Please fix the Minotaur special attack

I have a concern regarding this special attack in both versions of the game, but especially the Voobly Patch version.

The Basics - This special does a whopping 120 hack damage. This itself is quite strong on its own. It can kill Egyptian Spearmen & Axemen in one hit, doing 72 damage to a unit with 40% hack armour. Likewise it does 84 hack damage to Ulfsarks, killing them in non-EE versions. EE Ulfsarks have 85 HP, for reference.

Anti-Myth - Normally Minotaurs have a x2 bonus against other myth units but the special attack has a x3 bonus against myth units. This means it does an obscene 360 hack damage to the myth units it can target. This can be seen with the Cyclops (hack armour = 50%), who is left with 470/650 HP after one special attack. My first and general concern with this special is that it is limited to a certain number of 'heavy infantry' type units. This list includes the Minotaur, Cyclops, Anubite, Scorpion Man, Avenger, Einherjar, Monkey King & Jiangshi. It does not include light infantry (Automaton/Prometheans/Terracotta), ranged (Centaurs/Trolls etc) or heavy (giants) myth units. I find it extremely unfair that this special can do so much damage against some myth units but not touch others. Heimdall's Einherjar is absolutely destroyed while Freyja's Valkyries are exempt for some random reason.

VBP specific concern - VBP 'fixed' the Automatons and Prometheans (and Minions) by giving them the 'MythInfantry' tag. This wasn't actually a mistake by Ensemble, as it might seem. This means the Autos/Promis can be target/affected by the special attacks of Minotaurs, Battle Boars and Heka Gigantes. The latter two are not a concern as they don't do much damage on their own and are rather designed to scatter the affected units. However, the Minotaur's 360 hack damage kills the Automatons and Prometheans in one hit! This was exactly what Ensemble wanted to avoid by excluding these light infantry units from the Mino's list.

Proposed solution:

- Remove the x3 multiplier from the Minotaur's special attack i.e. it does an uniform 120 hack damage to everything it can target.

- Allow the Minotaur, Battle Boar and Heka Gigantes special to target/affect all myth units (except for immobile ones).

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