a guide for predator hunting ground

[el crabo.7]

because i don't have the game on steam i can't create a guide as i would like so i will post it ir (if you are interested you can post it in the guide category)

let me introduce myself, I am elcrabo I have been playing this game since it came out and I decided to make the most complete tutorial possible because the game is totally lacking one and it would need one because predator hunting ground is a good game more complex than it seems and having to learn the hard way by playing the game blind is sometimes complicated and repulsive for new players.
this tutorial will deal with commando gameplay if you are interested in predator gameplay I advise you to take a look at my other tutorial dealing with predator gameplay (not done yet) this tutorial addresses different major points of the game that I have therefore roughly grouped together in 6 part
PART I) moving across the map and how to do the mission well
PART II)how to be sneaky
PART III) the reinforcement
PART IV)the exfiltration
PART V) how to spot the predator
PART VI) the different classes of commandos

to start predator hunting ground is an asymmetrical game pitting 4 commandos against 1 predator. In your commando your goal is to accomplish before all your mission and to exfiltrate with the helicopter in time.

PART I) moving across the map and do the mission

to achieve this goal teamwork is essential. stay together and pay attention to your team's ping (and don't forget to ping what you spot so your team is aware) and what surrounds you. go from goal to goal, paying attention to the noise you make. can hear (the predator makes easily recognizable noises that will let you know in which direction it is and roughly how far away it is) it is better to avoid fights with the predator in the middle of the jungle because the many obstacles reduce your field of vision and the mobility of the predator allow it to take full advantage in this kind of terrain where it is difficult to keep an eye on it. It's interesting to know that when you are in the chopper at the start of the game , you can watch what kind of predator you are going to face if you look at the map which affich also the fireteam class with the predator class rush towards the objectives which are very often in bases which are much more open spaces with buildings and covers which will help you to stand up to the predator. When arriving at a base remember to always eliminate all AIs and do not let them sound the alarm, if the alarm sounds reinforcements will arrive and you will complicate the task and fight the predator while a horde of AI attacks you, can be very quickly complicated (the sound of gunfire hides the sounds of the predator who can perfectly take advantage of this to attack you without your allies noticing it, or the ai can hurt you while you try to keep an eye on the predator that you have spotted) moreover if the predator had not spotted you yet it will hear the sound of the alarm and in which direction it is coming. in each base you can see exploding barrels spread around a bit everywhere, a predator shot while you were nearby can knock you down instantly so it's worth destroying them when you arrive if you don't mind giving your location to the predator (in general a good predator will always find you )moreover in each base you will find some supply there is medikit that you can find don't forget to ping them to mark them on the mini-map like this everyone can see it. There is sometime ammo crate those are the most precious supplu you can find on a map there is only 3 bags so maybe not everyone can take one but they refill all your ammo and important part ,they refill some equipement , for exemple they give you back one healing syringe or one grenade , so do not use them as soon you see a ammo crate unless you already need to refill . There is actualy way to many player who take them for no reason even if they are full because the game just started so ping them to mark them and maybe you will be able to comeback later to refill your precious healing syringe . the scanning drone ,which is an equipement that cost 5 point and can't be refilled when used reveal all interesting thing in the area such as veritanium, healing kit, ammo crate , OWLF tapes and even the predator for a seconde if he was in the area .When you arrive at the place of the objective do not waste time if the predator has not yet found you do all that I mentioned and especially do the mission as quickly as possible, be careful not to work on the same goal as an ally, it's wasted time and you are both in danger if the predator is near. distribute the spots to finish them quickly, cover your allies who make an objective in the openfield and stay close to objects that require someone to stay close (it sound dumb but it happen realy often that no one care about it and you will loose a lof time because of it). be carefull about predator's traps ,they are doing a specific noise that can help you to notice them moreover you can also see them and destroy them by shooting at the cloudy area (very similar to the predator when it is camouflaged) it creates .

