Shriekers feel a bit OP to anyone else?

[FrostReaper87]

Honestly, with as many shriekers those colonies can spit out, they feel a bit OP. They catch you in one good fly by and it not only with it break through your shield if you have one it still kills you...just a single fly by. Combine that with the swarm that can still be summoned it is just asinine to me personally. It has made fighting the bugs just no fun at all. I am ok with challenge, but when a team can be near instantly wiped out, respawns included, by one colony, it feels a bit much.

Is it going to deter me from playing, nah! But it would be nice to see them nerfed just a tad.

[Grimmy]

They're definitely bugged right now, their corpses instakill you, sometimes even if you run into them when they're on the ground. The nests can luckily be dealt with from across the map, a little tedious because it takes 2 rockets per mushroom but you can do it from so far away that none can bother you.

[VillageGuru]

They're a glass cannon, they hit like a truck but they're easy to take down, aim for the wings m8. If you manage to shoot of even one of them, the shriekers will plummet to the ground.

[big100]

I think they broken for sure right now i was with shield and the 200 armor from store
they 1 shot me with like kamikaze attack or w/e and then they attack me and doing
really low damage. They have 1 attack that insta kill and im sure its bugged at the moment.

[Endless]

Yeah they're tough. Died 3 times in one helldive via shriekers. I hate to say it but...its a skill issue. Me included. You have to constantly be vigilant of where they're coming from because they make very little noise. I'd like the devs to maybe add a sound effect when they dive because I certainly dont hear them shrieking but that could be the stress of combat.

Just watch where they are diving from and side dodge. Dont doge forward because the rest will still swipe you.

[FrostReaper87]

Originally posted by Grimmy:

They're definitely bugged right now, their corpses instakill you, sometimes even if you run into them when they're on the ground. The nests can luckily be dealt with from across the map, a little tedious because it takes 2 rockets per mushroom but you can do it from so far away that none can bother you.

Oh! That is good information to know. I was unaware you could reach em from that distance. Adding that to my tactics.

[A Lamp]

they instakill u and each other mid flight if one is falling, starting a snowball effect of a kamikaze ball of death if ur unlucky.

[Tazkar]

I doubt that Kamikazi attack is bugged as it's probably a reference to the flying bugs in Starship Troopers where one is shot down and it just KOs the General with it's corpse.

[Endless]

Originally posted by big100:

I think they broken for sure right now i was with shield and the 200 armor from store
they 1 shot me with like kamikaze attack or w/e and then they attack me and doing
really low damage. They have 1 attack that insta kill and im sure its bugged at the moment.

Heavy armor still feels useless to me. I'm switching back to light.

[Locher]

They are unintentionally mighty because they introduce new unforeseen hazards to the player.

To kill the Shrieker, you have to peek up. This will make you prone to being attacked from grounded enemies.
To kill a Shrieker from a distance, you actually have more chances with something other than a shotgun like your SMG secondary (on semi automatic) or a lasergun.
Even if you do manage to kill a diving shrieker, its body will turn into a mighty projectile that can one-shot you. (Arguably doing even more damage than a simple claw attack).

All these challenges have forced the playerbase to resort to cheese tactics. Using stratagems or the Autocannon to snipe the nest from afar and in safety.

[Anticitizen 1]

I asked this on another thread but nobody answered. Do these bugs only spawn on higher difficulties? I was playing on 3/4 yesterday and didn't see any.

[Cop Unit 12]

As a EDF 4.1 vet. Shriekers are nothing compared to what I'm use too. Very soft, can't dodge very well and their attacks can be very easily dodged.

Originally posted by Anticitizen 1:

I asked this on another thread but nobody answered. Do these bugs only spawn on higher difficulties? I was playing on 3/4 yesterday and didn't see any.

I think they start spawning in on either 5 or 6.

[Porkwhitemeat]

nah they feel fine. They die easy and can be permanently destroyed.

[static]

The shriekers are fine. Go kill their nest with a hell bomb and they’ll cease to be an issue.

They’re allergic to shotguns as well.

They’re currently a brand new enemy type and seem to be appearing occasionally. You never know what you’re going to run into on a mission.

[Kalas Hydra]

Originally posted by Anticitizen 1:

I asked this on another thread but nobody answered. Do these bugs only spawn on higher difficulties? I was playing on 3/4 yesterday and didn't see any.

propably . you will most likeli meet them on dificulty where stalker nests spawn

[Tr00puRR]

The bugs needed more threat escalation, but I'm having trouble hitting them I think, or they have more health than I would expect. But like all threats, we'll adapt.