I’m very curious as to why people think Hunter and their cloned classes are outperforming other pred classes.
Personally I don’t really enjoy Hunter so I don’t think about/try things with them a lot, but I see them in nearly every game as Ft.
This isn’t a tier discussion or place to critique playstyles so please stick to the question as best you can, thank you
It’s one of the more balanced classes, Valk is used along with viking and cleo for a axe build, which I don’t have a problem with, Elder is a bit slow, Alpha and Scout have very low health, Zerker is self explanatory
the reason why you see hunter the most is simply because he is default
now the reason why people consider him the best is simple
the right amount of gear points he can take traps or motion detectors
has the right amount of perk points (it is believed for a pred to be viable you must have 12+ perk points)
he has the correct speed stat if your pred is slower than 9.6m/s your class is not viable against ft
his stamina isn’t difficult to manage
and niether is his energy
he has 6% bullet resistance effectively giving him 1310hp rather than being at 1250 so he even has more hp than samurai does
he has 2 good specs Fervent and Tracker
Fervent helps predators get that first kill which is the most important one cause that usually shifts the game in the preds favor
and tracker simply prevents reinforcements which will decide a game most of the time
there are other good classes
Like Cleo Elder City Hunter and Valkyrie
but Hunter covers all the bases well while the ones above are more of a niche kind of build you run
It hunts or something
The City Hunter is the better option.
the hunter appears more often because there are more new people playing the game than before and they still have no experience in the game, so they play on the hunter, in general, I think the hunter is not a bad class, he is quite balanced, but as for me, everyone has their own style of play and to someone the hunter seems the best, and to someone not, my style of play for the hunter is not very suitable, so I prefer the urban hunter or elder
1310hp rather than being at 1250 so he even has more hp than samurai does
It’s close. Samurai has 1350, so just slightly more HP. Since explosive damage always does full damage, I just take the perspective that the “bigger” predators are more “resistant” to explosive damage.
As said from the others, the Hunter is perfectly balanced, and so the more efficient
but City Hunter is probably stronger in my opinion.
Than taste comes into play, for example I love to use Falconer and Exile more than him, but doesn’t makes them stronger even if I’d might used them better than if I used Hunter itself.
Because vs good premade fts they do tend to outperform the other classes.
Very well balanced class, with potential to be costumized to your liking - its default and a good start to the game so all new players will use it as well
Hunter is the visual appreciation of the original predator from the film nothing more.
There is no other reason sometimes for me to use his class other than this reason because everything else looks so different (apart from scout).
Him, Elder and Captured are clearly identical in form and possibly in stats.
In my opinion, is not really the “Hunters are best,” but the “Heavy” predators are immobile and don’t have much extra health. It’s the stamina regeneration rate and damage resistances that matter most. High level predator players will probably have similar success with both “Light” and “Hunter” type predators.
Stamina Regeneration
Compared to the “Hunter” variants, the “Heavy” predators such as Cleo, Samurai, Viking, and Berserker all have 10% slower stamina regeneration while Berserker and Viking have 15% less total stamina pool and Cleo and Samurai have about 8.7% less. The regeneration rate has the biggest impact on the availability of leaps/min. That’s why they can barely outrun Scouts and Recon in second wind, and are, therefore, easy to capture.
Health
Compared to the “Hunter” variants, the “Heavy” predators have similar health and the “Light” predators don’t have much less health due to bullet damage resistance. Compared to “Hunter’s” effective health, Scout 18% less health, Exile 10.4% less health, Alpha 8% less health, Valkyrie 3% less health, and Berserker/Viking 11% more health, Cleo 7.5% more health, and Samurai <1% more health. Since most predators have very similar health, there isn’t much to gain from being “tanky,” and only Scout suffers significantly from having very little health.
Solution IMO
Overall, melee balance change
I get it. Significant balance changes aren’t going to happen, but it’s nice to dream of what could have been.
Valkyrie > All
Especially considering health to mobility ratio and access to both Fervent and Ghost.
Absolutely
Yautja don’t use cloning Technology, your just stereotyping that all Yautja Hunters look the same 😕
It’s all about the balance. CH is the best of the Hunter class, but they’re solid and dependable all the way around. Before Valkyrie became the insane OP meta she is, Hunters represented 1 of 2 things…
1.) A very dangerous player who wants to keep FT in the dark about their skill level. Or…
2.) A new player.
And you never knew what you were going to get until the meat & potatoes of the match.
If someone used Elder, you knew they were to be taken seriously. If someone used Berserker, it was a good bet they were overconfident (back in the day. Now I’ve seen some very good Berserkers these days. Players have learned how to use them.).
Hunters had that mystery about them.
I use every class myself, to keep it interesting and keep both myself and FTs on our toes.
SCOUT PRED BEST PRED!!!
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The Humblest will agree and his word is Law as is the decree of he who is Humblest 😆
But in all seriousness it’s (Hunter) just a SOLID class all together if it had any of the other damage Specs it would be broken Buuuuuut its also, as said before, the default class so its the basis of everyone’s comparison because we all had to play it first (unless you went straight to a DLC Pred.)
And as the first Pred played usually it also has alot of everyones best early memories of playing the game and starting the climb and feeling it out ect. Which is IMO why its so highly regarded as "Best"
Personally I’ve been an Elder/Scout main pretty much the whole time, well at least since he (Elder) dropped that is, but I also use a Tactician build on my Hunter and win or lose I just like to be a jerk and trap and net the FT constantly 😆😂