PART II) How to be sneaky

It is possible to delay the time before the predator finds you by remaining stealthy. Put mud when you can (be careful before you get into the predator as you are vulnerable while you do so if you hear any noises from the predator be careful if you want to get mud) and used silencers , the silencers reduce the noises that your weapons produce, for the predator this means that it will not receive any notification that it is in thermal mink that it would normally have. however, silencers do less damage and are rarely used by the whole team. It may therefore be preferable not to use it if all the team does not use it, but keep in mind that a silencer will make you less visible to the predator so even if your team does not use it you can take the opportunity to play more quietly. It is difficult for the predator to spot a commando shooting at you with a silencer, and even more so if it has mud on it and this cover (used suitable camouflage and stuck to trees while crouching or in you concealing in thickets, what's more it's important to mention that movement attracts attention by standing still in and under cover) and avoids drawing attention to yourself while your allies grab their attention. You can easily notice that one of your allies is being attacked by the predator just with the noise the predator makes and by keeping an eye on your allies' health bars and the mini map you can quickly spot which of them. is in danger and rush to help him.

PART III) the reinforcement

if one of your allies dies, it is not over for him. after a while you will have the possibility to call for reinforcements thanks to a radio placed somewhere on the map. It is important to note that the radio spawns from the start of the game, you can spot it perfectly even before you need it .This can allow you to get there even before you can call in reinforcements and therefore before you can. it is not indicated to you on the map which saves you a lot of time and greatly increases your chance of calling in reinforcements without the predator killing you if you have bothered to get muddy and you have been discreet (keep in mind that if you are able to know where the radio is even before it is indicated to you, the same goes for the predator so pay attention to this and be careful of the potential trap that the predator may have posed in advance) it can sometimes be interesting to discreetly abandon your allies if you see that the predator is slaughtering your team to go and hide near the radio while waiting to be able to call reinforcements and possibly be able to take dre your revenge on the predator.

PART IV) the exfiltration

Once a mission is over, all you have to do is escape by going to the indicated extraction location and wait for the helicopter to arrive. Once the helicopter is called, the predator will have a notification giving it your location to try to eliminate you before you leave so make sure you go see it and have to fight it. So remember to cut down all the ai that spawn there to avoid having too many when the predator attacks you. practically all extractions take place at edges of the map so the directions the predator can come in are reduced, keeping an eye on the horizon, seeing it coming can give you a clear advantage. Finally when the chopper arrives pay attention one last time to the predator, he may be waiting for you to start climbing the rope to attack which may cause the unfortunate death of one of your allies that he has knocked down. while you go. If there aren't many of you and you don't think you can hold a fight with the predator, you can try to call the helicopter and go and hide a little further. Indeed once the helicopter arrives you have about twenty seconds to take the rope which gives you a chance to dark towards the rope and run away if the predator is not reactive enough or if it has not trapped the area moreover they will tend to assault the predator if they spot it which can offer you a distraction to reach the rope. One last important point do not spam smoke grenade if you don't have thermal decoy , the smoke do not prevent the predator to see you thanks to his thermal vision so be aware of it (this tips for every part of the mission)

PART V) how to spot the predator

There are different ways to spot the predator. First of all as I mentioned before the predator all makes a bunch of noises. You can hear the clicks of his voice which will tell you the direction and distance the predator is at. The predator makes loud footsteps when running near you this can save your life letting you realize that it is rushing at you. both activating and deactivating predator camouflage have distinct noises that let you know when it is camouflaged and when it is not in addition to providing direction to the predator. the activation of thermal vision also has a discrete noise so be careful when you hear it because the predator is looking to find you for sure, what is more when the predator activates or deactivates it his eyes light up and turn yellow which can allow you to spot the predator because no matter the distance or if the predator is immobile (which makes it totally invisible when it is camouflaged) its eyes will be visible for the space of a second which can allow it to be spotted. Finally the predator makes particular noises depending on the surfaces on which it moves (metallic noises if it walks on a building for example) you can hear the branches that broken or the wood bent under its weight when it moves on the branches, what's more when the predator moves in the trees you can spot where it is obviously paying attention to the noise to know the direction but also to what you see, a predator moving on a branch will drop leaves or even move branch . A wounded predator bleeds and you can watch the blood trail to see where it's gone if you want to hunt it down. you can even see some blood mark appear which mean the predator is right there .however the predator has sound decoys which produce these same noises as well as commando dialogues, and predator roars, these peculiarities are what will allow you to tell the difference between a sound decoy and the real predator (a predator does no reason to use the roar emote all like using commando dialogues) Sound decoys are destructible so if you find one destroy it.

