the carrot is not followed, then the stick will be applied for proper carrot following

[Flayed1]

Awww man I just got to the point where I could nail anything I aimed at. My calibration has been perfect this week and I was proud of my self, now they do this.
  I was happy that it took some skill to bomb. some guys are good fighter pilots but I for one am a good bomber. so now I can take all my time and effort I put into getting my calibrations just right and throw it out the window!!!!

[Rolex]

I don't think a stick spiking problem was the reason. In the previous method, you only needed to have the crosshairs on the same point when you depressed and released the Y key. You did not have to keep it pegged on a spot throughout the calibration.

Obviously, you must know your groundspeed, drop altitude, target altitude and wind direction/speed to make a reasonable drop. Mid-high and altitude drops were not accurate anyway in reality, but having some control over the calibration in AH at least gave us the 'image' of doing something to affect the accuracy of our drops.