Troubles with instant death

[Gandalf the Morally Grey]

So I've had this happen too many times. There has been multiple times I end up dead without a chance to react. I open a door and a guy goes full auto on me at the same turn and I die. I walk into a hallway and a quasi 1 shots me from off screen. I have great armor all over and I get one shot in melee.

It's one thing to be in a fight and get killed, but ambushes in this game are unfairly punishing for the simple act of opening a door. What am I supposed to do? Shoot every door from a distance instead of opening them?

[Dat Jehirn]

While sneaking, opening doors and using items does not cost movementpoints to my understanding. When going into a room or floor use sprint. Thats how I do it and it seems to work.

[jest]

Enemies do oneshot damage because players can stack resists with Percy. You're either invulnerable or being oneshot.

Wish they'd change the damage system to have armor penetration instead of hundreds of damage instead.

[Vultan]

Those quasimorph weapons have incredibly high crit damage. Some of them over 140 i think. If you get "frostburn" you take additional % damage.

Sneaking when opening doors, and sprinting when rounding a corner (so you can retreat if you spot multiple q-enemies) is pretty much a must to stay safe.

[jest]

Originally posted by VultanTV:

Those quasimorph weapons have incredibly high crit damage. Some of them over 140 i think. If you get "frostburn" you take additional % damage.

Sneaking when opening doors, and sprinting when rounding a corner (so you can retreat if you spot multiple q-enemies) is pretty much a must to stay safe.

Indeed you're forced to play that way. It's tedious.

If only other playstyles/characters like melee were relevant past early game.

[Timmel t( °_°t)]

Just had it again in my last run: I enter a hallway, spot 4 enemies, retreat back into the last room and wait around the corner with my shotty and skip turns. Bro opens the door, steps inside and oneshots me all within one single turn. I have no idea, how hey even allowed to do that.