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tilarta
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I'm getting beyond irked with the Skittering Saboteurs.
They're easy to kill, but when they jump onto your character, there's nothing you can do but wait for the boom.
They don't even have that firm a grip, their limbs are flailing around while they detonate.
In the real world, I'd throw them at the nearest Elachi and let them have the fun of the explosion!
Can we get a action that allows us to throw or remove the Skittering Saboteurs?
They're easy to kill, but when they jump onto your character, there's nothing you can do but wait for the boom.
They don't even have that firm a grip, their limbs are flailing around while they detonate.
In the real world, I'd throw them at the nearest Elachi and let them have the fun of the explosion!
Can we get a action that allows us to throw or remove the Skittering Saboteurs?
Bees like honey, they don't like vinegar.
Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
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But yeah, the mechanic itself is a bit silly, considering that even abilities which let you break free from anything else dont work.
I've seen the animation enough times to question the silliness of it.
You are holding the Saboteur at arms length while it flails around doing nothing in particular.
If you were to let go, it'd fall to the ground and then you could just kick it in the direction of the nearest Elachi.
If I'd been designing the animation, I'd have it clamp it's limbs around your torso, pinning the arms and making it impossible to dislodge while the bomb inside waits to detonate.
The only holdbreaker I know of is Motion Accelerator and I've never tried this on the Saboteurs.
Bees like honey, they don't like vinegar.
Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
Motion Accel, Hypos (HP variants are hold breakers), AMACO/KHG clicky. Nothing.
It's part of the Elachi's gimmick. Most of their holds you can't break out of.
Just wait until you're trapped in a stasis turret, then when you're almost out, a Skitterer grabs you...then after it explodes, one of the Elachi Scanners tags you with it's hold.
Yes, they can do that, back to back to back, with no resistance from you.
It's like the Elachi are a bad joke on players.
Bees like honey, they don't like vinegar.
Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
Rebrither/Ev-Suit
Yeah, repulsor rifles are good against Elachi. Hmm... I should start actually using them...
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At least, not always.
If I see them coming, then yes, I blow them away.
But if I'm shooting an Elachi device, they seem to like jumping on me at that time.
Also, when they approach from the side while you are "otherwise occupied" fighting other enemies, there's not much you can do.
Bees like honey, they don't like vinegar.
Everytime someone makes a character that is an copy of an existing superhuman, Creativity is sad
What repulsor rifles?
Fluidic I believe, it's a proc of undine weapons that repels a target.
However I have been able to get rid of skitterers that clamped onto me, it's either mental discipline clicky or stubborn trait clicky, I think it's mental discipline though. But you can get rid of them with that as a last resort if they grab you, just such a darn long cooldown on that power though. Edit: Yes, mental discipline, strangely enough. *thinks away a skitter into nothing* :P
The Vulcan clicky trait "Mental Discipline" Breaks you out of the Skittering buggers holds.
Looks cool too. You grab them off and throw them to the ground
Heh sounds funny, never seen that as it just disappears when I use mental discipline, I play a Caitian though (Never tried a Vulcan), they have access to the trait too but perhaps the anim doesn't work for them.
My character Tsin'xing