@@begone1934 I'm not sure. I think I've shot them when they are flying past very closely but non-aggro (meaning not one of them in the pack has targeted me with orange dodge indicator) and received no damage in the chain reaction explosions. I also think I've done this when the same thing happens to another cooperator and didn't see them take a bunch of damage. When one of the spore mines in a pack starts the kamikaze, I think at that point they will do damage to you or teammates when they explode. I could be wrong. I haven't tested this theory. It all happens so fast.
@@begone1934 I've also heard that melee kills will not cause them to hurt you. I know I've ground pound with assault jet pack when they were just hanging out in a pack with some gaunts and received no damage. I also know I've caught them with chainsword shoulder tackle and stomp and took no damage.
@@petemcthompson4489 There was a time I dropped into a group of them with a standard drop melee attack, and it deleted me instantly. I don't know if the game counts that as a melee attack or not.
Every damn time.
The most frustrating thing about this is there is no way to prevent it.
There’s a dodge roll for a reason, react faster
Is it just me or if someone shoots one next to you does it cause damage to you? I swear that's 90% of my deaths.
@@begone1934 I'm not sure. I think I've shot them when they are flying past very closely but non-aggro (meaning not one of them in the pack has targeted me with orange dodge indicator) and received no damage in the chain reaction explosions. I also think I've done this when the same thing happens to another cooperator and didn't see them take a bunch of damage. When one of the spore mines in a pack starts the kamikaze, I think at that point they will do damage to you or teammates when they explode. I could be wrong. I haven't tested this theory. It all happens so fast.
@@petemcthompson4489 I'll see if that bears out the next time. They seem to be this game's Poxburster, like in Darktide. Hated those too.
@@begone1934 I've also heard that melee kills will not cause them to hurt you. I know I've ground pound with assault jet pack when they were just hanging out in a pack with some gaunts and received no damage. I also know I've caught them with chainsword shoulder tackle and stomp and took no damage.
@@petemcthompson4489 There was a time I dropped into a group of them with a standard drop melee attack, and it deleted me instantly. I don't know if the game counts that as a melee attack or not.
@@begone1934 Hm. Had any of them aggroed yet (orange dodge indicator)?