Cloak needs tweaking for sure

#61

This!!!
The match before the one shown in the video was on Derailed, again with randoms. One of the team was running sniper, and he kept spotting the Predator and keeping track of it. From the positions he was highlighting I was able to focus more on those directions.

When the Predator showed up cloaked, I could see it clearly. We were at helipad camp, he was running around trying to isolate one of us but he was easy to follow even when cloaked.

The guy playing sniper was a valuable asset that game, he performed his role perfectly and between me and him we were able to not only keep the Predator away from the mission but also take it down. It was a great game, tough and challenging, but 4 randoms were able to coordinate well.

There is no I in team. You have to work together, or expect to fail.

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#62

the radius is better than ever the plasma caster have been buffed and for good reason i am a plasma caster lover and i know the best angle to use it on the 3 main map and oh boy i am devasting at that point its like shooting at the AI but with more dexterity

#63

You can find them, that’s the team work. I get it that getting randoms to work together is like herding cats sometimes but also sometimes everyone does their job, does it pretty good and you get the W

#64

I like asymmetrical games, I just don’t like the direction this last patch took the game. I liked playing this game to engage with the predator and not kill boring AI and do the missions (I still do them to push the game). What they did NOW is remove the pred fighting I used to do. If I try to fight him off, its a waste of time and its a detriment since I don’t run 4 man premades, my team ends up dead unless I push missions.

The med kits have been nerfed by more then 60%. Now I am playing Dutch 87 like the vast majority of players since there is no reason to run support anymore. Just Dutch with gearhead (3 STIMS).

#65

Ok but then again this is not the cloak issue? Devs literally buffed plasma for no reason, technically just the radius, when in fact people wanted the DMG only…

Again i will say, its upto the players to hide if predator is far away and shooting at u guys, u dont go out on the open and just shoot at him if u dont see him and he is clearly much more tech advanced being?

Like i hear you but again… i don’t see the point… even @VENN7eance did a video about it and the predator literally is not invisible when he is close by, as @Fire

#66

I still get a lot of wins since lots of preds are… Well bad! That is not the issue, the issue is with the frustrating gameplay. I got so many games that I’ve LOST but loved the most because how they went down. The wins I get now in hunt are as I described in that long post and I just don’t like how it works.

#67

GOOD

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#68

I think range should be extended to 70, but for them to now actually implement so when u move crouch walk slowly ur visibility stays practically invisible if ur in 70m radius, but when u move normally ur visible as in this picture

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more or less the same like that

#69

its a cloak issue because even if you know where the plasma have shot at you can’t punish, i can leap away and i’m still fully invisible, its disgusting to the point that i dont need to come close for my kill. and its not a question of being accurate to the lore or having technological adavantage rigth there its gameplay wise, its a pain.

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#70

Its not good, they needed some balancing, not removing them from the game. Now they are in the same boat like other weapons… Like the minigun.

#71

You man… there’s no way to please you… you complained Pred wasn’t stealthy enough and now you say he’s too stealthy… hahaha

Just play the game and deal with what is given

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#72

Okay, answer for that is i suggest u stick to CLASH, unless they decide to increase range from 45 to 70m visibility, but yeah i think CLASH works the best for u cause its all in enclosed space and limited to POINT CAPTURE, where its more action and fast pace gameplay.

The medkit nerfs was over the board if u ask me… should have stayed the same AND the plasma radius should have stayed the same but they should increase the DMG of it.

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#73

80m should be the absolute limit on predator visibility. I have a very specific reason why. The derailed buildings can no longer be camped without the predator being invisible on one of the other buildings. This is a very positive thing, because it has been a big issue since day one. Now it’s fixed. Perfect.

@Courier and @OldKingHamlet the new cloak might be a little too effective, but make sure the cloak stays 100% effective within at most 80m. It helps to discourage the rooftop camping on derailed.

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#74

most balancing issues are just a player’s perspective.

Everyone here needs to learn to adapt. All changes are more difficult at the beginning.

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#75

LMAO JELOU DAMNIT XDDD

I LOVE THE NEW PATCH, but i’m not blind enough for not know how horrible it could be for the FT randoms at everage level, that why i’m asking for a small nerf i am a predator nerf, but when i see an abusing mechanics i call it out XD

#76

Indeed!! The rooftops are able to be contested now so premade snipers need to think twice.

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#77

agreed on that note. a positive thing to not being shoted at the other way of the map

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#78

Thats what happens when the devs only listen to the words “buff” and “stealth” and do so without any regard for the specific ways suggested to buff the cloak without making it broken

#79

You don’t punish someone for not doing damage to you yet. i will explain okay

if a player is shooting at u from distance, it gives more opportunity for that player to miss his shots and be inaccurate more than u taking damage and avoid his shots honestly, like its basic logic and physics literally and im not joking right now.

Its fireteam players fault if he gets hit by a charged plasma who predator is charging and u can clearly see the blue energy sparkes from distance, same with bow and arrow… all u have to do is basically play mind games…

If u are on the mission objectives and doing them, and clearing AI and not taking damage from predator… and predator is just in the distance NOT DOING DAMAGE just shooting at u guys to put pressure, i see that as a fireteam win? Don’t you?

It would be different if he rushed u guys like when we was zerker melee rush.

#80

like I told scarface, I never really used my eyes to spot the pred. To me it feels the same. I still shoot to something I can’t see but can pin point with my ears and nail my shots.

Snipers I guess have their gameplay fucked, which, tbh, I’m glad. I’m tired of always being the sole infantry member of the squad

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