Any word on fixing grenade spam and near impossible to kill NPC's in FPS missions, regardless of level?

[Morbad]

Cinematic variable fuse grenade spam is the worst!

Source: https://youtu.be/ER2J7zWxA7k?t=80


For anyone counting, I believe that was 31 seconds from the time the pin was pulled on the first grenade to the explosion.

At least Odyssey is more realistic than Die Hard 2.

 

[the100thmonkey]

At least Odyssey is more realistic than Die Hard 2.

I LOLed.

 

[[VR] scipio_77]

This is a rule for FPS combat in general, especially when you're outnumbered.

Never be not moving.
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Not really. The NPCs shoot very poorly, even the more elite ones. Most of the time you can just use cover (even minimal cover) and pick them off quickly. The exception is sharpshooters, but their shots can be sidestepped very easily - and even they tend to just hit even minimal cover.

Anyways, the issue here isn't the difficulty of grenade spamming NPCs (which isn't high) or tactics versus them (which is well known). It is that there is a very weird disconnect between their ability shoot rifles / handguns and their ability to throw grenades. Especially in open terrain this makes the FPS combat feel like a comical match of dodgeball rather than a cool fight with futuristic weaponry.