Residue Bolt doesn't work

[Yes, I have a Mic.]

90% of the time I use it actually just triggers every "freaker" to attack me.
Please tell me theres something to fix this bug or prevent it happening.
Because if not; I'm done. I'm not playing Survival II with a handicap like that.

[simon.pete15]

Residue bolts don't have much effect on freakers.
The residue, as you should know, comes from burnt out freaker nests. They live in the stuff, so are more or less immune to it.
It works very well on humans. They go berserk and try to kill everyone they see, before dying from the affects or being killed.
It's a shame you didn't read or understand the information that is available for all the various weapons. Still, if your first play through is on Survival II, I'm quite sure you'll be ok and finish the game easily enough.

[Yes, I have a Mic.]

Originally posted by simon.pete15:

Residue bolts don't have much effect on freakers.
The residue, as you should know, comes from burnt out freaker nests. They live in the stuff, so are more or less immune to it.
It works very well on humans. They go berserk and try to kill everyone they see, before dying from the affects or being killed.
It's a shame you didn't read or understand the information that is available for all the various weapons. Still, if your first play through is on Survival II, I'm quite sure you'll be ok and finish the game easily enough.

Oh... ok. That makes sense.
I didn't realise they actually had a programmed resistance to it, I thought it was a bug.
Man, I died so many times trying to get it to work.
Thanks.

[WeirdScienceX]

Residue bolts will cause freakers to attack other freakers, as long as you aren't of interest to them, otherwise they will just attack you

[ImWhiteDynamite]

Originally posted by Yes, I have a Mic.:

Originally posted by simon.pete15:

Residue bolts don't have much effect on freakers.
The residue, as you should know, comes from burnt out freaker nests. They live in the stuff, so are more or less immune to it.
It works very well on humans. They go berserk and try to kill everyone they see, before dying from the affects or being killed.
It's a shame you didn't read or understand the information that is available for all the various weapons. Still, if your first play through is on Survival II, I'm quite sure you'll be ok and finish the game easily enough.

Oh... ok. That makes sense.
I didn't realise they actually had a programmed resistance to it, I thought it was a bug.
Man, I died so many times trying to get it to work.
Thanks.

this guy is incorrect residue bolts have the same effect on freakers I’ve been using them the entire game on both humans and freakers and they react the same exact way. They attack the closest thing to them be it enemy or ally and will turn to attack you once you become the closest target. Freakers will also eventually lay down convulse and die from the bolts. I have no idea why that guy said they don’t work.I am playing on Hard Difficulty maybe it’s mechanics change in the extreme difficulty levels but I don’t think so. The bolts even work on animals like wolves. (not deer though because they have no attack animation). There is a known bug where the residue bolts will just altogether stop working as intended though so make sure it’s not bugged. I had it bugged on a previous playthrough and it annoyed the crap out of me. no matter who i shot with them or what state of alertness they were in they never were affected by them nor did the blue icon appear.

[Fate's Destiny]

this guy is incorrect residue bolts have the same effect on freakers I’ve been using them the entire game on both humans and freakers and they react the same exact way. They attack the closest thing to them be it enemy or ally and will turn to attack you once you become the closest target. Freakers will also eventually lay down convulse and die from the bolts. I have no idea why that guy said they don’t work.I am playing on Hard Difficulty maybe it’s mechanics change in the extreme difficulty levels but I don’t think so. The bolts even work on animals like wolves. (not deer though because they have no attack animation). There is a known bug where the residue bolts will just altogether stop working as intended though so make sure it’s not bugged. I had it bugged on a previous playthrough and it annoyed the crap out of me. no matter who i shot with them or what state of alertness they were in they never were affected by them nor did the blue icon appear. [/quote]

So what you mean to say is that they SHOULD work, but don't always and maybe bugged, and that is probably why the other person says they don't work. That's the answer.

[BrackObama2]

Originally posted by WeirdScienceX:

Residue bolts will cause freakers to attack other freakers, as long as you aren't of interest to them, otherwise they will just attack you

True, I have used residue bolts against freakers with success most of the time, but they indeed can turn around and attack you instead.

[Tellic]

As far as I can tell residue bolts work against random freakers that you come across as you play. But they do not work if you fire them in to a horde - even sneaking up close and firing before it becomes aware of you.

(They also have a chance to kill the freaker outright with head shots which wastes the residue really)

[Sangson]

From what I gathered, those bolts don't or don't consistently work on H o r d e s. To whom it may concern, I guess that and the different difficulties would have to be experimented with.
Maybe the things work different on survival altogether, maybe on easy you can even catch hordes with it.