Ok Predator Mains, calm down.
Right around launch I was pleading for a Predator buff as I was getting wiped by fireteams quickly left and right. After a few patches I thought they got it to a point where it was a pretty good balance. Even after the Viking patch, the Predator was a good challenge, you had to work as a team to bring it down. They buffed the plasma pistol, disc, elder sword, sickle, things seemed pretty balanced for a good few months. After I platinumed the game I switched back to mostly playing FT as I like to get on with Friends.
But after 2.11, we’ve hardly been able to get a Predator into second wind. Typically a Predator would have to be at least cautious in a hit and run and while claiming, but with the new perk that protects his back, there’s little risk to claiming. It seems like we’re pumping the Pred full of rounds as they’re claiming but they just hop away without getting close to second wind. Cut to hearing a herd of pigs killed in the distance, rinse and repeat.
Just my thoughts here, the recent Pred buff was too much. I know people have been griping about the Rocket Launcher but I’ve been using it and it hardly does any significant damage, has a slow reload time, and only a few rounds. Impenetrable + Ironside with the recent all around armor buffs has turned Preds into damage soaking machines.
