Why when fighting the War Master players don't...

[Telemachus]

I always hang out on the right side and shoot his arm but now that I think of it I have never stood on the left side but will give it a try next time.

Same here , I do attempt to move to the left side, if his arm is in a odd place some partly in the wall type instances. It can drop down and roll in place into the wall sometimes.


Just don't stand below him if it's been up there a few too many seconds can get smashed. Well unless you need to die to reset your stims an such or reload.


They could do something like make it's armor red or with a bullseye tattoo, may help some new players I guess. Tell people that in the lore it means "don't shoot here" or something in Votan ?


Guarantees that they will do the opposite.

[Zugo]

Please explain using the attached diagram.

I'm usually at position 1 if WM is on the ground, but when He's hanging from the wall I'm usually in crawler central. Are you saying there a spot to use when he's hanging?

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[crasher]

Please explain using the attached diagram.

I'm usually at position 1 if WM is on the ground, but when He's hanging from the wall I'm usually in crawler central. Are you saying there a spot to use when he's hanging?

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I dunno.
He keeps turning around and scootin' to the other end of the room fast enough that I spend at least as much time chasing him to put myself in position as I do shootin'.

Far too much of my time is spent laying rounds into his right arm armour or into his wrist when he's hanging, and getting 'no' numbers scrolling, I can't be bothered any more.
Waste of my time, waste of a spot on the floor for somebody else.

Add to that the crawlers, and the blue blaster-users who swear they are doing great damage for the team.

meh.

[Nefarious]

Please explain using the attached diagram.

I'm usually at position 1 if WM is on the ground, but when He's hanging from the wall I'm usually in crawler central. Are you saying there a spot to use when he's hanging?

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By the knee near spot 4.

Or on the on the outskirts when he is wall hanging throwing bombs. The more distance you have the longer his bombs have to travel, so at that point it easy to dodge them. You could do so by staying in scope and moving to the side, you have a lot of time to see the bombs coming. The few that go that far at least.

Its all about optimizing DMG output on the WM while not getting hit by what he throws. So if you are following the WM as he walking to go wall hang and you can get below him at a quick rate that's good. But if you are across the room its better to shoot from there then eating up time to run all the way to him, that time would be better off shooting him from a distance.

In a perfect situation everyone below the WM would be shooting his back while everyone else further away would be shooting his right arm he hangs by. This way we could see if what Trick said is true, in that if the War Master has more then one area with his armor broken then the damage the WM takes when getting hit in either of those exposed spots is amplified.

[Extreme Rugburn]

I agree with the OP. 75% of the time I get real close on the left side and usually dont get hit if im close enough. When I scoot out further to leach others spikes then I get hit. Someone else also mentioned though that if the get too far left sometimes you cannot hit the crit spot, this is also very true. Lastly the comment regarding being on the opposite end is true, he will not hit you, but unless you are using a sniper with stalker, you will lose DPS due to falloff like someone else mentioned. I also agree that it is pretty sad when 10 people bunch up in the middle and then get blasted and go down, major DPS lose their. Good posting with solid common sense info, now if people would only listen.

[Coach Crab]

Why fight him???

You get nothing!!!!

Who cares????

Stop playing him!!!!!

[crasher]

I agree with the OP. 75% of the time I get real close on the left side and usually dont get hit if im close enough. When I scoot out further to leach others spikes then I get hit. Someone else also mentioned though that if the get too far left sometimes you cannot hit the crit spot, this is also very true. Lastly the comment regarding being on the opposite end is true, he will not hit you, but unless you are using a sniper with stalker, you will lose DPS due to falloff like someone else mentioned. I also agree that it is pretty sad when 10 people bunch up in the middle and then get blasted and go down, major DPS lose their. Good posting with solid common sense info, now if people would only listen.

50/50 odds that you get pig-piled by a horde of people who not only claim that you can't tell them how to play, but just to spite you will do everything they can to bollix the suggestion to the best of their ability.

*Disclaimer: The population seems to be down in game and on the forums, so we may not have the critical mass required to try to knee-cap you.

[Extreme Rugburn]

50/50 odds that you get pig-piled by a horde of people who not only claim that you can't tell them how to play, but just to spite you will do everything they can to bollix the suggestion to the best of their ability.

*Disclaimer: The population seems to be down in game and on the forums, so we may not have the critical mass required to try to knee-cap you.

LOL. This is a game, I play to have fun, not argue or get into back and forths. I play almost every day and usually try the WM two times, just to use spikes and see whats up with him. I have been a part of 5 successful kills since the nerf and probably failed about 18 times. As far as I know no oranges were dropped in the five wins, but heck ill keep trying him its part of the game and its still fun for me.

[Deunan]

I have the Kill or Be Killed and Blast Shield Perk in my loadout so I actually want to get hit by a bomb while he's up on the wall for the critical damage bonus. It's extremely rare for me to get hit by more than one during a burn phase because he doesn't usually throw more than one directly at me and the Blast Shield tends to negate anything but a direct hit.

[Quebra Regra]

Whenever monkeyboy is on the wall I seldom die... because I gravitated close in from the beginning on my own (using SMGs early on, now Wolfhound that someone gave me because they no longer drop). Bombs never get me... I either get walked on, rolled over, or hit at the ammo stash.

But the suggestion to use radiation weapons... does it work? Really?
Fire, Bio, and Void don't proc... why should radiation?

huh? WOLFHOUND pistols no longer drop? Why? Good thing I got a few.