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Oct 19, 2026, 21:182 days
01/30/24
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kill from behind mechanics of tailsting not working?

Hi, Mech Arena folks. I got tailsting from an ECR a while ago and thought I'd try it to help with an onging "kill 10 mechs from behind" event task. I thought it would be relatively easy since tailsting's ability explicitly prevents mech's from turning.

But that's not the case, from my experience at least. Even if I catch the mech facing away from me, apply the ability and kill it, it almost never counts towards the goal. What gives? Is it because the legs turn so I'm now shooting half of it from the front?

Seems like a bug, or at least a mechanic that needs to be explained better.

(I'm using reavers by the way.. haven't tried this with other weapons.)

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Oct 19, 2026, 23:532 days
06/26/24
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Hello. Could it be due to damage dealt or the final damage from the sides? If there’s a recording of this, I could pass it along to the team for review.

Oct 20, 2026, 13:272 days
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ηιgнт ƒυяу®

Hello. Could it be due to damage dealt or the final damage from the sides? If there’s a recording of this, I could pass it along to the team for review.

What is a good way to share video recordings, other than youtube?

Oct 20, 2026, 16:512 days
06/26/24
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What is a good way to share video recordings, other than youtube?

Google drive works too.

Oct 20, 2026, 20:271 day
01/30/24
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ηιgнт ƒυяу®

Google drive works too.

I found a decent site for privacy-conscious people. Here's a snippet of a custom match I set up to try and replicate the problem - https://anonmp4.art/v/OSNo2sTuLRAucQl . The first three kills are all back kills. Even if you discount the 2nd one as maybe being a slightly angled kill, I should have gotten a "2 kills from behind" award for the other two, but didn't. 

I hope I don't get banned for that link :-).

Oct 21, 2026, 06:24Yesterday
12/17/22
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I too have much greater difficulty getting kills from behind than I would expect, including when I use Surge to stun and get behind folks.

Any tutorial or tips would be great.

Oct 21, 2026, 07:56Yesterday
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Heckbringer

I too have much greater difficulty getting kills from behind than I would expect, including when I use Surge to stun and get behind folks.

Any tutorial or tips would be great.

I and others can give you some tips. This topic is specific to tailsting though, and a possible bug, so please start a new topic and we can have a more generalized discussion there.

Oct 22, 2026, 00:537 hours
06/26/24
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I found a decent site for privacy-conscious people. Here's a snippet of a custom match I set up to try and replicate the problem - https://anonmp4.art/v/OSNo2sTuLRAucQl . The first three kills are all back kills. Even if you discount the 2nd one as maybe being a slightly angled kill, I should have gotten a "2 kills from behind" award for the other two, but didn't. 

I hope I don't get banned for that link :-).

Alright. I would share the clip with the team.