The Predator Trap is a bug

#1

Not really, but it is becoming very annoying because a lot of players are not using it as is intended. The bear trap is supposed to be thrown in place so an unsuspecting FT member trips into it. But because it has such a ridiculous range, Predators are now throwing them at you when they see you, instantly trapping you. You can see it dropping down but the range is so big you can’t run away from it. I’ve been even trapped inside a building and the trap was thrown at the door after I went in.

Fix the ridiculous range. Is annoying.

#2

I swear it wasnt me.

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#3

Guilty as charged. But sounds like a classic case of git gud. Starts at 2:10

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#4

Em if the range was any smaller the chance of hitting you if your smart are low and to bad if you get trapped that’s the point of a trap right?

#5

Alright, then add some delay before the traps activate so at least if you see it coming down you can run from it.

If you wanna trap someone, use the net gun, so you actually have to aim

#6

HAHAHAHAHA

#8

dude your crazy, it already has a very very tiny range it can be thrown but if you are using that tracking thingy you can throw it clear across the map practically… plus when the bear trap goes down it takes a few seconds for it to fully deploy…
Personally i save my traps till the ft calls the chopper then rush there and place traps under the heli… i really like it when they pop smoke cause then they cant see the traps, they cant see me but i can go in vision mode and see everything… great fun

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#9

dude the range is a few meters, and it activates instantly as it touches the floor.

I’d say either narrow the range or put some delay… you know… like real traps work when you set them up.

#10

Yea that would work out btw i wasn’t trying to sound negative lol

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#11

You weren’t that bad. They weren’t even looking at you. Their mistake. The one’s I’ve run into literally throw it at me when I’m facing them looking right in front of me. I usually just say they are cowards, specially if I’m alone and they have a Berserker. They can take me down with a few melee attacks. Be a worthy warrior. That’s what the Predator is supposed to be, you know. Whenever they go for arrows, plasma caster and traps at close range, they are cowards, not worthy. lol

#12

Its weird too cause when you throw them, they “warp” the ground/its AoE at angles and you can see them clear as fucking day so they can be useless too.

If it didn’t have that AoE warp effect visually, you could adjust it’s range too because while harder to spot, it could have less range now for being more effective visually

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#13

The warp is only visible if any of two things happen:
#1 You, as a FT member, see it fall to the ground
#2 If someone else spots it and marks it (they have to equip the perk for it)

I’ve tried to mark them after seeing them fall down and I am unable to. I don’t know if the rest of the team is able to see the arc I see, but I know I don’t see any arc unless I see it fall first.

#14

Main problem I see for the trap is that it becomes a bullet shield. Predator threw one at my team on backwater at the entrance to the small building by the radar dish and no one could fire at the him because all the bullets kept bouncing off an invisible force field by the trap. Not sure if that’s a glitch or not but it was weird nonetheless.

#15

Bear traps need to be destroyable. Period.

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#16

In their current state, thats fair enough. Exception to the AoE warp, which apparently is only if you see it thrown.

If any other changes are made, it depends on what they are.

#17

If they’re to be destroyable then I think it should only be done by the grenade launcher to give it some use other than NPC destroyer.

#18

I don’t think ANY Predator tech should be destroyable. Just seems silly. I do agree bear traps shouldn’t be bullet shields though I didn’t know about that

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#19

I think the gear should be destroyable. Poorly placed motion detector? Bear trap trapping you in a building? Audio decoy? By all means, these things should require some more consideration than fire and forget.
But the smart disc? You only have one of those, and it takes up a weapon slot, so no.

As for the topic, I had a trap thrown on me and then was filled with arrows until death. Dishonourable hunting style should come with some sort of penalty.

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#20

But you can destroy the motion detectors and audio decoys, you can’t destroy the combistick, arrows, or bear traps.
No if you got caught in a trap and died that’s on you also honor gets tossed out the window when most of the time the FT lack any honor at all.

#21

They should rework the bear trap in my opinion. Making it destroyable but removing completely all of its sounds and making it less easy to see.