Zoanthropes

[no_nic]

they need to be nerfed. The game is unplayable with the current state of them. They are almost unkillable, deal way too much damage and the fact how they buff all the horde enemys surrounding you doesnt make things better.

Idk how that got past QA but whoever is resposible for it needs to check in with his nearest chaplin asap.

[Doomvora]

They don't seem too bad, I do agree that their aoe is hard to dodge though.

A Heavy or Sniper can basically kill them instantly.

[Buldor]

Originally posted by Doomvora:

They don't seem too bad, I do agree that their aoe is hard to dodge though.

A Heavy or Sniper can basically kill them instantly.

Two spawn together and they can overlap. So one buffs the others shield to be totally immune to damage, and it is large enough that they both become immune to damage.

[RedGuy Johnson]

Originally posted by Buldor:

Originally posted by Doomvora:

They don't seem too bad, I do agree that their aoe is hard to dodge though.

A Heavy or Sniper can basically kill them instantly.

Two spawn together and they can overlap. So one buffs the others shield to be totally immune to damage, and it is large enough that they both become immune to damage.

they will never both be immune to damage. They alternate shields

most annoying thing the tyranids do but stalker bolter or sniper and you're done in a few seconds.

[Doomvora]

Originally posted by Buldor:

Two spawn together and they can overlap. So one buffs the others shield to be totally immune to damage, and it is large enough that they both become immune to damage.

Only one is immune, and it wont be after the other is dead.

[Traithon]

Well, in theory. I now had it twice, that they seemingly didn't take any damage. Yes, I understand their shielding. Both times I had a pair on the substantial difficulty in the early Inferno swamp section. At the second encounter there was also an ammo crate, so I kept wailing at them for around 10 minutes before giving up. The stat screen showed 15k damage inflicted, but none died. So it wasn't a problem of not dealing damage, but rather them just never dying.

They kept alternating their shield and I assume the shielded one regenerates health. So it either is a thing of not bringing enough burst (which shouldn't have been that low, using a green heavy bolter + 2 bots), or an actual bug. In both cases, they need to be looked into imho.