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Abstract

Splatter boiler is a boiler strain that adopts a more multipurpose role, being able to be used offensively and defensively. Boilers are known to be more or less
defensive/sieging caste. Splatter is meant to bridge the line between defensive and offensive by offering a combination between
the railgun boiler and the forgotten acid splatter premoba boiler strains offering both an assasination attack and a decent ranged AoE attack. It trades powerful abilities for unmatched versatility.

Goals

  1. Splatter is a generel purpose strain. It's abilities should be effective in both defense at offense at the price of not being strong at both.
  2. Should fill in a new niche and essentially be a souped up spitter
  3. Jack of all trades, master of none. This should be kept in mind when making a general purpose strain like this. It trades power for unmatched versatility.

Non-goals

  1. Powerful in sieging/defense/offense. Like said in the goals, it's a jack of all trades, master of none. It's defensive power shouldn't be significantly better
    than its offensive power, visa versa.

  2. Be overpowered. We don't want this to be frustrating to fight against.

  3. Replace defualt boiler. We will not have this replace default boiler as it still has its place. Clear limitations shall be implemented to prevent this.

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Acid splatter will gain a minor level of armor and health buffs compared to base. This allows it to attack without being extremely squishy and not be limited to defense
like base boiler.

Ability 1: Acid Splatter
This is a projectile attack with a small windup, meant to be its primary AoE attack ability. It is intended to be the primary general purpose attack as it can
be used both defensively and offensively thanks to its small windup and very little warning for marines. However, unlike base, it is not powerful enough to stop an entire
push and just does damage to a group of marines via acid shrapnel. It is also not going to be very good at sieging either.

Ability 2: Acid Shot
This is a telegraphed projectile attack with a small warning period before impacting with big damage. This is akin to the Railgun boiler of old. Acid shot is meant to compliment
acid splatter in defense while also filling the sieging gap that acid splatter leaves. With this ability, the boiler can assasinate target and make specific holes in the cadeline

Ability 3: Slime spray.
Sprays neuro slime (see globber) instead of acid. Meant as a close ranged emergency defense ability and can help with capping aswell.

Potential substitute for ability 3: Acid shotgun
Same exact thing from trapper.

Ability 4: Zoom
ditto. Allows ranged attack. Since Splatter wont be nearly as tough as other frontline T3s, this gives it some safety while firing.

Alternatives

Good alternatives:

Bringing back projectile boiler - This can still be added as an alternative flavor to boiler. It is much more different than it and can can still be implemented as a strain.

Globber boiler. This is more or less meant to compliment globber, being better at offense and worse at defense than it.

Bad alternatives:

"Just replace normal boiler" - Normal boiler still has it's purpose, with it's powerful abilities to stop the entire marine push.

"Just replace trapper" - While echoing some of the general purpose aspects of trapper, it lacks serious sieging power that trapper has and isn't designed to replace it
unlike globber.

Potential Changes

Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust defensively

How to fix - Nerfs to zoom distance or making zoom c/d higher/unzooming after every attack. This would force it to reduce its firerate on the defensive and
force it to more riskier attacks while defending. Do the opposite if too weak in this department.

Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust offensively

How to fix - Adding a higher warmup to Acid Splatter or Acid shot. Either that or adding telegraphing to Acid Splatter, but that would be a "nuclear option"
Do the opposite if too weak in this department,

Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust at sieging

How to fix - Reducing Splatter cade damage. Do the opposite if too weak in this department.

Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too weak in general and never used.

How to fix - Increasing damage overall. Reworking abilities to add a neuro splatter aswell.

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Looks okay, though I'd sort out the non-goals if I were you
'Be overpowered' is vague and nothing should be overpowered

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