Sprouto

While true, increasing the size of the shield bubble would have far less unintentional side-effects than reducing the bomber AoE would.

T3 bombers are very widely used, popular units, while the UEF shield upgrade is not a very popular upgrade. Many people don't get the shield field upgrade at all because it might overlap with other shields and end up taking AoE damage. Because of this, the UEF stage one shield upgrade is often preferred.

In my experience, to fix this particular bug, it would be a far safer bet to increase the size of the underused shield bubble, than to tamper with the widely used T3 bombers.

Okay thanks for the explanation. I did further testing and I can't replicate it with Aeon and Seraphim bomber, so it makes sense.

I believe this one could be fixed by increasing the size of the shield bubble I guess? If it happens to any other unit under a mobile shield, that's no big deal, but if an ACU dies due to a bug, that's a big issue.

REAL GAME WHERE THIS HAPPENED:
Replay UID : 15474702
Time: 34.10 - 34.25

Incident:
Pink player (myself) bombs red ACU (Kaban_) with T3 bombers while his UEF ACU has Shield Field upgrade. The bombs damage the ACU under the Shield Field. Note that the ACU is moving towards the incoming bombers.

DEMONSTRATION WHERE I REPLICATE THE PHENOMENON IN A SANDBOX GAME:
Replay UID : 15476762

In this sandbox test, I replicate the phenomenon with both UEF and Cybran bomber. I narrate the test in the game chat, to make it easy to follow for a watcher. The demonstration is 4min 44 sec long.

The outcome is the same, if the ACU stands still, the shield protects him, but if he moves towards the incoming bombers, he dies to 6 bombers.

Is this a bug or a feature? It makes no sense to me to have the bombs hit a shielded ACU.