Illfonic has just released Patch 2.11 for Predator: Hunting Grounds which features general fixes, sees the Predator’s armour increased, a new Predator perk and the Viking Predator’s Battle Axe now unlockable for everyone at level 85.
The new patch also gives the Fireteam a brand new class, the OWLF Operative, for free, along with the new weapons Plasma Rifle Prototype, a Proximity Detector Launcher and a new gear, the EMP Mine!
The OWLF has opened up their R&D department to give you new toys. All players can now enjoy a new OWLF class unlocked at level 40 and multiple weapons as part of the free update. All players will also now be able to unlock the Battle Axe at level 85 which came with our Viking Predator update in October.
We are adding a new OWLF Operative class, built with one job in mind, to take down the Predator in combat. Equipped with a thermal suit, the soldier's infrared signature will be difficult for all to track. This power player will not need to mud up much, if at all.
New weapons include:
- Proximity Detector Launcher – PDL (Level 43 Unlock): Using modified Predator technology, the OWLF retrofit a grenade launcher to fire proximity sensing mines. This new tool allows them to turn the tables on a Predator and become the hunter.
- Electromagnetic Pulse – EMP Mine (Level 80 Unlock): The OWLF whipped up this modified – EMP mine to interact with Predator tech. When triggered, it will knock out a Predator's cloak and send their whole system into overload.
- Plasma Rifle (Level 135 Unlock): Fresh out of the OWLF's R&D department, this projectile-based weapon fires a concentrated, explosive, plasma-energy round at a high velocity. Fully automatic, energy-based, with a venting process to reload the plasma shots.
In addition to the new free swag, the Holiday paid DLC is also now available which features a new character, Dante "Beast Mode" Jefferson, who is voiced by and modelled on American footballer Marshawn Lynch.
Recruited into a special ops group early in his military career, Dante "Beast Mode" Jefferson earned a reputation for ruthless ferocity in combat. Using his signature explosive weaponry, Dante led his team through multiple missions worldwide with incomparable success. During one covert mission in the jungles of Thailand, his team was hunted by a Predator. He watched as his team was dragged off one by one and slaughtered. Dante was forced to hunt the killer on his own, and with a well-placed B34S-T rocket, managed to destroy the Predator, leaving no trace. After calling for an exfil, Dante was picked up and flown to an undisclosed location, finding himself face to face with Dutch, who had an offer: join his team...
So, he did.
The Beast Mode DLC also comes with early access to the B34S-T, Predator: Hunting Ground’s first rocket launcher. It will be available as an unlockable for everyone else when the next update drops in February.
The full patch notes can be found below.
General
- Fixed an issue where CrossPlay Linked Accounts that were searching for coming out of a Quickplay match would sometimes become stuck in the "Connecting" state
- Fixed an issue where match can become desynced when host pauses during cinematic
- Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes have their full head covering display incorrectly
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur when using the Field Syrette and another item in a specific way
Clash
- Fixed an issue where the Predator selection countdown would sometimes display an incorrect timer
Fireteam
- General
- Fixed an issue where the Fireteam weapons and perks may sometimes reset after round cycling
- Fixed an issue where the minimap icons would sometimes appear to be inconsistent between teammates
- Fixed an issue where firing an impact grenade from the Hammerhead would cause the ammo functionality to change when playing as the support class
- Gear
- Grenade
- Fixed an issue where the grenade projectile would not deal direct damage
- Fixed an issue where the animation would not play correctly when throwing a grenade while crouched
- Weapons
- General
- Significantly increased max range of all shotguns
- CS-12
- Increased damage of close ranged shots
- Increased ammo pickups
- Significantly increased max ammo
- XDB-12
- Reduced damage
- Hammerhead
- Reduced magazine size for grenade launcher attachment
- Mercenary ('87)
- Reduced magazine size for grenade launcher attachment
- Grimtech 19
- Increased damage
- Increased ammo pickups
- 1011-12
- Increased ammo pickups
- D34-D
- Increased damage
- Reduced splash damage range
- Reduced ammo pickups
Predator
- General
- Increased armor of all Predators
- Fixed an issue where the "Want some candy?" VO could be heard from anywhere on the map
- Fixed an issue where the dead boar icons were smaller than intended on the minimap
- Fixed an issue where the Predator was not holding weapons correctly in the loadout screen
- Perks
- [NEW] Ironside (Level 80)
- Take reduced damage from behind while moving, healing, claiming, or performing a stealth kill
- Dithered Lens
- Increased cost from 2 to 5
- Modified Reserves
- Significantly increased energy regeneration gained from Modified Reserves
- Impenetrable Resistance
- Significantly increased the amount of damage resistance gained from Impenetrable Resistance
- Increased cost from 5 to 6
- Gear
- Audio Decoy
- Added Predator healing sounds
- Added Predator eating sounds
- Removed Predator pouncing sounds
- Weapons
- Plasma Caster
- Reduced energy cost of fully charged Plasma Caster shots
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Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:09:24 PM
Not Ventura. Not Weathers. Not Busey or Glover or Brody or Braga. They bring in an American Football player who's not even universally liked by NFL football fans as the new DLC?
