Switching weapons mid-air

#1

Why was this removed? Simple weapon swaps used to be possible as Pred at anytime if I recall. Switching to a plasma pistol or whatever weapon mid-air would put that swap in queue and as soon as you landed on the ground that weapon would be pulled out immediately. Was this causing a bug or what?

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#2

It was taken away because fuck pred

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#3

Basically

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#4

Let’s bring this back.
@OldKingHamlet
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#5

yeah i mean Fireteam can do it so why can’t predator do it?

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#6

Hahahahaha

#7

One of the changes I do not understand why was made. Would make Pred feel a whole lot faster.

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#8

It really was one of those things that didn’t need patching out. And yes, Fireteam can do this while the Predator can’t,…yeesh, Fireteam gets all the candy.

#9

Predator Feels when they get nerffed

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#10

If you’ve ever watched one of their live streams you’ll know that Illfonic never play as Pred - their streams are entirely focused on them playing as FT and FT gameplay. The one time I remember them featuring some Predator gameplay they had to draft in an employee who wasn’t a usual contributor to the live streams and had seemingly never played as a Predator before (judging by how terrible he was), but apparently he must have still been better than the other Illfonic guys who simply didn’t want to touch playing as Pred.

So, to cut a long story short, it’s an open secret that Illfonic don’t really give a shit about the quality of Predator gameplay. The Predator is just there to be shot at by the FT as far as they’re concerned. That’s why various bugs that affect only Predator gameplay tend to be ignored and either patched months after being first reported, or in some cases not at all.

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#11

Yeah. They nerfed a lot the FT double-time perk as well a few patches ago and i don’t inderstand either

#12

So you can technically still do this!

I have figured out that the switch weapon Input works if you collide with something mid leap so a tree branch something like that!

Also you can switch weapons while falling from something like a tree brach or a sniper tower

#13

I charge plasma shots as I’m walking off edges to shoot into enclosed spaces, like warehouses. You can really surprise the Fireteam with those and minimize your exposure time.

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