Don't go offtopic as you usually are. Su76 and other units have nothing to do with this thread.
I guess people have the right to believe the Brumbar/IS-2/Pershing/Tiger...that go a similar change where also nerfed...
I don't have problems to call things for what they are. All other units you mentioned, have other stats such as scatter to accompany those changes.
And yes, removing the capability to wipe is a nerf. All those units you mentioned there don't have a 0 value distance and their initial damage is not 80. The change is healthy, it doesn't mean it's not a nerf.
Also, if you were less prone to answer quickly and check how the damage distribution was done, you would notice the difference in damage spread.
Unless i math wrong, the graph should look like this. I assume if the far AoE distance is inferior to the total AoE, then dmg tend to go to 0, not to maintain it.
Zis
Brummbar
I'm sure the Mod team made is so as the total damage average across the area is practically the same, but the distribution is what changed.
So why the Brummbar was suddenly a "god unit" which required nerfs? Because while the average AoE damage remained the same, that's only when you account for damage superior to 80, which are irrelevant to infantry.
Lethal dmg before was from 0 to ~2.125 and it was changed to 0 to ~1.125.
The avg damage done from 80 and below was doubled. Previously it was doing 48dmg at 2.5 and linearly falling down to 0dmg at 6. Current one was made to do at similar dmg at 2.5 but falling to 32dmg at 6.