Nerf Seraphim and Buff UEF missile cruisers

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Description of the proposed changes

Decrease Seraphim cruiser's missile damage and splash radius, while increasing the UEF cruiser's missile damage and splash radius.

With the TML rework Seraphim got incredibly fast missiles, which resulted in their cruiser being overly powerful, previously being tuned with high DPS for slower, 1 HP missiles. On the other hand, the UEF cruiser had its damage radius reduced from 3 to 2 in the rework, presumedly due to the small visual effects on impact. The UEF cruiser also has lackluster DPS and is rather easy to defend despite its missiles having 2 HP because the missiles do not 1-shot T2 engineers, have low speed, and are slow to react to new targets as they are fired in a 4-shot salvo.

Ithalua: T2 Cruiser (XSS0202):

• Laanse Tactical Missile Launcher:
  • Damage: 500 -> 400
  • Damage Radius: 3 -> 2.3

Governor: T2 Cruiser (UES0202):

• Long Range Cruise Missile:
  • Damage: 300-> 400
  • Damage Radius: 2 -> 3

Testing done on the proposed changes

The visuals better match the UEF cruiser's damage radius.

Checklist

- [ ] Changes are annotated, including comments where useful

• Changes are documented in a changelog snippet according to the guidelines.
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Summary by CodeRabbit

Balance Changes

• Seraphim T2 Cruiser: Missile damage reduced (500→400) and blast radius decreased (3→2.3)
• UEF T2 Cruiser: Missile damage increased (300→400) and blast radius expanded (2→3)
• Adjusted projectile hit scale properties for improved impact detection

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This change adjusts T2 cruiser missile balance: Seraphim damage and radius decreased, UEF damage and radius increased, TIF projectile hit scale increased, with changelog documenting the adjustments.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Changelog Entry changelog/snippets/balance.7018.md	Documents balance adjustments for Seraphim and UEF T2 cruiser missiles with prior context notes.
Unit Weapon Stats units/UES0202/UES0202_unit.bp, units/XSS0202/XSS0202_unit.bp	Updated weapon damage and radius values: UES0202 Long Range Cruise Missile increased (300→400 damage, 2→3 radius); XSS0202 Laanse Tactical Missile decreased (500→400 damage, 3→2.3 radius).
Projectile Hit Scale projectiles/TIFMissileCruise04/TIFMissileCruise04_Script.lua	Increased hit scale properties from 1.5 to 2.25 across all hit variants.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~8 minutes

Suggested labels

area: balance, area: unit-blueprint

Suggested reviewers

• Rhaelya
• BlackYps

Poem

🐰 With carrot-crunching care, we balance the sky,
Seraphim missiles dial down their might so high,
UEF cruisers surge forth with newfound power,
Hit scales adjusted in this balance hour! ✨🚀

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main changes: nerfs to Seraphim cruiser and buffs to UEF cruiser. It accurately reflects the primary objectives of the pull request.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description is comprehensive and follows the template well. It includes a clear summary of changes with specific numeric adjustments, detailed rationale for the balance changes, testing information, and a completed checklist.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Fix all issues with AI agents

In `@changelog/snippets/balance.7018.md`:
- Line 12: Update the formatting in the "Damage: 300-> 400" snippet by adding a
space before the arrow so it reads "Damage: 300 -> 400", matching the existing
style used elsewhere (e.g., "500 -> 400") and keeping arrow spacing consistent
across the changelog entry.

[coderabbitai]

⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor

Minor formatting inconsistency: missing space before arrow.

Line 12 has 300-> 400 while line 7 uses 500 -> 400. Add a space for consistency.

-    - Damage: 300-> 400
+    - Damage: 300 -> 400

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Suggested change

	- Damage: 300-> 400
	- Damage: 300 -> 400

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

In `@changelog/snippets/balance.7018.md` at line 12, Update the formatting in the
"Damage: 300-> 400" snippet by adding a space before the arrow so it reads
"Damage: 300 -> 400", matching the existing style used elsewhere (e.g., "500 ->
400") and keeping arrow spacing consistent across the changelog entry.