Why are enemies so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spongy.

[EasyOut]

I know this doesn't need to be space fallout, but in fallout when I shoot people there's an omf. I can tell. And I don't need to shoot a human in a space suit 9 times in the head with a shotgun. And on monsters my bullets seem to do nothing at all and take like 10 clips to kill something.

But I am ALSO a bullet sponge- so half the time I don't even use cover, I just unload round after round from my useless weapon into the human pinyata, and they unload round after round into me.

This is also not great in general because of how stupid your AI is- guys you don't want to be EXTENDING gunfights with the stupid take forever to kill people it breaks immersion MORE than if a normal number of bullets took people out BEFORE they started running into a wall.

I'm trying to be immersed or whatever but man ground combat is pretty weak.

[K.I.L.E.R]

Did you invest in Strength?

[EasyOut]

Originally posted by Kruno Saho:

Did you invest in Strength?

Bro, it's a shotgun.

[Cellar_Cat]

I seem to stagger them a lot with head shots. Except higher level end-of-dungeon guys. There are perks that make you stagger resistant though, so maybe they have them? Not sure if they share the same skills we get access to.

With aliens... who even knows. Some are definitely tanky but I guess I don't really care as much because they're aliens, they could work any which way anatomically.

[Monarch]

I found that energy weapons worked best for aliens and bullets for humans. but im still kinda messing around in the early game havent progressed passed dropping the rock of yet

[nrt-08]

This is a next gen game design. You just don't get it

[ChaosBreaker56]

Suits have different resistances and values, like armor in other games. So, if you were using a shotgun, chances are that you needed to use an energy weapon or heavier caliber. Not sure what you mean by stupid AI. I watched my partner loot a box for a better weapon in a firefight. Are you investing skill points into the weapons you want to use? Are you checking the zone level versus your player level? Lastly, did you raise the difficulty? Just a couple of questions.

[titanopteryx]

During the first part of the game where I was fighting those pirates I went around and shot one in the back and he instantly died and there was a message on screen saying it was a crit. I don't know if that was triggered by shooting him in the back or if it was just a random crit, but try shooting them in the back to see if you get a crit too.

[Cellar_Cat]

On player sponginess... I think at least in lower levels (I'm like 10? 11? and have fought things up to around 16) everyone is just firing crappy short ranged weapons. They do hurt at the actual short ranges they work for but outside of those you can def stand in a hail of gunfire because the damage drop is pretty steep I guess?

I get rifles with semi-auto and scopes when I can find them and headhunt with those. When I get free perk points for crafting I'll add a long barrel to that too.

[justfaded]

Are there difficulty settings?

[tankanidis]

roleplay as everyone as space marines and it all makes sense

[Daedrius]

Originally posted by EasyOut:

Originally posted by Kruno Saho:

Did you invest in Strength?

Bro, it's a shotgun.

You also said "But I am ALSO a bullet sponge- so half the time I don't even use cover"

[Cellar_Cat]

Originally posted by justfaded:

Are there difficulty settings?

Yes. I'm on the max atm.

[Grubbs008]

Yeah my only beef with the game is how lame the ground combat is. From lack of blood, no gore. To not being able to shoot through walls, doors, glass. Even with uranium rounds which say "can pass through any armor", bodies disappearing if empty, no bullet holes, or they disappear immediately. Didn't expect ZeroG realism, but man.

Everything else is great so far though.

[guxery]

its an rpg the the shot guns probably a low level compared to the enemy

[EasyOut]

Originally posted by justfaded:

Are there difficulty settings?

There are but I'm mostly talking about immersion here. I can jack the difficulty way up I guess

Originally posted by Ezeris:

Originally posted by EasyOut:

Bro, it's a shotgun.

You also said "But I am ALSO a bullet sponge- so half the time I don't even use cover"

Ah I get it. No that's before any upgrades at all.