Predators are weak

#41

I only play PS4 because it’s unfair to compare PC and PS4, mouse is just too accurate compared to controller and most PCs run the game better than PS4.

But even so, there’s nothing more fun than taking down a relatively skilled fireteam piece by piece and then leaving one guy to Rez them all and then doing it again.

I used to try and kill the FT ASAP but I was killing my exp, so now I prefer to drag the fight out as long as I can unless they manage to shoot my mask off, then I try to end it quickly.

Pred isn’t weak, at least on PS4, you just have to think a lot about angles and opportunities.

#42

Did they nerf the plasma caster again? A direct fully charged shot on a downed enemy killed them Last I remember

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#43

The game is well balanced I would hazard on PS4. On PC, usually FT will win easy. All it takes is one decent PC FT member and they will bleed a pred in seconds.
Face a good PC FT team, or possibly cheaters, and you dont really stand a chance… no matter what some people claim. Stealth is basically useless since weapon trajectories are easy to spot, not to mention all the pred clicketies give a pred away fairly easily.
As I said earlier, even with just one PC player on the FT, the FT efficiency goes up by 300%… No joke. Usually as I look on scorecards, a PC player will outdo a ps4 player at least twice over and usually more than that.
And Preds still have to suffer from rather clunky weapons compared to what FT has access to. The Bow hits hard, but you will rarely get more than one shot in at a decent FT player.
Disc, once more… extremely hard to control efficiently. You go from moving yer mouse by small degress to having to drag it across your desk just to turn the damn thing… and then there is the inverse… yuk.
Plasma Caster… Well, as a FT I’ve gotten downed instantly by it despite having full health and OWLF Training on a Recon. So I know it can do damage, but usually lagg and stuff ruins yer day.
Which is aggravated further when using a bow, I’ve missed often several clear headshots on targets that are muddying up or ressing… And all I think to myself is “WTF!? That arrow should have hit!”.

And lets face it… Knives are OP, parrying is real easy and the damage is insane. Just today I almost managed to 1v1 one pred in a knife duel. Eventually he won out, mostly due to me playing Recon at the time… but the pred was seriously hurt and had to run away to heal. Now actually imagine if my FT members were nearby…

Game balance is a very hard thing. I know that. But one mag from a Hammerhead is enough to almost down a Hunter if ye can manage to get most bullets on target within the falloff range. And Hammerhead is the meta.

Lastly, I love this game. I love the Predator IP, hell I grew up on Arnold movies and Predator was one of my absolute favs, along with Terminator of course. So I want this game to be successful. And atm, PC Fireteams are just OP, if they have about average skill at shooters… And that can ruin this game. I’ve had several Predators rage quit against me just today, and many of em were lvl 100+ at least… and often I was the only PC player on the FT, it was enough.
Preds are easy to spot, and easy to bring down to 2nd wind and then chase them down to where they heal up and proceed to shoot them in the head.

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#44

In the right hands the disc is nasty af I play disc master most of the time lmao

#45

Imo alpha pred feels like and plays like a scout, but has hunter stats … doesn’t feel huter like at all. Anyone else unlock him and think the same

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#46

Look… the only thing i agree on is… Current breserk predator should have been hunter… or even a scout if we take in that you would verse only PC players… lets say they include breserk health for scout… and for hunter health its breserk + 5% increase… and for breserk its the breserk +10% on it…

Like im literally playing breserk just to be able to play stealthy… even with him you are like fking anxious to play the game… cause like the only thing stopping you from loosing is good pig spawn… or no one using a sniper rifle which is rare… and the usual shit is two of them carry a sniper rifle and play recon or scout…

The possible and probable way to balance out the game would be to add more content for missions and either expand the map or just increase how hardcore the game would be for fireteam…

#47

To a seasoned fireteam who have open communication and a decent sniper or 2 , yeah the predator is a little more of a trophy kill

But for everybody else it’s fair game

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#48

Not only that i had today PS players… like damn they played like somewhat below avg PC players… their aim was on point they had the communication… i barley won as hunter class… now im playing breserker cause fk that shit man i need to waste their reinforcements as quick as i can… and then i can relax somewhat xd

#49

If you buff the predator anymore you’re going to get complete stomps everywhere unless its a 4 man premade. Considering that I an many as me don’t play 4 man premade… Well… We’re going to be quitting. Nobody wants to feel like fodder.

