The worm is a game ruin-er

[DragonBorn305]

The warning time is half a second i see people have like a couple seconds to drop they're stuff and run, but i see the first bit of ground rumbling and i am already dead.

[Iron Horse]

Maybe don't do grunt work on Arrakis, then.

[SIGNAL]

After dying to worms a couple of times, I found out that they do have a distinct growl that you should be listening out for, and that's your cue to start running to a safe zone before the ground starts shaking
When the ground shakes, that's when it strikes

[happygiggi]

The worm's delay attack is random, DON'T WAIT for the rumble before sprinting, sprint BEFORE it even start attacking. (yup, have to guess if you want a dodge).

It's easier to just back away, and figure out an alternate way to avoid it.

[DragonBorn305]

Originally posted by happygiggi:

The worm's delay attack is random, DON'T WAIT for the rumble before sprinting, sprint BEFORE it even start attacking. (yup, have to guess if you want a dodge).

It's easier to just back away, and figure out an alternate way to avoid it.

all i heard was the grunt, I got really unlucky where the delay before attack after the grunt was basically 0

[RazakelKairo]

Originally posted by happygiggi:

The worm's delay attack is random, DON'T WAIT for the rumble before sprinting, sprint BEFORE it even start attacking. (yup, have to guess if you want a dodge).

It's easier to just back away, and figure out an alternate way to avoid it.

This. Its quite consistent to just outrun it and try to get your loot in a different manner.

I quite like them for how well they combine with dogs. Dogs are stupid easy on their own but worms will up the tensity somewhat by forcing you to, well, not stay quiet.

[Last laugh]

When you see the ground move and/or the grunt immediately turn around, the worm jumps where you're going to be if you keep walking forward not your current location so if you see any signs of it listen and if you hear it turn and run.

[Rayalot72]

It is RNG whether they give you time to run or insta-kill you.

Worm needs a rework.

[Furarior]

Can confirm, worm delay is still random and can still instakill you (delay after worm growl/ground particle effect starting can still be next to zero)

[Hugo the Dwarf]

Yeah I've run into moments where all I hear is the worm growling and I'm fine, and also ran into instances where the particles and rumbling started and boom worm eats me in less than a second (no time to react) I feel like this wasn't the case in previous versions.

It's not everytime, but I have been got by this at least 3 times now.