Seriously, at least the other bosses throw me around or grab me if I’m not careful. I literally just circled him whacking him with a tacaxe and he keeled over.
yeah i find the hounds to be the only ‘hard’ part, and even then in certain parts of certain maps the hounds can just be trivialized with boxes or just around a corner or something like that, im sure the next boss added will be a proper threat though surely…
Packmaster gets beaten by dodges extremely easily, probably so that you’re able to still dodge them 1vs1 even when your dodges are exhausted with its debuff. And you know, Hive Scum has the best dodge of all Tide so the packmaster just gets folded.
It feels that packmaster need to have aoe shock attack, something like pogryn, but that should shock all players around him and apply packmaster’s debuff
To be fair you are playing the class with the build that counters him the most (Rampage Scum), as well as the dogs not being on you
But Even if you weren’t, with enough practice it’s still kinda simple
I’d say he’s slightly easier than Chaos Spawn but I think it’s a fine boss
(Now I know his attack pattern better so it should be even easier now)
Still think the pogryn is a even bigger pushover
I keep saying the Pogryn Overhead attack should be the same as a Crusher overhead
Also do the same for Crusher Captains
Just have posted this as a proposal in another topic, worth putting it here too:
for giggles, I would teach him to pick up his doggies and throw them at players, causing AoE stagger/pushbacks and some toughness damage, followed by a quick pounce of the landed doggie
Basically this. Rampage Scum with a mobile weapon is a massive cheat code here. PM seems to struggle vs mobile players, especially if you just dodge him to a side. Not particularly interesting boss, and its debuffs punish less mobile builds, as literally everything else in Darktide.
i seen in some threads people wanting packmaster to be nerfed cause “unfair” xD
but yea once understanding the moveset, it’s not really a big of a problem, only if you really get caught of guard and the debuff stacks start to apply but it’s unlikely
hive scum obviously has very good mobility but other classes do okay too
Ive seen a lot of people feeling like he’s an unbeatable horror and asking for nerfs. I think he’s fine. Hes very dangerous when theres a lot of stuff going on because of his debuff. Otherwise like most bosses he’s pretty much a push over like the other bosses for any reasonably skilled player.
i like the concept of this guy but the implementation is just an easier plogryn pattern wise when without doggos and them in the mix like plogryn+hound modifier as a one off 
those hooks sadly are for show when he should be able to impale a player and drag him away running while dealing health damage quickly instead of corruption.
if the others dont manage to quickly jank him out of there, hes dead by the end of the packmasters sprint and he returns to grab another.
THAT would make him a prime target instead of a “meh+dogs”
I would give reapers a overhead aswell they are ogryns afterall
I’m also pretty sure he lost his dog-napping capability, at least in Havoc (never played Expedition enough to encounter him). He kinda just does a long animation to throw off the dog so a single Arby can essentially stun-lock him.
I disagree, Packmaster is biggest pushover from all bosses.
Honestly I expected more from him than being Temu Plogryn.
I’d rather a boss try to wear me down than do a grapple that is essentially OHK, personally. I wish packmaster would do more damage, but I can see why they’d like it to be a little more merciful for the new player experience. The debuff seems scary until you remember sideways dodging nerfs this guy, which is fine since the hazard is never one enemy in the design of the game. Every one enemy can be countered with player knowledge, its the chaos of the unfolding battle and all the other supporting units in tow.
also of all the bosses to fight solo, 2 of these guys are the most fun. absolute chaos. I would upload a clip of me getting embarassed by a pair but I had a couple mods on for which @gpkgpk would surely judge me for. I got punted by one towards a ledge and the other knocked me off it. I was trying to make a little space from the gas apocalypse that was surrounding me.
Today, we killed a Packmaster.
Tactic:
- Arbites with shield eats the Packmaster attacks.
- Other 2 players punched him hard (player 4 was ded).
It was ridiculous.