right now its just ez win - huge damage , too easy to land hit from close range, pretty much zero counterplay for this. My suggestion is - damage should be adjusted depends on range, from big distance damage can be huge like right now, but from close range it should be significantly lower
combistick throw should be nerfed
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It can go trough multiple people (at least 2) doing massive damage. On the other hand, I fear the elder sword far more.
If anything it should work the other way around, big damage from up close, less from a distance so you don’t get 1 shoot on low HP classes from stealth.
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Sorry I had to. In all seriousness I get what you’re saying. But I’ve found good FT either 1. Don’t let you get that close or 2. Punishment the shit out of you once you do. So…as with most things, it’s about the skill of the players.
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I fully predict it to see a rebalance.
That prediction?
Damage done based on distance travelled.
Though I can expect that to see a nerf to close range and a one shot at 50m out or more.
It’s not necessary? There’s just so much existing precedence that I expect it anyways
I do think you have a point there. Complaints tend to get addressed in nerfs 🤷‍♀️
It’s more of a rework given that combi sniping would see a large buff. How much depends on damage cap and distance minimum.
stop using term “good team”(swat team or whatever you call this) to excuse every braindead pred feature. “good team” almost never happens, its 1% of playerbase, its so silly to make balance around super organized teams. i tried it myself, its so stupid easy and most times its instakill, now i refuse to use combistick at all, so cheap and no skill required
Um OK
So don’t listen to brain dead preds but listen to brain dead FT on game balance?
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Git Gud!!! If the pred is close enough to 1 shot you then maybe you need to sharpen ur skills
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Sure OP if they decrease the insane bullet drop on the spear meanwhile FT gets hitscan weapons calling everything unskilled. No reason to not just use bow at that point.
Next it’ll be point blank disc throw because pred shouldn’t have combo potential on supports ever etc. Hit and run asyim but people can’t seem to handle dying quickly or getting shot in the back by a bow.
Every weapon must be relegated to doing 1/4th of the FT’s hp per hit. Admit it you pulled out your knife trying to parry thinking pred was going to melee you and instead got a combistick to the face. Side effect of this game having 0 melee mechanics for pred sorry.
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At least the elder sword can be parried.
The combistick throw is definitely overpowered. Maybe give it the same damage as the fully charged plasma caster? It should probably take a moment to pull back before you can throw it as well. Unfortunately, Illfonic seems set on continuing to buff the predator and nerf the fireteam. Whatever. I really don’t care at this point.
I agree with combi throw damage nerf from close range. Same for elder sword. But at the same time they have to buff headshot damage of bow , specially full charge shoots and plasma pistol and caster. Pred need more range potential and less melee in order to be good agaisnt real premade teams but not op in pubs agaisnt random.
Hot take but a fully charged plasma caster one-shotting half the classes in the game was stupid considering you could just stare at a wall and charge it around a corner. Not sure how people feel throwing combi instead of getting parried is cheap but prefiring caster around corners isn’t.
Making playing within melee range worse and reducing playstyles to just playing from 5000m away lest you get parried just makes melee even more suboptimal than it already is. You just turn the game into nothing but corner peeking.
All the one shot mechanics are broken and random (unskilled) , so it’s fine for me the plasma caster nerf. The problem of the melee is that is bad agaisnt good teams but op agaist random. One elder sword combo cam down a dutch class without fearless and without using berserker. I think that a bow buff (full charged headshot more damage like 130/135) to punish scout and recon class without tick skin and a plasma pistol buff can help the pred a lot agaisnt good teams. At the same time a nerf of the elder sword damage and tracking in general can help ranodm players in pub.
Learn to parry my guy
I think the most relevant piece of this debate is this: a FT that pays attention will most likely not get hit by that combistick. Simple as that. If anyone’s argument is that it’s rare to have a good team, then ok I don’t know what to tell you. Get better. Find a team. The base argument can’t be nerfing one side because the players on the other side suck.
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For your viewing pleasure. Also, for those whom haven’t yet unlocked the combistick.
Ok so I disagree that the combi stick is overpowered and takes no skill. I dont see it as cheap.
I do see guns and requiring no skill and being cheap tho.
So what do we do here? Needlessly fkn argue?
Who’s right and who’s wrong?
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