Broken Mechanic Or Bug?

[nas711]

When I take Kubrow on a mission  (he is in hiatus at the moment on a break due to this problem) and when I am killed (usually from a penta to the face when he is blocking my aim), he is dead as well. My kubrow has never died on his own, but only at the hands of me. This causes loyalty to drop of course. 

 

Anyone else annoyed by this or does it not happen? Why if we die does kubrow not continue fighting or at least respawn like sentinels. Fair enough he can die if he does it of his own accord, but I am afraid of dying now as I know it will be an instant drop in loyalty and I have to wait a day to rank him back up to his former killer glory (actually 2 now as he is on 20% efficiency). When I usually die I don't use revives, but quit and have another go at it, but it instantly removes loyalty. I have even alt tab'd and shut the game down before failed mission and it still saves it.  

Edited July 22, 2014 by nas711

[StinkyPygmy]

If you fail the mission it has the same effect as your kubrow being taken out, which makes sense. 

I don't have an issue with it because kubrows fill less of a support role and more of an offensive tactical role so they require more maintenance then sentinels due to their more powerful nature. Where as sentinels are mostly used for utility and less for combat.

 

Basically loss of loyalty is the trade off for having a more combat effective companion.

My advice if take him on low lvl missions and level him up first if you havn't already. I was surprised at how easily they can die as well. Also you don't want to risk failing the mission.

Edited July 22, 2014 by StinkyPygmy

[Rias_Gremory12]

So far, the bug where they cannot be revived has been fixed. But about the Kubrows dying and not respawning with you, I have that too. My Kubrow is currently at -20% damage and it's really annoying.. Simply because I died a few times due to Mirage's clone bug while playing solo I lost an infinite amount of loyalty.. They should either fix this by allowing the Kubrow to revive with the player and not loose loyalty or not make the Kubrow die as soon as you do, unless you abort. Hope DE fixes this soon.

[nas711]

StinkyPygmy, my Kubrow is maxed. He has all mods maxed and has over 1.K health and shields and 300 extra damage. Kubrow is tough as nails and never dies on a mission. I don't take him on silly t4 missions so he will get killed. The problem is when "I" get killed, usually accidental as I play with alot of explosive weapons with AoE ranges and he instadies and when I revive he is not allowed to come back. I WISH he bled out or something at least so I could save him from my dumb mistake.  This drops his loyality and like Rias, he is now on really low damage and is basically getting more useless even with his maul and bite mod in max. We have revives for a reason, so why can kubrow keep on fighting or at least if WE die and he is still alive, at least he shouldn't drop in loyality for our lack of longevity if we choose not to revive and fail the mission. I died, not him. Hope this makes sense. 

 

 

 

...he is a sentinel right? Sentinels come back when you die... Kubrows only downfall should be he needs maintenance for him dying, not the player. 

Edited July 22, 2014 by nas711