Predator Melee Needs a Cooldown

#41

I’m not a streamer and just play for fun. I don’t keep video of my games. You’ll have to take my word for it. It was one of the most effective parries I’d ever done, but it was mostly luck. I know some guys can nail it multiple times in a row, I usually can’t. Zerker made a last ditch rush at the chopper exfil and came after me. I was playing a scout so had extra stamina, he hit me once, I parried the 2nd hit, he hit me again, I parried the 3rd and 4th stikes. Total of 3 on one Pred rush. I didn’t escape though. Zerker still downed me because my team did nothing to help out and just bailed to the chopper. (Probably a wise move since the Zerker is still too tough and probably would have won that fight.)

Pred Melee doesn’t need a cooldown. Parry still needs nerfed to cost more stamina. 2 parries max, maybe 3 for the Scout since he’s super squishy. If anything Pred needs a little more stamina, but the Zerker needs to be a little more vulnerable to gunfire…maybe the Hunter too. Hunter isn’t terrible after the buff, but still really forgiving so maybe bought back just a little. The team shouldn’t rely on parry to win, the Pred shouldn’t be weak in melee, and the fireteam should have the ability to push a rushing Pred that’s too bold.

#42

“the team shouldn’t rely on parry to win” just as the Predator shouldn’t rely on head-on confrontations to win. I can’t magically parry from behind, nor can I parry from a bear trap, a net, being blinded/stunned from a slam.

#43

PARRY THAT SON OF A … You have a knife. use it to parry the pred and your teammates can happily put some bullets in him.

#44

tbh. if your with your team, lets say max 3 not 4. and you parry him 2 or 3 times. The other 2 teammates should have put enough bullets in him to get him down. If not they have the wrong weapons or skills. yes there will be 1 or 2 of you knocked to the ground but by then he should be down aswell.

Taking down a berserker pred with the pointy stick is easy with people that know what they are doing.

tip of the day:
if a pred is on one of my teammates i get behind him and knife him. and he will drop fast. “use right click it hurts”

If the pred is smart. he would have used a trap or net or both… then your f* either way

#45

Agreed, but he should still be able to sweep in and get a pick on a foolishly isolated fireteam member. Too many parries means melee is impractical even when the Pred picks his battles. Even with a distance between them, a parry or two will usually give the fireteam enough time to assist and chase off the Pred. Parry mechanic is fine (I used to hate it but I’ve come around) but needs to be balanced to allow the Pred to engage in a melee attack without having to rely on stunning, blinding, trapping or using the same ole tactics over and over. Finding the right balance gives the Predator melee options but also allows the fireteam a chance (a chance, not a guarantee) to correct the mistake of breaking up.

#46

Use your knife, it auto parries when timed correctly.

You wont need to hit a designated parry button.

#47

Parry combined with needing 6 hits with the combistick for a down, no. I reject your premise of a melee cool down. That’s what stamina is anyway.

#48

Lol melee has a cooldown it’s called stamina. If you stray from your group it’s your fault not the Predators. If you que up with randoms and they make a mistake that’s your fault not the Predators. If your not good at " Parry!! " that’s your fault not the Predators. Fireteams are hella salty because they can’t shit all over the Predator anymore.

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#49

I dont know how such a rediculous topic is getting so many replies… we are not seriously thinking Pred needs to suffer a BS cooldown on its melee, are we?
I mean you can barely melee without getting parried to death as it is… 🙄

#50

Ikr lol