A bomber, even pre-SNAC nerf, will basically never win a fight against a fighter that flies well. The opponent needs to massively slip up to actually get hit in a duel, or just be completely oblivious to the environment if it's a group fight.
Scatters (and most bomber weapons in general, except for EMPs) are just completely pointless to use. If you're against fighters, you're just completely inferior. If you're against caps, you're begging to get insta'd or severely punished for being close enough to use them.
I guess the current meta is risking it all with being super close with scorchers or semi-afking with torps on the corner of a fight and praying you'll never have a fighter on you.