Server Suggestion Nerf/Balance Remote Bombs for Raiding

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I realise that suggestions surrounding explosives have been posted before however from what I can see this has been at least over a year ago, so I wanted to bring it back under the spotlight for review from the community and the staff/development team.

Description of the idea: There have been several occasions over the past couple of weeks where remote bombs have been used in order to assist in raiding. When used on smaller buildings such as apartments, it not only blows off the external door and props near to it, but almost all the props inside the property and several internal doors. This can pin defenders against walls inside or bury them under props, making it impossible to defend.

I would suggest either: nerfing the radius and/or explosive power of remote bombs, or at least at smaller properties such as apartment buildings. This should be to the point where it only takes off the external door, any nearby windows, and props solely within a metre/half-metre of the wall. Or instead, increasing the cost in making remote bombs to make them less of an appealing option for raids on smaller properties.

Why should this be added? (pros):
If the radius/explosive power is nerfed: this will be a quality-of-life improvement for defenders who spent far more money on crafting defences, and the time taken for them to place the defences in a way which does not conflict with the Construction Handbook. It will prevent situations whereby defenders are pinned or buried by props.
If the cost/skill level is increased: this will make it so that raiders are more likely to only opt for the use of remote bombs for use on larger properties, or use them more sparingly.

What negatives could this have? (cons): This shifts the power balance between raiders and defenders and arguably can be looked at in either light. It makes remote bombs less accessible, which could be perceived as a bad thing.

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Its worth mentioning that bombs used to literally force you into the back rooms of a slums apartment and used to straight up kill people. There was incidents where people would put bombs outside of slums 4, stand inside the bedroom of slums 3 and still take damage. They were already nerfed to shit.
they shouldn't be able to affect props through a wall.
 
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they shouldn't be able to affect props through a wall.
But what would be the point of bombing to begin with then? The whole point of bombing a base is to remove the defenders advantage of having a generally solid defence setup.
 
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But what would be the point of bombing to begin with then? The whole point of bombing a base is to remove the defenders advantage of having a generally solid defence setup.
The problem with it is that, you place one bomb down and there goes the defenders advantage and makes it impossible to defend. It gives the attackers a huge advantage especially when you only have to pay 8k to get it.
 
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The problem with it is that, you place one bomb down and there goes the defenders advantage and makes it impossible to defend. It gives the attackers a huge advantage especially when you only have to pay 8k to get it.
And? Drugs shouldn't be easy at all given their huge reward and low effort. Defending from a bomb raid is just about the only amount of work you put into making and selling drugs.
 
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