Bursters are NOT fixed or improved

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let’s try to find evidence for what either of us are saying to see who is actually spreading fake news.

Increased Stagger Thresholds Against Enemies Targeting Other Players

Regarding Pox Bursters, and Pox Hounds (while at it), both check if their current target is doing a push action when within a certain distance, with no angle restriction (yes, you can push without looking at them at all, and they get pushed away from you). If so, a stagger is forced and guaranteed. As noted, they only do this with their current target though, which is the problem. When this isn’t the case, they have to be pushed physically like any other enemy, but they’re somewhat resistant t…

here is the exact thing I am describing being mentioned way longer ago than this patch, both the report and the reply suggest this issue has existed for longer than this recent patch

Push on Poxburster has no effect

Issue Type (Required): Player Mechanics Issue Description (Required): Push poxburster (while it’s jumping) to no effect. I’ve noticed this once before recently. Presumably there is some underlying issue that cannot be seen in the video - any ideas? Steps to Reproduce (Required): I’ve tried this in the Psykhanium with Creature Spawner, and it works reliably at all stages of the poxburster jump. I can’t reproduce this, but would like to know what the issue is, since it ended the run. [PC] Do Y…

here’s someone with video mentioning it works flawlessly in the creature spawning, strengthening the angle that it’s a client/server sync issue which the lag comp is meant to fix. you can see in the video the burster doesnt target the player.

Inconsistent poxburster AI behaviour

Issue Type (Required): Enemy Mechanics Issue Description (Required): Making this thread to collect instances of inconsistent poxburster behaviours. Such as bursters not responding to pushes, walking into players, inconsistent health/corruption damage and/or playing multiple audio cues at once. Instances of sound cues missing or too quiet instead go to the sticked thread KNOWN ISSUE: Sound Cues Missing or Too Quiet Steps to Reproduce (Required): Encounter and engage poxbursters in game Repro…

here’s good old harridas with a collection of poxburster bugs, including not being pushed.

@Valet

You could always push them prior to this update, but they wouldn’t detonate. […] you could always push them, with no exceptions.

so this is actually the fake news, people have noticed this before. this is by far not the only report of “unstaggerable burster” and i know anecdotally that it’s happened to me before the patch and most people who play a lot will confirm.
the real difference is probably that now you have no counterplay. before, when someone kited the poxburster into the team, you could push it before it detonates and everyone scurries like cockroaches. now? it just explodes in the middle of the team every time. that’s why you notice the bug far more now, i think. it’s also possible that poxburster aggro priorities changed, so the situation where a burster isn’t targeting you despite you wanting to push it happens more.

but the actual bug itself is, as far as informed guess goes, just lag. it’s the same thing as a phantom hit with your gun. no lag comp if the burster doesn’t target you. you could test out if that’s true or not in a locally hosted singleplayer game.