Reduce loyalist gun stun duration

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Description of the proposed changes

Loyalist's Disintegrator Pulse Laser stun duration against T1/T2 mobile units per shot: 1.5s (2.3s per volley) -> 0.4s (1.2s per volley)

Loyalist was extremely strong against ilshavohs because it had a 69.7% stun uptime against T1/T2 units (2.3s stun, 3.3s reload). It could beat 2 ilshies (720 mass) by itself (480 mass) (1.5x mass disadvantage + speed advantage).

The stun duration is reduced to the minimum that I would consider to be impactful. A shorter 0.3s duration would let ilshavohs shoot during the stun which makes it deceptively ineffective, since the loyalist fires a 3-shot volley with 0.4s delay in between shots. Those 1 tick gaps would also make the stun quite useless against lower fire rate rhinos (0.6s reload), pillars (1.2s), and obsidians (3.0s).

Testing done on the proposed changes

Now 2 ilshies can beat a loyalist with the 2nd ilshie being damaged after the fight (~40% damaged if no micro, ~8% if kiting loya).
Loyalist still wins easily in a mass-equal fight because of its extremely strong dps and hp stats per cost, since I tested that it wins even with 0 stun duration. I didn't adjust those stats because loyalist's low range and lack of regenerating shield like the Titan really hurts it against T3 units.

I also compared Titan vs ilshie effectiveness to get more context about the interaction. Titan easily loses to ilshavohs mass-for-mass and can't even kill 1 ilshie in a 1v2, but to be fair it has much longer range and a regenerating shield.

Unit spawn commands

Loya vs 2 ilshies

   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,    8.97,   -1.72,  1.60410)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,    9.01,    1.30,  1.71691)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('url0303', 0,  -17.97,    0.42,  1.61130)

Titan vs 2 ilshies

   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,    8.97,   -1.72,  1.60410)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,    9.01,    1.30,  1.71691)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('uel0303', 0,  -17.97,    0.42,  1.61130)

Loyas vs ilshies equal mass

   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.34,    3.91,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.47,    0.60,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('url0303', 0,  -16.44,    0.87,  1.57062)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('url0303', 0,  -16.54,   -2.13,  1.56932)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('url0303', 0,  -16.54,    3.87,  1.57268)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.33,   -5.26,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.38,   -1.86,  1.71921)

Titans vs ilshies equal mass

   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.34,    3.91,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.47,    0.60,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('uel0303', 0,  -16.44,    0.87,  1.57062)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('uel0303', 0,  -16.54,   -2.13,  1.56932)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('uel0303', 0,  -16.54,    3.87,  1.57268)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.33,   -5.26,  1.59353)
   CreateUnitAtMouse('xsl0202', 1,   12.38,   -1.86,  1.71921)

Checklist

- [ ] Changes are annotated, including comments where useful

• Changes are documented in a changelog snippet according to the guidelines.
• Request 2-3 reviewers from the list of reviewers and their areas of knowledge.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Release Notes

• Balance
  • Reduced the stun duration of the Loyalist T3 Siege Assault Bot's Disintegrator Pulse Laser weapon. Stun effects per shot decreased from 1.5s to 0.4s, reducing overall stun uptime from 70% to 36% against early-game units.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR applies a balance adjustment to the Loyalist T3 Siege Assault Bot's Disintegrator Pulse Laser, reducing stun duration from 1.5s per shot to 0.4s. The unit blueprint parameter is updated and documented in the changelog with stun uptime metrics.

Changes

Stun Duration Balance Change

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Disintegrator stun duration reduction units/URL0303/URL0303_unit.bp, changelog/snippets/balance.7121.md	The STUN buff duration on the Disintegrator Pulse Laser weapon is reduced from 1.5 to 0.4 seconds. Changelog entry documents the change with stun uptime reduced from 70% to 36% against T1/T2 mobile units.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Suggested reviewers

• Rhaelya
• BlackYps

Poem

A laser's stun now shorter, swift,
From one-point-five to point-four shift,
The T3 Loyalist finds balance true,
With changelog notes so crisp and new! 🔫✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: reducing the stun duration of the Loyalist's gun, which is the core objective of this balance patch.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check	✅ Passed	The pull request provides a clear description of changes, detailed testing methodology with unit spawn commands, and rationale for the balance adjustment. All required sections are substantively filled.

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