So I completed the entire game without using a ropecaster

[Sinophile]

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[Ink Hyaena]

You're not the only one lol. I'm cleaning up side quests before finishing the final mission of base game and not once have I used it in FW. Too easy to just fire arrows into the weak points of machines.

[Dynadroo]

Yeah I find ropecasters to be basically useless, so they just sit in inventory for me. I noticed that Seyka likes them in Burning Shores. She's always roping stuff when you first meet her.

[Sinophile]

Originally posted by Dynadroo:

Yeah I find ropecasters to be basically useless, so they just sit in inventory for me. I noticed that Seyka likes them in Burning Shores. She's always roping stuff when you first meet her.

She certainly ropes my heart.

[CharlieMason]

Yep, for whatever reason I found them somewhat useful in Zero Dawn but here, I haven't used them at all at any point except once to test them out. I don't remember if they changed anything but doesn't seem as convenient anymore.

[Parry Hotter]

Rope Caster and Trip Caster worked well during combat in HZD, I used them often. In this game the machines kept jumping over my trip caster and traps during combat and I completely forgot about the rope caster. I just powered up my regular bow and triple shot my way throughout most battles.

[Cap'n Crud]

Aren't there some hunter challenges that require you to use the ropecaster? If so, then you didn't complete the ENTIRE game. I never used it outside of those challenges either.

[Dera]

Yeah lol a lot of these weapons just don't do much. I made it through the game with 3 weapons + spear.

-Hunter bow
-Precision Bow
-Spike Thrower

[Sinophile]

Originally posted by Fingler:

Aren't there some hunter challenges that require you to use the ropecaster? If so, then you didn't complete the ENTIRE game. I never used it outside of those challenges either.

anything besides storyline missions don't count.

[Sinophile]

Originally posted by Dera:

Yeah lol a lot of these weapons just don't do much. I made it through the game with 3 weapons + spear.

-Hunter bow
-Precision Bow
-Spike Thrower

Spike thrower is really OP against enemies that don't have crap you want to harvest.

[Dera]

Absolutely lol. Its what I brought out when I ran out of healing and realized I might die. Otwherside I tried to say way from them to get materials though.

I definitely just yeeted a ton of them into Erik though because that fight looked like it would actually be stupid.

[Raider Deci]

I havent gone through with the end-fight yet, but more or less same. In the first that thing was a staple of my preferred inventory, but here I didnt find at anywhere near as useful.

[Thornok]

too awkward this weapon

used it in HZD for some quest, it was mandatory

[Alezul]

I started using it every now and then after seeing there's a skill where you spend adrenaline and it doesn't use any ammo. Mostly to override machines that spotted me.

My problem with ropecaster is that without that ability, charging the shot take wayy too long and the damn machines jump around like crazy so it's easy to miss. It's worse against the thing i most want to tie down, the flying units.

If i'm gonna waste all that time aiming, might as well just damage them directly.