Interesting. Although, the devs did change some aspects of the predators for Clash… I think if we bully them enough, they will put some effort into making a decent job of it. All they really need to do is allow for use of melee weapons in the trees.
And besides, it’s supposed to be a messy free-for-all, just like clash. My point is, it’s only as messy as the devs decide to make it.
With reguards to your idea, I think that 4 fireteam members spread out would be picked off too easily, and allow ft members good at parrying to make mincemeat of predators. However, the misson system you make out sounds like it could be very fun, and if the 10-min time limit resulted in predator loss instead of fireteam, then decent players could actually stand a chance of winning.