Were mechanoids changed recently?

[darkwarrior1002]

mechanoids feel far more formidable for whatever reason. specifically in melee. usually, there would be little to no issue engaging a lancer in combat, but these things are basically caving pawn's chests with their punches. I don't quite recall them being this adept in melee. Were there some stealth changes to them or the overall melee system not recorded in the changelogs? I've logged in over a thousand hours and this feels exceedingly strange.

[Vintorez]

Not that I'm aware of, though wiki says they do 12 melee damage so just a couple unmitigated hits could cause some damage if you're unlucky.
I feel like my colonists always lose a finger any time they fight a pikeman, but this has been true since they were added.