Poor pred classes match ups vs fire team?

#1

Ok I play the Pred a good bit, and I have noticed a general pattern. If you run into a decent PC fire team they can absolutely destroy the pred from anywhere. I hardly ever go into the trees when there are pc players. They will keep me spotted the whole match. Not to mention if the team has nothing but sniper rifles. That will half health a scout pred in 1 shot. When I am on the fire team i notice its super easy to aim in and spot the pred and punish it for even sticking its head out. (camo can be easy to spot with certain backgrounds)

The pred is just a bullet sponge for these guys and it is more then a skill gap. Its just easy. On the fire team I literally have no fear what so ever of preds and I even laugh when I see a scout because they are so easy to shoot and down with a mouse and keyboard. Don’t get me wrong there are great preds out there who do well, but as long as I have my friends and not the average mouth breathing team mates, its a very easy win. Not to mention we just pull knifes out to parry if they get close while everyone else blasts the poor guy lol

Now I get it, be sneaky. Confuse and concur.
But what if they dont fall for any of that? What if they just stay huddled the whole match? I am seeing this constantly now. (well after waiting 20 min to get into a game I am)
and don’t give me that stupid shoot him with your shoulder cannon crap. Sure its great if the team isnt paying attention, in fact its easy. Land your shots and you can drop players very quick. I know its strong but I know I can burn a pred down faster with my sniper. Now have the other 2 team mates do that and it is a easy trade.

I am having a good time with the game, I really am. I love messing with people with the pred but I cant help but notice the one sided aspects of the game when fire teams play their cards right in the load outs. In a game like this there should never be a 100% sure fire way to win. Both sides should have to fight for that victory.

I think the pred can stand a few minor buffs. I mainly think certain weapons on the fire team should be nerfed since they are being abused. Its very important the fire team should be able to repel the pred and not just have the pred walk all over them.

What are some things that you think could help the game?
Player matches based on skill?
Nerfs to abused weapons?
Better AI?
Longer mission times?
Side quest/missions for both fire teams and Pred?
Conflicting objs for both sides?

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#2

True

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#3

Honestly I think for one the parry needs to be reworked let’s say a pred uses a club it should take quite a bit of stamina to block it at the very least so as to discourage just parry spamming, better AI definitely, longer objectives hell yeah it’s doesn’t feel like a hunt because the missions are so short.

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#4

I was really disappointed by the club lol it really needs some love. I have very mixed feelings about the parry, i dont think its in a good place atm but can still be salvaged. I just run a net to stop people from knifing.

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#6

That only works with people separated from their squad

#7

with these lobby times i might just have to come back to this game in a month and hopefully its better.

#8

I play Scout every game. Damage from a distance throughout the match and kill at extraction. All with my Plasma Caster.