Predator stealth kills should not be in the game, at least not in their current incarnation. Because:
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There is nothing stealthy about them aside from having to be behind the target.
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The animation is far too lengthy and cannot be canceled.
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They can be performed by accident because it shares the same key with your basic attacks, unlike Claim which also leaves you vulnerable but is on a different key.
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They can be readily performed on AI, but killing AI is not the Predator’s main goal. Even if AI targets need killing, most have so little health that normal attacks are faster.
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The condition for performing them on a player is overly restrictive – downed twice, low health, get behind them. In that state, a couple wrist blade slashes to the face will kill them just as dead. Plus, good players will look and move around constantly. You’re mostly likely to land the stealth kill if they’re flat-out running away from you.
If you don’t want the animations to be wasted, then make them variants on a Long Claim. As it currently stands, I never want to do a stealth kill unless it’s on the last Fireteam member standing.