Are they spitting bees at me?

More like black spit. And the Idea is to keep you from hover blasting. You know... hovering out of reach and getting free XP from mobs that can't attack you.

A better question would be why are we fighting ****ing wolves in a superhero game.

Serious answer: All mobs have at least some ranged attack ability so that characters with flight and ranged attacks aren't invincible against them.

Joke answer: NOT THE BEEEEES!

What? Doesn't you dog spit deadly black sludge at you?

No, but my cat does. So does my wife.

If I had a video of Akamaru doing his super ninja dog peeing attack I would post it right now. As it is, you'll just have to imagine a 'super ninja dog peeing attack' yourself.

10 points... thanks so much for pointing out that reference. Now I won't be able to be attacked by dogs again without an incredibly goofy grin sneaking its way into my expression.

well then wouldn't the solution simply be the wolves flying as opposed to something unrealistic as swarming black spit? o_O

No, no ... they are monkeys dressed up to look like dogs. Cryptic couldn't afford real dogs, you see. Dog unions and all that.

And yeah, the bees, well, *ahem*, lets just say you don't want to know what they really are throwing at you.

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