Acid Splatter boiler

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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.
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+## 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.
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+## 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.
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+2. Be overpowered. We don't want this to be frustrating to fight against.
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+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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+## Content
+
+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.
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+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.
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+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
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+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.
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+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.
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+## Alternatives
+Good alternatives:
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+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.
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+Globber boiler. This is more or less meant to compliment globber, being better at offense and worse at defense than it.
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+Bad alternatives:
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+"Just replace normal boiler" - Normal boiler still has it's purpose, with it's powerful abilities to stop the entire marine push.
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+"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.
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+## Potential Changes
+
+Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust defensively
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+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.
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+Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust offensively
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+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,
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+Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too robust at sieging
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+How to fix - Reducing Splatter cade damage.  Do the opposite if too weak in this department.
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+Thing that could go wrong - Splatter is too weak in general and never used.
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+How to fix - Increasing damage overall. Reworking abilities to add a neuro splatter aswell.
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