Do you guys remember when the Predator was scary the first time you watched the films, or how suspenseful it was making you look literally in the background for any sort of movement? I wasn’t only inspired by this idea by the first or second movie, but also the Friday the 13th game Illfonic made with Jason scaring the camp teens. I was thinking of how the Fireteam when wearing a default skin (signaling a new player, not counting DLC or OWLF), that their reaction to spotting Predator Tech would be a lot more shocking:
Fireteam: “The hell is this?” / “This is highly advanced for a bunch of Guerrilla Fighters” / “Command, we have a problem”.
When spotting the Predator while clocked or I clocked would go like:
Fireteam: “That’s…that’s not human” / “WTF is that!?” / etc.
I just think that when a regular soldier or human being in fact see something that they weren’t trained to deal with, or even seen before would send a shock factor through their system. Ultimately having them have a mental breakdown from the overwhelming amount of stress from seeing their squad get whipped out. This would also be affective when a Fireteam member witnesses the Predator rip a downed Fireteams skull from their shoulder, even more when the Predator does a long claim.
The Fear Factor will show its true power when Predator does a Quick Claim, Long Claim, or Silent Takedown. This would have AI’s who witnessed this event sending them packing with their tails between their legs, running and screaming in fear. The effect it would have on a Fireteam member could be similar to Friday the 13ths ability to turn Teens visions into tunnel vision, with less and less of the screen becoming visible till they are far away from the event at which it took place. The Fireteam member will actually be talking to themselves or who ever is left with them, to calm themselves down.
Now as for those who have accomplished the 100th level mark and wear the Elite skins, their reaction (Along with Dutch’s & Dante’s) would not so much send them into a state of fear, but a form of PTSD. Their reactions would be much calmer then that of the newly Default Fireteam members:
Elite Fireteam Members: “Shit…it’s here…” / “Looks like the f*er didn’t learn his lesson the first time” / “I know your here asshole, are you gonna be the one to finish me off?” / “I’m not ready to die just yet”
Dutch (Old & Young): “Billy…God Billy” / “Dillon…you damn fool” / “Mac…this ones for you” / “Poncho…” / (When holding Ol’ Painless) “…Let’s show them that this old Dinosaur still has some grit left in him Blain” / “Hawkins…”
Dante: “Your the reason I still fight” / “…I will not lose another team…”
Now as for if this ability should be a natural thing in the game or a perk for Predator is still up for debate for me. However if it were to be a Perk, I’d label it:
Fear Factor: Able to stun or scare Ai’s away from your location, will scare fireteam causing their vision to worsen when doing Quick Claims or Long Claims.
(Perk would cost 6 or 7 cost to add to you Perks)
Now before the Fireteam players get all angry about how OP this would be, Fireteam will have a Perk to counter this…per say:
Grits: Fireteam Member can recover from Fear Factor much faster then normal, vision will not worsen as bad as normal.
(Perk will also cost 6 or 7 cost to add to Perks)
Anyways what do you guys think? Let’s discuss and debate.
