I have searched the forums and I cannot find any point where this is addressed.
I have skimmed (and thread searched) both "recent" threads on Artillery ("
[Basic] Skill of the week: Artillery (and Forward Observer)" and "
Artillery") and found no discussion of this question.
Other than "one (Dropping) is DX-based and one is IQ-based" and "one (Artillery) is a technology skill and the other is not" is there any real difference between Dropping and Artillery (Bombs)? If not, why isn't there a default or equivalence between the two? or even better, why isn't Dropping folded into Artillery (Bombs) and allowed to be used based on the better of DX or IQ?