Is the "quit bugging me" challenge broken?

[bulldog0890]

so i played this on ps5, but all the same, I killed LOADS of the camouflaged novistadors in that fight sequence, and yet my challenge thing still says 0. unless you have to kill them in a special way?

[Faded]

Look up, shoot the bulging bright hive parts.

[MeCanicalis]

"One shot" the "statue form" novistadors before they wake up.. will net the counter to go up

[bulldog0890]

Originally posted by Faded:

Look up, shoot the bulging bright hive parts.

no but i mean...does it have to happen in the hive? i can't do it in the first novistador fight?

[ChaoticGamer]

Originally posted by bulldog0890:

Originally posted by Faded:

Look up, shoot the bulging bright hive parts.

no but i mean...does it have to happen in the hive? i can't do it in the first novistador fight?

Who knows, maybe u should do split save files and tested early.

[AveryHyena]

Yes, it's bugged. Sometimes the counter just won't go up. I don't know what causes it.
Also ignore the first reply here from Faded. They don't know what they're talking about. For some reason they think you're talking about the "Insect Hive" blue note request, which has nothing to do with what you're talking about.

[MeCanicalis]

It's not bugged at all.
When you see one of the sleeping ones, kill him with one shot without him waking up and tell me it didn't count.

[AveryHyena]

Originally posted by MeCanicalis:

It's not bugged at all.
When you see one of the sleeping ones, kill him with one shot without him waking up and tell me it didn't count.

Ok. "It didn't count".
What now?
Also, it is a FACT that this challenge can be bugged. If you read above, I experienced it myself. So are you accusing me of lying? Because that's the only other alternative.

[MeCanicalis]

Originally posted by AveryHyena:

Originally posted by MeCanicalis:

It's not bugged at all.
When you see one of the sleeping ones, kill him with one shot without him waking up and tell me it didn't count.

Ok. "It didn't count".
What now?
Also, it is a FACT that this challenge can be bugged. If you read above, I experienced it myself. So are you accusing me of lying? Because that's the only other alternative.

No I am not. Just assuming there was some issues with how to get it done because you left that part out. I did my challenge yesterday. Had three to go, did it with three shots.
One can always create bugs with any software of course

[AveryHyena]

Originally posted by MeCanicalis:

Originally posted by AveryHyena:

Ok. "It didn't count".
What now?
Also, it is a FACT that this challenge can be bugged. If you read above, I experienced it myself. So are you accusing me of lying? Because that's the only other alternative.

No I am not. Just assuming there was some issues with how to get it done because you left that part out. I did my challenge yesterday. Had three to go, did it with three shots.
One can always create bugs with any software of course

Well I had three to go and it just stopped progressing and only randomly progressed sometimes. I just reloaded over and over until it counted. And the op has the same problem, so yes, it is bugged. I'd recommend not assuming people aren't telling the truth for no reason by default.

[ZetaZ98]

So I have done a bit of experimenting and it isn't actually "bugged" in the sense of like....the challenge is glitched and not counting. It is more like a design oversight or an intentionally scummy set up from the devs. When you kill a camoed Novi you have to ensure it dies while still in camo-mode.

So for example, when I shoot a still camoed Novi with the Riot Gun, it dies in one shot, so you would think it should count right? Wrong. It comes out of camo during its death animation and that is what the game sees. When I throw a small grenade at a camoed Novi, it dies still in camo mode and my counter goes up. REALLY stupid, and probably still a "bug" in the oversight sense. But at least there is a way to actually ensure you get it right by figuring out which kill animations count.

[Krypto]

It's bugged. I've shot a clearly camouflaged novistador with a magnum (which will instant kill them) and the counter hasn't gone up.

Out of every novistador I've fought, the game had only counted 1 towards that challenge and I have no idea which one it was.

[m.jedi]

I used sniper rifle, every kill counted.

[Æɴɪsᴏ]

You have to kill them before they wake up.

[ZetaZ98]

So far I have gotten it to work on rifles and grenades. I have not been able to get it to count on shotguns or magnums. I will have to check pistols once I have one upgraded enough to one-shot. Or just do an NG+ or something on the easy mode and see if that is enough to allow me to one-tap them out of stealth with a pistol.

I haven't tested this, but I agree with some folks on Reddit who are saying that there is a secret distance requirement. Basically, the idea is that once you get a little too close, the argument is that the Novi is aware you are there and is just staying hidden to try and ambush you, so the game doesn't count it. You don't have to be REALLY far, just like, a ways back, enough that most of the time a shotgun isn't really the right answer versus say, the rifles.

[ggsnake]

Cannot confirm this, I did the challenge while being very close to some camouflaged ones. I don't think distance plays any role as long as the novistador is still in cloaked form and does not move.

However, it is absolutely necessary to one-shot it. After trying to kill some with the sub machine gun where it did not get count, I switched to the sniper rifle - There I had zero issues with getting the 5 kills. Maybe with magnum it is bugged?