As far as I'm concerned, the buffInstantActionType "MakeDead" should bypass SB's....not doing so severely limits modding capabilities...if the devs want something that doesn't bypass enduring devotion, then I hope they use a different buffInstantActionType instead of changing how MakeDead works...

It used to NOT bypass Enduring Devotion though. Now something has changed that allows it to do so. I'm not entirely against this as Wail is pretty OP if you don't actually lose the planet, but it did change and it wasn't in the change notes, which leads/led me to believe it was an unintentional change.

As to Wail itself, I think it needs a couple things.

1) Warning and/or notification that it has been used

2) Some kind of delay of the damage. This could be a straight up wait period before the damage hits the surrounding planets (maybe some sort of wave animation that travels down phase lanes) or it could be having Wail do DOT to adjacent grav wells. Something like 40 damage/sec for a number of secs = to 1/2 population of planet using Wail. Same amount of damage, could theoretically give time to run and/or keep some ships alive through repairs.

I'm fine if I have to keep a colony frigate in the grav well before jumping, jiving, and wailing.  I just think it's odd that it wasn't in the change logs so I reported it as a bug (I also think it's odd that the change logs aren't stickied and titans keep their levels, but maybe I'm the one that's crazy).

Seleuceia, that possibility would be a huge buff to TEC if it were implemented since the Coronata's planet stealing ability doesn't work on homeworlds.

I think even I would join the Novalith hating club if they did that. They should remove the trade/max population debuff entirely if they did that.

I only play with capital and/or flagship victory these days...