The P525 Marauder is the Terran Republic specific Anti-Infantry Prowler weapon. It is a rapid-fire grenade launcher which deals low damage to vehicles but very high splash damage to infantry.
With any vehicle weapon, it is possible to get both Ribbons and Medals. Each Ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with a vehicle weapon. Medals relate to how many overall kills you have with the vehicle weapon.
We are adjusting the M20 Basilisk, M40 Fury, P525 Marauder, C85 Canister and Proton II PPA to be stronger light armor counters. Light Armor includes: Flash, Harasser, and ESF.
In addition, all Harasser variants will have either its range or damage reduced. Flash variants will be adjusted to match the Harasser variants.
And finally, we are working towards bringing the weapons more in line with each other.
As part of the light armor changes we want to increase the Marauders effectiveness against light armor. For that, we are going to be increasing its projectile speed on the tank version and it is now on a new damage type that will do more damage against light armor, but no damage to heavy armor. Against infantry, the Marauder outperforms most weapons, so we are going to tone its anti-personnel capabilities down. We are lowering the blast damage and matching the blast size ranges with the PPA. As one of the changes to promote the Harasser getting closer, the Harasser variant of this weapon is not receiving the projectile speed increase, and will do less damage.
P525 Marauder
Now on a new Resist Type: “Anti-Light Armor”
This resist type does no damage to heavy armor, but does good damage to light armor.
Flak Armor protects against this kind of damage
Max Damage increased from 150 to 350
Inner Blast damage reduced from 450 to 334
Inner Blast damage radius reduced from 2 to 1 meters
Magazine Size certifications now grant 1/2/3/4 rounds per rank down from 1/3/4/5
Projectile Speed increased from 125 to 150 meters per second
Fire rate decreased from 200 RPM to 171 RPM
P525 Marauder-H
Now on a new Resist Type: “Anti-Light Armor”
This resist type does no damage to heavy armor, but does good damage to light armor.
Flak Armor protects against this kind of damage
Max Damage increased from 150 to 315
Inner Blast damage reduced from 450 to 334
Inner Blast damage radius reduced from 2 to 1 meters
Magazine Size certifications now grant 1/2/3/4 rounds per rank down from 1/3/4/5
Tank anti-personnel secondary weapons are all receiving some adjustments to bring them closer together. These changes are intended to be a first step; we may have additional changes for these weapons based on how well these changes work.
For the marauder we are starting with its ability to hit. We are increasing the projectile speed.
Projectile speed increased from 150 to 175 (125 to 150 for Harasser)
The C85 Canister (NC Vanguard/Harasser), Proton II PPA (VS Magrider/Harasser), and P525 Marauder (TR Prowler/Harasser), are now capable of dealing light damage to heavily armored vehicles, allowing for more versatility on those platforms.
The reload speed certification lines for top guns, air vehicle non-nosegun (and non-bellygun) weapons have been standardized at 10/14/17/19/20% reload speed.