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Smear Hag Traps

ARatherStrangeKiller
ARatherStrangeKiller Member Posts: 101
edited April 2021 in Feedback and Suggestions

By far I think one of the more annoying aspects of Hag is you only have two inconsistent methods of dealing with her traps: either you trip them yourself or you use a flashlight.

While both are valid ways of getting rid of her traps, neither are necessarily reliable, considering that the former gives your location away to the Hag, she can just teleport to that trap, reset it, and chase you, or if it's in a bad spot or you don't react quick enough she can get a free hit.

The latter is also rather inconsistent counter as while it is effective you would have to know you are against a Hag in the first place, bring a flashlight by pure coincidence, or get lucky enough to find one in a chest.

So, with that in mind, I propose that survivors be given an option to manually disable Hag traps by smearing them, since they are just made out of mud. Flashlight removal can remain or be done away with as compromise, but the ultimate goal of making Hag traps easily disabled without risk to the player or being lucky enough to bring/find the required item is achieved.

Some may find issue in this proposal, but I'd like to bring attention to the other trap setting killer: The Trapper. The Trapper, technically speaking, has two methods of disabling his traps, being either to manually disarm them or to step in them. While the latter is often not use due to how dangerous the method is, it is effectively what most players do to disarm Hag traps as is, both equally being a fairly risky maneuver that gets the job done at some cost.

Edit: Fixed some of the wording

Comments

  • ARatherStrangeKiller
    ARatherStrangeKiller Member Posts: 101

    Oof, should've proofread before posting, that intro could've been written better, but my point stands.

  • QwQw
    QwQw Member Posts: 4,531

    I haven't played against Hag in so long I forgot she exists.

    I don't play her like at all, so I might not be the best person to purpose changes, but I'd be fine with this. So long as flashlights no longer destroy her traps.

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