Fiend needs to fixed asap

grabbing people behind cover is not my main concern, my main concern is the reach of its grab ability. it's grab ability is way longer than its arm, which makes judging just how far away a player needs to stay very hard. 

i'd rather they fix grabbing you through ceilings and floor first

I was the best. Once soloed a bronze with the reegar carbine before it got needed.

My main issue with the fiends are

1. Tele-grab: Oh your way over there? *teleport followed by immediate inescapable grab* teehee, fuck your chances

2. Extendo grab: Lemme just swipe the air in front of me even though your 15 feet from my grab.... Well fuck you anyway *grabs even though your out of range*

3. Suuper extendo/lag grab: Aww he ran away to avoid my grab... HM... He's across the map now... *grab because fuck you, that's why.*
(seriously, I was running for a straight 3 seconds for the very particular reason (2.) and got pulled back anyway....)

- Crash to desktop needs fixed asap.

- Sound cutting out every 2nd match forcing you to close and restart the game needs fixed asap.

- Melee stop working when a squadmate goes down needs fixed asap.

- But yeah Fiend warp around the map and Go Go Gadget Grab should be next after those.

No kidding.

It's sync-kill works way too weird. It almost feels like the fiend uses its psychic ability to render us immobile then slowly approach to finish sync-kill.

I think the main problem with fiends has to do with pathing and animation. A fiend is too big and bulky to navigate easily around all the corners, objects and obstacles, but instead of letting it get stuck, the game "cheats" by teleporting it around them when needed. For the same reason the box used for positioning and pathing is much smaller than the actual model, so it clips inside other objects more than any other enemy - and unfortunately this also means that its grab attack can, in some cases, reach through walls and other objects. This, especially when combined with lag, can lead to exactly the kind of BS we've seen countless examples of.

Can it be fixed? Of course - but it might be a quite a lot of work, possibly more than Bioware is willing to put into it. They might choose other means of the alleviate the problem, such as having fiends telegraph their attacks, do their sync kills less often, indicate their presence through audio cues etc.

Will Bioware do something about the problem? I believe they will, but it might take some time, and it's unlikely they'll fix the issue entirely.

I started a thread on this topic about insta-kills in general but I have to say I have played the Kett a few times this weekend and I have not been insta-killed and most of my teammates avoided it as well.

We played them on Derelict twice which seems a good map for the Kett. I cobraed a Fiend and an Ascendant to stop sync-kills on teammates and this worked perfectly.

I also saw that the Fiend was meleeing around the place rather than sync-kills.

Then today's Apex Gold mission is Paradox/Kett and is a lot of fun. I recommend doing it. It's hack/devices. The map is very pretty and the Kett I have to say are fun to play against.

I still keep well away from the Ascendant and the Fiend but either they have adjusted the sync-kill frequency or I'm just getting better at avoiding them but I didn't even come close to insta-death.

I imagine Upload is still a nightmare and I was play the AA against them but it's refreshing to play something that isn't Outlaw.

I think Lemur nailed it up there.

What I find strange in general: I see many players complaining about the same issues SalMasRac and Ryuji are having, but there also seem to be people playing without any of those problems (haven't had any of them myself to date). That bugs me. If it's a netcode issue, wouldn't everyone stumble upon CTDs somewhat regularly? Or is it because I manually opened all necessary ports in my router and only play with friends living in the same country? Or was I just very lucky up to now? 'cause I can't believe myself to ever be THAT lucky...

The behind cover grab thing just happened to me yesterday, and the goddamn thing was pretty far away. Hell yes it's annoying.

It's bad. Something has to be done about the Kett regardless, they're ridiculous.

Apparently, running away makes you vulnerable.

Play a vanguard and charge the thing! That will keep you safe (for easily a second-ish).

(But, if the bug is that its attacks and its position are in two different locations, then charging that fiend might also be a good evasion technique...)