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Change: Decrease field damage of GLA Toxin Bomb by 20% #2044

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@xezon xezon commented Jun 26, 2023

This change decreases the field damage of the GLA Toxin Bomb by 20%. The field damage of the Anthrax Beta Bomb is unchanged, which means the upgrade damage progression from the green to the blue toxin field is now consistent with all other toxin field weapons.

Weapon Original Damage (DPS) Patched Damage (DPS)
SmallPoisonFieldWeapon 2.0 (3.75)
SmallPoisonFieldWeaponUpgraded 2.5 (4.69)
Chem_SmallPoisonFieldWeaponGamma 2.5 (4.69) 3.0 (5.63)
MediumPoisonFieldWeapon 2.0 (3.75)
MediumPoisonFieldWeaponUpgraded 2.5 (4.69)
Chem_MediumPoisonFieldWeaponGamma 2.5 (4.69) 3.0 (5.63)
LargePoisonFieldWeapon 15 (28.1)
LargePoisonFieldWeaponUpgraded 25 (46.9)
Chem_LargePoisonFieldWeaponGamma 25 (46.9) 30 (56.3)
AnthraxBombPoisonFieldWeapon 40 (75.0) 32 (60)
AnthraxBetaBombPoisonFieldWeapon 40 (75.0)
AnthraxGammaBombPoisonFieldWeapon 40 (75.0) 48 (90)

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The Anthrax Beta upgrade has more utility now and the damage progression of the field weapon becomes consistent with that of other toxin fields. Although this change is a notable nerf, with #2023 there is a major buff that makes the Anthrax Bombs much better against GLA and USA. Overall, China benefits most from these changes.

This is a nerf for all GLA Generals, except Toxin General. Most notably it is a nerf for GLA Demolition General, because it natively does not have access to the Anthrax Beta upgrade. However, the Demolition General has many other perks, such as Demolition upgrade and stronger Scud Storms, which makes up for the weaker toxin puddles.

As for GLA General and GLA Stealth General, the nerf manifests before Anthrax Beta upgrade only. This gives more reward to the Anthrax Beta upgrade, which is originally seldom acquired with Stealth General.

@xezon xezon added Design Is a matter of game design Controversial Is controversial Major Severity: Minor < Major < Critical < Blocker Nerf Makes a thing less powerful GLA Affects GLA faction labels Jun 26, 2023
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xezon commented Jun 30, 2023

Jundiyy:

20% does feel like a lot, however, with the current nerf I think it's fair.

MTKing:

I'm not much in favor if this whole progression idea, but if majority agrees you can merge. We're nerfing the weak and buffing the strong, which means GLA and stealth will struggle even more against Toxin General. And it's a change from original design that doesn't feel necessary to make. Maybe 10% will be better.

@xezon xezon force-pushed the tweak-toxin-bomb-puddle-damage branch from 7d3fe33 to f52f149 Compare September 17, 2023 14:37
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xezon commented Sep 17, 2023

Documentation added. Good.

@xezon xezon merged commit 52b1c38 into main Sep 17, 2023
@xezon xezon deleted the tweak-toxin-bomb-puddle-damage branch September 17, 2023 14:40
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