Quote Originally Posted by Barbarian
Of course, heated/explosive shots doesn't bounce, but they have a larger area effect in the point, where they hit.
A shot, which hits 2-4 units is not a wasted shot
It draws nice lines and patterns in enemy's formations
Unfortunately explosive shots do not increase kill rate. Higher impact area just means more people thrown into the air or falling over or being thrown back (breaks formation a tiny bit, but not really useful actually) but they all get up again. Kind of like elephants running through a mass of infantry and only those directly hit by the elephant's attack (not its attack area) die.