Originally posted by Religion LOL:

These things in the plains are just horribly unbalanced. I get they shoot at you in bursts and that solo they are pretty easy to time. Thing is when five of them are all hopping at you from different directions and all shooting at you in different intervals it's horrible. Each hit of tar should not reset my 10 second debuff. That is too much.

The Tar Growths have a speed equal to the green blobs from the swamp. In other words, they are extremely slow. If said growths can shoot at you, then you are not far away enough. Make them ascend a hill to get to you, then plink away at them with your bow and fire arrows. I never have an issue anymore.