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Cell burst effect can be made more brighter but I'm waiting for others' opinion.

When I hit another cell using my pilus, the hit effect is centered on my cell rather than the point of contact. Also, the effect is far too big and slow. A version of the effect with an instant start and fewer particles that disappear after a shorter distance would be better.

I'll wait for visual tweaks on this before reviewing the code (as I think positioning logic being very different will warrant quite different technical implementation).

Edit: I'll say that I haven't looked in game but if this just uses the cell burst effect as is, it is very unsuitable for a fast action that can happen often.

A version of the effect with an instant start and fewer particles that disappear after a shorter distance would be better.

We are currently in feature freeze until the next release.
If your PR is not just a simple fix, then it may take until the release to get reviewed and merged.