Forest giants are a detriment to the game

[Jackwolf]

change my mind.

ridiculous vision distance. only barely slower than sprinting speed. can reach through objects to get you, sometimes including the ship. no weaknesses.

[HAndyBoy]

Buy stun grenades

[Spessman]

They really aren't that bad. They are loud and telegraph exactly where they are, and are very lenient with how long you can be in its line of sight before it chases you down. There will be situations where you have to circle a tree over and over to avoid line of sight. If a planet is foggy and could have forest giants, don't land there just as you wouldn't land on an eclipsed planet.
I'll post a link to a video, if it doesn't go through my profile should have a channel link on it.
https://youtu.be/2bc0rO2Ouqo

[Seven Days To Cry]

Never had them reach me inside the ship, if they can do that it sucks, but they are fine otherwise. The more random monsters this game has the better to honest.

[REEEman]

Originally posted by Jackwolf:

change my mind.

ridiculous vision distance. only barely slower than sprinting speed. can reach through objects to get you, sometimes including the ship. no weaknesses.

Utilize tools to counterplay the mobs. You are not supposed to outrun each and every of them.

[Khalani]

To be fair they are a little bit overpowered in comparison to dogs and worms, but still managable. I just wish it would be easier to lose them around trees.

[Karmac]

giants are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid had three games in a row where they either spawned right outside our ship and just camped the doorway or spotted us and made a beeline immediately after me and my pals stepped outside
only potential counterplay is if you bought stun grenades
in which case you may proceed to get back in the ship and leave because doing anything else is a waste of time
i fully agree OP, they ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ suck

[Khalani]

In case you want to get out of the ship again, break line of sight until they look away from the ship. Then go outside and use the ship as cover to get some distance
Not perfect, but possible

[Lanceps]

Originally posted by Spessman:

They really aren't that bad. They are loud and telegraph exactly where they are, and are very lenient with how long you can be in its line of sight before it chases you down. There will be situations where you have to circle a tree over and over to avoid line of sight. If a planet is foggy and could have forest giants, don't land there just as you wouldn't land on an eclipsed planet.
I'll post a link to a video, if it doesn't go through my profile should have a channel link on it.
https://youtu.be/2bc0rO2Ouqo

"arent that bad", but in ^ that video you were stuck for quite a while and you eventually just had to drop everything and make a huge gamble. You did make it back alive barely, but it looks like you just got lucky he didnt grab you to be honest. That was also on one of the like 2 maps that have trees on them, the other maps arent nearly as fair, especially the late game 3 moons. Also, that was only one giant, half the time they spawn in pairs...

I agree that they are technically jukeable sometimes, but atleast with the way most moons are now/how powerful the giants are, they are kinda overtuned. Maybe if every other moon had more cover/shelter, or if the giants had less view distance or could be actually juked but maybe aggroed faster idk. If they ever start patrolling the entrance to the shuttle you might as well reset because you probably arent getting any major loot back if you even do manage to leave/return from the ship.

[scrunt]

I've had them parkour clip up mountains and across gaps to kill me and clip up and through stairways to get me.

[Kyle]

i want to uproot their entire existence with a shovel

[Dragontoast]

Giants definitely need tweaking or the maps need tweaking.
There are only a handful of maps that actually offer protection from a giant visually and even less offer protection in the event one spots you(then they usually camp you for hours).

The best strategy to deal with giants shouldn't be someone naked baiting it away and getting teleported to safety or "buy stuns". Stuns should be the 100% safety/panic option, not the only option.

[frogger]

I don't want every monster to have a defined meta to counter it. That's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring. I want things to be scary when I encounter them - part of that fear is knowing there isn't some stupid counter play to everything. Sometimes you just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ die. Get used to it, or find a new job. The Company will continue the lashings until morale improves.

[The Life Changing UFO Crash]

Originally posted by frogger:

I don't want every monster to have a defined meta to counter it. That's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring. I want things to be scary when I encounter them - part of that fear is knowing there isn't some stupid counter play to everything. Sometimes you just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ die. Get used to it, or find a new job. The Company will continue the lashings until morale improves.

you do realize that the fear from survival horror games often comes from just barely escaping a creature, typically in smart ways, right? just having something that repeatedly kills you with very little to do about it isn't scary. it's frustrating. especially when you can just ignore the planets that they go on. it makes it impossible to justify their existence when the main counterplay is "just don't play a third of the game".

[Akameka]

You have to know the way they work. They increase agro when looking at you based on distance. When they reach the 1 point threshold, they rush at you. Both being standing and moving in their line of sigh instantly add 1 point to the aggro counter. Crouch, and freeze when they look at you. If you're not too close, you should be fine.

Also, contrary to general belief, they are not deaf. they will investigate any sound. that's why they usually hang around the ship.

[Khalani]

They already got nerfed, you can rescue your teammate by throwing a stun grenade, even if it already grabbed the unlucky dude.