QUOTE(greyshadow @ Mar 16 2018, 04:51 PM)
you'll only see skull when you've fully researched it
usual indication of monster health is the dragon pods/scatter pod/whatever pod they dropped
1st drop is usually at 50% health
2nd drop is at 25% health, that's the capture threshold, but not 100% for successful catch
skull is almost 100% successful catch
of cos, Xeno is an exception, it's dropping those pod everywhere

Hmmm...I didn't know the pod droppings are like an indicator too.

My personal observation:
100% - 70% HP: Whack like no tomorrow.
30% - 69% HP: Whack like usual but be more careful as they tend to be more aggressive.
29% - 5% HP: They'll retreat (by limping + fly away) to their nest to sleep. Usually I whack 2 to 3 combos and it's erm...electric trap and tranq smoke (2x).

I'm well in to the 80 hours++ zone but still HR8 or HR9. Lulz! *THIS IS BULLSHIT!
This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Mar 16 2018, 05:17 PM