Agreed, I also absolutely hate them. I was hestitant to start the game today because of Theta but thankfully I'm past that area now. If they make a return later on I'm going to throw up. They are certainly great for horror moments but game-mechanics-wise each encounter is very annoying and feels like an eternity.

I find them pretty unpredictable though. They are not based on hearing alone it would seem. Or maybe I just found some really unfortunate spots to hide.

You guys aint ready for later part of the game I tell you that

Too late. I'm done already and nothing was as bad as the damn proxies.