Predator Missile

[Colour]

Suggestion type:
FGunZ


Suggestion title: Nerf Predator Missile


Suggestion description:
Like the title says, nerf the predator missile, everybody QQed about ownages being way too strong while they actually were not OP at all compared to the predator missile. 100 damage a missile at 600 delay is just crazy...

[Alpha]

It's already incredibly difficult to aim with a pred missile, 9/10 times you hit yourself.
Ownages and missiles are entirely different weapons, ownages are not well balanced as it is, let's start with them first.

[Colour]

It's already incredibly difficult to aim with a pred missile, 9/10 times you hit yourself.
Ownages and missiles are entirely different weapons, ownages are not well balanced as it is, let's start with them first.

Yet predator missiles have almost double the damage and half the delay of a normal rocket launcher....

[Noisia]

Personally i think the delay is fine, the damage could do with a tweak? (like 80 damage). Like Swept pointed out, it can be pretty hard to aim the predator rockets a lot of the time. The Predator only becomes over powered if you add [R] in my opinion. In addition, join rooms with [EX] if rockets are a problem. =]

[Alpha]

Yet predator missiles have almost double the damage and half the delay of a normal rocket launcher....

I think you're missing the point, it's incredibly difficult to aim with that kind of weapon when it comes from all sides. And unlike ownages, hitting yourself is devastating, which happens 8/10 times every time you shoot.

[Colour]

I think you're missing the point, it's incredibly difficult to aim with that kind of weapon when it comes from all sides. And unlike ownages, hitting yourself is devastating, which happens 8/10 times every time you shoot.

I hit myself a lot more with the normal rocket launcher, the only time I hit myself with a predator is when someone is putting effort in it by jumping behind me. (normal RL kills you if a person is only standing behind you, which happens a lot more often). Also the problem with [Ex] is that it disables grenades too which is a real downside in my opinion. Also hitting with a normal RL is even harder yet delay is a lot higher (2x) and damage lower (about 1.6-1.8x) which really unbalances the predator missile compared to all other donor weapons... it just doesn't make any sense to me.

[Alpha]

I hit myself a lot more with the normal rocket launcher, the only time I hit myself with a predator is when someone is putting effort in it by jumping behind me. (normal RL kills you if a person is only standing behind you, which happens a lot more often). Also the problem with [Ex] is that it disables grenades too which is a real downside in my opinion. Also hitting with a normal RL is even harder yet delay is a lot higher (2x) and damage lower (about 1.6-1.8x) which really unbalances the predator missile compared to all other donor weapons... it just doesn't make any sense to me.

I think the people who complain about predators are the same ones that I see in game who use a lot of 1 hit nades. I think that's one of the real reasons why you want to take it off.
1 hit nades should be removed.

[Michi]

Just leave the pred be, it's barely used nowa'days anyway. ;-;

[Colour]

Just leave the pred be, it's barely used nowa'days anyway. ;-;

Join an infected room without [Ex]-mod guarantuee you there are at least 3 preds in the room. That's how OP they are.

(off-topic: I don't use 1 hit kills, but I like nades to be used as a tactic to lure campers out of narrow spaces).

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Also agree on the 1 hit kill nades to be removed, they just make the game weird.

[Ommadawn]

I don't think that the predator missile should be nerfed. You barely see people use it anyways, so nerfing it won't make people to use it more.
I understand that people spam it in infected rooms with the roomtags [IA] and [R], but if its getting nerfed then you should just remove the item instead.