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Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 08, 2020, 04:11:30 PM
I genuinely think the idea of introducing new named characters/classes is pretty good (can take or leave who he is modelled on/performed by), but I'm just too bothered at the lack of maps with each content drop.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 08, 2020, 04:11:30 PM
I genuinely think the idea of introducing new named characters/classes is pretty good (can take or leave who he is modelled on/performed by), but I'm just too bothered at the lack of maps with each content drop.
Quote from: Sol on Dec 08, 2020, 04:11:12 PMQuote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:09:24 PM
Not Ventura. Not Weathers. Not Busey or Glover or Brody or Braga. They bring in an American Football player who's not even universally liked by NFL football fans as the new DLC?
https://media.tenor.com/images/a8c4fd7cd865592d7855c7469f771ac4/tenor.gif
I hear ya. I would say it was because those characters are dead, but they brought back Jungle and City Hunter skins, and an de-aged Dutch.
QuoteBtw, I really like your signature. lol Gives me life everytime I see it.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:22:46 PM
After Dutch 87 I would think any character, dead or alive, should be game.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 08, 2020, 04:05:38 PM
*looks longingly at February for his big map drop instead*
I'm really pleased to see the new OWLF class and weapons (wtf to Beast Mode though ??? ), but I was really hoping for a couple of maps. The lack of maps is still such a bad thing for this game.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:09:24 PM
Not Ventura. Not Weathers. Not Busey or Glover or Brody or Braga. They bring in an American Football player who's not even universally liked by NFL football fans as the new DLC?
https://media.tenor.com/images/a8c4fd7cd865592d7855c7469f771ac4/tenor.gif
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:22:46 PMQuote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 08, 2020, 04:11:30 PM
I genuinely think the idea of introducing new named characters/classes is pretty good (can take or leave who he is modelled on/performed by), but I'm just too bothered at the lack of maps with each content drop.
But Mashawn Lynch? It may be worse if you are very familiar with him. At least it is for me. He's become a real character in sports. So they took his "Beast Mode" American Football play nickname and made a character around it?
Quote from: Kailem on Dec 08, 2020, 08:40:51 PM
The new OWLF character sounds cool though. I'm interested to see what sort of balancing they've done with him to counter him needing to never, or almost never, mud up. Maybe his health sucks or he moves really slowly? And some new weapons and gear, too! That's certainly more than I was expecting for this update, to be honest. Looking forward to trying out that plasma rifle.
QuoteBut yeah like Hicks said, they seriously need more maps. It's been one of the biggest flaws of the game since launch. Ultimately they can add as many new characters as they like, but unless they give us more maps it's still just going to feel like we're doing exactly the same things we've been doing a million times already; because we are.
Even the new map they put out the other month had some of the shine taken off of it by reusing so many mission objectives from other maps and only having a few that were unique to that one. It's just a shame it looks like it's going to be February at the earliest before we might see another one.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 08, 2020, 04:09:24 PM
Not Ventura. Not Weathers. Not Busey or Glover or Brody or Braga. They bring in an American Football player who's not even universally liked by NFL football fans as the new DLC?
https://media.tenor.com/images/a8c4fd7cd865592d7855c7469f771ac4/tenor.gif
Quote from: Kailem on Dec 08, 2020, 08:40:51 PM
The new OWLF character sounds cool though. I'm interested to see what sort of balancing they've done with him to counter him needing to never, or almost never, mud up. Maybe his health sucks or he moves really slowly? And some new weapons and gear, too! That's certainly more than I was expecting for this update, to be honest. Looking forward to trying out that plasma rifle.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 09, 2020, 06:28:38 AM
I haven't had the chance to play, but from what I remember looking at yesterday, he had pretty low health? Not quite as low as the scout, but 2 bars maybe?
Quote from: Bug hunt wilson on Dec 09, 2020, 02:29:29 PM
Have you guys heard about the predator coming to fortnite I hope it's not true because the average fortnite player is 5 to 8 months in the womb old
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 09, 2020, 06:28:38 AM
And that's if we even see one. And if we don't, I will just be so disappointed. I said when the game came out that 3 maps wasn't enough. And when I do play I don't see that new map that often. It needs a good drop of maps. So badly.
