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Tunneling is not required to win.

It is the easiest and most optimal way, sure, but also the most braindead.

Can't believe you're getting downvotes when you're speaking hard facts. I think the problem is that some players don't want the game to simply slowdown, they want it to stop. So they can continue to waste time and play inefficiently, and still have it pay off. You are 100% correct that pressuring survivors slows the game down, and that's how it's intended to work. But you still need to play well to have good results. Sometimes your opponents will play better, and likely they will win as a result. That's PVP for you.

Ive had many matches lately, specifically in the past 2-3 days where there are hackers running rampant its so blatant that in one of my matches at the end a survivor said yeah they were hacking. Anyone else running into this? Should I not play on the steam client or is console pretty rough too?

Most common is just doing the wrong gens, resulting in the equivalent of a 3-gen.

My Theory is that they just have lower pick rates so the people that do play him are really good players combined with newer players not understanding powers as most killers on deadliest killer list have more complex powers.

Everyone that is on the most recent deadliest killer lists don't show up on most picked killers killers. (bar two who tied for 4th deadliest, blight at 8th picked and Ghoul in 1st picked, would also include them in only two not having a more complex power on the deadliest killer list)

You're 100% right, and this is part of a general trend of people describing things wrong in ways that make them less favorable to their side

A 40 second chase becomes 20 seconds when described by killer and 60 seconds when described by a survivor - this then becomes "i had a couple 20 second chases and 2 gens already popped, nerf gen speeds" for killers and "i had a full minute long chase and nobody popped any gens, why are my teammates useless" for survivors

2 flashlight saves that happen by coincidental proximity and a sabotage that delays a hook becomes "1 flashy save and a sabotage that didn't even do anything" when described by a survivor, or "an entire bully squad going out of their way to be as toxic as possible for the whole match" when described by killer

tbf I don't think people are intentionally lying about it, I just think maybe there's a subconscious bias towards building a negative narrative that skews how people perceive the events in the game

Chicken and Egg. Both issues cause and are caused by each other.

most killers are casuals, and yet still winning xd