Losing a Gene-Seed because I ran into a Biovore that farted out three Spore Mines and one-shot me is, hands down, one of the most ridiculous and infuriating things I’ve experienced in this game. And it’s not a one-off... I’ve seen it happen multiple times.

On top of that, the amount of Spore Mines spawning with enemy waves is out of control. It gets ridiculous fast, and it's been like this for over two months. We've been asking, we've been patient, now we're just annoyed. Please fix your Spore Mine problem.

And before anyone even THINKS the words "git gud" or "just lower the difficulty", take a second to think. Not everyone playing is a hardcore grinder with 100s of hours under their belt. What about the dad who just got home from work, wants to play a couple of ops before bed, and is trying to prestige a character? He already has to grind 75+ levels again... and on top of that he has to do it while getting blown up by RNG Spore Mines? Gene-Seeds and successful runs in decent difficulties matter more to these casual players than to anyone else.

Yes, some players can solo Absolute. I’ve seen the YouTube videos. They’re incredible. Really. But basing balance decisions on the top players is a guaranteed way to lose your casual player base. Not everyone has the time, or frankly the desire, to master every exploit or cheese strat just to survive a run.

This isn’t a skill issue... it’s a tuning issue. Start listening to your community. You've got a great game... but this is the type of thing that drives people away.

We have been asking this for months... Nothing has been done. The fact that you sometimes dont get a warning that they are there or they lock on to you through walls and still take dmg or they magically appear and instantly explode (with no team mates in sight)

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PeekabooEU wrote:

We have been asking this for months... Nothing has been done. The fact that you sometimes dont get a warning that they are there or they lock on to you through walls and still take dmg or they magically appear and instantly explode (with no team mates in sight)

Agreed!

Zoantrophes beam being undodge-able and registering 2 hits (which can lead to downs/death on high diff) is also infuriating. 
Altho not as annoying as your sniper teammate doing less damage than a bot.