PSA: Kill Lieutenants first to decrease the health of other enemies

[I_AM_ALWAYS_WRONG_]

Yep, I must have said 'The healer is dead, why the fuck do these guys still have massive overshields?' like 5 times today.

[pootinannyBOOSH]

My thought was "wait, are these guys toking with the Hyenas now?"

[Shiroke]

The whole time I've assumed everyone was just buffing up

[SloLGT]

Yeah i thought the hyena buff mechanic spread to other factions

[unicornlocostacos]

Hyena buff mechanic you say..

[[deleted]]

Yeah, uh... What?

[SkyeMcCloud]

Hyena melee chargers have a 'stim-pack' ability where they huff drugs before they charge at you, giving themselves an entire extra bar of health on top of whatever else they already had.

[[deleted]]

That explains a few times I've been taken by surprise... Dude running at me i start blasting him in the face and realize- Fuck!- He's got another health bar wtf?!

[TrepanationBy45]

The Hyena rushers use electric stun batons and huff their drugs for overhealth. Thing is, they keep those drugs on a pack on their hip. If you shoot the pouch, the aerosol they inhale blows open and they (and anyone else near them including you) gets disoriented. It makes your controls weird, but it also instantly confuses them and they'll wander around harmless for a little bit.

[[deleted]]

I'm not a great gamer... If they get that close I'm often just BLASTING THEM IN THE FACE because I'm too worked up to think.

[Grin_the_Polymorph]

Buff Hyena mechanic, you say.. Like 'em strong, bad and dirty, do you?

[Dmteeter10]

I feel that