I’m doing a base defense and no machine targets the flare. Just ignore it. Then after the mission is successful other machines attack in waves and still the flats are useless. Now I don’t generally use flares but since I have a bunch I decided to use them. I know they weren’t useless months ago
Haven’t played it for a long time, so idk for sure, if the flares have no effect.
I guess it’s the new base defense system.
It gives the machines high priority targets, which obviously are set higher than flares.
And they last longer than the mission takes, that’s why many machines keep on attacking after the mission.
@Cmenz69 While i havent played since April or May.
There were no new updates that changed anything like that.
I remember that since 2023 flares arent that much effective as they were before.
Fireworks works most of the time, but flares not that much, specially the normal ones that are not adhesive.
Wasn’t it even since landfall?
I’m almost sure that the introduction of a new faction confused many systems, including flares.
Also, keep in mind that if you keep on shooting, they have no more effect on the machines. If was different before, it worked not as intended.
From wiki:
The Flare can be used as an effective distraction to divert attention away from the player(s). However, it can be negated by any other form of loud noises (ie: gunshots) and will cause machines to target in the direction of the noise.
I think it was after Landfall.
And no its not about shooting.
But who knows with so many updates since then?
One thing is for sure, the normal flares are mostly worthless now.