It makes no sense that we FT can’t eat bore for health. Or you can say FOX is usually the ass here. Or Disney. People who own the property will only allow for it’s use if they can get ‘sign off’ on it. Again, its like why can’t they just use Machiko? My guess is this is a highly sensitive issue in which they don’t want to fail. So they just won’t willy nilly give any character the rights to use it. Hense expand the canon into using Predator tech…hense the Predator Killer suit. Nobody want to touch this side of things. It can go ugly quickly. possibly. Not unless there is alot of resources to make it uber cool. Otherwise, to not give it the time it deserves wouuld be a deservice to the franchise. And ilfonic would have to score some pretty heavy resources to commit to a story…Alot of the current PGH story is based on what little we know of the species…Watch the video.again! its an hour long interview with AVPGALAXY.
Giving Predator tech to FT? OFFICIAL POLL
In the context of real life you’re correct.
In a story driven narrative this boils down to HEROES overthrowing the VILLAINS.
Two separate sides, the weaker heroes overcoming the stronger villains and being virtuous enough to win without employing what are essentially advanced alien weapons of mass destruction. The other explanation is that the predator tech is so complex the best human scientists just cannot unlock their secrets. Dutch wears the predator mask on his shoulder and the wrist computer as trophies (emulating predator culture as a psychological warfare weapon against the Yautja). They do not function.
From a gameplay perspective, I don’t want to play an asymmetric multiplayer game which is no longer asymmetric as the humans are then shooting predator pistols, going invisible and using infrared vision.
At that point it becomes call of duty with lazers, and the nuanced appeal is lost.
Agreed. I’m a Fireteam main, and I have no wish for Predator tech to be available to us.
Haven’t you noticed, nothing makes any sense in this game. Like, why would I shout out to the while freaking jungle that I am applying camo🤣 Why do pigs spawn near Fireteam positions? Why does a Predator get it’s leap ruined when it catches a toenail on a branch or pebble? Why are there only 3 damn maps!!!???
Long before any Pred tech is given to Fireteam, how about the damn Predator actually gets more of its own tech first. How about they allow audio decoys and motion detectors to be standard issue rather than an optional…and I’m a Fireteam main, but considering this is supposed to be a game focused on the Predator illfonic have done the Yautja dirty.
It’s coming… it’s just a matter of time. The question is how will it come.
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Personally I’d pay 7 points for a perk that lets me trade a FT weapon for the appropriate slot that a Pred weapon would fill.
Combistick, Warclub, Bow, Katana - Primary
Smart disc, Elder Sword - Secondary
At first you’d only be able to grab thrown weapons, smart disc, combi, arrows. The Pred can down you to reclaim them. If you escape they’re yours to keep and equip in the future.
This gives them time to work out the animations for the other weapons. In the future a team member might be able to loot a Pred that’s been downed to recover the other weapons. (Only what they’re carrying can be looted.)
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The Plasma Caster is probably going to be arm mounted like in the prequel novel.
We have Dutch’s knife ie. a wrist blade, makes me wonder if we’ll get larger more complete wrist blades as Secondary Slot melee weapons. I want sword fights, they’ll be fun.
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I want a human version of the mask. Maybe reconstructed or maybe just an upgraded, tactical helmet. (With a hockey mask motif. 😉)
The thing with Machiko is she’s a Dark Horse creation, and Disney have just pulled their license and given it to Marvel.
I’d love for her to make a feature in this game, but for one the timelines don’t allow it if we are sticking to the narrative already in motion and secondly it’s probably going to involve a lot of legal headaches regarding property ownership. I’m just speculating of course.
Dutch has a pressure pad on his palm and can fire the caster in the novel Stalking Shadows, which is the official prequel novel to this game. If they’d had added it to the game however, can you imagine the shitstorm both in game and on here🤣
Can’t wait, going to enjoy the rivers of salt.
I’m on the fence about this one but I think that illfonic, if this is implemented, should do it to where the fireteam has to kill a predator before gaining access to tech. And when given the option they are only allowed to take one from a specificset selection. Now this pick could be 1 ultimatum for rest of the game or may be one every 2 weeks or 1 month. Now the pred gear the fireteam has must be less sufficient than pred use because humans shouldn’t know how to fully work it and it cane from a pred they killed leaving it some what damaged. So this right here could be a balance solution for giving ft gear. Cuz like others said, using pred gear came before Shane black. And I play both ft and pred (more pred) and I would like the new element. @Courier
I hope the game will be long dead before they even start to work on this
Woooah, you’re not ready. better start renting some bulldozer
This is one reason why we will end up getting things like Pred weapons on FT. Why would the devs care for the opinion of people who would rather the game die than grow.
Your comment also seems to imply you think it’s inevitable, which it is.
No, my questionable use of tenses sometimes gets in the way: I meant if it was really coming, I would hope that we’d never get to see it. Also, absolutely no need to straw man dude! Kinda funny how what you wrote implies that what you would like to see would be the only way the game can grow
the problem with human logic…
-they want to be as powerful as lion
-fly like superman
-be gods
In the end humans are ez prey without gadgets
There are lots of ways the game can grow… the prequel novel is pretty clear proof of intent to give modified versions of Pred tech to FT.
And yes I will like it.
Couldn’t have put that better. I respect some of the AVP ideas, but the movies could’ve been better.
Forgive me for not knowing but are FT OWLF or Army or what? It doesnt make sense for non OWLF or stargazer to go into battle with this tech.
Near as I can tell we’re an off the books counter terrorism unit. We’re employed by the gov. to deal with problems in hotspots but are secretly being sent to hunting grounds on the off chance we’ll nail an alien for OWLF.
Yup, that’s correct. Stargazer is deliberately creating scenarios to increase Predator engagements, they pay all those guerillas etc but none of them know they’re being manipulated.
We are sent in to deal with them, unknowing that we too are also pawns in this bug hunt. Dutch is fully aware of the deal though.
@Kalypsio is the best source of reference as he’s read the prequel novel and has a better grasp of how it, the tapes and game narrative all fit together. He’s the FireteamWiki at the moment😉
Bug hunt is a term for hunting xenos 😅