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[AustereLemur799]

You can save yourself from insta-kill by firing your cobra (assuming you have it equpped at the time).

It's taken me experience to know when to whip out the cobra to nuke enemies in a tight spot - usally in time to rev and save the wave.

Sometimes, however, I pull it out just in time to get grabbed by a nefarious banshee (I assume this is true of Praetorians and other insta-killing enemies). I pull the trigger just for the hell of it (because I'm annoyed at myself for getting grabbed) and then try again (because I'm extra annoyed).

Lo and behold, I save myself from insta-kill by firing two missiles.

Is this a proven savior or am I just way behind the times?

[Dark Satris]

I have never heard of this happening so far, in all my lingering around here... huh

Modifié par Dark Satris, 02 juin 2013 - 05:16 .

[ToLazy4Name]

Never heard of this.

[k1ngl1ves]

30% of the time... It works every time.


I've seen and done it multiple times.  I think it's lag related.  Only seen it with Banshees though...


This isn't new info either.  It's been posted a few times before.  Not for a long time though.

I may have been here too long...

Modifié par k1ngl1ves, 02 juin 2013 - 05:22 .

[iOnlySignIn]

It always works IF you can actually aim the missile at something nearby, which you can't always do since you can't turn your camera during the grab animation.

Modifié par iOnlySignIn, 02 juin 2013 - 05:20 .

[LegionofRannoch]

It's a proven savior.. But it requires quick reaction time.

I've saved myself a few times by doing that. Mostly banshees and praetorians tho.

[Vanelsa]

Easier to use an ops pack right before a sync kill event. Been playing Cerbeus lately; whenever a phantom melees me, I push the ops pack button. If she stabs me, I get right back up -- with enough time to dodge or run away from her. Haven't tried it yet with Banshees, Atlases, Scions, or Praetorians, but I think that should work too.

[MPApr2012]

NVM

Modifié par MPApr2012, 02 juin 2013 - 05:21 .

[k1ngl1ves]

Vanelsa wrote...

Easier to use an ops pack right before a sync kill event. Been playing Cerbeus lately; whenever a phantom melees me, I push the ops pack button. If she stabs me, I get right back up -- with enough time to dodge or run away from her. Haven't tried it yet with Banshees, Atlases, Scions, or Praetorians, but I think that should work too.

Only works for a quick animation sync-kill.

[Qui-Gon Glenn]

It is a roll-of-the-dice, but it has saved me a couple times. Fails as often as it works imo and it luck anyway.

[AuntJemima80]

I try and die with Cobra in hand.

[Dalakaar]

It falls under the, "If you're falling, you may as well try flapping your arms" category for me. The more lag the more likely it'll be successful.

[AustereLemur799]

pm655 wrote...

I try and die with Cobra in hand.

Amen to that!

Thanks everyone for responding.

I was just so surprised to find this out a couple of weeks ago when I've spent a year being owned by stupid banshees etc.

This is officially the comeback. If it wastes two missiles, so be it. It actually felt so good in the moment while being stabbed in the stomach (actually being gutted). If something like that happened to me in real life, I know that I would pull the trigger with my dying breath - anything to give my squad mates every chance to make it through to the end!

[Tallgeese_VII]

Should have tried it last night when I got sync-killed. I pulled out a rocket to save a dead guy.. but Banshee jumed right in front of me and I got grabbed super fast.
Luckly it was last 2 banshees and the team was able to wrap it up.

[mol6x7]

I've had it happen to me once. I don't normally try to do it, so it was more of a happy coincidence.

[Shadow of Terror]

Works for bashees, not much else though since every other sync kill raises your camera up.

[TheTechnoTurian]

I think this has happened to me once or twice, but it's not very reliable.

[AustereLemur799]

ReaperRed wrote...

I think this has happened to me once or twice, but it's not very reliable.

I can get that. I only tried pulling the trigger because I was angry with myself for getting grabbed in the first place. Of course I don't always have my cobra equipped when I get grabbed...

[AustereLemur799]

What I've also noticed is that sometimes you're spared from a death (whether by insta-kill or getting killed by external sources like a ravager nuke whilst getting meleed by a husk) and you get right back up again. During these times I've fired a missile but nothing happens and it gets wasted.

[DinkumGem]

In answer to your thread title, why couldn't you be both? As far as the missile launcher trick, it works, but less than half the time for me.

[Learn To Love Yourself]

It rarely works for me.
If you are getting sync killed, even if you don't have the missile launcher equipped, try firing. You usually cannot. However, there are rare moments you can. I believe those are the times you can rocket (when it's equipped). It is rare.

[Creator Limbs]

It doesn't always work. I got grabbed just now as I pressed the button and nothing happened.

[Red Panda]

Vanelsa wrote...

Easier to use an ops pack right before a sync kill event. Been playing Cerbeus lately; whenever a phantom melees me, I push the ops pack button. If she stabs me, I get right back up -- with enough time to dodge or run away from her. Haven't tried it yet with Banshees, Atlases, Scions, or Praetorians, but I think that should work too.

The animations are too long.

[Colem]

Pretty sure it only works when the lag is bad.

[bogsters23]

i have done this a handful of times. being able to shoot a rocket while being grabbed by a banshee.