And seems to be changed for the release.
A first test against a Scylla in a Citadel with massive virus on her (> 50) gives me the following result:
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Turn 0: Before panicking, I reduced the armor of her abdomen with one Armadillo shot and after that 4 shots with a redeemer (12 bullets = 60 virus), one bullet misses, so 55 virus. Panic was shown and virus immediately dropped to 54 at the end of my turn, if I remember correctly.
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Turn 1: She panicked AND recovers in this turn, she had 26 WP (max 50) at the end of her turn and 53 virus.
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Turn 2: Panic immunity, virus also kicked in, but she had 1 WP left and attacked my Armadillo, 52 virus.
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Turn 3: She panicked AND recovers, again 26 WP at the end of her turn, 51 virus.
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Turn 4: see turn 2 and then it repeats …
All in all she was close to destroy the Armadillo with the help of other Pandorans that also runs around. I was still able to paralyse her but it was pretty close and only because I used 3 stealthy Infiltrators that all shoot with Heras even when they were not proficient and these also were able to kill or paralyse all the surrounding enemies in between.
Turn order in this test for the Scylla after virus was applied:
Panic+recover → action → panic+recover → action → …
Some pictures, but be aware of spoilers for citadel attacks:
Turn 2:
After 3 additional turns, the Armadillo has to retreat to not get destroyed, but she was already close to paralysed:
That said, it is more difficult now but still possible and I personally like this very much, it doesn’t feel longer that abusing as it was before.