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ZanyScum Sep 6, 2020 @ 9:10am
Critical hits?
I am pretty sure there are critical spots on the bots, but is it just experience or is there some skill or equipment which shows me the spots?

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Originally posted by flick:
If you find the machine blueprints for the machines , you can see the weak spots with the binoculars.
Generally, the more sparks you get, the more damage you do, or the weaker the spot is. The critical places spark blue with big sparks, and those are usually components. Medium yellow is vulnerable, often armour spots, and then there's normal, which is just regular damage.
If you were getting big blue sparks and it stops, you've destroyed that spot, so shoot at something else.

Generally speaking, the barrel or cylinder on the bots is a weak spot. It's the fuel cell.

Runners only really have the fuel cell as the weak spot. There's not much else to shoot at anyway with them.

For seekers, the two jets are the weak spots. One good shot to them will destroy the seeker, and preserve any component drops, like EMPs or comm arrays

For hunters, go for the gun on the left arm, and the chest vents on the pecs. Most of their health is in a shoulder cannon if they've got one, so nail that if you can.

For harvesters, the missile pod on the back is good. The tick pod too, on the back, and the power cells inside the big square box on the back. There is a small vent higher up its back, and there are gas dispensers on the tops of its rear legs too. The knee armour is a good spot, but it's not as good as the previously mentioned. The flat areas either side on top are worth a go too. Shoot around at it and see what sparks good.

For tanks, the fuel cell as usual, the cap on top and the very top joints on the legs near the head. Also go for the round parts close to the head (like 'ears'). Shooting the guns is good, and if you destroy both you'll probably take out the whole tank. The face plate is armour, but behind there are loads of components to destroy, so use AP rounds on that.
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flick Sep 6, 2020 @ 9:39am 
If you find the machine blueprints for the machines , you can see the weak spots with the binoculars.
Generally, the more sparks you get, the more damage you do, or the weaker the spot is. The critical places spark blue with big sparks, and those are usually components. Medium yellow is vulnerable, often armour spots, and then there's normal, which is just regular damage.
If you were getting big blue sparks and it stops, you've destroyed that spot, so shoot at something else.

Generally speaking, the barrel or cylinder on the bots is a weak spot. It's the fuel cell.

Runners only really have the fuel cell as the weak spot. There's not much else to shoot at anyway with them.

For seekers, the two jets are the weak spots. One good shot to them will destroy the seeker, and preserve any component drops, like EMPs or comm arrays

For hunters, go for the gun on the left arm, and the chest vents on the pecs. Most of their health is in a shoulder cannon if they've got one, so nail that if you can.

For harvesters, the missile pod on the back is good. The tick pod too, on the back, and the power cells inside the big square box on the back. There is a small vent higher up its back, and there are gas dispensers on the tops of its rear legs too. The knee armour is a good spot, but it's not as good as the previously mentioned. The flat areas either side on top are worth a go too. Shoot around at it and see what sparks good.

For tanks, the fuel cell as usual, the cap on top and the very top joints on the legs near the head. Also go for the round parts close to the head (like 'ears'). Shooting the guns is good, and if you destroy both you'll probably take out the whole tank. The face plate is armour, but behind there are loads of components to destroy, so use AP rounds on that.
Last edited by flick; Sep 6, 2020 @ 9:47am
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ZanyScum Sep 6, 2020 @ 9:54am 
Thank you. I am only sure to have kill some runners and one hunter. For the hunter I used all my adrenaline and all my med kits :-(

Shot the hunter somewhere which looked like the tank on the runners, seems that was a mistake. :-)

Are hunters possible to be killed with one shot like the runners?
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flick Sep 6, 2020 @ 10:52am 
Originally posted by ZanyScum:
Thank you. I am only sure to have kill some runners and one hunter. For the hunter I used all my adrenaline and all my med kits :-(

Shot the hunter somewhere which looked like the tank on the runners, seems that was a mistake. :-)

Are hunters possible to be killed with one shot like the runners?

You shot their fuel cell, riktigt bra jobbet! It's in a cage, so it's harder to hit. You did good, no mistake. Shooting at their gun helps too. I've not seen anyone manage to one-shot the hunters, even with the big guns, but you can also shoot things like cars and the big red gas tanks at farms and things if the hunter is next to it, to kill them quickly. That's what radios and flares are for.
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ZanyScum Sep 6, 2020 @ 12:36pm 
Just as info, just saw an achievement in the list:

One Shot
Destroy a Hunter with a single shot.

So....if explosives don't count it should be possible in the "normal" way.
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AoD_lexandro Sep 6, 2020 @ 12:40pm 
Fastest way to kill hunters is to place an explosive on a car then use a radio to lure. Shoot the explosive to detonate the car, hunters go down in packs. Or just use a rocket.
Last edited by AoD_lexandro; Sep 6, 2020 @ 12:41pm
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❌️▶️👱 Sep 6, 2020 @ 6:50pm 
Machine blueprints will highlight machine weak spots when viewing them through a binocular's Tech View. You must activate at least Spotting Intel level 1 (difficulty indicator), Inquisitive Mind level 1 and Component Damage level 1 and 2 to get inflict additional damage of plus 15%.

Visit this link and scroll down first post to see guide (clickable location map and coordinates) for machine blueprints.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/704270/discussions/0/2576571096286771884/

Here are some blueprints coordinates:
You can safely disregard the center set of figures. Coordinates might change after a game patch but 😇 the live map itself is updated with new coordinates).

Hunter (Apocalypse) pos: -3310.4, 1029.0, -3136.2
Hunter (FNIX) pos: 2842.5, 1081.8, -2212.0
Hunter (Prototype) pos: -780.6, 1040.8, -913.5
Hunter (Army) pos: -3724.0, 1073.7, 3649.2
Harvester (FNIX) pos: -503.7, 1038.4, -3685.0
Harvester (Prototype) pos: -2524.1, 1078.7, 994.7
Harvester (Army) pos: 1603.9, 1041.7, -2848.8
Tank (Apocalypse) pos: -4766.5, 1026.3, 135.2
Tank (Army) pos: -4189.1, 1087.9, 894.7
Tank (Prototype) pos: -2364.8, 1071.9, 2161.5"
Tank (FNIX) pos: 1796.7, 1054.2, -3302.4

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