Here’s what I suspect happens:
• Illfonic releases a DLC which has very, very good stats (a subtle ‘pay-to-win’ setup). People buy it because they want the most powerful character (despite it not really being a Pred, more of a space Viking).
• Knowing that this character is OP, they shadow nerf it in subsequent updates. Because they don’t release detailed info on the attributes of each class or DLC, they can get away with this.
• Repeat for next DLC character and count $
Ha. You’re probably on to something.
I’d hope that’s not the case. I don’t think any Pred DLC has been pay to win (an argument could be made for city hunter maybe). As far as FT I don’t think Dutch 87 and Dante have been nerfed at all.
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt
I don’t think they give stats to a DLC which are blatantly super OP - just a subtle set of attributes which makes them more useful than most, if not all other classes - thus an added incentive to buy for those who aren’t as easily swayed by cosmetic re-skins and a new melee animation. Then when people start complaining about the fact these characters have become the meta if you want to win, they ‘tweak’ the attributes in the following update to make them more balanced.
Not a bad idea, though I wouldn’t personally want it in the game.
Hmm…build the Predator to your style instead of pick the Predator of your style? Interesting…
