The Game is balanced… just not how many here seem to like

#1

Firstly, I’m a PS4 Pred main, I think I’m reasonably good but by no means the level of some of the top players here. However, despite the obvious nerfs to the Predator, I think the balance of the game is roughly about right after the latest patch.

Is it harder for Preds to win now? Certainly, but the game needs to be balanced around the majority of the player base, and that is most likely randoms playing as FT on a PS4.

It seems Illfonic has decided to try to adjust the game with the aim of creating longer matches (I think we can all agree that’s a good thing) and giving public FTs a better chance of survival. Previously, if you had an FT team made up of random players, there was very little chance of defeating an average-to-good Pred.

Since the patch, I’ve had to work a lot harder and play even more tactically in order to win. You really have to play the long game and chip away at the FT, choosing the right moment to strike, then disappear. The matches have in many cases lasted right up to the wire. However, winning matches like these is far more satisfying and rewarding than the games in the past where I simply trounced the opposition.

Obviously the side-effect of these changes is that any Pred encountering a pre-made PC squad is going to seriously struggle, with only the really great Pred players having a chance of victory, but these squads are the exception, not the rule. If you’re a PS4 Pred player who’s worried about encountering these, you can just turn cross play off.

Of course, the people who are losing out from all this are PC Pred players. Unlike PS4 players, they can’t avoid PC FTs with a mouse/keyboard setup (which is the main reason PC FTs tend to be deadlier than their PS4 counterparts) - they’re going to be far more likely to encounter squads they simply cannot hope to beat, but Illfonic has probably calculated that this is the smallest portion of the player base.

So in summary: Yes, it’s harder for the Preds now, but the hunt is on! No more insta-team-wipes in the first couple of minutes (well, some guys can still do that). Now we get to properly stalk the prey (as also with this patch the FT have been slowed down a little by a heavier-hitting AI).

For this game to have any chance of longevity and growth, the casual FT players needed a little more chance at winning instead of being little more than target practice. They now have that.

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#3

Keep in mind though, just as there’s a lot of really good PC FT’s… there’s also a lot of good PC Preds with just as good aim. Those are constantly asking to fight against us anyway because they shred console players in less than 3 minutes.

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#4

I find this to be true. Not being able to wipe teams in minutes is what this game needed. The long and grueling Hunts are the way this game is supposed to be.

I just wish how the Ft got a last man standing buff I think the Pred should get some type of skull claim passive buff. So for every skull claimed gives the Pred a 2% melee buff and a 2.5% damage resistance buff. But to make them want to Directly engage the ft.

The Preds have always needed to be cunning and this Patch has made them that way. The trash rushers need to learn to adapt of just overall need to be phased out because they are not cut out for the game

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#5

Alot? I am on ps4 and I have run into 3 pc full squads. Most pc friends have no friends so they are usually solo dolo. And good pc preds? There are like 4 if that and Bloodthirsty and Cartoons are not on that list. Cys, Shifo, Flash, and I forgot the last ones name. Most pc preds are below average because they dont use the caster and the bow is easy to counter once they use it once.

#6

just because they don’t stream doesn’t mean they don’t exist kiddo.

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#7

never said they dont exists lol. I said most. Only used the streamers since they set the expectations of the “good” pc preds

#8

I should add that the one quality-of-life thing I would like them to fix on the Pred side is the glitchy controls, as losing because of some stupid game glitch is much more frustrating than losing because you made a mistake or the FT were really good. Things like weapons not selecting, and the wrist blade swipes happening when you’re trying to fire the bow etc.

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#9

Also dont float that way so you can keep ur cute nicknames to yourself there “Kiddo” also definitely older than you

#10

Hell yeah. Getting stuck in a fall animation for ever is horrible

#11

I’m lvl 150 PC pred main and I find almost only Pc full premades in match making . Guess I’m one of the “expendables” . This sucks anyways.

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#12

They don’t know that best predator players are not on YT and they play private games with friends on discord

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#13

So then they are no the best of all they are doing is play Private

#14

Private against full pc squads with discord is actually harder than the classic pub game. What did i miss?

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#15

Yeah but playing the same players over and over again does not sharpen you skills only dulls them

#16

Enlighten me on how…the length of the match is dependent on how fast the fireteam decides to go which 8/10 they speed run the missions as fast as they can. Until something forces the fireteam to have to wait there is no adjustment that is going to make a match go longer

#17

There are multiple teams , all in different discord channels. Plus the Pc community is really small and tournament ps4 teams are very few. So playing with best players make you improve even more compare to 4 randoms in pub. I am winning 100% games with Berserker and Warclub right now, without using any range weapon. Pubs are way too easy.

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#18

Except for one mission on backwater , all the other can be finished in 5 mins , one in derailed in 3 mins and one in Overgrouth in 2mins and 30 secs (we did it,). Missions should be longer in this game.

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#19

I can agree with Pubs being easy but playing the same ppl over and over again which how privates usually work in discord because I have been there. (Dont even get me started on how shit an app it really is) they are not improving but staying at the same skill level. To only way to get better is to play pub and get curbed stomped by a pc death squad and learn from the mistake

#20

I dont think missions need to be longer I think there needs to be a set time in which you call the chopper