[u][i]S[/i][/u]tupid [u][i]T[/i][/u]echnique that is [u][i]O[/i][/u]bssesively [i][u]M[/u][/i]issused by [u][i]P[/i][/u]athetic, uninspired bosses

My two favorite parts about the stomp mechanic are 1. Being stomped backwards even if crouched behind a giant stationary rock or cover. 2. Jumpin into the air well before the stomp and being knocked backwards. A ground stump affecting anything but ground based objects is rough. Also, while I'm at it. When entering a room behind cover without an enemy seeing you but that enemy hurls a grenade up a hill and over that cover to hit you in the face without ever seeing you is ludicrous too.

You shouldn't be allowed to stand real close to a boss without being punished for it, so there it is a punishment. If he's a big boss, then I don't know why something in your mind turned off to make you walk up to it. People also talk about melee builds being useless because of it. I'll tell yang that I've used about every melee build under the sun, and guess what? Melee has a lunge effect that cancels all opposite force, but I'll make that simple for you people. A simple melee can stop the stomp from moving you.

Great mechanic, don't change it. Just don't be an idiot in pve. Not hard

Yeah it's a really boring and annoying mechanic that get's used way too much. Just a few ideas that'd be more inventive for certain boss types: -Fallen Archons could simply just teleport behind you, to your side or trick you even more by teleporting backwards to gain the upper hand on you. This would obviously require 4-6 seconds to recharge because while they don't dish out damage it could get annoying like the f***ing Taken Captains. -Fallen Walkers could stomp with individual legs that'll cause enough knockback for self defense and enough damage, say 1/4th of your shields on average, that'll then become more vulnerable to attack for 2-4 seconds while it realigns it's joint gears. -Ogres could do a chargeup AoE laser blast at the floor that'll take 2-4 seconds to charge that'll hurt you quite a bit but can be stopped by stunning or simply getting out of its range before it completely charges. Mediumish AoE range to be fair and recharge time to recast it's AoE 3-4 seconds. -Hive Knights with boomers could do the same thing. Not inventive but beats getting romper stomp spammed. -Hive Wizards -Witches would be a better name- just like Savathun can cast a spell on the floor to launch you in the direction they cast the spell at you -just not too far-, but then wouldn't be able to use ranged attacks for 2-4 seconds. -Cabal Valus with void RPG could either do the same as a Knight or just jump up and and reverse thrusters for a butt pound -similar to Ratchet and Clank jetpack reverse thrusters-, but their jetpacks or void launcher would overheat and need 2-4 seconds to recharge. -Cabal Valus with HMGs, grenade launchers or arc launchers could overclock their guns to do a lot of damage in a short period of time, 2-4 seconds, but then their guns overheat and they're open to a window of attack while their guns cool down for 3-5 seconds. -Cabal Scion(s) just use a void floor trampoline and push you away but would have brief exhaustion for 3-5 seconds before being able to recast again. -Vex Hydras and Gatelords could overclock their void boomers and spam the floor before their weapons overheat leaving them open to attack while their boomers recharge similar to Cabal Valus. -Vex Hobgoblin would simply overclock his sniper for a near 1 hit KO without modifier buffs but can be avoided and would take 3-5 seconds to recharge before he tries it again. Something like those I think might be fair or on the right track to better boss design rather than just romper stomper copy 'n paste.

Stop getting close to the boss. Why is that such a hard concept to understand?

I got stomped and thrown off a ledge by a Hydra, the thing doesn’t even have a leg :(

Made a thread of this myself; had similar feedback. Imo it's a really annoying, unengaging cookie-cutter mechanic these days with how many bosses have them, and the rare handful that don't often have something else to minimize or outright avoid close range damage anyways. The knockback physics are also very wonky, as you can either get launched far away despite being at the edge of the AoE, or be right in their face and merely move back a few feet (without even having to exploit lunge); the wall splatter is equally as inconsistent. No point in trying to jump above the boss's knees or crouch behind cover either, because the stomp can for some reason still hit you. I doubt it'll ever go away, but Bungie could at least make the stomp travel in the direction they're facing, and/or restricting its height to a certain level so jumping over them without getting launched is reasonable. It would make it far more tolerable while keeping the same intention.

So that you can shotgun the heck out of them?

I honestly dont understand these posts. Just stay away from them. They are massive -blam!-ing creatures of darkness, why would you be allowed near it? Of course it would stomp you away. Bait the slam, then melee.

It’s the damn physics they are awful I wish bungie would remove the ridiculous force physics or tone them down completely so they actually make sense soo many times I’ve seen guardians killed because of horrible force physics it’s just stupid as hell what I wanna know is why don’t it work both ways fair is fair why can’t I do a running punch and send them flying miles and crashing into walls it’s a fricken double standard as always