User blog comment:BlizzardOfOz123/Sand Swirl/@comment-1330314-20110518212514/@comment-1330314-20110519174750

Adding a triple damage multiplier to enemies who are basically reduced to sitting ducks would make enemies very easy to kill, as you'd be taking them down in less than one-third of the time you'd normally require (and that's not counting the accuracy bonus you'd get from attacking a near-stationary target, as well as the headshot multiplier one could easily get with Splicers and Alphas).