Slasher: Maniac Grounds

#1

Why do you want to make a typical slasher maniac from a Predator? Why does the Predator have such useless invisibility? Why does he always make noise like an elephant? Why does he always make noise with devices and grunt like an old grandfather?

And then you wonder why Players stupidly pick up the Berserkers with spears. Probably because you yourself created such a meta-game in the game? In the game which Predator (an invisible hunter can not hunt invisibly, but jumps on everyone like a psychopath with a stick).

I do not need an increased amount of health, armor or damage. I need normal mobility, normal quiet and normal invisibility. A predator is a ghost of the jungle. Not slasher maniac.

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#2

I mean, the Predator’s cloak looks just as it does in the films. It’s efficient, and even more so depending on how you use it. The Predator, and it’s devices, can’t just be completely silent. Plus, they weren’t in the films, which is obviously where they got majority of their source material.

Not to mention a completely invisible and silent Predator wouldn’t really be balanced.

If anything I think there may still be some audio level issues. I know there have been moments where I heard sound coming from one direction loud and clear and it was from another direction. Probably shouldn’t have been that loud either. 🤷🏻‍♂️

#3

I don’t think you realise just how over powered predator would be if he didn’t make that kind of noise. Elaphant thumping was my first thought when I got the game. Now reaching max level and put a good amount of hours in to both side jesus christ if the predator had what he does and was silent. Fire Team would not be having any fun.

The cloak is perfect. Understand that if you are standing completely still you are fully invisable. Then yes when moving you are slightly more visable but still quite hard to see. I tend to not use the trees much so when they hear me coming they are all looking up at the trees before they realise I’m shooting at them from the ground.

The bow with the cloak is fantastic. Like I said if you stay still you can shoot arrows all day until they realise the trail of the arrows. Here is me cloaked and the fire team can’t see me because Im still: https://gyazo.com/be2162cec1ee48b8f2c6be698c4aa82e

#4

Sure that wasn’t the predators sound decoys? Thats what they are there for haha.

#5

Haha, no! This was EVERYTHING. Gun shots, banter, etc. It sounded like the audio levels were off and not correct, haha.

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#6

Phaha okay yeah thats buggy.

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#7

And where is balance?

I’m pick Scout. TF spot me on trees = -50% my hp.
I’m play TF. Typical stupid Berserk jump 1x4 with spear and kill everyone by one button.

Broken metagame.

#8

As I wrote in another thread the Predator is stil way too easy to spot, thus adding to the melee Preds going in swinging instead of stalking.
If it gives of a PC-burst, or just moves a little he is lit up like a Christmas tree.
It brings a shortage to the stalking game play.
I know that there are some of you Pred players who manage to pull it off, but you, unfortunately, far from make up the majority (at least from what I have experienced).
It seems like the Pred is under a lot more stress in the game than the soldiers pushing it to make use of too bold and non-Predator’ish game play.
I feel that I as soldier should be the one under the most stress and feel stalked - and the currenl game play I experience does not give that.
Some of you reading my reply will maybe think:“but increasing the Predator’s stalking capabilities will give me less possibility to dish out punishment to the Predator!”. Well… If this about going straight out toe to toe in a gun fight with the opponent then this, for me, is the wrong game to be playing. For the experience is about being unaware of the Predator most of the time creating a feeling of suspense. If I want a gun fight with a monster I will go play Doom.

Another thing… I rarely experience good use of the bow - can someone tell me why?
I have heard from several PS4 players that they hardly ever choose it? Any Pred PS4 players care to comment on that?

I know about the deal with the PC - it is a dead give away, and for its results it is worth little… So I wont go into that in detail.

I would like to get more of the feeling that I have a ghost breathing down my neck and not Santa Claus stomping around with the occasional rushed (plasma) Christmas lights because he can’t get in close enough to give me a smack on the ckeek for being a bad bad soldier this year (unless he want to be lit up himself).

I hope that tweaks towards the feeling of being stalked and being under presure as soldier will be subject to more attention in the future patches.

As an ending remark I want to say that I think it is great the way you guys at Illfonic intetact with the community making it a learning and adjusting process ending up with a fun and balanced game play experience for the majority of the players. Keep up the good work!

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#9

agreed

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