Profile of murky depths

Huh, didn't know the molly had an initial burst damage -- always thought it was just the first "tick".

So damage wise they are the same, and I guess I misread the stats page which listed damage as 10 (I took that as the DOT, not the initial burst).

More you know!

edit: BTW you don't need a partner to test this, you can just load up a game in cheat/mod tools and change ownership of squads.

AOE and damage are interlinked. x125% damage mean x125% kill radius.

... obviously if we were adjusting it to have a bigger AOE with the intent to not have a huge insta-kill radius, that would also be modified.

Pretty much any change done in hopes of balancing 1v1 has geometrically bigger implications in team games.

Could just reduce the muni cost, or have the barrage scale better* with veterancy so you get "your money's worth".

The issue with it is that if you do get it, it's so easy to flank that you have to play either super defensively -- which means you give up the opportunity to field a t-70 which is a much more effective shock unit and you can afford to be more aggressive with.

IMO you only go su-76 if you're desperate for anti-tank and you didn't build tier-2, so no zis gun.

In the past I advocated for it bunkering down and turning into a mini howitzer on par with the USF Pack-Howitzer with HE shells. I would still like to see that since Soviets were historically big on artillery.

I would also consider changing the barrage to something like this (details care malleable since I'm just spitballing):

Same muni cost, but, when activated:

Adds HE Shells with lower pen (but still some, like maybe 100 pen) and much better AOE somewhere between an HE Sherman and t-34, but without the damage to insta-gib a whole squad (so maybe 120 damage at the center but less outside of the immediate impact zone).

Modify it's gun profile while ability is active so that it is effective at hitting infantry without turning into an absolute squad-wiper. The shots would also be arced and not flat trajectory, maybe like a StuG-E.

*edit for clarification.

So what is your suggestion about that improvement? I asked a similar question 2 pages ago.

What would you change about the churchill?

edit: I'll reiterate my point -- I think it's HP is too high. I liked what was suggested earlier to lower the HP but give it the KV-1 treatment of damage reduction so it's fewer shots to kill but also doesn't take an eternity of repair time.

Though that's neither a buff nor a nerf, it's more like a "simplification".