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Clown Exploit

slingshotsurvivor
slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
edited July 2018 in General Discussions
Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 

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  • RuneStarr
    RuneStarr Member Posts: 850

    Wait, that does more than make him dance?! Oh god, I'm sorry survivors, I didn't mean to exploit, I just wanted to do a happy clown dance for you :(

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    I meant hack aka Definition: a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently.
    "there's one easy hack to avoid the eight dollar popcorn trap: eat before you get to the theater" OR "He's such a hack" 
  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    edited July 2018
    Lol you are triggered by a word. Yet you didn't even read what was written. So you must agree then since you entirely ignored the issue. 
  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    Lol you are triggered by a word. Yet you didn't even read what was written. So you must agree then since you entirely ignored the issue. 

    The issue is relevant, but calling it a "hack" is going to undermine its significance.

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    Orion said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    I meant hack aka Definition: a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently."there's one easy hack to avoid the eight dollar popcorn trap: eat before you get to the theater" OR "He's such a hack" 

    Hacking in video games doesn't mean that, and you know it. Stop pretending otherwise.

    Oh but it does Hence the definition. 

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    Orion said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    Lol you are triggered by a word. Yet you didn't even read what was written. So you must agree then since you entirely ignored the issue. 

    The issue is relevant, but calling it a "hack" is going to undermine its significance.

    Thank you English is not my first language so this criticism was helpful. Do you know how I may change the title to reflect better? 
  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    slingshotsurvivor said:
    Orion said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    Lol you are triggered by a word. Yet you didn't even read what was written. So you must agree then since you entirely ignored the issue. 

    The issue is relevant, but calling it a "hack" is going to undermine its significance.

    Thank you English is not my first language so this criticism was helpful. Do you know how I may change the title to reflect better? 
    I found it. Ty
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  • deadwolfwalking
    deadwolfwalking Member Posts: 624

    @Orion said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    I meant hack aka Definition: a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently."there's one easy hack to avoid the eight dollar popcorn trap: eat before you get to the theater" OR "He's such a hack" 

    Hacking in video games doesn't mean that, and you know it. Stop pretending otherwise.

    she was misled since the clown has a 'hacking' cough.... XD

  • Paddy4583
    Paddy4583 Member Posts: 864
    slingshotsurvivor said:
    I meant hack aka Definition: a strategy or technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently.
    "there's one easy hack to avoid the eight dollar popcorn trap: eat before you get to the theater" OR "He's such a hack" 
    I’m pretty sure 
    He’s a hack
    and a life hack are very different.

    never heard the phrase They’re a hack, to mean they make life easier lol.
  • Claudette_Baguette
    Claudette_Baguette Member Posts: 567

    what is the exploit? faced many clowns and didnt see anything suspicious.

  • Paddy4583
    Paddy4583 Member Posts: 864
    Claudette_Baguette said:

    what is the exploit? faced many clowns and didnt see anything suspicious.

    His animation makes it look like he’s moving at a faster speed, I’m not sure they actually are though.
  • OakLestat
    OakLestat Member Posts: 125

    Never heard of this but it doesn't seem to actually work

  • ripinchaos
    ripinchaos Member Posts: 2
    So I guess I'll leave a comment here explaining how it works. If the clown isn't running add-ons it doesn't speed him up but changes the animation and he looks faster but is still moving the same. However if the clown is running VHS porn and/or smelly insoles his movement speed goes up about 30% when starting and ending the reload animation, and if he spams L1 while missing a bottle he moves about 25-30% faster than base speed depending on how fast they spam it. As far as I know the problem is contained on PS4 as that was the console it was discovered and shared on.
  • thekiller490490
    thekiller490490 Member Posts: 1,164
    Thanks for letting me know about this. ;)
  • Digwiid
    Digwiid Member Posts: 311

    Id doubt he's actually moving faster, it just probably feels like that since his walking cycle is being interrupted by the bottle reload animation. If anything he's going slower since by design he's supposed to be slower while reloading bottles.

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    ripinchaos said:
    So I guess I'll leave a comment here explaining how it works. If the clown isn't running add-ons it doesn't speed him up but changes the animation and he looks faster but is still moving the same. However if the clown is running VHS porn and/or smelly insoles his movement speed goes up about 30% when starting and ending the reload animation, and if he spams L1 while missing a bottle he moves about 25-30% faster than base speed depending on how fast they spam it. As far as I know the problem is contained on PS4 as that was the console it was discovered and shared on.
    Yes exactly! 
  • RSB
    RSB Member Posts: 2,258

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 

    It is a tactic, just like looping.

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 

    It is a tactic, just like looping.

    I wish it was however it ONLY works on PS4 and 25%-30% more speed on one platform isn't a tactic. 
  • RSB
    RSB Member Posts: 2,258

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:

    Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 

    It is a tactic, just like looping.

    I wish it was however it ONLY works on PS4 and 25%-30% more speed on one platform isn't a tactic. 

    Oh, only on PS4? Damn...

  • MasochistFreddyMain
    MasochistFreddyMain Member Posts: 42
    It is a console exclusive tactic. Kek. 

    I haven’t seen this yet on PS4 but I’ve seriously faced like 1 clown in the past week. More wraiths guess everyone is getting ready for the incoming buffs. 
  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:

    Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 

    It is a tactic, just like looping.

    I wish it was however it ONLY works on PS4 and 25%-30% more speed on one platform isn't a tactic. 

    Oh, only on PS4? Damn...

    Lol yeah ... Come over to Console! 😉
  • Just_Clown1n_Around
    Just_Clown1n_Around Member Posts: 41
    Hmmm, looks like I will be trying this out today. Clown you say? Nah I'm fast as ######### boi!!
  • Tizzle
    Tizzle Member Posts: 696

    @slingshotsurvivor said:
    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:

    RSB said:

    @slingshotsurvivor said:

Can we please fix spamming L1 to make the clown go faster? If we are fixing speed aka sprint burst this should be fixed as well. There are too many killers running agitation and exploiting this. 



It is a tactic, just like looping.

    I wish it was however it ONLY works on PS4 and 25%-30% more speed on one platform isn't a tactic. 

    Oh, only on PS4? Damn...

    Lol yeah ... Come over to Console! 😉

    It works exactly the same on PC.

  • slingshotsurvivor
    slingshotsurvivor Member Posts: 943
    Just_Clown1n_Around said:
    Hmmm, looks like I will be trying this out today. Clown you say? Nah I'm fast as [BAD WORD] boi!!
    😁 Work it! 😜