TBH this is not because FT is stronger, but rather because there’s not much fun in doing the missions. We’ve been doing this shit since pred was much stronger (back at launch) and we do it also even against preds we know we are not gonna win. I mean, what’s the point of doing the mission if you are going to die anyway? Might as well put up a fight.
Right now the only fun I get out of this game is trolling preds, either by abusing exploits or playing full stealth mode and watching preds leap by us without any clue where we are.
Playing pred is full troll mode all the time and becomes boring very quick because 9 times out of 10 you are playing against potatoes. Waiting 5 minutes for that becomes boring pretty fast.
Is FT stronger? Hell Yes, but I doubt people chase preds because of that. Is just more fun to hunt it down