Second Wind needs adjustments

#1

Hey there! Long time player, long time lurker, first time posting.

So, to get to the point, Second Wind is supposed to be an escape route but fails to be due to a few issues:

  • 1: You can still use the spotting mechanic even being blinded, which defeats the purpose of a clean getaway. Whats the point of that if I can still be chased down just a second later and blasted away? I am already a large glowing white target that leaves a glowing green blood trail, why make it even more obvious? Second Wind needs to cancel Spotting the moment Second Wind activates on Fireteam, which leaves to my second point…

  • 2: Blinding is an area of effect, not an actual blinding effect on Fireteam. What I mean by that is for example, in Call of Duty, when one is hit with a flashbang, the effect sticks on the player until it wears off. However in Hunting Grounds, its more of an area of effect where if the player simply moves away a few feet from the location of where Second Wind popped off a second ago, you get your senses back immediately. Which soon enough leads to Fireteam quickly spotting a Predator that will simply be easily chased down and killed off. Again, defeats the whole purpose of a getaway if you can just side step a bit or spot them by spamming the spot button while blinded.

    1. Tree hopping would be a great ability for better escapes. I am aware that you can spot a glowing white alien jumping around in the trees but sometimes the branches allow you to find spots to recover much more faster than just moving on foot. It basically allows options for Predator players to escape better.

To finish off, Predators already give off blood trails to follow, glows bright white in the green jungle, and Fireteam has plenty of perks that allows for better tracking of Predator movement, it renders the mechanic of Second Wind pointless due to these reasons stated. Second Wind needs those adjustments for it to actually fulfill its intended purpose. Hope this can be fixed sometime in the future. For now, peace.

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#2

All great points.

Welcome to the forum and discussions :)

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#3

I really wish the Predator wouldn’t glow white and still be able to climb trees/move around on the branches.

A nice little add-on I think would be cool if the Predator gets second winded he does that like squealish scream that the jungle Hunter did when he got captured in the net.

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#4

Those are good points, except for the 1st one. On second wind, there is no blood trail…

#5

Didn’t sounded like a scream to me.
Rather like the net scrapping at something creating the sound.

#6

Definitely a pred sound. They surprised him. Doesn’t mean he was screaming in terror though. He may have been furious.

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#7

Either my hearing is screwed up (not really) or I’m just missing it were he growls/screams.
Sounds pretty weird though.

#8

It’s embarassing we don’t talk about that

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#9

There isn’t? Hmmm, sorry, my mistake then. I guess what I was trying to say that there are many ways to track down the Predator already such as blood trails, that the flaws in Second Wind nullify what should be the strong escape mechanic that was intended to be. Thanks for pointing that out

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