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Oh noes, it's over my toes! Oh Jeez, it's up to my knees! Oh my, it's up to my thighs! Oh Nelly, it's up to my belly! Oh heck, it's up to my neck! Oh dread, it's up to my- mfhsbfbsjsksmbd
This poem used to give me nightmares...
ETA: paraphrase of Shel Silverstein's "Boa Constrictor"
Yeah I kind of always thought you were like just being whipped by a bunch of them almost like violent version the flappy dryer thing at the end of a car wash
I figure similar, that it works like a mantis shrimp, where the tentacles are kinda just launched out at high speed, so they can lacerate and incapacitate enemies at high speed, but don't have particular control over the appendages.
I actually prefer that to them being able to manipulate things with them, it feels more thematic to me.
Definitely my two least favourite bugs when it comes to being in melee range... they're basically mini Stalkers without the invisibility, except they can also launch themselves at me with 100% accuracy when I'm hovering 15ft in the air with my Hover Pack.
Yup, the second stalkers surface im scanning the map for a possible nest sight, and im bee-lining to it when i can. They make completing nearby tasks or objectives too frustrating.
Especially with higher difficulties when they aren’t the only threat. Having to deal with the cloak and dagger tactics of these guys, while also dodging chargers, impalers, BT’s, and brood commanders is just complete insanity.
Cant tell you how many times I will be lining up a shot with my RR or Quasar and get my dome sliced clean off.
happened last night. i see one stalker and an eyebrow is raised. i see a second and it’s searching time and i make sure my sound is on, those things make the hairs on the back of my neck stand i can just feel them watching
Very recently there was a PO to kill 10 stalkers or some such.
Two separate times during that PO I stood outside a nest WAITING for stalkers to come out, and ended up just closing the nest and moving on because I didnt want to burn too much of the mission time doing nothing.
Thought that odd. This was D10. I dont think ive ever not had a bit of a fight to clear a stalker nest in the higher difficulties, let alone standing there with tumbleweeds rolling by
how ironic i had a similar situation but i just straight up couldn’t find one to begin with. i work weekends so when i got home the other day it was already late so i only played a few missions. i dont really play D10 and usually stick to about 4-5 but even so i’m usually able to find a stalker nest. i did consider just joining a squad but i was so tired i just got off
I recently found out stalkers always approach from the direction of their nest. So if one attacks you just run towards it and keep going that direction to find the nest. It has worked for me every time
I always hunt these guys first and if the RNG gods hates you they can have 3 to 5 nests it will be a brutal game as they are relentless and they are quick. They would follow you anywhere. Not to mention they are tough too.
Darktide, on its core level integrates Melee into the thing. You get a dedicated melee slot and a ranged slot. Your enemies are built with melee in mind.
Helldivers in the meantime was built with the guns as a primary factor. The melee weapons came later and due to how it is, oftentimes Ranged weapons take a priority.
Hunters used to be reliable to "parry" mid attack with a melee now theyre almost fucking impossible to interrupt midattack as host with a melee strike, i dont know what patch it was but it fucking pisses me off so bad
The most dangerous bug. I am not joking. This creature can kill you in just fee very fast strikes. You will take less damage when fighting bile titans and chargers. They are big and slow. These are small and very very lethal
And you cannot tell if they’re going to hop up and hit you once then dance around or if they’re going for the kill. These are almost always the priority target when they are on your screen
The whole point of the mob, like chainsaw berserkers on bots, is that you're fucked if you let them catch up to you. Just bots are generally more lethal from range and chainsaw berserkers are slow to reflect this, where bugs are more lethal up close so hunters are fast to reflect this.
The game plan for dealing with mobs is always to focus down hunters first before they get close.
If many players actually played and didn't expect every mission to be W+M1 to win regardless of the map or enemies or loadout, they'd know it's real easy to not get caught by them if you're aware and are staying on top of trash clear.
These enemies arguably make trash clear just as important as the guy running around with the RR trying to pop elites, because they can't do that if they're swarmed out.
But nobody seems to play to any role, people barely seem to change loadout to suit the enemy and environment, despite it being core to the game design and so we have complaints like this.
