Yes but if you stopping Sal from firing his 5 or so grenades till 2nd area so they all hit instead of 2 of them before heros moves you can’t stop maven etc where before it didnt matter.
I could solo say 134 Bounty before and needed help clearing say a 259 if alliance members on we would hit the 259 as you mentioned. If no one on I’d hit lower knowing I’d kill them for coins but due to this change I now hit 68 to clear not 134 the Alliance now kills 134 as a group instead.
For Artemis you would need her to use her. Main point you don’t suffer much with quick action instant damage Skill but Heros that need time as Maven you can’t group as you have to delay their specials.
The argument that the shortening works in the big picture because you spent (subjectively) less time and your alliance is higher up in rank I think is flawed. Supposing your alliance typically ranks at 100, and now after the change, wow you’re up to 50. What happened to the 50 who were ahead of you before and now are suddenly lagging behind you? Certainly the change was for everybody right? Alliance ranking is based on how well one alliance did against other alliances, not how much better the update is versus the previous rules.
The community as whole is reeling from the damage done and probably players have bailed out or have lost the motivation to play on the same level as they did before. That is the more likely conjecture, but don’t quote me on that. At least I’m perfectly sure it’s not the update that is directly boosting your rankings.
I dont see the big deal, my alliance that im running nearly made 8k more points than average. Even if it was the magistrate faction. Yes its a bummer too not hit higher max damage but we get an extra reward. This bounty change seems too influence the top 200 guilds so they can grab more items throught the rewards. The bounty has always been about spending money, they just changed it into a way that everyone notices now.
I never used that function. I use the free refills. At the same time I’m not in a a top alliance but I’m easily pumping out a billion or more damage by not buying refills with gold.