Perhaps I’m just going through a phase where I’ve lost my mojo as a Pred main. From my perspective, however, since 2.01 dropped I’m having my ass handed to me by the Fireteam far more regularly.
I’m not here to throw my toys out of the pram and trash the update, I’m just curious to know if I’m simply playing badly at the moment or if others are having the same experience?
Is it just me?
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You might want to read the patch notes for 2.02, 2.0, 1.7 and see all the buffs/nerfs that have occurred. It’s not you, FT are stupidly OP.
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I’m having almost your same experience. Playing pred after 2.01 is simply masochistic…
It’s cristal clear what Illfonic had in mind: let random FT teams have the upper hand.
Premade FTs are 80% impossibile to beat right now. (premade PC 99%)
It’s their game design choice. We can’t do nothing about it.
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I’m in the same boat too. Trying to stay positive and adapt, but it’s not the experience I want or expect from a Predator game. And I man that on both sides. As Predator I feel like the underdog. As FT I have zero fear of the Predator. As FT I wanted fear and suspense. Not tea bagging. I wanted the ability to be hunter and hunted in this game. And I totally got that, but in the wrong roles 🤷♀️
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Preach
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Thanks all, it’s good to know I’m not alone here. Also, thanks @VENN7eance, I did have a thorough read through of the patch notes prior to posting.
Trying to adapt to reduced bow headshot damage, destroyable bear traps, auto spotting and anti-cloaking grenades is proving to be quite a challenge…
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Anytime😏
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Its not just you. Im still winning a about 90% of my matches but I have noticed my rounds have become much more difficult. Im thinking its Yautjas bane and the new gun I have been taking way more damage than I usually do.
The new gear for the FT feels fine (the UAV scanner and the anti cloak grenade) its the crazy damage increase that im struggling with. It is almost silly not to run Yautjas bane along with the new gun because they are so strong.
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I still win most of my matches but I feel like I’m taking way more damage from the fireteams after this patch. Even the noob fireteams seem to be dishing out a good amount of damage. This increased output of damage from the fireteam is also forcing me to retreat and heal more often, which leads to prolonged matches.
However, I kinda like this patch as noobs finally have a fighting chance against good predators.
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The bane buff was insane and made it mandatory to run, even pubs wised up. So the worst players that are barely hitting anything still end up with 1k damage on pred just from random poke.
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I can’t even get past the matchmaking option for 10 seconds before it crashes, so I couldn’t tell you.
Last night I murdered FTs. This morning however I’m finding some very well coordinated teams (at least bunched up) with a decent spotter of some kind. I’m as well trying to adapt since illfonic mentioned a “non-melee” approach as the predator. Since that pit bull is taking me to the hotel motel holiday inn to fist my poor yautja ass. This is tough though everybody I feel your pain as well as need to vent my own. Also I am gettin “hunted” more. As in teams are not relenting and worse before in pursuing me no matter the damage I have. There is no fear from FT and to be fair I’ll give them this W. As a pred tho I just don’t know what to do anymore
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I’ve played roughly 20 matches as FT since yesterday and today and have not lost once. The damage output from Yautjas bane coupled with the PDW-Z can down a berserker in seconds. When I played predator I didn’t lose but a new guy who was the last man standing put my scout from max health to 2nd wind in seconds with just the starter assault rifle. Granted I was fucking around and trying to 1v1 him with melee and he shot me instead but nonetheless that was one guy without bane imagine if all four shot me with it.
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If Illfonic want Predators to take a non melee approach, then make the ranged weapons fucking worthwhile. If that’s what they said then frankly I resent that. Who are they to tell me how to use the tools that exist and what my style should be? And what, because people cry about it? Learn to parry. And don’t put melee in the game then. 🙄
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Lol I still don’t get the point of them saying they don’t want melee to be a playstyle, then keep releasing melee weapons.
“Look guys we buffed the last hit of the warclub combo so its a guaranteed down on a single person”
Okay? If you get that many hits on a person with the fucking warclub its because they’re afk to begin with. Just delete melee weapons from the game.
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Beserker Class: “Why are we here? Just to suffer?”
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Can they atleast buff melee backstab damage then? If FT must be melee gods and knife is effectively a shield from the front.
Whats the point it takes full combos to kill people with melee weapons from all directions?
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I honestly think Berzerker is the worst class in the game. They have loads of health and are entirely based around melee but are incredibly slow and have low stamina. Given the nerfs to melee across the board and the buffs to FT damage going melee and being slow ontop of that is just suicide. I dont know why the class is in the game.
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Assault with bane and heavy hitter is a better melee class than zerker xd.
Cant wait until they give FT a katana that can down a scout in 3 heavy attacks
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