I didn’t die once as the Predator all day yesterday. Fireteam players are getting arrogant because of the knife and parry. Just stay away and use long range, and hit a run tactics. They expect most Predators to go all melee, this has been my experience as Fireteam also. I just don’t see why people don’t learn the meta and avoid it. I’m not going to assume how you play, but maybe consider trying something new because the way you’re playing obviously isn’t working. This comment isn’t meant as a slight, just an observation and some constructive feedback.
Predator doesnt need buffs
That and at times you can catch them with their pants down they think “oh I have a knife I can win by myself!”
Me as pred: >_>…net…plasma boom
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I think it’s quite finely balanced myself too.
I’m not against the whole tweaking where needed, but watching rage quitting children come on the forums ranting about how the game sucks because they cant do a mortal kombat and run into a team of 4 heavily armed soldiers and beat the shit out of then with a stick or blades is knee jerk.
I think other than obvious bugs they give it a month to let everyone settle in and learn to play predator properly before they decide on sweeping balance changes.
I think we live in the “call of duty era”, where populist points of view win over actual balance. A very verbal few hate a specific mechanic and developers get the nerf gun out and shoot it down instead of allowing players time to adapt and learn a counter.
Happened a hell of a lot with counter strike when it was a huge e-sports game in the 2000s. You could stop playing for 6 months and come back and the whole game had been rebalanced to suit the influential few teams in the esports arena.
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Some of us are doing just fine with ranged weapons. This is how I’ve played since day one and it hasn’t failed me. The closer you get, the more damage can be done to you. This is the rule that has kept me alive and allowed me many squad wipes. Don’t fight on the Fireteams terms, make them fight on your terms. You control the flow. If you don’t control the flow, the Fireteam will freight train the objectives and steam roll right over you.
the issue isnt we cant win it’s the means by which we are forced to take to have equal footing, I should be able to approach a fireteam unheard, not heard entering the area from 80 meters out, clearly, audio changes alone would make a world of difference for range predator playstyles, but currently you can be heard before you can be seen or see the fireteam(in most cases the distances required to attack from outside audio cues puts too much PC destrucable foliage between you and your target(s)) the bow and disc can be countered by literally ducking(see my video on the "we hear your feedback post- as the shots pass directly through and deal zero damage)and you have to be in audio range to be in disk range, the PC while amazing at full charge, either leaves you
fully exposed for the charge(because you aintb getting close without them knowing at least what direction you are thanks to audio cues on approach, or relegated to corner clipping, because again, the audio detection range equates to you escorting a marching band through the jungle
I agree that some things need to be tweaked, but I’ve learned how to play around this issue by not relying on total stealth and silence (because of the issues you stated). Unfortunately we have no choice at the moment, so we need to learn to adapt to the game we have now and it’s problems.
Things will change, but for now we have to adapt to what we have. It sucks because I’d love to play stealthy but many unbalanced issues make this difficult. When these things are addressed in order of priority, we’ll see a change in the Predator/Fireteam dynamic. Just play to have fun and don’t take it seriously. And give Illfonic time to make these changes, it can’t be done overnight.
Predator doesn’t need buffs, but the Fire Team sure needs something.
I’ve tried too many times to play smart, and a 15 minutes game is finished in 5-6 minutes, and I as a Predator can’t even try to weaken them because they’re blasting away at me, constantly spotting me no matter what, and calling the chopper in minutes.
Can’t even rush either because they’re gonna start meleeing and running after.
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And thats my point though, the people saying “you just arent playing right” imply that the changes need to be on the predator and not the current state of the game, it marginalizes the actual issues, yes we can adapt and still win, but that doesnt change the issues that are causing this playstyle to have to be adapted, even on my losses I usually get 6k+xp from the match(at least 2 claims minimum) while fireteams usually get 2k-3k from those wins, yes player should do what’s needed to be effective, but at the same time pointing out the flaws is important for positive change in the future
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Pointing out flaws and giving constructive helpful feedback absolutely is necessary. But my point is that we just have to deal with it until things are fixed. Might as well adapt to what we have and try to enjoy it for what it is at the moment, and what it is an awesome but flawed Predator game that needs some time with our help to be great.
Plasma them bitches and bear traps thrown inside
That’s because some of them low life want to keep exploiting the current giant imbalance. Just like people who have no issue cheats while gaming, simple. I’m more disappointed at the total incompetence from Illfonic in terms of rushing this game out for short term gains, fully aware of the problem, or worst it wasn’t even tested beforehand
I stopped playing on top of threes , been doing alot better playing on ground using cloaking and traps and comby , just last night had a 7 kill match and today have 3 wins so far in 3 games , just by not using high ground and always save a target scan before attacking in case you kill 3 and the 4th one runs away you’ll be able to find him before he calls reinforcements.
I’m afraid that the developer simply did not have the time and resources to check out the deep meta. The community always draws Metu, the predator in the initial levels looks insanely strong. But later, at later levels, players begin to understand what is really strong.
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Look how much feedback they get because of the timing. That’s free money basically
Predator doesn’t need health buffs. But he needs his ranged weapons to be more intuitive and accurate. ( A good fireteam never stands still and that weapon takes too long to fire effectively. And it’s easily dodgeable).
Predators are far too loud.
Predators are too easy to spot. I do it so easily as FT.
FT has easy access to instant healing plus easy ability to regain used meds and help each other. They’re almost always full health when you engage.
You can’t split them up easily.
Now I’m not claiming to be a good player. I’m very middle of the road. But I have lost maybe 3 FT games in the last three days. I haven’t won a single predator one. I’ve tried being stealthy. I’ve tried being rangey. I’ve tried just being a brute and running in. Nothing works. Playing AS the Predator is no fun.
Playing AGAINST the Predator is no fun cause you know 9/10 you’ll beat him.
I want a challenge as the Pred. I don’t want to have no fun at all though
I’m afraid that is no excuse. The Devs set the meta, not the players, they set the parameters for all balancing aspect. If you think they were short on time, then make. Countless players knew from the beta that the game, given all the flaws from beta would not be ready/fixed within a month. Push the release date, this notion that it is acceptable for games to release with these levels of flaws is garbage.
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Perfect example just there. Got spotted at what must have been 80-100m no problem. In stealth, on a branch, scanning for FT suddenly spotted. And the guy was miiilleessss away.
Predator moving in stealth should be spottable. Standing absolutely still? Nah, should be much harder.
AI should be more of a threat to both the FT and the Pred
Game transfer is always bad for the business part of the industry. Let’s not deceive each other, games are business. Therefore, I just hope that they will get to the point that if they correct their game, it will bring them much more money than now. I do not really follow EU reviews, but in the RU segment people really like the game, it has good reviews from reviewers.
I only suggest for that the my plasma shoot was blocked by leaf I mean cmmon we are in jungle 😂
Il defend you to the grave brother , just had my whole team wiped out by a hunter . It just goes to show if you have the skill you can kick ass as predator. (My team wasn’t shit ) (I was but my team wasnthaha)