I think 4 of them are excessive, especially if they’re a premade running certain perks and weapons.
Top ft builds that are busted
It has a learning curve, but once you’ve practised with it and are competent then it becomes easy to spam. Nothing to stop someone keeping distance and slowly picking off Fireteam with bowshots. And there’s nothing hard about downing one Fireteam members then landing fully charged shots on people rushing to the body either trying to revive or defend. It’s one of the most used tactics I see on YouTube and in game, and it’s lame. Its a much bigger detriment to the game than the current cloak.
What if the mud damage reduction was 5% and the perk pool was 10 points?
That would be a positive change, it could work. I’m just trying to highlight some of the more ridiculous and OP builds that premades use. The majority of the Predators that they go up against for the most part aren’t on that high level, so of course they’re going to melt through them more often than face a challenge when using tanky OP builds.
True. A lot of new predators aren’t ready to use range effectively and don’t realize that a mudded Dutch 87 with thick skin and OWLF is tankier than a support with thick skin.
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The bow is even the easiest weapon to dodge, you just crouch and arrows will go through you body
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I can’t link who said it, (don’t have the thread either) but I remember someone asking for increased base (or uncharged) bow damage on top of 50% melee damage or something along those lines. Kinda in vain on what VENN is saying; I don’t want to see bow abusers getting rewarded. Especially with agility-focused builds.
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Nerf ping damage by a lot. If more than 200ms damage should be 50% 🤣😭💀
If you think bow is good you can go against a full squad with the sane skill of you and try to kill them using only Bow. You wont take that, cause Bow is very hard to use and if you go 1 vs 4 even you jump a lot they will melt you. Fireteam get wiped by experienced players only with rush bow tactic. And about people that shot from distance,.that is because of the new 45 meters cloak , not because of the bow 🙂.
Yea that sounds ridiculous who ever asked for that.
Lol I think we disagree on bow skill entirely, but that’s fine. Yes cloak makes it harder, even within 60 - 45 metres. I just don’t think it’s useful increasing base dmg for something like the bow bc pred mains don’t reach a 100 win streak when its easy to shoot.
Heat vision will stop you, some arrows will just go through ppl and not deal dmg.
2nd, noone will stand still and take shots, when ppl move, you have to predict their next movement and fire the shot and hopefuly land it.
Also, if you stand still and shoot your arrows, you’re most likely dead against any average FT team. And good luck moving and placing yor shots when doing so.
Bow isn’t the sniper, where you place your dot and click your mouse and yoy get your hit.
I know you probably know this and seeing some players do it easy, but trust me, it isn’t easy at all.
your garb shutup… bow needs buffspreds damage has already been nerfed enough… you cant even run downragen and fearless together… let alone get hs on pass throughs…
I know it isn’t easy, especially on PS4. I use the bow, but more as a poke and flush tool. To rely on the bow as a primary means to wipe a Fireteam isn’t a play style I’m aiming for. I see some people like Yuppers pulling off amazing feats with the Bow, and the way they’re able to destroy a Fireteam is because of how skilled they are. It shouldn’t be buffed so that just anyone can do that. It should require a lot of practice. I’ve seen PS4 players able to do it, and it’s because they’re experienced and dedicated gamers. A noob shouldn’t be able to just unlock the bow, and start downing FTs with lucky hits and buffing the damage could lead to this. It’s a skilled weapon for skilled players, it needs to stay as such.
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Haha, lol. You can’t be serious.
That’s a flaw in design and hitbox, and needs addressing. It’s not an intentional mechanic. However, ducking (crouching) to avoid a headshot is intentional and a fair tactic.
downrange and fearless do not work together its bugged… hs are bugged… ft takes less dmg ducking from plasma as well.
sawz doesnt need a nerf… when that user of the saw can be downed from ranged by 2 plasma shots
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the main problem is not sawz its pred dmg to ft dmg ratios. I just solod 3 preds and they are not able to fight back with bane… the melt is like a candle 2ft from the sun
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I just tested this and both fearless and Downrange modifiers worked at the same time. 33 damage with wristblade and 107 damage from combi throw.