the only thing i'd like changed in this ability is that it shouldn't be allowed in HQ sectors (like most arty).
A fitting punishment for a blob retreat but too harsh a punishment.
It's true that you can use that ability to wipe a retreating blob, and blobbing should be punishable.
However, you can also target this ability to wipe your opponent's engineers when they are engaged in repairing. As far as I know, power-repairing (i.e., using multiple engineer squads for the job) is not a punishable punishment.
In fact, the very design of this ability punishes any attempts at multitasking:
- The warning time is insufficient for you to jump to other units AND determine whether they are about to be shelled AND relocate them safely in time
Thus, the best (and only way) to be safe against the Stuka Dive Bomb ability is to actually blob (there is only one location you need to be aware of).