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==== You cranked the swarm to: ====
* ~10¹⁸ monsters
* 10× resistance
* Devour, combine, mutate, hive mind

Then you:
* Doubled all weapon counts,
* Added atomizers and lasers,
* And now doubled caliber, making each shell ~8× stronger.

Net effect:
* Their total HP skyrocketed,
* But your per-second, per-direction kill power also ramps back up hard.
* You’re now much better at: - Breaking tank walls quickly - Punishing big combines - Turning “oh no that’s huge” targets into “focus fire, delete, next”

You still can’t be everywhere at once, and they can still:
* Attack from many angles,
* Mutate for specific counters,
* Exploit any blind spots or AI weaknesses,

but the caliber increase pushes things back toward your side in any direct slugfest.