invincible eggs

[Haggis MechHaggis]

anyone running into this since latest patch?
not always but seemingly a lot once I passed pioneer station

[Maffin]

Are you sure you didn't miss them with your flamethrower or grenade or whatever? In some missions they're hard to hit because of the line of sight.

[Haggis MechHaggis]

very sure. burn them all: still alive. burn them again: still alive. can't target those eggs with a sniper rifle etc
happening multiple times only since the patch
during my third playthrough

[IvantheFormidable]

Originally posted by Haggis MechHaggis:

very sure. burn them all: still alive. burn them again: still alive. can't target those eggs with a sniper rifle etc
happening multiple times only since the patch
during my third playthrough

Seems like a bug that I ran into. Burned a patch of eggs, exited the room, and upon entering it again, the eggs started to detect me. Tried to target them with a grenade, flamethrower, or sniper to no avail.

Out of curiosity, I let them detect me and they opened as if facehuggers were in them, only nothing came out, and the aliens weren't alerted to my presence.

[c_falk]

Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:

Seems like a bug that I ran into. Burned a patch of eggs, exited the room, and upon entering it again, the eggs started to detect me. Tried to target them with a grenade, flamethrower, or sniper to no avail.

Out of curiosity, I let them detect me and they opened as if facehuggers were in them, only nothing came out, and the aliens weren't alerted to my presence.

Same thing happened to me a couple of times on my last play-through. The best way to see if the eggs are actually dead is if you wave the grenade launcher target reticle around it. Live eggs will be highlighted if they are anywhere within the inner or outer damage circle. Dead eggs will only highlight if the reticle is aimed dead at the egg. If you don't have a grenade launcher, you'll have to take your chances - I did not see another reticle have that loophole.

[Haggis MechHaggis]

Originally posted by c_falk:

Originally posted by IvantheFormidable:

Seems like a bug that I ran into. Burned a patch of eggs, exited the room, and upon entering it again, the eggs started to detect me. Tried to target them with a grenade, flamethrower, or sniper to no avail.

Out of curiosity, I let them detect me and they opened as if facehuggers were in them, only nothing came out, and the aliens weren't alerted to my presence.

Same thing happened to me a couple of times on my last play-through. The best way to see if the eggs are actually dead is if you wave the grenade launcher target reticle around it. Live eggs will be highlighted if they are anywhere within the inner or outer damage circle. Dead eggs will only highlight if the reticle is aimed dead at the egg. If you don't have a grenade launcher, you'll have to take your chances - I did not see another reticle have that loophole.

that's a good tip, didn't know that
I usually flame the buggers

from other reports, looks like they may actually be dead like you say
the game is just throwing up the detection alert by mistake

seeing quite a few little bugs in this latest patch
previously was very well behaved for me