That could work. More pred friendly, but that’s fair considering the current balance.
Im getting tired of waiting for this update.
I’ve got videos on how many bullets it takes to kill even the tankiest Pred and at least 3 ARs can 2nd wind without having to reload with zero damage buffs, so its pretty fair IMO.
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Not that I know.
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Agreed, but that’s when peed is standing still. When you see a very good pred play against s very good premade, it feels like that rarely happens. Pred can keep up the pressure for a good 10-30 seconds before needing to retreat (my numbers may be off). 10 is kinda low, but still the potential is there
Ok. I wish the mods were more extensive to try more scenarios, but i guess it’s something.
The fact it can happen at all is my issue, there is no reason any gun in the game, when its built around 4 versus 1, should be able to kill without having to reload at least once. Goes for every weapon type, from ARs to Snipers to Handguns.
Now if FT weapons were projectile based and actually played by the same rules… the damage would be fine.
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I agree, but that goes back to premades vs randoms. Randoms have all this potential but are not skilled enough to take advantage of it. That’s why you have mods. Make the game suitable to skill level of pred and FT. It’s annoying, but it’s there. Randoms will never be in mods situation so they need all the help they can get.
Problem is most Premades refuse to play with Mods on. It is borderline impossible to get most FT players to agree to something like Hardcore Hunt because Hardcore actually requires proper teamwork & prepping.
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Yeah, there that too. I see them being good preds too and considering current conditions passable. Would be good if whatever is left of the community created a few sets of mod standards so everyone is on the same page. For all out grips with illfonic, we can also sabotage the option to balance the game with each faction pulling in it’s own direction. From this it’s obvious that even if illfonic made an attempt to balance the game for skilled players, still there would be grips and calls for changes.
More players play FT than they do Pred, we’d never be able to agree on any Private Mod Rules since we’re outnumbered 4 to 1.
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Agreed, and for such a small community, it really feels. If it was bigger, there would be more good teams to play against.
From what I’ve seen in premade matches is that preds are always tryhards and FT is just chilling. Often it’s same scenario: push mission, reinforce when 2 are killed, extract. Pred runs out of time. It’s a good way to chill with homies and catch up one day’s events. It’s a lifestyle. So i get why they may not want mods.
But, if they start playing sweaty, pred has almost no chance to win too.
The slightest mistake, one wrong input can ruin an entire game for Pred. There are so many mechanics that don’t punish FT in equal ways for similar mistakes.
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Yeah, predator has to try hard if he wants to win. FT can just chill and win anyways. Like you can see the matches me and others do vs each others on my channel, on the ft many times we are laughing on discord barely paying attention.
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Yup, same for a few other good teams.
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Agreed, from what I’ve seen, pred can mess up on only two assault attempts at most if he want to win. Any more and you get 3 to 4 FTs at reinforcemts. That’s a no win situation. If there are only 1 or 2, pred should win nearly every time, but you gotta be near perfect to get that.
There are times when reinforcements are prevented. Rare, but it happens. I feel like the radio should not be invisible. Maybe have two of them so its a 50/50 guess for pred if he finds it. Then trapping or a planned assault is an option.
Wasn’t always like that. We used to be able to find Radio from the start of the match, trap it up, know its location and immediately get there when ya get 2 out of 4 kills to prevent reinforce.
But of course we can’t have that in Fireteam’s game…
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Yup, that wasn’t completely fair, but a middle ground could have been reached. The change basically guarantees that FT will reinforce. Even then the game was in favor of FT and there were complaints. And it just got worse. I feel like out Nerf Pred, buff FT jokes were taken seriously.
All in all, this is the final product. It’s in our hands to balance with mods, rules now. Would be nice if community could agree on a few sets of rules, some other the favoring pred a little.
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The only way you’re preventing reinforces easy these days is by running Tracker and that requires ya to not run something like Stalker or Analytic which can be way more important in the long run due to damage output.
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3 fts at radio or chopper usually is a win for ft. 2 can go either way if they play smart, 1 usually predator wins.
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Agreed. If there’s two, it depends on their surette supply too. If the can tank the damage, they’ll likely win.