Not even going into predators around here claiming they have not died in MONTHS!

#50

Ya died 3 times since release

#51

Before I ran into some shady pc players that were shooting me through the wall of the building. I player with cross play on because I was up for the challenge. The pc players were usually very aggressive and would leave the team to hunt me which was in turn their down fall. I ran into a few full pc squad and was always made to let them go because of the intense fire they can put out. Nevertheless I would play no matter the challenge.

The pc player I would run into that would play solo dolo and try to hunt me would run into the same fate as all would be hunters and would get picked off with caster shots and killed. After that I would then take the time to find the respawn point and lay in wait to ambush the rest of the ft.

The pc Preds on the other Hand were much more difficult since they can move at angles that a ps4 pred can not. They would be a challenge for sure when playing with a squad and solo was nothing less than a slaughter and the Ft would get wiped.

When playing with the squad tho we would run into the pc Pred that was to cocky for his own good and would rush and get parried like any other Predator and killed and hunter down. It was the pc Preds that would stalk and hunt the correct way that needed a new gameplan, That required more skill and a perfect gameplay Which was hard to pull of even with great communication.

The Pc ft squad is almost impossible to beat and requires a game plan that is nothing short of perfect. The caster shots need to be on point. The stealth play needs to be utilized via audio decoys. The team can basically can never see you till only 1 remains. That be said is way easier typed than being done. The pc players have all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages. But a great ps4 player can win sometimes but the match is always in the hands if the ft.

HAPPY HUNTING

#52

Unless the game glitches out or I’m just trolling and get stuck indoors I never die as the predator. Also, I eliminate almost 95% the fireteams. I can only think of maybe 3 times in the past couple weeks where even one person escaped. Somewhere the balance is a little weird.

Conversely, I can almost always escape as as the fireteam as well, and about 75% to 80% percent of predators are killed or self destruct.

Maybe the balance isn’t that bad right now. I would just like the bugs gone, like the bomb diffuse bug, the predator double melee bug, inconsistent mud, inconsistent hogs, and visual bugs like the baklava and Ballistic mask showing neck skin.

#53

I think we can all come to the conclusion that we’re all MLG pro and everyone else sucks that’s why this game is so hard to balance.

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#54

Against a good FT yes, against the opposite no.

#55

I surely dont. I have won and lost against pc players and ps4 players alike. We all have our won skill level

#56

We need to stop with balance… and acknowledge player skill. When you get wiped as a pc fireteam by a pc predator… its straight up knowledge of the game. Traps, decoys, not going invis and using plasma shots. Using a disc so your not exposed. Not claming the first downed victim. A lot goes into the mental aspect… most of it is predictions and probability through enormous amounts of game play. Accuracy only takes you so far as a predator

#57

When I play as Pred vs any decent PC FT players… They tend to know where I am even before I get into view, even with Audio Decoys deployed. The second my predlocks come into view, I get spotted. Or at least thats what it feels like. Hell, I can be stationary and crouched and still get spotted and headshot by a sniper.

When I play FT… I usually see and hear Preds easily. And then they get lit up. So many Preds have rage quitted on me because I hunt them down in 2nd wind and blow their heads off when they are putting them roids in.

The one major factor when it comes to if a Fireteam is dangerous or not, is not the platform. It’s if they are using a headset or not. The PS4 players that get rofl-stomped easily are the ones that cant hear a damn thing.

#58

Another self centered pc players that assume ps4 players dont own a headset. Im sure i have a higher quality of headset than most pc players

#59

Just going by experience mate… Most PS4 players I have played with and against seem to not have ears at all. So yes, I assume that most PS4 players do not use a headset… because most dont. Just because you happen to own a headset and actually maybe even use it when playing, does not mean that the majority does.