FP rage mechanics

[moleculo]

I'd like to know the general opinion on this. In KF1 fleshpounds raged spontaneously if they saw a player for over 10(?) secs without getting to hit them (+ when damaged of course). In KF2 FPs rage spontaneously around every 10 seconds and calm down in around 10 seconds regardless of hitting somebody. Opinions?

 

[Furious Imbecile]

Their current mechanics reduce their kiteability and also reduce the lethality of their rage.

Also I think they rage more often than every 10 seconds, and the rage also lasts less than 10 seconds. At least it feels like so.

 

[2Clicks]

Their current mechanics reduce their kiteability and also reduce the lethality of their rage.

Exactly... I guess some ppl want to play KF1 (again) with updated perks, wpns, maps and stuff and dont want a new game.

Im indifferent atm. I quite liked being able to solo maps when in the mood. But I really dont want to replay the same game again. I know others perhaps do.

 

[Gudenrath]

FPs still rage if they see a player consecutively for 10 secs or so. It is just that the rage is ended much more quickly than in KF1.

 

[moleculo]

FPs still rage if they see a player consecutively for 10 secs or so. It is just that the rage is ended much more quickly than in KF1.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter whether they see somebody or not. How else do you explain FPs that are raged when you first see them?

 

[Donatello]

I don't like their actual movements...less lethal and more funky stuff. I liked how the first FP was a one hit kill, but still easy to not make it rage.

 

[cmicroc]

If you join a game as a spectator you can watch an FP that is nowhere near the players (completely the other side if the map) go through a pre-timed sequence of rage, unrage, rage, unrage, ad-infinitum... it actually looks quite silly.

 

[kliziflip15]

KF2 by far....

no more 30 minute kiting please

+in old system...idiot would mess you up cuz they raged FP...now it doesnt matter really...so it makes pubs less rage-inducing

and it makes sense...hes a mad mothafka with mood swings...sounds fine by me...though his rage could last longer

other than that

FP, stalker and clot mechanics are very well appreciated in KF2 to make them a bit more threatening

 

[Jovial]

KF2 FP mechanics don't really make them harder to kite. Teleporting mobs make kiting harder overall.

In some ways FP in KF2 is actually easier to kite, since it will automatically unrage, making it impossible for it to catch up to anyone (or at least medics/zerks). In KF1, if you didn't know FP mechanics and it raged on you it would eventually catch up to you no matter what (unless you let it take out its frustration on a welded door ). I think this was much more scary.

If you wanted a harder to kite FP in KF2, it would have made more sense to simply reduce the rage timer, so you had to be even more careful about LoS while kiting.

 

[outofrealman]

When you play solo or being the last one alive, you can have fun time with FPs, they rage behind you, you head the drilling sound, you run saying oh ****, then the drilling sound is gone, and as soon as you turn the corner, that raging FP is right in front of you.

I dont care what the hell they change, FIX THE SPAWNING FIRST.

 

[~Ren~]

The FP is a weird zed to work out, it can instantly rage as soon it sees the team but instantly lose that rage after firing only 1 shot at it, it's very unpredictable and while I like that unpredictability I can't find any tactics to deal with it effectively without taking damage.

It can rage as soon as a barrage of grenades is thrown at it taking very little damage yet other times it won't rage until those grenades have gone off.

The teleporting is also a serious issue at the moment, by all means make the FP hard but don't give it the ability to teleport around the map cutting off my escape route and giving me no other choice than to take something on, which at that point, could be deadly as I need that time to find ammunition.