had a question about engineer's shredders...

[cuckchair bradley]

is it normal for them to just.. not work sometimes?
like they just don't deploy at all.
is there a cool down i just don't know about?

[Suzaku]

I've rarely had the grenade toss cancel itself for seemingly no reason, but that only happens like <5% of the time, and the grenade isn't used up if it fails. If the toss succeeds, I've never had it not deploy the drones.

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

I've rarely had the grenade toss cancel itself for seemingly no reason, but that only happens like <5% of the time, and the grenade isn't used up if it fails. If the toss succeeds, I've never had it not deploy the drones.

odd. for me it'll just cancel the deployment and i'll lose that grenade permanently. it's super odd.

[Chibbity]

Hey, hey people.

[RaindropperinG]

I just know that Shredders do not stack (so deploying a grenade while already having shredders active will destroy the old ones), but that's it.

Try verifying the files integrity and see if it still happens.

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Hey, hey people.

Sseth here.

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by RaindropperinG:

I just know that Shredders do not stack (so deploying a grenade while already having shredders active will destroy the old ones), but that's it.

Try verifying the files integrity and see if it still happens.

yeah, but it's usually way after they've been deployed. they just don't spawn. i'll try that though

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by hybriddawg:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Hey, hey people.

Sseth here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpcmfjFN8OI

[GατΠιсЭ]

Originally posted by hybriddawg:

is it normal for them to just.. not work sometimes?
like they just don't deploy at all.
is there a cool down i just don't know about?

Have experienced this as well a lot during this current season. Dunno the answer. Can verify it's a thing--got me fragged a few times in swarmageddon modified runs.

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by GατΠιсЭ:

Originally posted by hybriddawg:

is it normal for them to just.. not work sometimes?
like they just don't deploy at all.
is there a cool down i just don't know about?

Have experienced this as well a lot during this current season. Dunno the answer. Can verify it's a thing--got me fragged a few times in swarmageddon modified runs.

good to know it's not just me. hope it gets patched lmao

[SCamp]

No cooldown. Proper behavior is that your remaining shredders will die and new shredders will spawn on the grenade.

Personally haven't had any problems with it after the update.

Suggest you steam verify DRG files and turn off any gameplay mods that may be out of date.

(Barring that, pray to Karl and pet 15 lootbugs for good luck. I ain't got solutions.)

[Vault Traveler]

not on my end but everything is possible with old spice

[Útost Alronbem]

Shredders have really miniscule aggro range.
But.
They attack everything (including invulnerable Horrors... *sigh*) they can detect on their way from point to point.
I. e. they won't clean that pack over yonder for you if you'll throw them at your feet.
But if you'll throw them behind the pack then taunt that pack a little - shredders will prune it just fine.
RJ250'ing yourself to something on the roof just to have your shredders aggro on it is a valid strat. In a pinch.

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by SCamp:

No cooldown. Proper behavior is that your remaining shredders will die and new shredders will spawn on the grenade.

Personally haven't had any problems with it after the update.

Suggest you steam verify DRG files and turn off any gameplay mods that may be out of date.

(Barring that, pray to Karl and pet 15 lootbugs for good luck. I ain't got solutions.)

will do, already validated my files. have 1 approved fov mod. nothing's causing an issue i just think it's purely how they're designed and i'm just a major dumbass lmao

[cuckchair bradley]

Originally posted by DrinkFromTheCup:

Shredders have really miniscule aggro range.
But.
They attack everything (including invulnerable Horrors... *sigh*) they can detect on their way from point to point.
I. e. they won't clean that pack over yonder for you if you'll throw them at your feet.
But if you'll throw them behind the pack then taunt that pack a little - shredders will prune it just fine.
RJ250'ing yourself to something on the roof just to have your shredders aggro on it is a valid strat. In a pinch.

thanks for the tips, i'll definitely try them out. seriously appreciate everyone being so helpful!

[alwayscompany]

Its a bug,
this was much, much worse a few patches ago
In some missions they only worked in 2/10 or i had to do things like throwing them
against hard surfaces, heavy armor...
they patched it (I think it was the november update)
It is realy rare now,but it can still happen.
If your bug is the same as mine, you see the spawn animation(4 lights) and sound but no shredders are spawning.