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Is it better to be toxic or stealthy?

MoodyFoodie
MoodyFoodie Member Posts: 5
in General Discussions

I'm a console player and I always see survivors having many different play styles. Mostly toxic and/or stealthy. I always wonder if it's better to play toxic or stealthy and what are the pros and cons doing it.

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  • xmenfanatic
    xmenfanatic Member Posts: 816

    I don’t see why you should have to pic, between the two alone. But if you’re genuinely limiting yourself to the two options, I think not playing toxic is the obvious answer figuring it’s....toxic. Play stealthy, and don’t be a jerk to other players

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    It looks good on your part when you actually outplay the killer, i.e use stealth.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    Stealth is the skillful way to play and the one less likely to result in a ######### game for everyone.

  • Sarief
    Sarief Member Posts: 543

    Play however you want as long as you gain points.

    If you don't gain points because you hide for 30 minutes in a glitch = you're doing something wrong

  • serabeth90
    serabeth90 Member Posts: 100
    edited September 2018
    Play however you want as long as you’re not a jerk. If you want to carry a flashlight and run around in the open and get chased, go ahead. Keep the teabagging to a minimum though, leave when the game is over and exit gates are open, and be a good sport and give the killer a “gg” whether or not he was able to catch you.

    If you want to play stealthy, also don’t be a jerk. If you are hiding in a locker the whole game and don’t help your team at all, you’re worse than the teabaggers. Choose perks that let you know when someone is in a chase, like bond or empathy, so you know when you can safely do generators. If your teammates have all been hooked 1-2 times and you have never been hooked, it’s your turn to do the next save (unless the killer is camping). 
  • Global
    Global Member Posts: 770

    stealth = a nurses calling, bbq, bitter murmur
    toxic = actually surviving

    Stealth isnt a good option in this game :)

  • KiraElijah
    KiraElijah Member Posts: 1,187
    TOxIc no MIThER
  • KiraElijah
    KiraElijah Member Posts: 1,187
    Tsulan said:
    Playing toxic might cause the killer to hold your hand, while you hang on the hook.
    Just saying.
    It gets scary on the hook, big brother is watching
  • KiraElijah
    KiraElijah Member Posts: 1,187
    RSB said:

    @Global said:
    stealth = a nurses calling, bbq, bitter murmur

    NC - do not be stupid and heal near the killer
    BBQ - really? I'v been playing stealthy versus a Doc with BBQ, done last 2 gens and escaped via hatch... Survivors claiming Stealth is not working are just unskilled.
    Bitter Murmur - don't do gens lol. Jokes aside - same with BBQ. And when the killer is in chase Bitter Murmur is useless for him.

    toxic = actually surviving

    If BM'ing, insulting, sandbagging etc. are the way to "survive", then I'm really sorry.

    Stealth isnt a good option in this game :)

    As to the @MoodyFoodie - play stealthy, you will be in the minority of skilled survivors in this game, and you will earn some respect from the killers. Remember, even if the killer finds you, there are big chances he will just let you escape, as the last person, because you were good, or at least do not camp, because you didn't act like a spoiled child.

    PS. "NO STEALTH BUILDZ, NOT WURGINK IN DIS GAIM" - UE, DwM, Lithe, IW/SC - and you have a very strong juke/stealth build. It will just rekt the new killer.

    I run into you a lot XD. Also, so true.

    But I’m a no mither by heart
  • CornChip
    CornChip Member Posts: 540
    edited September 2018
    Run bond for a few games and you will be insanely frustrated at seeing your team mates crouch walking and hiding in lockers across the map while you run the killer around.. Too much stealth accomplishes nothing 
  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @CornChip said:
    Run bond for a few games and you will be insanely frustrated at seeing your team mates crouch walking and hiding in lockers across the map while you run the killer around.. Too much stealth accomplishes nothing 

    Hiding when the enemy is not around you is not the same as stealth. Hiding accomplishes nothing. Stealth counters everything.

  • fakelove
    fakelove Member Posts: 82

    You should play how you're more comfortable with, if you like stealth go for it, on the other hand, if you like more 'action' go and try to buy your team some times by distracting the killer, but be nice and don't T-bag at every pallet, that's if you don't want to get camped which you'll most likely will anyway

  • Zarathos
    Zarathos Member Posts: 1,911
    A warning against stealthy playstyles if your team goes down fast you might want to take the aggro of the killer if you want to escape. I meet many incompetent survivours who at rank 1 do not know how to use the killers red stain in a chase and end up getting downed fast. Be wary of killers who are smart and will drop chases they will look for better places to chase you or deal with you later after your team is dead. The best advice i can offer in this situation is too get good at gen rushing if the killers ignoring you.

    Also toxic behaviour like t-bagging and clicking the flashlight easily alerts killers that your a bad idea to chase so if you want to aggro the killer stand in view of the killer but dont piss them off. Two reasons why. One you want to aggro the killer not aware him your a competent looper. Two if you continously piss of a killer they are more likely to facecamp you. 

    Go bold if your team needs it but work on all aspects of the game so you can get gens done fast if your team can handle the killer in a chase. 
  • Grimbergoth
    Grimbergoth Member Posts: 293

    Play whatever works best for you , but keep in mind that your style of play can and usually will effect the killers style . As a killer if the survivors are being toxic I will return the favor , as a survivor I act the same if the killer acts toxic I will return the favor . I have been known for letting the last survivor out the hatch if they play a fair game , have even went and knocked one down and carried them to the hatch because they wouldn't go near where I was standing . If the killer is guestering twards something and shaking their head up and down they are probably gonna let you leave because you played a good game reguardless of your skill .

  • TheLegendDyl4n1
    TheLegendDyl4n1 Member Posts: 1,493

    i always learned to be toxic and 360 (even on console it is possible) and never really learned to be stealthy mostly because of killers having bad internet on console. i see it being more worth while in the long run but i would rather run to a gen halfway across the map and risk the chance of being caught then just urban immersion all the way their in a matter of days. if the killer has good internet i usually can just juke but its hard when a leather face is teleporting faster than the nurse chasing the person who broke her ruin right next to her.

  • MegMain98
    MegMain98 Member Posts: 2,919

    What I learned when I was new to the game was the “toxic build” of Decisive Strike, Adrenaline, Sprint Burst, and Self Care which has been my main four perks on Meg for the longest time, it works for me. Although I don’t play like an ass and teabag at every pallet and flashlight click. Probably going to change DS for the new Deliverance perk when it releases.

    Although on Claudette I can be a little bit more of a stealthy ninja since she is already very hard to find. Self Care, Iron Will, Calm Spirit, and Quick and Quiet work very well on her and you can hide in the most obvious of places.

  • Milo
    Milo Member Posts: 7,383

    I always saw 4 like main character types:
    -The stealth bois
    -The runner bois
    -Both of the bois
    -Toxic that does everything in his/her power to annoy the killer