Yes i tried them all with different combinations and perks but no… Everything else is trash but bow and combi stick… Last game tried smart disc with elder sword and holy shit was it pain… My smart disc couldn’t catch FT members even when i throw it right behind them and accelerate it fully… I will not use anything else than combi stick and bow…
Everything else is weak but bow and combi stick?
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I usually run bow/net gun and am now experimenting with plasma gun/net gun.
Morale of the story, net gun is very good in my opinion.
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Bow, combistick, and netgun minus the macros are basically all you get for now.
Sword is very subpar because of the tracking, and it cant be thrown so combistick and even wristblades are better.
Club is awful.
Handheld plasma caster’s sole benefit is that the damage splashes through walls and objects, damage sucks.
But yeah FT can sprint faster than the disc flies because lol. Its so slow you can strafe and shoot it out of midair. Should’ve just rehashed the avp2010 smart disc.
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I love the bow. I get ragged on occasionally with people calling it op but honestly I don’t think its a difficult counter. Stand still or juke predictably and get beaten in the head. Its really the only good ranged weapon in a game where most ft players are built and expecting melee predators (at least with the randoms i go against.)
Then again I’m ps4 and so potato aim is a factor 🙃
Would love to see the handheld get a slight buff. Perfect kiting weapon but pretty meh beyond petty harassment.
Smart disc is… very not good. First step to fixing that is to treat it like the combistick and don’t allow the ft to destroy it. Then take time to completely rework all of its movement and collision mechanics…
I’m awful at melee so I don’t have much comment. Sword seems ok provided if you actually hit something.
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I don’t use net gun myself cuz everyone know how to get free instantly so wasted slot imho
The sword is good in places they can’t move around too much like some buildings they hide in, the quick hits if landed, are great.
Open area no so great.
I find wrist blades first two hits always land, third one is always a hit or miss, so I space out.
If combi didn’t have reach it’d be lack luster
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Yup. The whole point of a net is so someone can’t escape. IMO, escaping a net should require a teammate cutting you out, or else you continually take damage until death (this is much more inline with movie lore) This would require teamwork to be freed. But in order for this to work, the net gun must have more cooldown and less ammo. It should only be used as an occasional tool, not a primary tool. If you’re netted while standing you can still run, if netted to a surface, you’re shit out of luck.
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Net as a gadget like that would be very satisfying to use.
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Are you talking about cutting it before it gets you?
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No i mean if they are next to someone that person can free you instantly
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Good tactics are to come in low and harass the fireteam. You don’t have to kill them, just keep hitting them, you don’t always have to immediately spine rip either. A word of advice is that since the Predator is more maneuverable is to take out med kits and ammo packs so the fireteam can’t use them once they reach the mission locations. They’ll have their own gear (which you can break) but the key is to keep beating them down. They’ll panic and look for you but so long as you stay moving it will run down the clock and force them to make mistakes.
Netgun is good to harass the teams and laying down bear traps is a good combo when you know they have to enter a space. Pistol will also take out kits and A.I without cutting into energy reserves since it’s on ammo and not energy. It also lacks a laser so you don’t have to worry about someone spotting it. Two hits and fireteam will loose utility items. I wouldn’t recommend the mace but the sword is just as good as the spear since the fireteam will already be beaten down if you do it right.
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Until death may be a bit extreme. That would allow the predator to just net the last FT member and they automatically win.
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Usually FT rushes the objectives so no time for destroying meds or ammo and they can hear the bear traps which is a wasted slot so audio decoy and motion sensors are way more usefull for me… And what comes for that bullshit plasma watergun…useless piece of shit! I would rather throw rocks
I feel like the Net Gun still gets caught on some objects too easily. Sometimes I’ve fired it and instead of ensnaring the FT member, it explodes on the ground they were standing on. It’s almost like the game thinks it’s supposed to hit the FT member but sees the ground and decides to go for that instead.
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I play 100% combistick+ bow with hunter class its perfect.
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Well then something similar.
I feel the best way to handle net is to either have people slowed down moreso than they are now and they can hold the interact button for say 3 seconds to break it themselves. Alternatively allow players to move around their normal non-sprinting pace and keep the net at a static 7 seconds before it breaks on it’s own if there are no FT members nearby to cut it.
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Yep, slow them down and add a chance for them to trip and fall if they sprint/jump. That would serve the purpose and create tension as it would be up to the individual if they risk moving faster or not.
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