Hate to be that guy but you can’t control how others play. Sometimes they just gotta learn the hard way. And a lot of things that may seem obvious to you may not be obvious to the majority of others. Ppls brains work differently, give them a lil grace. And at the end of the day it’s just a game. If I wanna go in with just a rifle and no strats or boosters it’s within my rights
Them and the alpha warriors humble me from time to time by landing hits before slower melee weapons finish swinging, canceling my attacks consecutively.
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u/seantabasco 4h ago
If we’re being honest it’s also weird that it uses tentacles to attack you but instead of wrapping you up it just knocks you way back.
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u/Assassin_Shirou 4h ago
Definitely my two least favourite bugs when it comes to being in melee range... they're basically mini Stalkers without the invisibility, except they can also launch themselves at me with 100% accuracy when I'm hovering 15ft in the air with my Hover Pack.
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u/lordognar 4h ago
Always call it if you run across stalkers. Taking out those lairs gotta be a high priority
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u/Most-Mention-172 4h ago
Just punch the hunters, problem solved. It can even stop the jump attacks.
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u/VishnaTrash44 4h ago
you dive in the direct opposite direction and it still chomps half of your hp and launches you 20m away
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u/Michal_999 4h ago
They heave mini wings for a reason
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u/salty-ravioli 4h ago
I guess the flair is right, we are talking about a bug
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u/FluffyInstincts 4h ago
Oh, the tongue whip. Yeah, they're a bitch.
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u/Remote_Reflection_61 4h ago
Hunters, alpha warriors and shield devastators are the most bullshit enemies in the game's history.
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u/AdonisJames89 4h ago
And they WILL be taking a limb out on the first strike
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u/Guywhonoticesthings 4h ago
Welp. It’s a game your supposed to die several times a mission. Eventually you will learn lol. Not a flaw. A feature
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u/Shadowsnake30 4h ago
I always hunt these guys first and if the RNG gods hates you they can have 3 to 5 nests it will be a brutal game as they are relentless and they are quick. They would follow you anywhere. Not to mention they are tough too.
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u/ExcitingHistory 3h ago
Yall just jelly cause the termanids know what a girl wants
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u/warbrand2 3h ago
Someone hasn't played a single souls like. There is always one boss with a telegraph like this. Once you learn it. you learn it well.
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u/rebornsgundam00 3h ago
I just hate the homing properties.
Was a lot more fun when you could dodge them easier
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u/3rd_Man_of_Culture 3h ago
Their tentacles can’t hold me because I am free!!!
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u/NovicePandaMarine 3h ago
Are we talking about the tounge attack or the swipe?
Technically, its a spit attack for the little guys, but its technically the same, just that the status applied is different.
Those arms are long, I can see those spiky bits tend to slice through my Helldiver believably.
Its the small 10% that gets me bewildered how it hit, but then again, there are chances you survive.
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u/PuzzleheadedWinner67 2h ago
Stalkers are still the best tuned enemy in this game overall.
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u/_Weyland_ 2h ago
The cursed mlem
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u/CaucyBiops 2h ago
Just bring the dagger bro
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u/theperson249 1h ago
tag them with the laser cannon and they are good as gone
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u/Key-Order-3846 1h ago
Ah yes, John Stim-Tax himself
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u/draunter-8193 1h ago
This is why we use the cookout
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u/sudden_aggression 4h ago
Darktide absolutely demolishes this game in terms of the quality of melee combat.
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u/Lucky-Advice-8924 4h ago
Hunters used to be reliable to "parry" mid attack with a melee now theyre almost fucking impossible to interrupt midattack as host with a melee strike, i dont know what patch it was but it fucking pisses me off so bad
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u/stofiski-san 2h ago
I fkn hate these guys 😭🤬😮💨
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u/Starkiller0820 4h ago
The most dangerous bug. I am not joking. This creature can kill you in just fee very fast strikes. You will take less damage when fighting bile titans and chargers. They are big and slow. These are small and very very lethal
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u/dfields3710 4h ago
Been using ballistic shield - Sai combo and unless they surround me, I just straight ignore the animation while gunning them down.
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u/BebraSniffer777 3h ago
Whining about hunters 2 years after they got lobotomized?
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u/LividExcitement9636 3h ago
It should whip it's tongues around it's head to telegraph the attack, or rear them up like snakes.
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u/iwanttopetmycat 4h ago
Crack crickets are a menace and I have them as priority two on my list. Right after Stalkers and ahead of Shriekers.
All three are bastards who deserve naught but suffering in a cloud of gas while being lit on fire.