lostinthought.7540

I ended up recruiting another player to help me with this, and we got it on the first try. I did try the "target in front of you" strategy multiple times - in fact, the majority of my runs I did this because it's what people suggested on various threads. I didn't try targeting behind me until I started experimenting after failing dozens of times. Targeting in front helps with the line of sight problem, but not with the excessive "miss" problem.

I posted about this in the discussion forum, but after trying this achievement 30+ times I believe it's actually bugged. The weak points get out of line of sight too quickly compared to existing videos on YouTubeMany shots either miss completely (with a "Miss!" message) or simply have no effect. The former is annoying but can be worked around somewhat; the latter is completely mystifying and makes fine-tuning frustrating.Shots do not always hit the weak spot you targeted. Not sure if this is a bug or intended.I uploaded a video demonstrating the second point:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/698957630 In the video, I have my combat log open to make it easier to notice when the shots do damage. As you can see, they have no effect until I've already flown about halfway through the segment. I've ruled out the following theories: I am too close to the target - I ruled this out by trying to target every single weak point, both near and far, at the beginning, and NONE of them can be damaged until I've flown about halfway.The shots take a long time to reach the weak point and thus show up in the combat log - I ruled this out with a different run where I stopped firing after about 5 shots. NO damage at all was caused in that run.I'd like to request at least a second look at this instance/achievement to see if it's working properly. No other achievement in the game has seemed as broken as this one in terms of the mechanics.

I recorded a video demonstrating the bugginess of this: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/698957630 (apologies for the mouse/keyboard sounds) - I target a weak spot in front of me, making sure it's not the first one as suggested by some, and it doesn't get damaged until about halfway through (I keep the combat log open to see when exactly I deal damage). The first few shots pretty much go right through him and have no effect. The problem is that this happens for every weak point I try; none of them can be hit until I'm about halfway through the first phase. That means that I basically don't have enough of a window to destroy enough of them.

I've tried this achievement about 20 times now. The issue is that his weak spots seem to go out of LOS, or my shots miss, much more often than videos on YouTube would suggest. For example, during the second phase, the weak spots on his right wing go out of LOS almost immediately after Aurene flies past his spine. Another example is the weak spots at the end of his tail during the first phase; I cannot hit those until I am super far away. I've also had multiple instances where my shots will destroy weak points that I didn't target, almost as if the shots are freely aimed rather than homing/targeted. Has anyone else experienced this?