Sniper rifles are disgustingly overpowered

#1

And players are starting to realise it. A single sniper shot to the head does 30% of the predators health, as a berserker with Impenetrable equipped? What?

You can blind fire it when the predator is up close for guarenteed shots, so the predator going after the recon, close range, which you’d think would be their weak area, puts him at extreme risk.

Try going long range and it’s over as well. I just had a team of 3 people running sniper recon that were all perfect shots, instead of doing the mission they just bunkered down with snipers all covering each other’s angles and constantly scouting me out and shooting me. Tried putting traps down out of sight and they wouldn’t fall for them, would call them out and shoot each one.

One parkoured on top of a metal pipe that the predator can’t get up without clunky third person jumping that, if attempted, they’d shoot me while I tried to get up, and just kite me off it while the rest of the snipers shot me. Trying to plasma caster cheese them didn’t work, because the moment any part of my body was revealed they’d instantly snipe me to trade damage. My mask was blown off really early.

Seriously, I’m level 70 now and the trend is whenever they have the sniper and can shoot with it, there’s almost no counter play. If someone’s extremely good at aiming with the sniper and can load shots of the predator mid leap in areas that have lots of cover, then he’s lost.

#2

You do realize that 1 of those guns is chambered in 338 lapua and the barret is a 50. Right? If we were talking realistic ballistics the damage would be you are dead. Be happy it is where it is.

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#3

As a preferred Predator player, I’m honestly fine with being damaged a ton by taking a sniper rifle round to the head. I think the spot function being nerfed would help with this. As of right now it’s too easy to track a Predators movements.

#4

Right, but this is a video game. If the marines brought a missle launcher that could one shot the predator, and someone complained that there was a missle launcher, I don’t think the first response would be “well it’s realistic that it hurts the pred”.

My complaint isn’t whether a sniper rifle would absolutely shred the Predator, my complaint is that it’s here, or that it’s doing too much damage.

The predator doesn’t also one shot marines with his wrist blade, plasma caster, spear, and other tools he uses. He can also be parried, which we know a human wouldn’t be able to do realistically, but there’s this thing called balance.

#5

So you just like easy mode huh? Actual good players refuse too use that sniper rifle, because its overpowered as fuck. Its a videogame, and it should be fun for everyone. Talking about realism in a PREDATOR game yuck. Then why can Marines respawn even though their skulls/ spines get taken.

#6

Because they are not the same people. They are fresh reinforcements. Not the same troops… Just played by the people that died before. We’re arguing with people like you about stuff? For what? You don’t even get basic concepts.