please nerf the predator

#1

the only reason the predator got buffed was because of the people that don’t play it correctly. its ok for a slight buff but at this point it takes an insane amount of firepower to kill even scouts. all people need to do is read how the class is used and use it correctly. it shouldn’t be to the point where you cant kill a predator without a good team. ontop of all this here are some nerfs i think would fit the game nicely:

15 arrows instead of 30 because all people do is arrow spam up close with a ridiculous amount of health

leaping while in second wind needs to be nerfed also, not removed but shortened

if a predator is shot enough while doing a quick kill it should cancel it. that will combat just running in and getting one kill at a time since they have so much health

net gun needs to have less ammo because whats the point of it being limited if they can use it nonstop with no cooldown.

If you dont agree with most if not all, then odds are you just wanna feel completely overpowered so just ask the devs if they can add a singleplayer mode if they dont have it already.

let me know if i missed some which i most likely did

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#3

Arrows aren’t always easy to hit with as they’re not hitscan, depending on the distance you have to lead even if the arrow is fully charged.

I think allowing the predator to do 1 full leap during a second wind would be acceptable. I don’t think it should be able to leap consecutively.

Killing downed players is a risk vs reward system. Even a quick kill can be very dangerous for the predator if they do it at a bad time. Those 2 seconds of standing still in the open can make all the difference in how the match plays out.

The net gun is situational. It works best against 1 or 2 man groups but its effectiveness goes downhill fast with any more FT members around.

#4

try to shoot from the bow (during aiming from which the camera shakes like a paralytic) into the forever jumping TF member (as if he is playing Quake). you will have 90% of the arrows missed.

in addition, if they start shooting at the Predator, the camera will shake even more.

#5

nerfed. yeah and watch people walk away with the que times being bad enough as it is … and with the bow you miss a hell of alot of shots with a competent fire team. no he got buffed because people was running after the predator gunning him down in second wind. the predator was the prey not the other way around. shortened no it doesnt. it gives him a chance to escape and get away.

net gun less ammo. so you want a predator to do what not be able to use its weapons? i lose braincells the more i read and think about this crap on here i swear i do … are you forgetting they nerfed the plasma caster?? the fully charged shot is now ineffective no longer instadowns. a competent fireteam will shred the predator no matter what

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#6

yep you are right. i missed plenty of shots just wasting arrows so fun times yep this person clearly hasnt played much predator and is like oh fireteam that was already op got nerfed but is op it seems like to me

#7

do you play on console and if so do you have crossplay enabled?

#8

nope pc and yep crossplays enabled. i get paired up with ps4 players all the time as ft. im telling you lobbies for pred are broken … so im not sitting their queing up

#9

do you play on console? if so do you play against pc players?

#10

I’m PC player. I’m play vs PC and PS4 both.

#11

If you are having trouble hitting shots with the bow then maybe its not for you or you havent had enough practice with it, but a scout or hunter, and even berserkers since they nerfed the combistick and quickly 2 shot you and all of your teammates if your not smart enough. Im usually the last one left and i get thats my teammates fault, but the fact that you can get an entire team in less than a minute with more than 20 arrows left is insane.

#12

yes arrows are not easy to hit from a distance but mid range to close range is pretty easy especially if only 1 ft member sees you. And yes there is a risk in killing players, but they just run off and heal if you dont get them into second wind, which can be pretty fast if they have the perk. and for the net gun if you are a berserker or hunter all you need to do is get the person with the best gun and go down the line. this is all from a ft experience vs actually good preds which means the ft has no chance at all especially if they are not communicating.

#13

Theres a lot of FT players that think Hunter and Scout are fine now… they say so in the 20 something “Nerf Berserker threads” and “Berserker is OP” threads… lol

Do those FT mains just want Pred players to feel OP? If they do, then why are they complaining about Berserker being OP?.. your Logic is contradictory.,

#14

Zerker needs to come down a bit. Hunter can too just the tiniest bit but I think he’s probably ok as is. Scout is fine. I played her the other day and she is really soft. You have to be super careful if you’re going in for melee. She really is a range dominant character. I think she could probably use a damage boost if anything.

I agree that the Pred was probably fine before. I would usually wipe the team playing the hunter, but honestly I don’t mind the buffs. They don’t seem too OP and they make the Pred a bit more challenging in a good way. It’s forcing the fireteam to stick together even more, which is how the game is meant to play.

The only one that needs to come down is the Zerker. He’s been a touch too strong since launch. Not terrible but a slight damage resist nerf means he’d have to think more.

I still want the Parry nerfed even more. I parried a Zerker 3 times in a row and still had the stamina to run away. Raise the stamina cost to limit it to 2 parries at most. That’d also mean the Zerker could rush more effectively but lowering his DR means he’d still have to plan his attack and couldn’t stick around after a kill to just melee spam and bullet sponge. Not to mention all the little piggies for him to feast on now, so yeah, he needs to come down.

#15

I think players want a balance. The hunter is a really good challenge right now, and takes serious teamwork and effort to down him if played correctly. Zerker is kinda rough. Not like ridiculously bad. Just slightly OP is a bad way.

It’s about getting him OP in a good way to keep you on your toes and working together, but not so OP that losing a single member of the team means it’s game over.

Obviously it’s not as bad as all that, I’m being hyperbolic, but the Zerker just needs to come down to make it a little more balanced.

The Preds should all be dangerous and OP, one shouldn’t be more so than the others. The variations in class should have more to do with the playstyle than power. The zerker is just a touch to powerful.

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#16

It can be both.

#17

IMO zerker is fine now but only because of the melee nerf. i just think that scout and hunter are op because of the health buff. good scouts and hunters can get up close and take out the ft with the bow and netgun combo which is completely unfair because of how mobile they are since you can rarely pinpoint a location.

#18

FTs are constantly telling Preds to get creative, play smarter, & “Git gud”… now that preds are coming ip with new tactics to win, TFs want them to stop? Lol

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#19

yes we do but not in a way thats impossible to win? right now good preds are impossible to kill. im asking for a nerf not for them to stop

#20

from the pred’s standpoint, it’s easier to play smarter and utilize gadgets and mobility to gain the upperhand, even before the latest patch. the pred was always able to kill the ft if they played smart; it’s just most people relied on combi rush and either weren’t very smart or were still learning the game.

balance isn’t as simple as just, “the ft was strong last patch, so we’ll nerf them and buff the pred this time patch”, and it seems a lot of people don’t understand that lol

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#21

So basically you just want it to be easy for you, with that thinking you must be be good ft player and pred has been 1v1 (yes even berserkers with a combistick) and lost so that means you can do it too. Learn to adapt just like you are demanding of your predators when they lose.

Here is the honest truth and it has been stated before: people that claim something or other is op, yes this includes you too, more times than not have not even tried to overcome their obstacle and won’t be satisfied until they can overpower the other side, you can’t win every game even preds that claim op need to learn that.

Just because you lose doesn’t mean there needs to be nerf because guess what? You are going to come across preds that know what they are doing and use what they are given just like the other way around and whining about it (I’m sorry if I sound douchey) isn’t going to change that fact, the combi stick is on its third nerf for crying out loud.

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