The "bubble dudes" mechanics are..

Pretty wtf.

Not sure why my melee AoE get's reflected and can't hit through their bubble (ground slam) because it's not a projectile...makes no sense.

Almost ko'd myself due to the reflect without realizing I was actually dealing the damage from my own attack. I thought the idea of these guys was silly from the start, maybe a bit of bias since I played a LA ranger character, but it's especially silly if my melee attack that is an AoE that goes UNDERGROUND (don't see how a bubble can protect an attack from underneath..) is just ridiculous.

To the real question, is this a bug? Or just another shitty game mechanic?

You can only damage them when inside their bubble. This bubble also protects other enemies in it too. That or you can wait for the bubble to go down, it only lasts a short time.

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SamBaLam wrote:

Not sure why my melee AoE get's reflected and can't hit through their bubble (ground slam) because it's not a projectile...makes no sense.

I may have missed it, but when and where was it said that the bubble was protection against only projectile attacks? I could have sworn that in the press videos Chris specifically said that those enemies could not be damaged from outside the bubble, mentioning nothing about projectiles. I may be misremembering, though.

He said ranged attacks could not penetrate it.

I guess I don't consider ground slam a "ranged attack" because well, quite frankly it's not.

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SamBaLam wrote:

He said ranged attacks could not penetrate it.

I guess I don't consider ground slam a "ranged attack" because well, quite frankly it's not.

It has a range larger than the radius of the bubble. If you want to hit with a skill with a range larger than the radius of the bubble, you must stand inside the bubble. I do not see what is confusing here.

Yeah, its another stupid mechanic. We already have the obnoxious reflect mobs, why do we need a reflect/shield mob as well. They should remove reflect from these guys, its unnecessary. For the record, my IB Mara has had no problem with them, but I disagree with it on principle.

all i want to know about these dudes is....


when are we getting that attack?

it is the most badass sounding attack in the game. its frickin awesome and i know it hurts my guy a lot when it hits so...make it happen. i want that attack.

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JunKx wrote:

all i want to know about these dudes is....


when are we getting that attack?

it is the most badass sounding attack in the game. its frickin awesome and i know it hurts my guy a lot when it hits so...make it happen. i want that attack.

physical cold snap anyone ;)

I haven't taken damage from it in so long, I forgot it dealt damage.

There are much more scary attacks from some of the new monsters.