Mutated Larvae is missing

[Cloud Roller]

When playing missions where there is the mutated larvae to extract as a secondary objective, every time I find it missing. I see a horde around the larvae, me and my team wipe them out with Stratagems and firepower, then when it's clear, the larvae is gone. Did we destroy it? Is it wedged under the map or just not there at all, even when standing in the center of the objective marker on the map? My teammates have done full sweeps and couldn't even find it. What is going on with that?

[Kyo21943]

The Larvae can be destroyed, so yeah, you can damage it by bombing the area.

Even worse, it seems the enemy AI *might* attack it, so it may start off already damaged

[The Ironguard]

yeah, basically you have to pick it up before its too late, and you have to be careful when clearing out the area of the bugs already around it, trying to free the larva. I recommend gas strikes.

They might want to add an "objective failed" prompt when the larvae gets destroyed i guess.

[Nyx (She/Her)]

Originally posted by Kyo21943:

The Larvae can be destroyed, so yeah, you can damage it by bombing the area.

Even worse, it seems the enemy AI *might* attack it, so it may start off already damaged

100% they aggro on it while its just sitting there. You can lose the objective by not getting there in time.

[Ben.Wasden]

Seems silly that the objective can be destroyed, when data chips can withstand all that damage.

I like the mechanic how bugs are attracted to it though, I didn't know this when we stumbled across one for the first time. We had plenty of time after completing the main mission and I casually dumped it at the extraction point. As soon as I plopped it down....bugs!! More bugs! I picked it back up again quickly haha.

[Cloud Roller]

Originally posted by Nyx (She/Her):

Originally posted by Kyo21943:

The Larvae can be destroyed, so yeah, you can damage it by bombing the area.

Even worse, it seems the enemy AI *might* attack it, so it may start off already damaged

100% they aggro on it while its just sitting there. You can lose the objective by not getting there in time.

Well ain't that some ♥♥♥♥? Then why even have it as an objective if it can be destroyed? You'd think most players would have it be the last thing before extraction since the larvae can alert bugs and what not. Makes it seem like a pointless objective if it's gonna be destroyed at the start or can be destroyed by Stratagems.

[Foxador]

It's a stupid objective anyways. It's a lot of damn work to clear out the horde on top of the larvae, then you gotta carry the thing the whole damn time or drop it off at the evac area and come back to it later. Then when you finally do evac with it all you get is the same xp as any normal side objective that you could've done. Nothing special

[The Ironguard]

Originally posted by Cloud Roller:

Originally posted by Nyx (She/Her):

100% they aggro on it while its just sitting there. You can lose the objective by not getting there in time.

Well ain't that some ♥♥♥♥? Then why even have it as an objective if it can be destroyed? You'd think most players would have it be the last thing before extraction since the larvae can alert bugs and what not. Makes it seem like a pointless objective if it's gonna be destroyed at the start or can be destroyed by Stratagems.

it isn't "destroyed at the start" the container actually has a pretty solid amount of health, and the bugs don't all just gang up and shred it. you get a group of them gathering around it, with some of them occasionally attacking it, like they would an obstacle. What it does, is add pressure to the mission. You have to pick it up quickly enough or it might get destroyed, but if you do pick it up, you'll start attracting extra bugs, until you extract. If anything, it adds a level of complexity that most other objectives don't, which is very nice.

Originally posted by Foxador:

It's a stupid objective anyways. It's a lot of damn work to clear out the horde on top of the larvae, then you gotta carry the thing the whole damn time or drop it off at the evac area and come back to it later. Then when you finally do evac with it all you get is the same xp as any normal side objective that you could've done. Nothing special

gas strike will do the job without causing significant damage to the container

[darkblade]

Originally posted by Kyo21943:

The Larvae can be destroyed, so yeah, you can damage it by bombing the area.

Even worse, it seems the enemy AI *might* attack it, so it may start off already damaged

What it can, wow i used a 380 on it and it did not got destroyed wow that was lucky i guess

[The Ironguard]

Originally posted by darkblade:

Originally posted by Kyo21943:

The Larvae can be destroyed, so yeah, you can damage it by bombing the area.

Even worse, it seems the enemy AI *might* attack it, so it may start off already damaged

What it can, wow i used a 380 on it and it did not got destroyed wow that was lucky i guess

well, i used an airstrike on it to clear out the bugs, and it only lost like 1/3 of its hp. I probably wouldn't throw precision strikes at it though.