Predator is supposed to be OP that's the Point

#101

You play as zerker, slowest Pred out of the 3, which means you do have high hp but are slow and bulky af, which means you soak more damage due to low mobility and you soak it easier due to being a larger target…

I prefer to have less hp but be quick as hell, so they miss me more, meaning I have a lot more effective hp as scout than zerker does.

Trees are dangerous spots, be mobile on the ground and use your massive amount of leaps as a scout.
Im mostly playing as a scout.
The loadout Im planning on using when I unlock all perks is adren boost for faster stamina regen, faster climbing perk (not the branch one that increases speed on trees) and still not sure about last one, as I experiment a lot (range dmg increase is just 10% buff… Not much).
Weapons I use are a bow and a disc (it is used if they bunkier up in doors).
Im willing to drop heal for decoys or other tools instead. It sucks scout only has 5 Gear slots…

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#102

You take the time to learn them you’ll realize they are in a very good place in balance for most of their levels. Hell they already have the best tools from the start which is caster and slam.

#103

Refusing to learn him eh?

#104

People use the film as a point that the Predator shouldn’t be beaten

Can we mention that Dutch had to outsmart the predator and needed to prepare his area of final engagement for hours? He set up traps like the giant log etc.

I want the fireteam to replicate this, I want to outsmart the predator at his own game, I feel like an ape when I chase after the predator because I stabbed him five times and now he’s in second wind.

Now I don’t think the Predator should be able to one shot fireteam members, nor should he be able to be a gibbon and rush in with a combistick.

However games need to take much longer than they do now, the average time it takes a fireteam to complete the objectives is about six minutes. This is NOT enough time for the Predator to come up with a plan, set out said plan and execute it.

Traps are actually useless when you go up against a fireteam with any sense, because one of those members will be running Sixth Sense and will call out all the locations of the traps you’ve set up.

The net gun is countered easily with a knife, and doesn’t hold onto players for nearly long enough.

Overall there really wasn’t much thought put into balancing the fireteam.

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#105

to put this more into perspective, a Pred-Player who’s skilled and knows how to play is almost unbeatable; Thats my experience so far.
But it relates to more as just on or two buff / nerf reasons.
Fact is, playing in a random fireTeam amplifies this situation dramaticly.

Seriously.
There servers seem to put players with same or similar rank together - which is fine, maybe one reason why matchmaking waiting time is that long - but even with randos with almost same rank - FT wins 2, maybe 3 times out of 10 - again my experience, nobody can convince me that this game is just about to serve someones Predator power-fantasy for the sake of my playtime, there should be some challenge on both sides, or am i wrong?
Thats why i think the discussion about nerfing reinforcement and especialy parrieing is just ridiculous. These are the onliest options we have as ForeTeam.
Not just for having a bit a chance against an skilled predplayer, but especially because these games last longer than just 3 or 5 minutes!
I cant get over it that for many ppl is ok if waiting and preparing for match gets longer as playing itself?!

I see or can understand, that if a predplayer encounters a team out of someones friendlist that uses synergys and teamtactics will have a freaking hard time - impossible maybe, ok

But it seems there’s absolutely no awareness for FireTeam players. This can just mean that PredPlayers never ever played as FT.
Thats just huge one sided judgement over the situation.

That’s why the fronts are so hardened and no one grants anything to the other

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#106

IDK about scrapping the game, just needs some adjustments.

#107

The parry is too ridiculous. I played a match yesterday as a scout where two of my team members were as brainless as could be and each ran off in a different direction to try to find the predator (hunter first in a long time) only to be gutted by it leaving me and the only assault to complete the objective. The assault died while leaving to the next objective instead of attempting to reinforce the other two leaving me alone with the full health predator. As I’m applying mud he charges up behind me and hits me with the claws only for me to pull out my knife and parry him and cause him to go to second wind and me with half health go and reinforce the entire team and leave without anymore casualties.

#108

Why would I want to play as FT. Playing as a soldier is boring af. Has been done to death in the other 23479878234 shooter games. This is the only game where Predator is done justice. The look, animations, sounds. They are spot on. But it fails hard on the hunting aspect. How the fuck does a soldier see me from over 30 metres away while cloaked? Not possible. I was just getting into position. And just as I’m selecting the plasma caster I’m spotted. Like what? When cloaked the predator should be completely invisible.

#109

Basically whenever i play as predator now I always fear my HP will get melted down and not feel confident enough i can finish them… And when i play as pitty humans i feel overconfident which is an issue and in most case people tend to rush a predator due to it…

#110

The fact that you said that the cloak is not meant for sneaking and see no issues with that.
… You have a problem.

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#111

Current implementation of cloak is not for sneaking.
Is it easier for you to understand?

It is meant to either quickly lose a chase with FT (stand still for few seconds, let them run past then GTFO) or confuse them about your proper whereabouts.

That’s it.

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#112

Thank you very much, I agree.
True words!

#113

“Predator is supposed to be OP that’s the Point” i think you are dumb or 12y old~

You know what Predators do? THEY HUNT EVEN OR STRONGER OPPONENTS… and not victims… gosh… and btw in the moment its possible to run into 4 firearms, killing one and escape easly… lern to play, dafuq

but here:
If you wanna be a op Killer, that no one can kill and have only victims, here is the perfect game for you :)

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#114

If you wanna be a op Killer, that no one can kill and have only victims, here is the perfect game for you :)

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#115

you think killers in dbd are op? hahaha!

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#116

You cant kill him, with perks he can one hit you and if you are on a hook he camp you and no one can do anything :)

This sounds more op for me than the little baby Pred here that crying they cant kill 4 firearms by simply walking in to them :)

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#117

This says it all… we came in expecting to be hunted by an OP Pred, but got a game about being hunted by an OP fireteam… 😂

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#118

I always tell people that when you encounter petty name calling, you should be the adult and just walk away…
I also tell them to do as i say and not as i do, so fuck you… 😂

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#119

Cases in point pred over Arnie had to use environmentally created traps and tools to beat the potted and even then almost got caught in the blast not killing him. Pred two Danny Glover needed the Preds own tools to kill him and out fight him after cutting off once of his arms drifting the bomb. Each of these this is after the pred killed entire units all carrying guns and shooting at it while cloaked and basically invisible. That’s what I think we’re are looking for not unbeatable pr unkillable but needing to “borrow” its tools or exploit its weaknesses with natural environments as traps and weapons.

#120

But they aren’t giving Predators enough to be able to pick off ppl one by one