Ok so I play as both FT and Pred everyday , i have spent hours testing perks and weapons for both in private parties on ps4 , handguns can down Pred in 2 clips , Goslr 1 clip with 14 rounds left without impenetrable , 10 with, sawz sniper 2 shots mask is off for all preds and 5 to 7 body shots depending on Pred. This ain’t right, predator shouldn’t be so weak , any good team isn’t even bothered with Pred as they obliterate it as soon as it shows up , iv got several teams on ps4 I play with , @Courier , @IllFonic. Look at this and stop nerfing Pred and buff them , it is now FIRETEAM HUNTING GROUNDS *including the predator * . Change the title or fix the game. Could do with some input from the community on this too , thanks guys
Everyone who plays as Pred please read and help me out here
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I find the only time I’m not successful as predator is with a VERY tightly grouped, organized FT communicating in chat. Always a couple look outs covering the others doing objectives or the guy you down. Against a team like that, given the relatively substandard capabilities of the predator and powerful capabilities of any one FT member, I think most folks would agree the Predator simply lacks the tools to do anything meaningful in the time allotted. BUT I don’t encounter this situation often. The game balance strikes me as being geared more towards average or less than average players. This makes sense from a longevity stand point.
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I get that but Pred shouldn’t have to rely on a shit fireteam to win, as I said I play both but predator isn’t an imposing force anymore , anyone who playing since day one has good enough accuracy to down any Pred in one clip , or 5 head shots of sawz, the Pred needs buffs and fireteam needs less supplies, u try fighting 4 supports who play together, only way to win is play cheap and spam ranged . The game says follow yautja honor code , u try , u die simple
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Generally i have pretty decent matches as predator, but once in a while i get a well oiled fire team that gives me a run for my money. but with all the pigs that usually spawn i can usually recover and get back in the fight. having large pouch equipped also helps if it seems their are no pig spawns nearby. even against the best fire teams i usually manage to get a few kills with maybe 1 or 2 escaping at the end and once in a while i get downed for playing carelessly.
In my opinion i think things are balanced for the most part and the rest comes down to player skill.
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U play ps4 ? Play against any one of my 3 fireteams and you will see where I am coming from , two sawz and two Goslr is impossible to fight
I think it also depends on how you define success for the predator. I’m not always looking for a full wipe. Against an excellent team I’m happy with a couple kills. Usually they reinforce then immediately exfil. The reality is the game is heavily favored towards FT in terms of mechanics. But it’s still fun when it works.
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Wasn’t trying to come across as cheeky or rude there by the way just don’t like how squishy the Pred is
Have you ever watched Blood Thirsty Lord’s video’s He goes up against All ranges of players and usually ends up cleaning house even against skilled fire teams., and i believe he plays on PC. Now me personally am not at that level, but like i said i think that a HIgh Skilled Pred player can still do well.
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I don’t really disagree with you bud
I have seen his videos and I still stand by what I said, the fireteams guns and gear out do the predator all day long, if there was a way to get him to play against my ps4 Fts I would definitely do it , then he and his viewers would agree this needs changed , and when you play against a public FT as an experienced Lv150 elder they leave, against an actual communicating FT that is good with snipers and Goslr , it’s seconds before second wind, then they hunt you, don’t believe me I will happily set up private matches to test and record this with any experienced Pred
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It’s not skill that needs to change , it’s balance, and right now the scales in the Fts favour, 4 supports 175hp each , all with meds, ammo , syringes, 2 with sawz 2 with assault, against a Pred that can’t take one full clip of Goslr off one FT member , not including the other , and 2 snipers that can 6 shot berrzerkers and 5 shot elders , Predator is the Prey now and it sucks, what pre made Fts even have problems with Pred anymore ? Do you agree ,
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No, its skill. I’ve seen predators clear 4 man premade squads of pro players. So get better.
i’ve had plenty of tough matches playing either as pred or fireteam, but it’s not every match, i’d say most of the time i do decent. if they only cater the game to elite teams it might ruin it for the average skilled players which are probably the majority. Balancing the game so that it works well for everybody would be a pretty big challenge and i doubt they could accomplish it.
U on ps4, I’ll test your skill or is this something you seen ?
And you’re on PS4 with motion blur, 30 fps, and no aim smoothing? Wait until you see the 0 recoil point and click gameplay on PC. Gunplay is early 2000s era with no weapon sway, signifigant bullet spread, or recoil lol.
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I run randoms and the number of times predators can just spam melee attacks and kill 2-3 people of my squad is unbelievable. If they nerf the FT any more you’re going to make randoms quit.
Ok with randoms you’re lucky if theres one other person with 500+ dmg on the pred, the rest are basically bots because there is no skill based matchmaking. They’re largely trash playing recon clearing objectives and farming veratanium like the pred doesn’t exist which is a ridiculous thing to balance around. These types have to only still be playing because 2 people in the squad carry them half the time in an asymmetrical which is silly.
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I can’t even get a public most times, it’s only in private match now , but soon it will be all teams, if we figured it out , others will . And again if you don’t believe me test it yourselves , Sawz is a hit scan weapon that obliterates preds and 2 shots masks off . Hand guns with extended clips takes only 2 mags ? Am I the only who see this as a problem ? We make predators quit 3 minutes in ? Say what ya want about skill , I’m taking about damage , plus some perks are broken , impenetrable only makes 4 Goslr rounds in the difference
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God damn!! Pc Fts must eat preds like cereal
Just played a game, I did 3600 something damage to the pred, the rest below 600. Its really hard to run randoms and frustrating. I used to play with a friends but he quit because of the lack of content. He got bored.
They put in that samurai pred (even more melee based spec) and now most games went back at berserker combistick rushes. Some I can melt, some kill most of my team (depending on how bad they are) and if they attack me first and see I can parry/dodge them, they just switch to the others.