SM balancing questions: Orbital Bombardment and DropPod

[Wise Windu]

It does 500 melee_heavy damage in the smaller radius (6), which means 250 damage to vehicles. Plus, it does 30 melee_heavy dps (so 15 dps to vehicles) in the radius of 4 while it lifts stuff.

I was just talking about where Orkfaeller's ogryns were, which was on the outer edge of the beam (likely radius 9 or 10), which deals 185 piercing. I'm aware of the damage it deals.

[Arbit]

Hrm... I've tested it a few times now and a pred will get killed by a single beam (700 HP) and an upgraded pred will survive with 55 HP (down from 900 HP, so 845 damage).

I managed to get one terminator caught in the periphery of the beam and it did 150 damage.

So, uh, I don't know WTF is going on.

Also, fun fact: your units can be snared by your own OB, but only when the beam first appears. You can walk your own units into the center if you like.

[Wise Windu]

Huh, interesting.

[Forestradio]

Orbital Bombardment does explosive_pvp damage to my knowledge in elite

[Wise Windu]

So it does...

I was looking at the wrong version of it. 150 explosive on the outer, and 500 explosive on the inner radius.

[Myrdal]

The DoT also does 195 explosive dmg over 6.5s in the inner most radius so Arbit got it right with 845 = 500 + 150 + 195.

[Nuclear Arbitor]

i was under the impression that it only snared at all when the beam first lands; after that you should be able to walk around. probably part of the issue.