They’re only there temporarily to commit their crimes, and they don’t expect the predator to leave, they assume he’s there to kill so they call in the big guns so they won’t get slaughtered.
Camp Alarm
And they prolly don’t kill the alarm triggerer cuz they need all the man power they can get
Pred triggering the alarm early is about as cheap as the FT running in and immediately disabling 3 alarms that spawn in the same locations get real, takes like 10 seconds and removes majority of the AI from the match.
Sure remove the already awful AI from the minimap and remove indicators on their head when they’re running for the alarm, then we can talk about disabling preds ability to interact with the AI whatsoever.
They trickle in like 4 at a time without the alarm going off lol OP you should’ve just requested to remove AI from the game it takes one person to clear a camp.
Some of these missions are more entrenched than temporary makes it out to be, and even those, they’ve been there long enough to deal with the predator killing their patrols. This is not new to them, but it makes them jumpy, and Stargazer, the people running it all, will stupidly kill their allies and subordinates, so some grunt temp is nothing for them to kill. Considering how loud the predator’s roar is, they should be pulling the alarm when the match starts, because they all hear him. But they don’t, probably because they have been told to use the alarm only in emergencies or die.
Except the FT disabling the alarm doesn’t affect the predator. Its not like the AI will actually try to kill the pred unless he’s the only thing around, and even then, they don’t have the hounding pathing they have against the FT. The AI is only an obstacle for the FT, unless the pred is trying to long claim surrounded by elite AI. The alarms are there to punish the FT for failing in the simple task of paying attention.
Now, if you want to add a penalty to the pred for setting off the alarm. You know, exposing yourself to the prey, and other dishonourable things, then we can talk about leaving the alarm for the predator.
best mechanic ever. trigger early and wreck the sobs!
I have this tendancy to disable alarms all the time…but I DO know of the advantages of having AI around as they are able to help fight a spotted predator or cloaked one. But its your gamble because the horde of NPCs can be great and really mess up your situation.
A.I has it’s uses so that you can confuse Predator’s thermal. Don’t be bouncing all over the place and you can be lost in a crowd. The alarm can also be triggered once so it’s not like you have wave after wave, just clear the area before moving on. It also lets FT know where Predator is since you only have so many locations and Predator spawns across from the team. So you should know generally where they are once the alarm goes off.
Predators do this as a tactic for FT to waste ammo and it’s a good tactic since teams can waste time. But more importantly it’s that FT has their backs turned and not everyone communicates. Predators are under no obligation to take FT in a straight fight.
Meh I’m ok with it I’ve done it myself as a Pred a few times and had it done to me as FT it’s a fair tactic tbh a good Fireteam that sticks together van still counter it
All you really need to counter the swarm is a hammerhead or grenade launcher.
True basically the only time the grenade launchers have any use
The nade launcher is better since the last patch and can be used to actually kill predators but it’s better for supporting the team more than anything it’s useless against a good pred who uses their mobility.