Hive tyrant focusing only one player

[Noob]

How come some games, the hive tyrant focus one and only one player?

Does this also happens to you?

[The Spirit of Jazz]

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

[urinokowolf]

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

I'm not sure, i had noticed that he actually forget about heavy with plasma cannon, that both activly try to kill each other and just rush to me for starting to killing spawned minors and warriors...

[The Spirit of Jazz]

Originally posted by urinokowolf:

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

I'm not sure, i had noticed that he actually forget about heavy with plasma cannon, that both activly try to kill each other and just rush to me for starting to killing spawned minors and warriors...

The only time I've noticed this is when I've played with bots. It doesn't ignore them completely, but it does tend to focus the player, presumably because the bots are doing next to no damage even when attacking it.

[Medicles]

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

That doesnt work everytime. I guess next to damage aggro the Hive Tyrant also has a target switch by design that triggers when he does his charge attack, i believe. I certainly have seen several times how i didnt attack the Tyrant for a long period of time to not get damage aggro and the target was switched to me anyway, without anyone going down and usually only when its charging.

[The Spirit of Jazz]

Originally posted by Medicles:

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

That doesnt work everytime. I guess next to damage aggro the Hive Tyrant also has a target switch by design that triggers when he does his charge attack, i believe. I certainly have seen several times how i didnt attack the Tyrant for a long period of time to not get damage aggro and the target was switched to me anyway, without anyone going down and usually only when its charging.

Maybe it's just random? My suggesting it goes for the highest damage dealer is an assumption on my part, but it could just randomly pick a target I guess.

[urinokowolf]

Originally posted by Medicles:

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

I think they focus whoever does the most damage. If you need a break, stop shooting/hitting it for a few seconds.

That doesnt work everytime. I guess next to damage aggro the Hive Tyrant also has a target switch by design that triggers when he does his charge attack, i believe. I certainly have seen several times how i didnt attack the Tyrant for a long period of time to not get damage aggro and the target was switched to me anyway, without anyone going down and usually only when its charging.

Maybe trigger is that you don't have him in the vision for some time?

[urinokowolf]

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

Originally posted by urinokowolf:

I'm not sure, i had noticed that he actually forget about heavy with plasma cannon, that both activly try to kill each other and just rush to me for starting to killing spawned minors and warriors...

The only time I've noticed this is when I've played with bots. It doesn't ignore them completely, but it does tend to focus the player, presumably because the bots are doing next to no damage even when attacking it.

Nope, actually saw this in multiple diff and with all peoples. On atleast both hardest ones.

[Medicles]

Originally posted by The Spirit of Jazz:

Maybe it's just random? My suggesting it goes for the highest damage dealer is an assumption on my part, but it could just randomly pick a target I guess.

Nah man, i am fully with you in regard to the damage aggro. I have experienced that with the Tyrant and other enemies as well. Thats certainly a thing.

Just saying that, besides the damage aggro, the Tyrant also has a target switch built into him and it has another trigger than damage.

Originally posted by urinokowolf:

Maybe trigger is that you don't have him in the vision for some time?

It always looks like that, but i dont think they would use such a system. I would rather guess something like distance plays a huge part, since that should be a trigger for the charge attack as well.

[Noob]

Doesn't change the fact that some games, it focuses only one player all along.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Noob:

How come some games, the hive tyrant focus one and only one player?

Does this also happens to you?

Is that a bad thing? Isn't that exactly what you'd want? That way the other two can deal with the adds and deal damage.

Sure, it is unfortunate if the person it focuses on still has to learn to dodge and or parry, but it focusing on one person is actually quite desirable.

[Rec]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Originally posted by Noob:

How come some games, the hive tyrant focus one and only one player?

Does this also happens to you?

Is that a bad thing? Isn't that exactly what you'd want? That way the other two can deal with the adds and deal damage.

Sure, it is unfortunate if the person it focuses on still has to learn to dodge and or parry, but it focusing on one person is actually quite desirable.

You are not wrong.
I have learned a few things due to this "problem"
For example, sniper dodge and vanguard dodge are not the same thing.
Van will dodge almost everything and last a lot longer in this cat and mouse spiel.
Sniper will die when tyrant reaches 5th or 6th attack.