Not to mention…
And this is just a thought.
YOU HAVE FLASHBANGS!!
Even if you get blinded too Predator needs to keep the screen centered on you for the hits to connect.
POP ONE AND RUN!
Parrying not only makes no sense, its practically pointless with the fact you have several other options that don’t require any sort of timing or better YOU HAVE A GRNADE LAUNCHER/MINIGUN AND HE IS TWO INCHES AWAY FROM YOUR FACE.
Parry is needed against swing spamming
We will just have to agree to disagree. It’s ok if we don’t agree.
I feel like a German solider on Company of Heroes 2 shouting at his idiot subordinate.
“You have an anti-tank rifle, over there is a tank! FIGURE IT OUT”!!
Yeah, you took too much damage. That’s what went wrong. Let’s just accept that the knife is dangerous and do what we can to avoid it for now. Maybe it will be changed, maybe not. But it won’t change in a week.
Are we using light sabers?.. No?.. then i guess this isn’t Battle Front…
Fuck Parrying…
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im not talking about second wind. they just come running at you with knives out. sure i could jump away and plasma or shoot with the net etc the point being you are a predator running from humans with knives its just not right they are going to win hand to hand combat by default. there needs to be a chance element to them successfully parrying or something as it is now its too oppressive imo.
The fact you can parry the predator is a joke lol, leave it as it is there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s other things they need to worry about
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Make it so you need to switch your secondary for a sword or something it makes no sense you can parry large melee weapons with a tiny blade against a larger stronger alien creature and then at that point don’t have it stun the predator maybe push him back a bit to give you room. The whole stun mechanic devolves into the human spam knifing and parrying and considering the amount of damage the knife does it shreds predator health.
Would people like a quick time event or something? There absolutely needs to be a way to counter the Predator melee attack. Whatever it is. Knife, dodge roll, sidestep, something. The Predator shouldn’t be able to run around melee while knowing they can’tt be countered with impunity. Either we get a counter or Predator melee damage needs to be decreased because people will be upset about parry being removed which will cause it’s own set of problems and complaints.
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There is a way that is far better and requires no timing.
STICK TOGETHER, AIM YOUR GUNS AND DON’T LET HIM GET CLOSE!
Even Berserker gets shredded by a firing squad of assault rifles aimed at him.
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Decreasing melee damage with the current melee system is an unacceptable solution, melee hits don’t connect consistently enough to turn something like the elder sword into a 10+ hit weapon.
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I was just spitballing. Don’t take it literally. I don’t personally know what needs to be done. All I know is that there absolutely needs to be a counter. People don’t like the knife, so what other options can take it’s place?
i think if it just didnt drain predators stam would make a huge difference. id be more than happy to start with that change and its realistic. you can reassess and try again or jump out or change target. i dont like being forced to run net for melee weapons to be effective though. i think it shouldnt drain stam and chip damage fireteam so they cant use it to oppress you.
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I’m up for anything. But as I said, there absolutely needs to be some kind of counter. Whatever that may be. What about a high/low parry mechanic? At least that way there would be a 50/50 chance of blocking or getting hit. Either side Can’t complain with a 50/50 chance.
ya anything which allows the predator to win the engagement but is defensive enough to allow other fireteam members to come to the rescue if they can get there in time. as it stands now predator will lose melee encounters 1v1 fair fight because of stam drain and infinite reliable parry and is trolled by fireteams chasing with knife, even if you reposition and plasma caster them or whatever. The fact that they can afford to be brazen enough to chase you with their knives is bad design as it stands.
So what are your thoughts on making a melee weapon like a sword take up the secondary weapons slot? The weapon would have a longer blade making it more realistic that you could parry with it and maybe even do more damage with the sword or whatever, but parrying also doesn’t stun the predator it just blocks the attack and maybe pushes back the predator to give the player more room to fall back and regroup, this means if you want to have the option of parrying you can but you gotta sacrifice that minigun to do so and makes the player think more about their loadout? Maybe even have that 50/50 chance on the knife or a 30/70 chance to not completely destroy the point of having the knife but it would still be weaker and have a smaller chance of countering than the sword.
oh ya! like the sword in predators. you would need that to counter melee weapons. could be cool too.
Hey, whatever works. I’m a Predator main and as much as I hate being caught in a parry lock, I still feel there needs to be a counter of some sort to the Predator melee spam. I usually just stay away so I don’t deal with it that often, but some people like to rush and melee. For those people there needs to be a counter against it. Melee should be dangerous because you’re not taking advantage of the Predators best tools and gambling that you can survive. Risk vs reward. It shouldn’t be easy to melee an entire fireteam.
Anyone know if Predator can parry human attacks?
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if a huge Predator is spamming you, you’d get knocked off your feet, esc if u try to keep parrying, that’s how it should be. Not a 160+ human winning multiple parries against a Predator double their weight