I think when the game was designed, it was around the idea the predator was strong so the FT would need to finish the mission ASAP and escape to win. But we all are more than well aware the FT is in no way shape or form outgunned by the predator at this point. Which brought me to think about something that could help the game a lot. We all swear FT is super OP, and sure, they have the advantage, but I think half the issue is that while the ft is also slightly stronger than the predator, they also have the instant win condition that doesn’t even require they beat the predator. In a fight to the death, the ft and predator will win or lose more evenly than we think. A lot of the time predator players are throwing themselves at the ft without second wind available because they know if they don’t the FT will leave in a minute. In a game where the FT is already slightly favored, giving them an alternative win condition just bloats the feeling of “FT OP”. If the chopper escape was only available after 2 ft members were dead or something like that (sort of like the hatch in dead by daylight only being available to the final surviving team member) I think the game would benefit. Less missions being blitzed through. More fights. And less skilled predators dying in stupid ways because they have no choice but to full on charge a team or lose anyways cause they can just leave within 4 minutes
Rework the chopper mechanic
Here I was thinking the forums thought differently (not really)
What would you even do? OBJ? No reason to. Just hunt the Pred.
And that’s an aweful mechanic.
Lol I mean yeah I do think they are very very strong in a 4 man. But it’s wayyyy more balanced than we give credit to IF you have the time to deal with them. They don’t need that extra win condition. That’s what throws it’s entirely off of balance and makes it extremely difficult to ever beat these 4 mans, is they not only have the ability to kill you just as easily, if not a little easier, than you can kill them, but they also can beat you, without needing to beat you, and it’s not hard to do lol
The hatch is fucking terrible, but these games are different. Hatch rewards players for losing. In this game, the ft can actively win by killing you too
Also you can still receive XP from OBJ(raise the level cap) and unless obj is finished, the chopper won’t ever come, even for the final surviving member.
Ya but they have and thats what we base it on.
Won’t matter. Sweats
Ya but most FT would just take they’re chance fighting the Pred.
Besides this also means he can troll be just running away
I still think the chopper should be timed. It’s what most premades do against an average pred. Back and forth until OBJ is complete and then hunt the pred till the timer is getting close.
Just make it so the chopper can’t come until timer hits about 5 minutes. Players can easily adjust to that, it prevents speed rushes and promotes engagements while not rushing the pred
That would be nice
That’s the point. I’d rather them fight you lol
I’d rather the game not end of they miss the chopper either
Add secondary exfil points
At that point it would be a battle for survival with no time limit
The FT could say something like
It’s personal now
Or something to that effect
Not they miss it. Whoever dies first lol.
Rework the chopper mechanic:
Let Pred exfill lol.