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==== Your guns aren’t small arms—they’re basically relativistic mini-nukes. ====

Combining makes them:
* Bigger targets → easier to hit.
* Fewer targets → easier to track and focus.

And your shells:
* Already have massive overkill vs a truck-sized body.
* Are happier hitting something huge and tanky, because: - More of that blast is “used” on one big HP pool, - You waste less potential damage blowing up little guys one by one.

So if the hive mind over-combines, you get:
* Giant, obvious things to delete.
* Each kill removes a huge chunk of total HP in one go.

That’s why combining is risky: it amplifies both their punch and your efficiency.