Your scenario is assuming a head-on AV to HAV engagement. In this case it's about threat, not whether you can destroy the HAV. Limiting their engagement possibilities. At the moment Swarms do this, post-change they still will. This is not the scenario this change impacts most heavily.

Another scenario, a speedy Medium or Scout taking the long route to offload on a HAV 'safely' behind their lines with no immediate escape route to block AV to HAV LoS. This new change will give Wiyrkomis an incredible alpha, 3 salvos impacting within 4 seconds of each other. In practice this means far more damage makes it in before active hardeners activate or reppers begin pulsing... this might equate to some of the best armour tankers getting toasted by one person's surprise attack before any real reaction is possible.

Alternately the same thing but from a tower, Swarms from above negate most cover. If an armour HAV notices this ahead of time their only recourse is to pick a god and pray they can recall before the 3 salvos make it.

Seriously, their potential with this change is utterly incredible.

Don't armour tanks still have the broken reppers? Shouldn't those things kinda make up for a bit more swarm damage until vehicles and AV is properly re-balanced?

Swarms will basically shoot three volleys in one second instapopping any armor tank before they can even react. This is THE stupidest thing i have seen from ccp in all my time on dust. This is one swarmer that will put out like 9000 damage in a second. **** if there two swarmers, just lol.

I dont care about the rest of the update. I dont get to enjoy the rest because ill be in a armor tank getting my **** pushed in. Now ill have too wait a month until this **** gets fixed. CCP wonders why we get pissed off when they dont tell us about the update. ITS BECAUSE WE DONT WANT STUPID **** LIKE THIS IN THE GAME.

* The Swarm Launcher Operation skill bonus has been changed from increasing the clip size to reducing the lock-on time by 5%

0.0s Start lock #1
1.05s Fire #1
1.35s Start lock #2
2.4s Fire #2
2.7s Start lock #3
3.75s Fire #3

4 seconds to do three volleys... that's insane. You will need to have a completely modded tank to do anything, even then tanks are so slow they are pretty much toast as it is.

Somas are done, no reason to use them now. Only hardened maddys can take that kind of punishment, and not for very long.

Vehicle and AV update is in 1.5, just dont use them until then.

Operating under the assumption that you can just stand out in the open and fire off all three volleys in a game where a quarter or more of each team goes sniper up in the mountains or on towers.

That's not a very realistic assumption.

Operating under the assumption that you can just stand out in the open and fire off all three volleys in a game where a quarter or more of each team goes sniper up in the mountains or on towers.

That's not a very realistic assumption.

Swarms will basically shoot three volleys in one second instapopping any armor tank before they can even react. This is THE stupidest thing i have seen from ccp in all my time on dust. This is one swarmer that will put out like 9000 damage in a second. **** if there two swarmers, just lol.

I dont care about the rest of the update. I dont get to enjoy the rest because ill be in a armor tank getting my **** pushed in. Now ill have too wait a month until this **** gets fixed. CCP wonders why we get pissed off when they dont tell us about the update. ITS BECAUSE WE DONT WANT STUPID **** LIKE THIS IN THE GAME.