Are venom canon's supposed to do t his?

[Ginseng]

I love this game but it is really frustrating to lose because of some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way into a ruthless mission. I literally just was downed twice in a row by venom canons when one hits me, it knocks me down, then he instantly charges up a shot and hits me within 0.5 seconds as I'm getting up from the knock down (i was spamming dodge and just started a dodge animation when it hit). This is not the first time that exact thing has happened, at least half a dozen other times I have seen it do the same thing.

Then not 2 minutes later in the same fight there are two venom canons pointing at me im stuck in a hallway with no cover so I use my jump pack to try and throw off their aim, one of them perfectly tracks me and hits me in the middle of my jump...wtf is this?

It feels unfair like the game is just telling you nope you have to take damage here, your dodge/parry/wake up timer be damned.

is it just me?

[KaijuSoul]

no its not just you i have noticed them cheesing their charge up time to get a second cheapshot out

[Kristian]

Yeah, its weird. The zoanthropes also do this with their beam attack at times. You dodge the 1st one and a much quicker 2nd attack comes out of nowhere

[Chief Librarian Tigurius]

Originally posted by Ginseng:

I love this game but it is really frustrating to lose because of some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way into a ruthless mission. I literally just was downed twice in a row by venom canons when one hits me, it knocks me down, then he instantly charges up a shot and hits me within 0.5 seconds as I'm getting up from the knock down (i was spamming dodge and just started a dodge animation when it hit). This is not the first time that exact thing has happened, at least half a dozen other times I have seen it do the same thing.

Then not 2 minutes later in the same fight there are two venom canons pointing at me im stuck in a hallway with no cover so I use my jump pack to try and throw off their aim, one of them perfectly tracks me and hits me in the middle of my jump...wtf is this?

It feels unfair like the game is just telling you nope you have to take damage here, your dodge/parry/wake up timer be damned.

is it just me?

Christ almighty I had the exact same.. another stealth update in difficulty.. I'm not even half way through standing up and it shot me dead.

[Fenrir4life]

This has been happening since launch, yeah. I'm fair certain it's a bug, but they've never acknowledged it.

[Platzetta]

I've noticed the same thing, you're not alone

[McDinglefart]

Yea it some bs. Within melee range I dodget a sniper ♥♥♥♥, he missed, then just about my dodge animation was done and I was early/mid atrack, tyranid venom cannon turns 180 degrees and downs me.
I'm not playing this game until they work it out. They clearly rushed unfinished patch.