REX = the absolute worst survivor

[Red Purger]

Yeah I hate this survivor. I was gonna type out some long winded rant about him but I just don't care. He's boring. His kit sucks. His challenges are ridiculous and counter-intuitive. "stay below 50% HP" shouldn't it be the opposite? Stay above 50% HP? The game is basically telling you to play badly. You are discouraged for playing well and keeping your HP bar at max. His dunestrider challenge is very RNG dependent. He's slow. He has pathetic damage. He's not fun.
Why does this survivor even exist? They need to change his kit because as he is right now, he's just not fun to play in the least.

[ThisWasSparta]

Originally posted by Red Purger:

It's because I was trying to do his stupid challenges for days and kept failing it due to going slightly above the 50% health line unintentionally, due to either getting healed by auto attacks or items. I even failed once by getting healed by a mending enemy's heath catalyst.

Maximizing damage output while staying ABOVE 50% HP would fit his character theme a lot better. Replenishing HP is literally his entire kit.

Then maybe don't pick up healing items? I'm by no means amazing at this game, but I did it during the first teleporter event on rainstorm. Only took like 2 or 3 tries. Besides, the ability it unlocks kiiinda sucks, lol.

The point of the achievement is to demonstrate the trade off between staying healed up and maximizing damage output by outpacing REX's passive healing. It's a risk/reward system, letting you decide when to go all in for a quicker kill. You're not taking any risks by staying at 100% health, thus giving an achievement for that wouldn't make sense.

[BaronVonNapking]

Æhm æhm... It's a symbiotic relationship, so I think the right term to use would be they, the plant is alive as well.

And yes, you are right, on eclipse REX is garbage (unless you're a masochist and enjoy pain and suffering)

(I have a harder time with mercenary)