hunters......

[ШD-40]

I know i'm kinda new to the game but I just don't like it when a singe hunter stunlocks me and kills me. Theres plenty of time to dive or use stim but they just stab tickle stab stab. I can only sit there and do nothing. Sure I can shoot them in the head before it gets to me, fantastic. Sitting there, wathing my character stager around then die, while I can do nothing is not gameplay. Is there something i'm missing?

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

Learn to dive away from them while shooting. If you're just diving away and not shooting at them, they're really good at sticking with you and kicking crap out of you. If your clip is empty, change to your secondary weapon (the pistol) - hopefully that isn't empty.

Always keep your weapons loaded and practice diving away from while shooting.

[Amaranth]

A single one shouldn't stunlock you. You can use stims and/or shoot it. It's when there are a lot of them next to you that it's an issue (well, not really a game issue, but an issue as there's a good chance you'll die)

[ay]

They are pretty annoying but here are some things that might help u deal with them better; 1. Light armor, bugs are pretty fast. Light armor helps u gain more distance so u can take out things like Hunters as u retreat. Once u unlock shield pack use it with light armor, it's great. 2. Impact grenades/grenade launchers. As soon as u see those little ♥♥♥♥♥ just blow them to high hell. 3. Melee button. This is more so for when there's only a couple around u but when they lunge at u, smack them in the mouth and pop them in the skull as soon as they're close enough

[Redeyeflight]

Bubble shield will block the slow, stun, and damage long enough for you to get some distance and fight back.

This enemy is the entire reason shield is the proffered back slot for high difficulties, and will remain so no matter how hard they nerf it.

[ay]

Originally posted by No-Kami:

They are pretty annoying but here are some things that might help u deal with them better; 1. Light armor, bugs are pretty fast. Light armor helps u gain more distance so u can take out things like Hunters as u retreat. Once u unlock shield pack use it with light armor, it's great. 2. Impact grenades/grenade launchers. As soon as u see those little ♥♥♥♥♥ just blow them to high hell. 3. Melee button. This is more so for when there's only a couple around u but when they lunge at u, smack them in the mouth and pop them in the skull as soon as they're close enough

Oh, and stamina booster so u can run for longer and have stamina to run more often

[NotReallyMyName]

A few tips to deal with hunters:
1. If they jump at you, melee them, it will prevent them from attacking you if they are hit mid flight/attack animation.
2. Stay mobile, use light armor if available.
3. Most primary weapons will deal with them quickly, with the exception of sniper rifles, liberator penetrator, explosive liberator, scythe. Plasma weapons, like Scorcher and Plasma shotgun work great against them, but you should be careful not to use them in close quarters.
4. If you are playing in a team, and your teammates use anti-tank weapons, feel free to take grenade launcher to deal with them from a distance and close bug holes or stalwart, flamethrower or laser cannon to deal with them on the move. Machinegun works as well, but it requires you to be stationary, so it is a worse option than just using primaries on the go.
5. Incendiary grenades won't kill you if you throw them under yourself and immediately drop down, so use them, duck and stim yourself. Or use stun grenades, they will stun everything in the area allowing you to deal with the hunters and any other enemy that wanted to take a bite out of your... ahem... well, it works.
6. Sentries. Machinegun or Gatling, they will kill hunters faster than you can.
7. Or just dploy every offensive stratagem you have and use all grenades. Bonus points if you run towards the hunter with active grenade in your hand and take them with you.

[ThePhil]

Originally posted by ШD-40:

I know i'm kinda new to the game but I just don't like it when a singe hunter stunlocks me and kills me. Theres plenty of time to dive or use stim but they just stab tickle stab stab. I can only sit there and do nothing. Sure I can shoot them in the head before it gets to me, fantastic. Sitting there, wathing my character stager around then die, while I can do nothing is not gameplay. Is there something i'm missing?

Hunters are broken as hell, but they aren't the only ones.

Spewers can one shot you, without so much as an audio cue to let you know what's coming.

Any kind of rocket can one shot you, without so much as an audio cue to let you know what's coming.

Fairness to the players is not in the vocabulary of these developers. They want the game to be difficult, as though we should all jab a pencil into our eye because it hurts so good why would you not want to do it that way?

Dark Souls was difficult as hell. But it was fair in every regard. HD2's developers could learn a lot from FromSoftware about respecting their player's time and efforts.

[Lestat2150]

You have to dive bomb away from them. 1 hunter can and will slow you down and 2 shot you. Very easily. I was actually one shot by a hunter that must've hit my head from higher ground, because even with the shield, I was taken out by a single hit by a hunter in light armor. But you esentially just shoot from the hip (they're right on you and its an easy kill), or just dive away and quickly run a few feet and shoot.

[Mosey]

Shooting them works, in my experience.

Sure, if you're swarmed you're probably dead but the goal is...not to be swarmed in the first place.

Even the ultra basic machine gun turret makes short work of them, and the gatling turret is even better.

I just about always bring the gatling turret vs bugs since even in a bad situation it works as a lure for my 500kg.