How do you defeat the ghosts?

[austinthehotty]

I tried everything I can think of.

[PsyWarVeteran]

Wait for them to be visible and shoot them until they die.

[Sir. Vival]

I use the shotgun. right when they try to hit you, shoot, it will stun them for a second. then wait till they try again. it takes about 4-6 shells. or you can get them while they shoot ghost heads at you from afar

[austinthehotty]

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

Wait for them to be visible and shoot them until they die.

There's no indication that they're taking damage

[austinthehotty]

Originally posted by Uncle Monkey:

I use the shotgun. right when they try to hit you, shoot, it will stun them for a second. then wait till they try again. it takes about 4-6 shells. or you can get them while they shoot ghost heads at you from afar

What difficultly do you play at?

[Stormworm]

Let one get close to you and they will materialize to take a swing at you with their scythe. That's your chance to give them both barrels of the shotgun. This knocks them back a bit but if you stay still, they usually charge you again and you repeat the process until they die. The trick is not to panic and fire too early.

The shotgun is ideal weapon against them since it puts them into a pain-state which cancels their melee attack and knocks them back.

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by austinthehotty:

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

Wait for them to be visible and shoot them until they die.

There's no indication that they're taking damage

They are supposed to bleed but it's currently bugged in this release, just shoot them when they are solid.

[Sir. Vival]

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

Originally posted by austinthehotty:

There's no indication that they're taking damage

They are supposed to bleed but it's currently bugged in this release, just shoot them when they are solid.

The only bug I've seen in this game so far is you can't be smashed to death..

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by Uncle Monkey:

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

They are supposed to bleed but it's currently bugged in this release, just shoot them when they are solid.

The only bug I've seen in this game so far is you can't be smashed to death..

Consider yourself lucky then, there are many omissions from the original version. Bugs may not be the most accurate way to describe them.

[Disrupt]

Beta adds the missing blood from the original when you shoot the Phantoms. Definitely helps.
Tommy gun also does well but Sawed-off is the way to go.

[austinthehotty]

Originally posted by Disruptr:

Beta adds the missing blood from the original when you shoot the Phantoms. Definitely helps.
Tommy gun also does well but Sawed-off is the way to go.

Can you get smashed to death in the beta?

[Disrupt]

Originally posted by austinthehotty:

Originally posted by Disruptr:

Beta adds the missing blood from the original when you shoot the Phantoms. Definitely helps.
Tommy gun also does well but Sawed-off is the way to go.

Can you get smashed to death in the beta?

What do you mean 'smashed to death'. What does that mean?
A bit more context is required for me tbh, Smashed by a moving pillar? Smashed by a door closing?

[Enker-Zan]

Originally posted by Disruptr:

Originally posted by austinthehotty:

Can you get smashed to death in the beta?

What do you mean 'smashed to death'. What does that mean?
A bit more context is required for me tbh, Smashed by a moving pillar? Smashed by a door closing?

It sounds exactly as it says. Another word for that is crushed.

[Enker-Zan]

Originally posted by austinthehotty:

Originally posted by Uncle Monkey:

I use the shotgun. right when they try to hit you, shoot, it will stun them for a second. then wait till they try again. it takes about 4-6 shells. or you can get them while they shoot ghost heads at you from afar

What difficultly do you play at?

Safest way to kill them without getting damaged is to use the shotgun's alt-fire the moment they turn solid to slash you or to throw a projectile. In lower difficulties, you can use the tommygun on them at a distance when they get happy with the projectile spam. On extra crispy they tend to just fly straight into your face at 100 mph, so shotgun alt-fire is ideal. It will take 2-10 shots to get rid of them pending on the difficulty, which is 4-20 shells provided you hit them at optimal range.

[Disrupt]

Originally posted by Enker-Zan:

Originally posted by Disruptr:

What do you mean 'smashed to death'. What does that mean?
A bit more context is required for me tbh, Smashed by a moving pillar? Smashed by a door closing?

It sounds exactly as it says. Another word for that is crushed.

Yeh i get that part...
Was seeking a bit of context. I'm assuming the person meant crushed by level geometry or objects like the pistons in the factory level, that kind of thing?

Havn't played any of those levels since latest beta dropped. I know the pistons were acting strange though in the beta before last, killing the player on the upwards motion, not just the downwards one. And i feel like i have been trapped under a falling piece of level geo. that squashed my view down but didnt kill me... again - previous beta build

[Phlebiac]

When they get close to you and appear, make sure you got the shotgun equipped, and then use right mouse button aka alternate fire. Do this 2 or 3 times and it dies! It's better then using normal shells...