Shriekers are op

[Gath]

These news flying menaces are OP in an unintended way... if they land of you dead they 1 shot. I tried to just let them hit me and not fire at them and they do almost no damage, but for some reason when they die their corpse turns into Vile Titan leg regarding their capacity to one shot.

I do not think this is intended, but for the moment I would suggest not to fire at screechers swooping at you. Also, remember that head-shots ignore armor, so try to move to reduce damage.

[Amaranth]

Fire at their wings. They fall straight down

[Gath]

Originally posted by Amaranth:

Fire at their wings. They fall straight down

nice tip, thank you

[Locher]

some weapons are better than others when dealing with shriekers.
laser guns, smgs, slugger. Those make quick work of the shriekers.
If you don't use a loadout with any of those weapons, consider strategies that involve completely skip having to deal with them by directly destroying the nest from afar like Autocannon, Arc Thrower, airstrikes, EATs.

[[SCZ]Celestrian]

Originally posted by Gath:

These news flying menaces are OP in an unintended way... if they land of you dead they 1 shot. I tried to just let them hit me and not fire at them and they do almost no damage, but for some reason when they turn dead they turn into Vile Titan legs.

I do not think this is intended, but for the moment I would suggest not to fire at screechers swooping at you. Also, remember that head-shots ignore armor, so try to move to reduce damage.

running sideways minimizes damage dramatically.
standing still, they go pretty much through a shield + your hp. not sure but seems like a guaranteed headshot

however, since you can see their hives quite far and it takes only 2 EATS to clear, they are pretty much only ever a problem if you have to take them out solo while using a unsuitable gun.

havent seen them turning into biletitan legs tho

[Gath]

Originally posted by SCZCelestrian:

Originally posted by Gath:

These news flying menaces are OP in an unintended way... if they land of you dead they 1 shot. I tried to just let them hit me and not fire at them and they do almost no damage, but for some reason when they turn dead they turn into Vile Titan legs.

I do not think this is intended, but for the moment I would suggest not to fire at screechers swooping at you. Also, remember that head-shots ignore armor, so try to move to reduce damage.

running sideways minimizes damage dramatically.
standing still, they go pretty much through a shield + your hp. not sure but seems like a guaranteed headshot

however, since you can see their hives quite far and it takes only 2 EATS to clear, they are pretty much only ever a problem if you have to take them out solo while using a unsuitable gun.

havent seen them turning into biletitan legs tho

what I meant is that they 1 shot, If you kill a Shrieker while it is swooping at you it just kills you.

[[SCZ]Celestrian]

yes, when you stand still, you pretty much get removed.

personally i dont have a problem with that.
havent encountered them at a night map, which might make them basically invisible (dunno), however if you stand still and anything besides a warrior hits you, you get removed (except when you have the 50% anti-deathblow armor, then a bile titan stepping on you isnt a big deal).

the damage of falling enemies is quite weird.
had a bile titan that ate a rocket, however the corpse launched itself towards me (50% anti deathblow triggered), however the force pushed me off the map and into the ocean.
samples lost.
pretty much ok to me, except for the body being fired in the exact opposite direction that would make any sense.

the impact damage of smaller corpses should be somewhat checked, i´ll agree with that.

[Korrex]

Nah, they just take some getting used to.

[Mez]

How about they remove all enemy's, and create a safe space on your ship where never have to leave and you just mouse click one button to get samples,? or would you then complain you have to click too much?

[Exdeath]

Evwrything is OP, nerf everything buhu 😥

[Orums]

It's intended, you're just not adapting.

pop quiz: How do you stop them from doing this

A.) Shriekers OP plz nerf
B.) run around in circles until your cooldowns finish
C.) shoot them in their wings with one bullet and watch them plummet

See why people critize your gameplay? Because you virtue signal about something being unfair as opposed to asking yourself how to solve the problem. You want others to solve it for you instead of figuring out things on a lower difficulty when you've actually got the mental and emotional space to experiment with features and mechanics.

my bad, there I go being toxic again suggesting that you invest time in learning how to play something you spent money on.

[acesahn]

I hate shriekers cuz they're obnoxious and a pain to fight, not fun. Seeing two clusters side by side in the way of the objective isn't "Oh boy, what a challenge!" but "F me, I'm going to hate every second of this..." An extremely annoying and grueling enemy that I'd argue brings down the fun factor of the game quite a bit.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Gath:

Shriekers are op
These news flying menaces are OP in an unintended way... if they land of you dead they 1 shot. I tried to just let them hit me and not fire at them and they do almost no damage, but for some reason when they die their corpse turns into Vile Titan leg regarding their capacity to one shot.

I do not think this is intended, but for the moment I would suggest not to fire at screechers swooping at you. Also, remember that head-shots ignore armor, so try to move to reduce damage.

Had a sort of Starship Trooper moment today. Dropped and Shrieker nest was nearby. It did not take five seconds until I was dead.

[Half-life]

The Shriekers need to be NERFED badly, I can't manage to extract from Meridian even on trivial difficulty. I swear I've taken out ever freaking nest and then as soon as the third drill finishes there's literally somewhere between dozens and HUNDREDS of them swooping at me. How could I possibly call in an evac when standing still means instant death? Seriously, this isn't a trivial challenge, that difficulty label literally doesn't mean anything at this point.

[Good Old Jim]

Just don't walk in a straight line, juke around, you'll dodge like 80% of them. I did it on Helldive for the dark fluid mission extraction, not bragging just explaining that it works, add ina shield bp and you probably wont even need to stim.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Half-life:

The Shriekers need to be NERFED badly, I can't manage to extract from Meridian even on trivial difficulty. I swear I've taken out ever freaking nest and then as soon as the third drill finishes there's literally somewhere between dozens and HUNDREDS of them swooping at me. How could I possibly call in an evac when standing still means instant death? Seriously, this isn't a trivial challenge, that difficulty label literally doesn't mean anything at this point.

They are not strong.

They die from a single hit.

They can hardly hit you if you lay prone.

Their attacks are easy to dodge.

Their nests are huge and easy targets from afar.

If anything, they are too weak now and need being buffed.