I’ve been on that 152 grind for a while (currently 146) and the easiest way to level up is warzone firefight. Either it be the Banshee Raiders or the Wardens i do a lot of damage and even get the last few shots before they die, but it ALWAYS says teammates eliminated so and so and doesn’t give me the boss kill or the points. I know in the end it doesn’t really matter because u get around the same exp if your top 5 or dead last but its still very annoying to me. This happen to anyone else or am I just not doing it right? haha
I have also noticed that it’s extraordinary difficult to get the boss takedown when it comes to Banshee bosses. However, it may be highly possible that the boss takedown medal is only given if a player has dealt serve damage to the boss just before its death and that the likelihood of getting that medal may increase by using another weapon.
The banshee and phaeton bosses have always been buggy for the boss medal. For the main bosses you have to deal “X” amount of damage to get the medal, I think it’s 5%. As far as XP goes, if you are using any type of Gambit Boost, you rank can make a substantial difference.
Ah yeah I’ve had these issues with Banshees and Phaetons a tonne.
Its super bugged but just something I’ve come to terms with at this point.
this is just one of those things. Its really fun on those matches that are extremely boss heavy and as a result you get stuck at req 5 in round 5 because no boss gives credit so your req gain is severely restricted.
There is no magic bullet so to speak to getting boss credit. I personally have had times where i’ll be out of range/los and only just get into position to fire off a burst or 2 from whatever gun I have out and still get credit, other times I will do easily 80% of the bosses health on my own and still get no boss credit. Its very whack and broken and seems more rng than anything. It can be quite frustrating being the best player on the team but without luck still being relegated to the bottom end of the “score board”. You know most kills, most assists, no deaths 7th place yet the guy with 12 kills 10 assists 5 deaths and “all the bosses” bosses still “wins”. Frustrating!
I think it depends on the damage dealt in the bosses final seconds and maybe the amount of shots put into it. For the Phaeton if you unload into the giant core under its hull even with loadout weapons you’ll get the credit pretty reliably; however, the banshee is another story. Essentially if you don’t land the killing blow on the banshee you will very likely get nothing; even if you dealt 90% of the damage and just stopped shooting the banshee for a moment you likely won’t get the credit.
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> I think it depends on the damage dealt in the bosses final seconds and maybe the amount of shots put into it. For the Phaeton if you unload into the giant core under its hull even with loadout weapons you’ll get the credit pretty reliably; however, the banshee is another story. Essentially if you don’t land the killing blow on the banshee you will very likely get nothing; even if you dealt 90% of the damage and just stopped shooting the banshee for a moment you likely won’t get the credit.
maybe because the banshee can regen shields, and the game thinks the damage is being reset, that could be a possible reason as to why, this is just based off your, “I stop shooting it for a moment (paraphrasing)”.
I find this very frustrating at times as well.
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If I’ve dealt significant damage, and for some reason, I’m killed before the boss, i get nothing
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regardless of how much damage i deal, if I dont shoot one of the last shots, I get nothing - mostly with mechanised bosses - ghosts, phaetons, banshees, grunt mech, wraiths.
Unless i’m in a scorpion or similar vehicle, I don’t bother with flying bosses. -
some weapons deal a lot of damage but don’t seem to register as kill shot. I used plasma caster to unleash hell on grunt mech, ghost and Knight bosses, such that my last volley of plasmas exploded the bosses, yet i got nothing.
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> I’ve been on that 152 grind for a while (currently 146) and the easiest way to level up is warzone firefight. Either it be the Banshee Raiders or the Wardens i do a lot of damage and even get the last few shots before they die, but it ALWAYS says teammates eliminated so and so and doesn’t give me the boss kill or the points. I know in the end it doesn’t really matter because u get around the same exp if your top 5 or dead last but its still very annoying to me. This happen to anyone else or am I just not doing it right? haha
Even if you get credit for the take down. The only person who gets credit for the actual kill (as far as I can tell so dont quote me) is the one who fired the last shot and took it down. I know I’ve been the one to take the boss down when I see the small (x) in my crosshairs. The same (x) I get when I’m killing a spartan. Once that happens after the game I check my commendations and it’s always gonna up one for that enemy. Make sure you reserve enough points for a powerful weapon or viechle. Position your sell in a good spot that has the bosses weak point exposed. And when its health get really low hold your fire until the last second (so someone else doesnt kill it when your weapon is reloading, recharging, etc)
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> Ah yeah I’ve had these issues with Banshees and Phaetons a tonne.
> Its super bugged but just something I’ve come to terms with at this point.
Yeah I kinda figured and i agree. As long as i’m still getting good xp that’s all i care about.
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> > Ah yeah I’ve had these issues with Banshees and Phaetons a tonne.
> > Its super bugged but just something I’ve come to terms with at this point.
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> Yeah I kinda figured and i agree. As long as i’m still getting good xp that’s all i care about.
just use the answer, good balance of fire rate and damage, that’s all I can offer though…
I am honestly baffled that 343 hasn’t addressed this issue. Of course I don’t expect them to fix it now that infinite is coming out but this seems like something that should’ve been fixed.
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> I am honestly baffled that 343 hasn’t addressed this issue. Of course I don’t expect them to fix it now that infinite is coming out but this seems like something that should’ve been fixed.
I agree as well. I just think they need to keep double xp going forward to help us all out on that 152 grind.
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> > I am honestly baffled that 343 hasn’t addressed this issue. Of course I don’t expect them to fix it now that infinite is coming out but this seems like something that should’ve been fixed.
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> I agree as well. I just think they need to keep double xp going forward to help us all out on that 152 grind.
That would very helpful to be honest.