Originally Posted by
Ketrai
If you know me, you know I also always say that queen screech needs to be seriously toned down, or outright removed. And that boiler gas in its current state is a bloody joke to balance due to how big it can get fast. Boilers esentially become ancient gas-wise when they hit elder. elder when mature, etc. it's stupid. (especially when you combine the two, and gas ends up killing 10 marines after a screech. If every screech hit max efficiency, you could wipe the marines in just ten screeches. Can the rav do that? No. Can the prae do that? No. Can the boiler do that alone? No, maybe with spitter help. Can the crusher do that? Heck no.
I do agree the mortaar could do with a little more ammo. There's only one mortar, and it's practically impossible to coordinate.
I've also seen cas been used perfectly fine to tear apart xeno cover. It's not that it's shit at that purpose, but marines just don't have the ordinance without sadar to capitalise on it.
Just remember that cas etc used to semi-reliably kill in the past. Gas kills mostly happen behind friendly lines, so most marines can be reliably revived. If a xeno gets hit by a direct cas, well... round's over, basically.