Please Bufff The Zanuka Hunter

[AnuEkko]

First off, I apologise if this is posted in the wrong area. I don't post in the forums that often.

I would love to see the Zanuka Hunter get buffed. As she is currently, she's way too easy to kill, and not a threat. At the time of posting, I just had her spawn, but I took her out in a few seconds with an unmodded Fulmin and a Nova's Molecular Prime.

I'd suggest making her immune to Warframe abilities (and maybe do this for ALL the assassins), buff her armour or perhaps give her slowing tether grenades or other utilities that would inconvenience us and make her more threatening.
If I'm honest, all the assassins (Stalker, G3, Zanuka) need a buff. I'm just a bit biased as Zanuka is my favourite. 

[(XBOX)B1ueKarou]

this is an unpopular opinion, and it takes guts to suggest.

that being said i hate that i agree with you. the assassins have always seemed to me like they were supposed to be special. like an "oh s***" kind of moment whenever they appear. theyre assassins, they should definitely strike at least a little bit of concern in the average player. those are just my opinons, and like i said this is an unpopular opinion but im really glad to finally find someone who agrees on it.

take the G3 for example; within lore, even the lotus doesnt think we, her prized warriors, are capable enough to take them on, every time they spawn, her immediate reaction is to open up an emergency extraction telling us to run. thats the kind of reaction i would have expected to happen from someone like the Wolf.... not a trio of morons that take 2 shots on a bad day. 

then theres Zanuka, a beast created from US! she should be a cut above the other assassins considering she is made from cannibalised warframes. personally, i would love to see her given the ability to use warframe abilities. clearly she has parts of valkyr, so maybe a form of hysteria would be cool. her head looks a little like a volt helmet, so maybe some overload thrown our way. maybe some ive wave impedence or something, anything. theres so much potential with these guys. and i mean.... if youve played the second dream... you know how scary the stalker should be. 

for all they are, with the amount of potential there is with these guys and how op we are... i would absolutely love for them to be made more... terrifying

[Xzorn]

It's just the inevitable reality of bosses in a game with power creep but no opposition.

Even if they buffed X boss, it doesn't last. In a funny way Stalker is easier now than he used to be. More fair now as you can 100% evade all his attacks but comparatively easier than back in the day at lvl 30. Fight him at lvl 30 or lvl 3,000 and the difficulty changes but the challenge doesn't.

It's only when you mix Stalker with the other enemies on the map at higher scaling where challenge is increased. Without the boss changing with added abilities as it scales or without enemies scaling to a threatening level any boss is doomed to trivial status eventually.

[AnuEkko]

2 minutes ago, (XB1)B1ueKarou said:

this is an unpopular opinion, and it takes guts to suggest.

that being said i hate that i agree with you. the assassins have always seemed to me like they were supposed to be special. like an "oh s***" kind of moment whenever they appear. theyre assassins, they should definitely strike at least a little bit of concern in the average player. those are just my opinons, and like i said this is an unpopular opinion but im really glad to finally find someone who agrees on it.

take the G3 for example; within lore, even the lotus doesnt think we, her prized warriors, are capable enough to take them on, every time they spawn, her immediate reaction is to open up an emergency extraction telling us to run. thats the kind of reaction i would have expected to happen from someone like the Wolf.... not a trio of morons that take 2 shots on a bad day. 

then theres Zanuka, a beast created from US! she should be a cut above the other assassins considering she is made from cannibalised warframes. personally, i would love to see her given the ability to use warframe abilities. clearly she has parts of valkyr, so maybe a form of hysteria would be cool. her head looks a little like a volt helmet, so maybe some overload thrown our way. maybe some ive wave impedence or something, anything. theres so much potential with these guys. and i mean.... if youve played the second dream... you know how scary the stalker should be. 

for all they are, with the amount of potential there is with these guys and how op we are... i would absolutely love for them to be made more... terrifying

Exactly what I was thinking. I still get a small amount of excitement when the Stalker spawns but if I'm honest with myself, it's only because I want the Ephemera, not because I'm ready to face a challenge. Most things in Warframe tend to eventually become a loot sponge rather than an actual challenge.

I want that thrill of them spawning, the challenge of having to beat them, then the excitement of managing to take them down! Even if they take a page out of The Binding of Isaac. There's 2 bosses in that game, Ultra Greed and Hush, that have damage normalisation. No matter how OP you are, they're always going to be a challenge because they normalise your damage, making it so you need to be more skilled to actually take them down instead of just melting them with bullets.

[DatDarkOne]

57 minutes ago, Slips said:

First off, I apologise if this is posted in the wrong area. I don't post in the forums that often.

I would love to see the Zanuka Hunter get buffed. As she is currently, she's way too easy to kill, and not a threat. At the time of posting, I just had her spawn, but I took her out in a few seconds with an unmodded Fulmin and a Nova's Molecular Prime.

I'd suggest making her immune to Warframe abilities (and maybe do this for ALL the assassins), buff her armour or perhaps give her slowing tether grenades or other utilities that would inconvenience us and make her more threatening.
If I'm honest, all the assassins (Stalker, G3, Zanuka) need a buff. I'm just a bit biased as Zanuka is my favourite. 

I have to agree with this.  I realized a long long time ago that none of the Assassins are a threat to a solo Ivara at any level.  Although fighting a lvl 100 Shadow Stalker was interesting.