This is simple. CERTAIN predator weapons need buffs. I don’t think I need to say which ones: we all know. And certain predator weapons need there bugs fixed. Don’t think I need to say which ones:we all know. And certain FT perks need to be changed. Without bane it feels fine, with bane on the predator is cheeks.
Predator isn’t too weak, with conditions
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Bane adds massive unneeded damage lol
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If the predator is using good weapons and you’re using a decent predator (any hunter variant) he’s good. And if the FT can’t use Bane, ok we have a match now lol
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Exactly instead of being shredded right after they spot you
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Personally I don’t think Bane needs changing, it stops melee spam and makes the Pred player think and actually play carefully. The only limit I can see, is only 1 FT member being able to run it only on low hp classes like recon and scout, making it still viable but also the Pred player will able to know who most likely is running Bane. Just my thoughts.
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A full extended clip with vector (no bane) doesn’t wind the pred with bane it winds the pred and gets the bar half way times by 4 = dead predator in less than a second my guy
I used to think the same thing till we started playing without it and actually had some really fun competitive matches against good predators, that otherwise would not have been competitive. A good team Landing thete shots makes bane a nightmare. Within 2 seconds you’re dead for showing your face
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That’s a good team though, what are the chances of finding a good team on quickplay. Nerfing things to suit the other playstyle just makes the others hell lol. For example I myself want Elder Sword nerfed, hard as hell to parry, but I still want it useable see because I like using it. I don’t want the Predator having an easy life to kill me, it needs to be difficult, there’s plenty of tools at your disposal but it’s all down to personal preference.
Predator mains will moan about this and the same with Fireteam. If everything was in favour of one side, the game would be a sloppy ass mess.
It’s a numbers game, it’s always in the Fireteams favour until you start chopping them down. 😀
Yeah disagree with nerfing any of the predator weapons atm. None of them are too strong. Elder sword can be parried and the fact that’s it’s melee only means, it’s a weapon used to punish teams for separating. Cause you can’t melee a team when they are together. But you have to balance around these good players, cause if you balance around weaker players, good players will then take those stronger items and make them OP
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Vs randos pred usually wins unless they are new or just bad, vs premades pred has to sweat to win and even then, skilled players still struggle with premades/death squads(mostly cause they are fighting the bugs/controls). Bane its not a good perk its a crutch and the game is better off without it and rest of damage perks, that also means taking away Predator damages and restince perks as well its only fair, but that will allow skilled matches to be more frequent and not just relying on a perk for most of your damage.
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This isn’t right, not picking an argument but you can melee. You just have to not do it directly in line of sight.
Most players don’t have any awareness of where the Predator is. You can melee someone down right behind them and they just keep running.
And new players won’t want to play the game because they get killed too fast, you can’t expand a playerbase with ideas based just on Predator buffing, if FT gets nerfs then so should Predators, can’t have one without the other. But as you say, you may think Predator weapons are weak but things like parrying the Katana first time still grants the bleed effect which shouldn’t really happen.
I try not to have a bias opinion but instead try to give reasons for both sides. Sure nerf Vector and other guns but buff the Shotgun, I want them taking chunks out of Predators.
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I mean you can come in and swing like once. Yeah. But you can’t come in and down someone with melee if a team has ears and a brain
Depends, elder sword works pretty decent at it. With the katana you can do that one swing and still get good value for the drive by.
Yeah I agree with value, but that’s why you can’t nerf those haha. Cause if you nerf the swords the values of those weapons become useless
Honestly nerfs and buffs aren’t going to much in grand scheme of things, a reworked stealth, combos for weapons and more varying engagements on both sides will help imo. But who knows 2.0 might fix everything we have been talking about so only time will tell.
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