K, got it fixed here.  I'm going to stream out a fix (ie: you won't need to download a patch or anything, it won't actually change your local files).

There are 2 issues.  The fix is that splash damage is way stronger than it should be.  The scale was supposed to be 0.25 for 25% splash damage and instead it is set as 25 (ie: anything in the vicinity dies).

The other issue is a cosmetic one.  It is possible to dodge splash damage.  But we don't have any dodge animation or tag showing that the unit dodged the splash damage so it just appears to "not work" sometimes.  We have this fixed locally (so you can see the units dodge) but that won't be coming until the next real patch.

I don't have an eta on streaming out the fix for this.  I'll update this thread when its live.

Juggernauts are definitly not immune to splash damage.  I've killed a bunch today with damage form others.  Splash damage occurs to all creatures within 1 tile of the unit being attacked.  It doesn't effect the attacker.  It does effect everyone else (enemy or ally).

Hey thanks for getting to this when I know you are hard at work on Beta 4.

K, we have streamed a fix.

Q: Do I have to download and install something?

Nope, the reason we force people to connect for betas is so that they can get updates like this.  Your game pulls the latest XML data each time it loads.  We have updated that data to fix this issue.

Q: Sounds like magic, did you sacrifice a goat to accomplish this?

Ummm.... no.

Q: Why don't you do this for all your patches?

Our tech doesn't allow us to stream everything, that would be cool though.

Q: Will this fix existing games?

No, games store all their XML data in the save game.  This way that game doesn't become corrupt when XML data is added or removed.  You will have to start a new game for these fixes to take effect.

Q: What changed?

The abilities and weapons that gave splash damage are now correctly set.  They were supposed to give 25-50% of the main attack as splash damage.  Instead they gave 25-50 times the main attack as splash damage (that's not good).  I've also reduced the damage on Pillar of Flames.

Derek didn't say, but while a goat wasn't sacrificed to stream that update, one was definitely overflambe via Pillar of Flames, hence the nerf hammer.