PART VI) the different classes of commandos

to finish this tutorial I will talk about the different classes of the game and their specificity. Although the commandos are similar, each class has advantages and weaknesses which make certain gameplay possible on certain class. I will not address the dlc classes of the game as well as the owlf agent (if you want I will do it later)

assault is the basic commando of the game, it is very versatile thanks to its good amount of perk and equipment and its decent stats in all categories which allows you to do whatever you want (which makes of him our benchmark value for comparisons with other classes). however assault is particularly good at dealing damage thanks to the many damage buff it has (and especially with assault rifles) however you can change your specialization to increase your damage with explosives if you want to play spear -roquette or grenade launcher.

the ranger is overall less tanky than the assault and it cannot carry a lot of equipment (only 8 which hardly allows you to take the care syringe which is essential and a little extra), however it is more mobile and has the most perk points offering him the possibility of taking several expensive perk and making a build to your liking. However the ranger is above all a class made to serve as a sniper its specialization goes in this direction as well as its class assets which allow it to mark a predator longer if you ping it and to put the mud faster and to keep it longer. It is important to note that the class strengths are cumulative, if you take pig in ♥♥♥♥ you will put the mud even faster and all of it will stay much longer, if you take tracker you will further extend the time that a predator is tagged. if you ping it (in this case the marking for about 8 seconds !!!). There is no better user of sniper riffle than him +those weapon are the best to destoy the bio-mask of the predator and without it the predator loses his thermal vision and his detector to know where are the fireteam also his plasma caster become almost useless because it does not have any more designation for aimed (which also makes it more discreet) finally without mask the predator obviously takes more damage of headhsot.

the scout is the fastest character in the game and by far his class strengths also go in this direction and gives him buffs during and at the end of his sprints. The role of a scout is therefore to take advantage of this great mobility compared to his allies. It is typically perfect for chasing the predator in second wind or if you know it is going to heal or eat a pig. he can take advantage of this speed to flank the predator but also he is very good at fleeing, if the fight turns to your disadvantage and your team is dying, flee and darken discreetly for reinforcements. It can therefore be interesting with the scout of take perks that increase your mobility even more like Iron Lungs (which increases your stamina as well as its regeneration) and Double Time (which further increases your speed) the scout has a good amount of perk points (12) by taking both perks that I just mentioned you still have 6 points left to take whatever you want or just do a totally different build. The scout has very little equipment (only 6 points) in addition to his 2 syringes he cannot take much more so it can be interesting to take Gearhead which allows you to have a third of your precious syringes , you can also take Thick Skin to have as many hit points as the assault. In short, the scout has a lot of possibilities in relation to his choices of perk. The scout's specializations are clear and precise, however I would like to focus on the specialiastion which increases the ammunition and the damage inflicted with pistols, the scout is perfect if you want to play a pistollero take the 2XL with in addition the perk Yautja's Bane and your pistol bullets will hurt the predator like hell but be carefull the scout is squishy

support is the last class we'll cover. As his name suggests, he brings a lot of usefulness to his team. this is the character with the most health points in the game which can make him a good tank for the team (a predator who rushes body to body against a support has a high chance of being dead before kill the support if his team reacts regardless of the amount of damage the support can inflict itself while the predator hits it). He has the greatest amount of equipment points (15) which allows him to take a lot of supply for his team, he can for example take ammunition kits as well as care kits in addition to his own care syringe .the class strengths of the support also bring even more utility for his team and his class specialization too (he probably has the best of the field medic game which allows to raise in 2 seconds an ally on the ground and to return him a a little more life, coupled with the tankiness of the support, it is perfect for rushing to quickly raise its allies who would have been half ashore in the open which most of the time is a death penalty if there is nowhere to put it in cover or if your allies cannot repel the predator) the support however has faults it is the slowest class in the game and has the least endurance, it is often behind its team if it do not pay attention to slow down a bit for him. He also has very few perk points (6) offering him few possibilities (I personally like using Weapons Training with Quick Release and Fast Hands using the RP-103 which means that the support is a source of significant damage while it is resistant)

if you have other question do not hesitate to ask them and if you think i have forgotten someting (for exempleI didn't give much advice on how to track down and kill the predator (which didn't seem particularly necessary to me, there are some things that are better to find out for yourself and with all the info I gave you already have a lot of info in the end on this subject)