That’s why I was shocked they didn’t even consider a tutorial for FT. Like you add specializations, which can create beautiful strategies and teams working together and all kinds of fun…the majority of the player base doesn’t even know about them from what I’ve seen after almost a month of being implemented…and you think FT is self explanatory?
Illfonic PHG stream
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Agreed. With apecializations even randoms can aim for a specific playstyle. Before them, FTs would just aim to be tanks that can deal damage, but now having a dedicated spotter, healer or melee is more accessibe even if not pre-mades. It’s like theyre pushing FT to be more coordinated even if played without headphones, yet the intro to all if that is missing (training). Even though FT became even more OP, i though it was a great idea for the game to be more interesting overall.
Going to take a wild guess and say they were streaming as FT again.
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They should change Down Range in a way that every class should go down with 3 arrows except for Support + Tick skin. Hitting successfully 3 arrows in a raw is one of the hardest thing in this game. No one noob will do that in pubs so it wont affect the low skill population (because Pred are as bad as ft). Combi throw should be strong like before, it’s a fucking spear in your body and it’s super slow to throw from distance. Combi throw with down range should be 130/135 and one arrow quick shot 65. This seems to be strong but just look at how fast the Pred can be melted by ONLY ONE fireteam player (even in their stream Jordan solo second winded the Viking with assault and deadly in Excavation first game @OldKingHamlet). Melee should be reduced in damage so low level population wont be affected by Pred buffs. Noobs Pred miss every shots so no reason to nerf range weapons. Buff range damage, buff bow, combi throw and pistol. Restore the state of Hunting Grounds to the time it was still a videogame and fun to play. Give to the Good Predator player a reason to play this game and dont drop because pubs without ranked are too easy and premade are impossibile to beat (at same skill level). For fireteam right is too easy, you can win 99,9% in solo if you are good and absolutly 100% in team even if you troll. My challenge with only third shotgun is ready.
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I think they should rework the handheld plasma caster and bow. Currently the best use of bow is spamming uncharged shots in melee range, this is what the plasma caster is supposed to be. They should Make bow more of a long range weapon, buff fully charged arrows and nerf uncharged. Increase velocity of fully charged arrows to almost hitscan but also increase charge time. I think this would make bow more of a long range snipe weapon and give plasma caster the current role of bow. And of course buff ranged damage.
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Agreed. Shadow buff surprises for xmas
Charged bow hits can speed may make it OP for m/k users cause they’ll be able to move whole among and that will be very effective. Other than that, proposed adjustments are plausible.
Perhaps high cost perk for hits can like speed
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I would agree with you man but the problem is that random will be more affected by this particular change. Because hit scan bow will be easier to use compared to quick shot projectile from close range. So basically to change in a way that only good pred can abuse of the Bow and not affect noobs that much they have to make the Bow more tricky and increase the damage of quick charge. What needs a rework in my opinion is the plasma pistol, it’s very bad at the moment.
If they do buff it, I hope they also greatly increase the reload time or give it limited ammo.
Maybe reload time and limited ammo could be cool but the damage should be increased because right now is a garbage weapon.
For those jumpy jumpy scouts, I thought the pistol was still viable, until patch 2.08. It’s also good for finishing downed players, before 2.08. Also, it has one big advantage over the bow, because the bow draws red and blue lines right to the predator. Cloaked predators can spam a lot of plasma pistol shots and remain much harder to find. So, any additional buffing of the pistol would need to be very conservative, imo.
That was the issue of the pistol, it was more stealthy of the Bow. They should have changed that without nerfing recoil and firing rate. Pistol needs multiple buffs , the only nerf it needs is the visual and sound effect as well as reload speed.
Pistol is really tricky to balance from what I’ve seen. Before it was easy to spam and pepper the FT with. Now it’s slow and weak it’s hardly viable, I just use it when I don’t feel like overloading from the shoulder PC. It should be somewhere in between. I’d say actually buff the damage but increase reload time and time between shots. Make it a hard hit slow rate cannon with next to no splash damage. Basically a Predator SAWZ but even slower and without the scope.
If they buff the damage again, they should actually add enough spread to the pellets to make it more like a shotgun, so you have to get close to use it’s full potential, and that would leave the bow in the clearly longer range role advantage.
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LMAO
They are visibly terrified of making anything on par with the plasma caster & just keep releasing melee weapons for a reason.
Just look at the wrist launcher lol. Any future gear pred gets will be fucking memes. Then FT gets hammerhead and gear with actual effort behind it like UAVs and anti-cloaking nades BUT OH BOY HERES ANOTHER RESKINNED WAR CLUB FOR ANOTHER RESKINNED ZERKER CLASS WHILE FT GETS SPECIALIZATIONS LOL SUCH VALUABLE ADDITIONS TO THE PREDATOR ROSTER. It was funny at first now its just sad.
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Really wish we got plasma mines, spear guns, grenades, net traps, drones, etc. instead we keep getting melee weapons when the game is becoming less melee focused with every update.
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Playing devil’s advocate here but maybe posting it in the forums allows for a greater cross-section of the player base to voice their opinions on it, kind of like a more organized version of the American Senate
@IllFonic For the love of all that is gaming please play against real players and stop cowering in your safe space
The game won’t be balanced until then
I predict rage quits 😁
Not sure what that will prove tho. They’re just not that skilled. I think they could be, but they have other hobbies, and that’s fine.
I think they know that FT is OP and they’re ok with that, even though we are not. Im sure they can defend their position on this too. it’s something along the lines off - not many new players want to play FT cause it’s boring a bit; with previous balance pred wipes the floor with them anyway. So it’s a trade off; it’s still boring, but you win more. Winning feels good. There probably is a better way of doing this, but they must feel that this is safer bet)