We can probably revert back to smaller radius which is realistic… and full blast charge is one shot.
The cloak isn't perfect
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It will help, but I still dont think the hunt gamemode is ready to support larger maps
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Id like that. Like I said, AOE should be like a pred grenade or something.
Headshots should be one shot down. That’s it IMO. AOE mechanic works but is splashy and has no business being a 1 shot.
Or give us a different plasma caster with headshot downs.
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:D i smell the devs doing soon better variation modes for HUNT…
Headshot downs are simply not gonna happen unless the FT member is afk jacking it. If it goes back to 1 shot it has to be a body shot to be realistic. Otherwise its sacrificing AOE for a very low chance of a 1 shot down.
Now the bow, The bow I could get behind headshot downs, as it doesnt give away that you are about to shoot it
If you’re above people while theyre interacting with medkits and such its busted, just like bow but with no dropoff in exchange for energy consumption.
I think the issue is that the caster is literally being balanced around people staring at a wall charging it then flicking up and splashing things, which is all bad mechanically. Needs a rework all around or introduce different plasma casters. They forced themselves into a corner by not doing the whole slow lock on thing & giving people a free aim caster with charge time.
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yeaaah true but then once again, its situational. which is my issue with it. It shouldnt be utility. It should be reliable in most situations.
Let’s be real though, it’s pretty shitty sportsmanship to be attacking a player that’s locked on an interaction. Peppering someone with arrows while they’re reviving a team mate is pretty cheap, and personally I don’t engage FTs in those situations. If they’re swarmed with AI I’ll ease off a bit. Instead of attacking the player that’s reviving their team mate, I’ll use that opportunity to deal with any others… but those are different topics completely.
Perhaps reduced damage while interacting/reviving would discourage it? (The objectives where you have to sabotage the power generators, security camera, and turns valves lock you in place for a really long time. Pure Predator bait. And no true Yautja would feel like that was a well earned kill)…
The Pred’s still. They need to get good so they can stop having the devs hand hold them with things like AOE Caster.
Did I do that right guys? I am joking off course.
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Hey, that works now, so there’s been a plus side too. 🤣
Every iteration of caster until this point hasn’t really been reliable (ironically with the auto lock function as it forces you to miss, honestly previous games have been movie accurate in this aspect) unless the persons not standing still or isn’t moving in a straight line. Or at a really long range. It’s always been a tool to 1 shot people standing still or failing to see the laser & dodge. It shoots where the person was a second ago and forces them to reposition.
The threat of the laser has always been more valuable than the reliability of it.
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The auto lock function is part of predators triangulation system which is built in audio bar and is there to locate the source of audio or even help predator lock on and stuff…
Kind of… seems like you’re only half joking though lol
Plasma caster locks on now?
precisely, but it usually does so with body shots as much as headshots.
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