Quote from: Bug hunt wilson on Dec 09, 2020, 02:29:29 PM
Have you guys heard about the predator coming to fortnite I hope it's not true because the average fortnite player is 5 to 8 months in the womb old
Quote from: Bug hunt wilson on Dec 09, 2020, 04:00:58 PM
Why though the fortnite audience is real young and fortnite proably the most violently game they proably played I get the fact they trying to get a new generation of fans but I don't think this is the way to do it
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 09, 2020, 06:28:38 AMQuote from: Kailem on Dec 08, 2020, 08:40:51 PM
The new OWLF character sounds cool though. I'm interested to see what sort of balancing they've done with him to counter him needing to never, or almost never, mud up. Maybe his health sucks or he moves really slowly? And some new weapons and gear, too! That's certainly more than I was expecting for this update, to be honest. Looking forward to trying out that plasma rifle.
I haven't had the chance to play, but from what I remember looking at yesterday, he had pretty low health? Not quite as low as the scout, but 2 bars maybe?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 09, 2020, 06:28:38 AMAnd that's if we even see one. And if we don't, I will just be so disappointed. I said when the game came out that 3 maps wasn't enough. And when I do play I don't see that new map that often. It needs a good drop of maps. So badly.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 09, 2020, 03:00:03 PMPlaying as one of the OWLF commandos was fun. And hot damn is that plasma rifle a blast to use. It just feels good using it.
That EMP mine I have to figure out however. I guess the Predator has to step on it? I need more time to figure it all out.
Quote from: Mr.Turok on Dec 09, 2020, 08:58:17 PM
Lynch's health is actually 160, maybe you just were playing with a bad player?
Quote from: Kailem on Dec 09, 2020, 08:28:01 PM
I'd like to know what his thermal signature looks like from the Predator's point of view, as the description is a little inconsistent with it's "he might not need to ever mud up" wording. Can he be seen or not? Gonna have to play some Predator matches and hopefully find out.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 10, 2020, 06:01:20 PMQuote from: Kailem on Dec 09, 2020, 08:28:01 PM
I'd like to know what his thermal signature looks like from the Predator's point of view, as the description is a little inconsistent with it's "he might not need to ever mud up" wording. Can he be seen or not? Gonna have to play some Predator matches and hopefully find out.
A player posted this helpful nugget in one of the game's Facebook Groups.
Top, then left to right.
1. Nothing.
2. Mud
3. Ice Cold Perk.
4. Ice Cold Perk and Mud.
(https://i.ibb.co/M13TTxq/Screenshot-20201209-160615-Facebook.png)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 08, 2020, 04:05:38 PM
*looks longingly at February for his big map drop instead*
I'm really pleased to see the new OWLF class and weapons (wtf to Beast Mode though ??? ), but I was really hoping for a couple of maps. The lack of maps is still such a bad thing for this game.
Quote from: Kailem on Dec 09, 2020, 09:45:05 PMQuote from: Mr.Turok on Dec 09, 2020, 08:58:17 PM
Lynch's health is actually 160, maybe you just were playing with a bad player?
It's the OWLF guy that has low health. I've not unlocked the DLC guy.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 09, 2020, 03:00:03 PM
The rocket launcher? I have to test it more so the jury is still out with that one.
Playing as one of the OWLF commandos was fun. And hot damn is that plasma rifle a blast to use. It just feels good using it.
That EMP mine I have to figure out however. I guess the Predator has to step on it? I need more time to figure it all out.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 10, 2020, 06:01:20 PMQuote from: Kailem on Dec 09, 2020, 08:28:01 PM
I'd like to know what his thermal signature looks like from the Predator's point of view, as the description is a little inconsistent with it's "he might not need to ever mud up" wording. Can he be seen or not? Gonna have to play some Predator matches and hopefully find out.
A player posted this helpful nugget in one of the game's Facebook Groups.
Top, then left to right.
1. Nothing.
2. Mud
3. Ice Cold Perk.
4. Ice Cold Perk and Mud.
(https://i.ibb.co/M13TTxq/Screenshot-20201209-160615-Facebook.png)
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 10, 2020, 06:01:20 PMQuote from: Kailem on Dec 09, 2020, 08:28:01 PM
I'd like to know what his thermal signature looks like from the Predator's point of view, as the description is a little inconsistent with it's "he might not need to ever mud up" wording. Can he be seen or not? Gonna have to play some Predator matches and hopefully find out.
A player posted this helpful nugget in one of the game's Facebook Groups.
Top, then left to right.
1. Nothing.
2. Mud
3. Ice Cold Perk.
4. Ice Cold Perk and Mud.
(https://i.ibb.co/M13TTxq/Screenshot-20201209-160615-Facebook.png)