Why is the OP predators the only viable options

#1

Not sure if it’s just me I’m level 250 main Predator since ft started to feel like a hunt n less like a survival. Though as of late I usually find it utterly impossible even with a meta setup to run any other pred that’s not Mr. Black or berserker and play as cheesy and cowardly as possible…… there just doesn’t seem to be a counter play element for the predator in this game.

No real melee combat now that every survivor requires 8 hits till down sometimes 10 if they stem and hop out of ur melee range. Sure you can stop and spam a ranged weapon but how is that fun?….just turns into a fps at that point. Against any comprehensive team u get swamped in less than a second by two people because everyone uses the same two classes now. So u either use the same setup as every other predator or lose….there is no feeling that you are powerful at all really even w impen, iron, and protection. And the lack of a real melee combat system makes it feel as if ur defenseless against a 4 inch blade that does more damage than a wrist gauntlet I guess….

I understand noobs and all but when a single ft member has more health and damage output than the pred at that point u might as well go sit in the corner of the map lol. Because there’s 4 of them and they have coms and the only things that’s going to split up is your brain trying to crunch 1 guy before they leave in 3 minutes. Just makes me miss the older AVP titles tbh, you actually felt strong as a pred but still could be killed by an alien if you got careless or even the marine if they were quick enough plus there was a REAL melee combat system with light heavy and counter that depending on ur species would knock down an enemy.

They’ve already nerfed preds damage into the ground melee and ranged whilst not giving them any perks or equipment to combat UAV’s, anti cloak, headphones, rpg’s, non stop spotting. Plus now the humans seem to have better tech than the pred itself. Sure u can win, against the brain dead people who wonder off dooming themselves but your still gonna lose that fat chunk of health in the process. Idk if I’m gonna be this pressed in a predator game I’ll just go back to dbd lol thoughts?

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#2

Pretty much go back to dbd lol.

Unless you adapt to how you HAVE to play (not what you’re SUPPOSED to), then you should drop the game. Because eventually it just won’t be fun anymore. You’ll either get very bored after awhile, or get torn up by FTs. Melee is a death sentence from anyone not braindead, FT damage far outweighs Pred, even on a 1v1 scale, and it’s almost impossible to succeed using anything other than certain builds on certain classes. The game was made with a specific target audience in mind, so they buffed FT up so much that one person could carry the whole team.

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#3

That’s just a shame though that the AVP titles have a better game base than this game which is a decade later…… but yea I suppose ur right. It’s like they are forcing all the pred players to play a specific way but that way just isn’t satisfying enough r fun and half the time the entire team will leave the lobby n you just end up with bots.

#4

I’m sorry but did you just say Berserker and Mr.Black are OP?

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#5

They are the best base for builds yes. And raiden is my shit much luv 💯

#6

Berserker is actually considered Worst Predator by the community at large (and for good reason) while Black is decent enough/good at best. If you wanted “OP” Predators, take a look at Cleopatra.

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#7

Her too but u get what I’m trying to say my guy. I’ve actually made old fatty boi work better than the hunter tbh

#8

Of course.

I hope Illfonic takes a look at the entire balance come next patches but I honestly doubt they will.

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#9

Me too that’s y I just went n started playing the 2010 avp release again. Scrambles my brain how a game so old has so much more to offer

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#10

Yeah that’s actually incredible that a twelve years old game can be almost as good as some 2020 games. Am I the only person waiting for a sequel ???😂🤔

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#11

Brotha I have been praying to Jesus that fox picks the license back up every night since this game came out. And I’m fuckin agnostic 😂😂💯

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#12

You just either adapt to the way the game is to win or you give up and play something else.

The best Predator classes are really Hunter/JH/Captured, City Hunter, Cleopatra and if you are looking for a very cautious plasma ranged build Elder, judging by the way you describe your play style.

The best Predator weapons are Smart Disc, Yautja Bow, Combistick, and Plasma Pistol at the moment. I tend to use Smart Disc and Yautja Bow as the two best options, however you can always change it up every now and then between those combinations.


Samhain’s video explains a lot in depth about the classes, but since then we have of course got Wolf, Mr Black, Falconer etc and Cleopatra’s sprint speed has been buffed to the same as a normal Hunter

Some of my videos may help you in terms of seeing how meta Predator weapons are typically used and how the best Fireteams play against them and how they function


I hope I’ve been of help.
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#13

I’ll check u out n give u a sub fam appreciate yuh. I’m just disappointed here,

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#14

Thank you mate. And yeah the game used to be way more balanced but now Pred mains like us have to go full tryhard mode to win against every good team pretty much these days😂

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#15

Like ide LOVE to main falconer but yuhkno pew pew 🤣🤣🤯 I’ve been using elder plasma setup n cleo n mr black but when I use those two pub matches usually leave as soon as they see the name

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#16

Yeah most people leave the lobby against me too it’s really annoying. But yeah if you just want to go with a ranged plasma setup I recommend either Elder Stalker, Smart Disc and either bow or plasma pistol, and then use the perks Dithered lens, Down range, and adrenal boost.

Or alternatively due to his insane energy reserves, you could use Wolf Assassin, Dithered lens down range and energy cell and just fire off caster from miles away😂. Depending on what platform you play on, you may have to adapt to different playstyles. I’m playing on PS5

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#17

Let’s just put it this way as to why the game is what it is.

You load into a lobby with 3 players and one brain dead bot, and that brain dead bot is more a menace to you than the other three players. This is pretty much 90% of public matches

Unfair? Surely, but the game has been balanced around potatoes.

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#18

Nah I just went back to DBD and it’s way less fun and way worse than it was 6 months ago, it’s bonkers. Game is ass

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#19

You can play your own way as pred.
I am also Pred main and I have seen from the best Pred players out there, that against deathsquads, the less risky approach is to use the smartdisk.

But personaly I dont like the idea because it turns the game into a frisbee simulator and also I like to have the option to play the game my way.

So I go for Scout disciplined mainly and against non premades as Hunter to give them a small help locating me by my clicks, especially if its a night level.

I for example do use melee attacks, even as a scout, but only in combination with a netgun and if possible on an FT member that is isolated, otherwise its suicide.

As I ve said before this game should have a smart system of acknowledging the levels of the predator and the FT members and raise the skill set of the predator accordingly (no clicks, more perk slots, more equipment, less noisy footsteps etc)

It could be based on the fireteam’s collective stats, such as:
current level,
hours played,
number of victories/ loses,
how many times the FT members have played together in a team,
if they use mics or not etc etc.

P.S. Oh! And the counter to Predator’s melee taking such a huge chunk of health out of the Pred instead of just stalling him and giving the FT member that is being attacked a less deadly blow, is just stupid.

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#20

Well, I’ll be the piss on your Corn Flakes and let you know that Disney owns Fox. Every division except the news division. That’s Star Wars, X-Men films, Alien, Predator, etc. They’ve bought up most of the IPs Warner Bros doesn’t have already. And they don’t even do stuff with most of them because they don’t know what to do with R-rated sci-fi horror franchises. So they sit on them so no one else with a good idea can do anything either. Them owning Star Wars is one thing, because it’s an all ages IP, but them owning Alien and Pred makes no sense. They SHOULD license it out to Blumhouse or something.

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