[Suggestion] Scorpions overpowered & seem not to be doing as advertised

55 votes

Scorpions are supposed to be guarding territory, but that territory is huge, they wander around, have huge aggro range, and their sting is WAY over the top in killing power before player has chance to find shelter/safety and craft anti-venom. RL scorpions don't have great eyesight, these can see & aggro me at greater range than the cougars (and are several times more damaging and harder to kill than cougars).
I suggest toning down scorpion vision to half the current value and keep them from roaming a huge territory. They should stay near their nest or be less aggro prone while away from it.

Under consideration AI Balance Suggested by: cmopatrick (27 Mar, '22) • Upvoted: 11 Oct, '23 • Comments: 6

Comments: 6

28 Mar, '22
TiltedSimian
I will agree with this 100%. I was just doing the Expedition: Waterfall and I was killed twice by a single sting from a scorpion. This coupled with the ridiculousness of the new heat mechanic makes the game not fun to play.
03 Apr, '22
Eldiin
You can one shot kill Scorpions with Bolt Action rifle without sneak attacking or headshots.
You can one shot, sometimes two shot kill them with Long Bow + Bone arrows, or the new Scale bow + Bone arrow if you:
---- Have Kill Cam Active
---- Sneak Attack + Head Shot

Scorpions aren't that fast either, so they can easily be kited and killed.

Initially, when I first encountered them, I thought they were hard. But once I learned how to kill them with bows first, they weren't an issue.
04 Apr, '22
Drizzydrap
Scorpions definitely need tuned down somehow, within the first 5 min of play on the Extended Survey mission in the desert I got double teamed by 2 lvl 90 scorpions. Then when I got my basic house set up (2x2 wood hut) three aggro'd on me (lvl 94, 96, and 98) instantly destroyed my house and killed me. Maybe I'm unlucky, maybe I'm just bad but it doesn't feel balanced for that to happen within the first 5 minutes at the initial drop zone.
16 Apr, '22
Drew
I just did my first desert mission had to quit after 20 minutes. As all scorpions in the area knew where my base was after I spent the time to make sure the area was a good spot for a base. They didn't see me they just came after me and my base. They didn't have the alert status, they just started to attack my base. I thought bears were bad. These things are just unfair.
21 May, '22
Ze-Dude
the scorpions are way too powerful. while mining exotics in the Desert Canyons in Voyager: Recovery, my entire party of three was killed due to a single scorpion attack (it was a total of five scorpions!!!) we had already completed the mission, we had a Hunting Rifle and tons of top-tier stuff (and more gold than we've ever gotten) and we each died in one to two hits. we were using high quality knives and spamming away but you cannot kill a scorpion quickly, because they kill you in 2 hits (at full base health) and the poison is WAY worse than fish or caveworm poison. we had to leave the mission and we didn't even get paid the reward because we all died to scorpions. PLEASE NERF THEM the scorpions are way too powerful. also, head hitbox is nearly nonexistent, so you have to rely on the miniscule damage of normal hits. (note: you can kill a scorpion with a stealthed headshot... if you can hit the head. but the scorpions also come from nowhere and surprise you.)
13 Jun, '23
Mickhael
-1 Downvote.
That is a PvE game.
Do not approach difficult missions if you have not appropriate gear.
Do not take difficult missions if you are not enough skilled in that game.
Play on easy, or avoid 3-4 skulls missions if you can't play proper.
Do not ask an easier game... ICARUS even on hard is not a very difficult game. Hope next DLC to be harder.