Honestly theres two solutions for actual balance.
One, make both sides extremely deadly and easy to kill. Like the original movie.
Or, increase the power and give both sides more tech and harder to kill.
It would be easier to balance than this middle ground we got.
That is quite possible but I think its the only valid course of action. Just provide information when you form the team that the predators getās X and Y if you are that many and be done with it. Its not perfect but I do believe its the one that would cause least damage.
Disagree with that but to each his own
I donāt think there is any other way to buff where you can fight 4 man good premades equally but also donāt have predators stomp everything else. The advantage of having 4 people you know, with coms and following tactics is just to massive.
I donāt think we are that far off from balance atm I just think 1 single melee viable weapon, and more gadgets for the predator to help us divide and conquer would shut up a lot of us predator players, while not buffing the predator into oblivion so itās not fun for the ft
So thatās why you scale it.
Last man standing was a great concept poorly executed. Buff damage and resistance with all the other stuff. Let pred take his mask off after reinforcements.
Make bane and owlf 5% and scale them higher as you lose teammates.
Stop just blanket buffing the FT 10% so that theyāre all frigging super charged bullet stingers that melt preds in seconds
My only problem with premades is that itās way too easy for them to run away like bitches cause of broken damage and perks.
On top of missions being too easy and quick.
So even tho premades run all the fucking time, I still try to play against them.
But matches vs low tier players?
Those.
Dont.
Count.
I think gadgets like nets, revert back to the original bear traps, smoke screens to obscure vision briefly, and things of that nature that can disrupt a team, are the answer to using skill to beat premade, not just being a super steroid pred cause they are in a 4 stack
Those are the vast majority, they do count if you want to still find que pops with less then 30 minutes of waiting.
Iām fine with bane existing it just needs to be worth a lot of perk points and the predator needs more viable equipment to handle 4 mans
If we keep this shit we got, then pred just needs good effective ways to engage multiple people,
And also fight indirectly.
They want pred to play like a bitch?
So be it.
But make them an effective bitch.
Cause a huge problem with the pred is his kit is too 1v1 focused.
Thatās the trick with premades is they can figure out how to win a lot easier and quicker.
Pred is moderate to good skill level, press him, hunt him down, kill him.
Pred is good to Elite skill level, hold him off, distract while 1-2 people rush obj and then hit exfil.
Both traps and nets are almost OP in randoms but donāt do much against premade who cover each others back. I have no clue what you can put in this game where it will workr for both sides. I really donāt.
Think if the next, most of my games I am the only one that can fight the predator and if he gets a net on me its over. Now imagine having 3 other playersā¦ 1 busts me instantly and if the predator even tried getting close to melee after net he is in second win. The devs have a huge issue with this.
Missions seriously need to stop being so quick and easy.
Iām telling you, I think being able to locate the mission for ft and moving ahead, laying down snares and traps and nets and mines, then having smoke screens to ambush, that would be bad ass and very effective at disrupting a group. Now obviously not all those gadgets at once that would be op but you should be able to carry 2 or maybe 3 at most to help divide and conquer
Iām okay with it too but I saw another post someone suggested nerfing it, then scaling to how many remaining FT members are left
(4 = 5%, 3 = 10% 2 = 15% etc) and I thought that was genius
They need to be longer and more FUN. Easy needs to stay in since the difficulty should come from the pred, not PVE. Do that but also increase the resources FT have. Ammo, stims etc (longer time, more time to run out).
Oh trust me I know the net gun sucks. Terrible weapon. But it would be a great gadget(which is what it should be) you should able to bear trap one net another drop smoke down that lasts 3-5 seconds and blitz a third member and try and get him before the others recover and save him. Thatās how I imagine predator melee combat working not just him aimlessly sprinting at 4 people
Easy isnt fun.
These are top special forces, these would not be easy missions.
There should be the danger of mission failure and the a.i. posing a huge threat as well if ft isnt smart.
You canāt even switch weapons that fast =))
