Howlers are invincible now?

[naomha]

Killed some yesterday for a mission I needed to do and they were in the way. Now, today, I can unload 10 arrows into em and not one "hit". It's funny because they'll have a bunch of arrows sticking out of their head but it does NOT kill them now. What gives? I thought it was just 1 Howler. However, creeping around at night now and I can't seem to kill any of them. All of them are invincible now.

[Heroic Ryan]

So I survived my first night in Dying Light 2. I watched as all the night zombies ran back towards their dens as the sunlight begun to burn them, just like old times in Dying Light 1. Except... not all of them actually did. There was a howler on the street. He didn't burn. He just stood there. I took notice of this, and jumped down. It's like his AI broke. He didn't even notice me. I swung weapons at them but the strikes didn't connect. His icon was red as if he noticed me, but nothing came of it. No screaming, no reinforcements, nothing. I was able to get a real close look at his character model lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754004805

[naomha]

Originally posted by Heroic Ryan:

So I survived my first night in Dying Light 2. I watched as all the night zombies ran back towards their dens as the sunlight begun to burn them, just like old times in Dying Light 1. Except... not all of them actually did. There was a howler on the street. He didn't burn. He just stood there. I took notice of this, and jumped down. It's like his AI broke. He didn't even notice me. I swung weapons at them but the strikes didn't connect. His icon was red as if he noticed me, but nothing came of it. No screaming, no reinforcements, nothing. I was able to get a real close look at his character model lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754004805

So, I just did a little testing and it seems like all the Howlers in my area are invincible right now for some reason. Using my bow, I'm trying to 1 shot them in the head but I NOTICED what was happening. My arrow is showing as a "hit" but the actual arrow is flying off to god knows where. It's the weirdest thing. I was just aiming for a Howler's head and when the "hit" happened the zombie that was 2 over took the arrow and died. I'm dying over here. Funniest thing but maddening because I need these stupid trophies.

[John Cena]

Originally posted by naomha:

Originally posted by Heroic Ryan:

So I survived my first night in Dying Light 2. I watched as all the night zombies ran back towards their dens as the sunlight begun to burn them, just like old times in Dying Light 1. Except... not all of them actually did. There was a howler on the street. He didn't burn. He just stood there. I took notice of this, and jumped down. It's like his AI broke. He didn't even notice me. I swung weapons at them but the strikes didn't connect. His icon was red as if he noticed me, but nothing came of it. No screaming, no reinforcements, nothing. I was able to get a real close look at his character model lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754004805

So, I just did a little testing and it seems like all the Howlers in my area are invincible right now for some reason. Using my bow, I'm trying to 1 shot them in the head but I NOTICED what was happening. My arrow is showing as a "hit" but the actual arrow is flying off to god knows where. It's the weirdest thing. I was just aiming for a Howler's head and when the "hit" happened the zombie that was 2 over took the arrow and died. I'm dying over here. Funniest thing but maddening because I need these stupid trophies.

this happens to howlers mostly but ive seen it happen to other zombies as well. sometimes zombies dont even render in properly and they can only be seen with survivor sense. when you get too close they will appear and act as normal tho.

[space]

they bug out sometimes

[Meph504]

Originally posted by naomha:

Originally posted by Heroic Ryan:

So I ... So, I just did a little testing and it seems like all the Howlers in my area are invincible right now for some reason. Using my bow, I'm trying to 1 shot them in the head but I NOTICED what was happening. My arrow is showing as a "hit" but the actual arrow is flying off to god knows where. It's the weirdest thing. I was just aiming for a Howler's head and when the "hit" happened the zombie that was 2 over took the arrow and died. I'm dying over here. Funniest thing but maddening because I need these stupid trophies.

They are just not dropping, but before you shoot them, they will trigger and alarm, after you shoot them, they won't, and Arrows pass through after because they aren't there, its just a result of the bug.

[naomha]

Originally posted by Meph504:

Originally posted by naomha:

They are just not dropping, but before you shoot them, they will trigger and alarm, after you shoot them, they won't, and Arrows pass through after because they aren't there, its just a result of the bug.

That may be it. Didn't run in front of them to see if they'd start their howling or not. I did see them scavenge off when daybreak hit though. I've seen other zombies stuck in some kind of death animation where I had killed them but they stood up and froze. I've seen Runners do some weird stuff too. Was creeping along an alley area looking for a ledge up and saw a spawn point, I'm guessing, where the runners kind of "appeared" from. They kept running up and down the exact same area they were spawning from, eventually died, then another would spawn on top of him.

The game is awesome. Thoroughly enjoying my playtime with it. The story, how you can manipulate it, has got me vested. However, the game shouldn't have been pushed out yet. There are a slew of bugs and I've had this freaking audio bug since Day 1. With a world this big, with so many things to do and accomplish I'd hate to be a play tester writing all these bugs down and turning them in.

[Pinger]

You might be trying to hit them from too far away, I find that the bow has limited range and then hits don't register at all. If it matters using the twitch drop as it has more damage than any artifact bow at level 6

[AnthraX]

Happens to all npc no reaction god mode ect

[Maru]

Yeah another bug. They're just standing there not doing anything even if they see you.

[Capcheeks]

Weird, for me it's just the howlers next to a group of virals having a feast. They're always invincible and non-reactive, but other howlers are fine.

[FeilDOW]

It happens in the morning, when they are trying to teleport inside... I've noticed this alot.