51 Votes in Poll
There is a conspicuous lack of Fireclaw in this poll
That is beacuse you Can only have six options and I was trying to only include combat types but forgot glinthawk was acqusition.
Thunderjaws and Tremortusks are pretty easy. Lots of big, bulky hitboxes and detachable weapons. Just stay out of it's way to avoid it's devastating melee attacks and be mindful of the annoying long range ones and you're good.
Slaughterspines are similar but also not quite so. They're pretty durable in my experience, and the fight can get out of hand quickly. Elemental damage helps, particularly acid from what I remember. But their long range plasma attacks are pretty easy to dodge, melee ones are avoidable too, and their attacking method is overall so so. Uhh, just not the hardest machine to dodge, but by no means does that mean it's underwhelming. In terms of the qualities you're inquiring about, obviously, the slaughterspine's the winner.
Specter prime's easy to beat once you're at the right level and have good equipment. I wish past me could have known that before speeding through the main quests. Her attacks are REALLY hard to dodge in my experience, and they do good damage. but you kind of get used to it after a bunch of deaths, or maybe I just suck. Anyway, her durability is weak against elemental attacks, just douse her in acid a few times and you'll defeat her in a few shots. man i wish I knew that earlier 😭
But hardest machines to kill are the annoying ones. Even though you can two-shot them, Glinthawks particularly suck when you're on unstable/uneven platforms, cliffs, etc. Fireclaws also suck when you're tryna get the sack webbing for oseram artificer upgrades 😩
TIDERIPPERS SUCK. I DONT KNOW WHY THEY AINT HERE. TIDERIPPERS CAN GO BEACH THEMSELVES. I CANNOT PROGRESS INTO THE ARENA BECAUSE OF FRICKEN TIDERIPPERS AND SNAPMAWS. FRICK TIDERIPPERS BRO THEY ARE THE HARDEST MACHINE IVE HAD TO FIGHT AND IM honestly ashamed to say that
TLDR: slaughterspines are the toughest but TIDERIPPERS are considerably hard too. Sniff.
Man, I'm sorry for the essays I'm droppin
Your thesis paper could be on the advantages and disadvantages of using certain builds on certain machines
The hardest machine, on Ultra Hard, is the Shellsnapper.
Where is the burrower
Burrower OP
I know I’m late to this conversation, but I’ll throw my vote down on the clamberjaw. Alone, it’s not so bad, but they don’t come alone, they are always in packs, and their long range attacks are so stinkin annoying. I used to think it was the storm bird, but once you figure out to use the rope caster, they aren’t so bad.
I am 60% certain that they’re intentionally programmed to keep on coming. I swear, they’ll keep on appearing until you’re drained of berries and you’re forced to surrender
That, combined with the fact that they’re particularly hard to take care of. Clamberjaws also suck
What do you think?