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Before:
* They could dodge 0.01c shells at long range (they have some travel time).
* They could weave and juke as soon as they saw your guns fire.

Now, with light-speed projectiles:
* From their POV, once the railgun fires and the shot is aimed at them… - It’s basically already there.
* They can only dodge by: - Predicting you before you fire, or - Not being in a predictable place at all.

So:

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===== You gave them: =====
* 1,000-hit force fields,
* 10,000–1,000,000 HP bodies,
* Extra resistance multipliers, etc.

But a 1m projectile at (essentially) c:
* Doesn’t just “chip HP”; it’s a localized cataclysm.
* For any single unit or small combine: - Shield + HP just get obliterated.
* For bigger combines: - One hit blasts a huge hole and dumps so much energy that: - Neighboring units get shredded too, - The whole structure may destabilize.

So vs these railguns, their “HP scaling” is more about:

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rather than traditional health bars.

===== Combining was their way to: =====
* Make mega-tanks,
* Form big spearheads,
* Create shield walls and moving bunkers.

But big, dense targets are:
* Perfect prey for light-speed railguns.
* Easier to hit,
* More satisfying to detonate.

So:
* Every time they combine into a huge form,
* They’re creating prime targets for your railguns,
* And you can erase massive chunks of total swarm HP with a handful of hits.