Pressing "Stop", destroying target before Burst= finishes resets the burst counter

[EVA-251]

There's not much more to it. If a unit with a multiple burst weapon destroys its target before it has Burst= number of shots, the burst count is reset.

In addition, by using the Stop command, the player can manually reset the burst, which can be exploited to give the cheater a significant advantage over his opponent.

##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE #####
1: Get an elite Apocalypse Tank
2: Attack a group of Prism Tanks with the elite Apoc- he will finish off the Prism Tank before firing all four rounds, and move on to the next Prism- and keep going until there are no more tanks to kill.

or
Just target an enemy unit, spam attack orders and mash S at the same time.

##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION #####
In addition, I've seen the AI abuse this bug a few rare times, with Apocalypse Tanks firing random 10-15 super rapid-fire bursts.

[skyboy (skyboy)]

Yeah, this has been a bug since Ra2 1.006, possibly before. Funny to watch how people react to an elite apoc destroying their base without stopping to reload, not as funny when you're receiving it.

I vote removing it though

[reaperrr (reaperrr)]

This has been a bug since at least TS.

[Chanterier (speederyr)]

I was just able to notice how truly exploitable it is. Any unit with burst=2+ can be used for abuse. This is almost as rage-worthy as the guard-command-on-enemy-harvester issue, it really bothers me that WW never fixed this.

[falaka21 (falaka21)]

This makes Apoc Tanks much more effective and unbalanced...(invincible in large groups) I support you in this matter ,EVA-251..

[Mig Eater (mig-eater)]

Nearly five years later, any chance of this being fixed in the future?

[AetherDawn (aetherdawn)]

It had been fixed in NPEXT IIRC...
When will ARES?