I’ve put hours in as both the FT & The Predator post patch, and have had equal success with both.
Predator requires skill, if you don’t have experience and don’t keep working at it you will NEVER be good no matter what you do, that being said predators don’t need a buff, I’ve been dismantling teams with bear traps and motion detectors like no tomorrow. Predator is NOT weak both the zerker and hunter are completely viable the only one I think needs tweaks is the scout because he’s currently useless.
Fireteam requires teamwork and communication, don’t be a hero, stop trying to fight the predator alone and the minute he’s spotted the ENTIRE team needs to be aiming at him and firing at will. If a player goes down don’t panic dump as many bullets into him as you can and if it’s time to reload switch guns and dump the other clip into him aswell. If he’s playing passive and scared (hiding in the trees trying to fight a long range battle) stay moving (hard to hit while moving) and go to the objectives and knock em out one by one, he will have to leave those trees at some point. *Always mark the predator aswell * let your teammates know when he’s around, it’s all about callouts here.
The complaints are less about one or the other being overpowered and lack of skill imo. The predator should be slightly stronger it’s 1v4 the predator is meant to hunt not the other way around. And the fireteam requires teamwork to beat the predator, it shouldn’t be a 1v1 knife fight against the predator that wouldn’t make any sense. Fireteam are meant to complete the objectives and escape, killing and capturing the predator is a bonus & needs to be hardwork and require communication and shouldn’t be a walk in the park.
As for my credentials, I’m almost capped at 100, and played hours on end. Basically, long story short, GET GOOD.* Note* I’ve lost 1 game today because the randoms I got paired with were morons. If your fireteam sucks, you WILL lose, get 3 people you trust and pair up.