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==== You still massively out-damage 100 HP/sec on any target you’re actively shooting: ====
* Railguns: massively overkill anything they touch.
* Big shells: eat HP in giant bites.
* Atomizers: erase things completely once shields are down.
* Lasers: can keep constant pressure on smaller groups.

So in direct fire:
* Regen might as well be 0.
* Nothing you commit to dies “slow”; you’re still deleting things.

But at the strategic, whole-war scale:
# “Half-finished kills” matter less - If units slip out of your sights with 30–50% HP missing, - Over time, they move back toward full.
# You can’t count on cumulative chip damage - Only fully-atomized or fully-blasted targets are permanently gone. - Lightly damaged survivors are basically temporary progress unless you follow through.
# Long war favors adjustment + regen - You still have infinite ammo, so time is okay for you… - But they have: - Fast mutation, and now - Significant passive regen across the entire swarm. - So over long timescales: - They get smarter, - They heal up between pushes, - They maintain a frighteningly high average health.