Knife is OP

[EliteE]

I was predator and I found a player by themselfs so I jumped down and started to attack them with the default blades or whatever they are called. He then whipped out a knife and he than hit me way more then I hit him. I was spamming the attack and I only hit him twice and he hit me until I died. so a 200 pound man can fucking block a predator??? pretty fucking op and bullshit tbh

[Tykelley06]

This shouldn’t be in bug reports this should be in feedback

[Tykelley06]

Are you new to the game they have this thing called parry

[OpthoDim]

Rise your skill and stop whining. It’s a part of game mechanic. Be smarter and do not spam click. you have better attack range than knife so use it advantage to hit first. Good luck in practice

P.S. I remember that game. I was alone in the train station and you start to attack me from behind. Then I just showed better skill in close fight

[Lar-nix-va]

I’ve beaten a Predator before in single combat with a knife I will admit it was by total luck and the Pred was obviously new. He took me head on so all I had to do was wait for his attacks and deflect them.

If there’s no one else from the FT there really isn’t any reason for a Pred to lose. FT see in first person perspective which greatly hinders their ability to turn and react so the Pred has all the advantage. A higher HP pool, greater field of vision and more mobility. If someone parries back off and keep coming in from different directions, circle them or just use your invisibility to hinder their ability to track you or jump over them and then attack. And don’t spam because then even a new FT can parry you because they’re probably spamming back.

[SilverbornReaver]

Currently, any FT member can knock off 40% of your total HP (Zerker) by equipping the knife. This means that if 1 FT member tanks the Predator and manages to parry the Predator once, the rest of the team are able to Second Wind the Predator in one encounter.

After playing FT for a month it felt balanced, but after playing Predator for a week… You can notice how easy the FT pulls out their knife and chase you -> to melee you.

And honestly, any mechanic that is your Go-To because it is ridiculously strong…? Might be overpowered. Like the Bolt action sniper, and the knife. Both have no mercy if you know what you are doing.

[Draedark]

It’s a strange implementation for sure, but parry is needed for game balance.

[ArtforBlood]

Parry is needed but should either coast stamina when doing it… or after 3 parries the knife should break…
Also the magnum is one of those unforgiving weapons.

[SilverbornReaver]

I forgot, do melee attacks cost stamina?

[MassImpact124]

FT parry only works with close encounters (no shit)… when up close, guns will do as much damage as long as you have time to shoot it. That being said SLICE SLICE- and FT member is down. And currently, FT melee keybinds are only 1/4 times reliable because- guess what–

1. Weapon keybinds to knife IS BROKEN
2. Melee keybind reverts back to WEAPON. WHY THE FUCK DOES IT SWITCH BACK TO A GUN WHEN YOU NEED TO MELEE?
   So FUCK YOUR KNIFE IS OP. FUCKYOU!

I’m going to link bomb you now:
https://forum.predator.illfonic.com/t/melee-bind-reverts-back-to-guns-keybind-weapon3-broken/9689/2
https://forum.predator.illfonic.com/t/unable-to-keybind-knife-or-wristblades-on-pc/8396/4
https://forum.predator.illfonic.com/t/keybinding-on-pc-does-not-work/3513/8

THIS THREAD IS NOT A BUG. Please edit this post to be in GENERAL DISCUSSIONS so that a thousand people can tell you this knife is a fucking joke. And if you died by the knife, get gud!

[MassImpact124]

When a Grizzly bear comes at you to eat your face. Make sure you stab it once with your machete and then TAKE 5 SECONDS OUT TO RELOAD YOUR CROSS BOW or assault rifle and make sure your gun is clean and void of obstruction, and make sure you hold your assault rifle at a position pointing 90 degress at your target while looking down the iron sight…and with a calm and quiet precision, squeeze the trigger until you hear the tried and true click. which means you unloaded your gun into the body of the…OH SHIT TEETH ARE STILL IN MY FACE!!!

[kepps066]

Stop whining and get better! You got an OP plasma caster!

[Scooda]

You sound like a trash player who usually lose tbh. No nerff needed. You’re the problem.

[aaronBLUEeyes]

Sounds like you’re a new Predator player. He was blocking/parrying your spamming melee wrist-blade attacks, then countering and slashing back.

You were killed because you needed to reassess the fight and change strategies. There was another post concerning this recently and the quote below is from my response to that thread, but the same holds true for this thread.

@aaronBLUEeyes

The knife 🔪 parry is a great feature for the Fire Team.

If you find yourself in melee with a good FT using knives, change your fucking attack strategy rather than simply spamming right trigger with a melee weapon.

Try doing other attacks like:

• Back up and ground slam
• Use Net Gun to neutralize their ability to fight back
• Shoot Plasma Caster then melee
• Use any other ranged weapon(s) you have equipped
• Place a Bear Trap
• Leap away, then leap back and flank to hit FT from sides or rear
• Run around FT to flank

It’s not that difficult to counter their parrying, don’t just stand there swinging away as they constantly parry your melee attacks — problem solved. Think like an Apex Hunter and use every tool and tactic you have at your disposal.

[MassImpact124]

Poor predator. You need …weed.

[Schoolboy_Skeptik]

Totally not true. Even with heavy hitter, a heavy knife attack only does 1/5 health per attack on hunter. So, it would take at least 6 heavy hits on a berserker. If you let that happen, that’s on you.

[Finessology]

Lol get dueled on

That said heavy attack shouldnt have 3x the parry frames of a light attack it makes no sense