Why should a killer go easier when a survivor DCs?
I've noticed there's a stigma against killers playing as usual when a survivor disconnects early.
Should the killer go easier in your mind? Let one survivor go or something?
None of it makes sense, it's not their fault for a teammate leaving early.
With that said, what's the opinion of adding a bot to help?
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If the killer has to play easier if a survivor dcs, then survivors have to play easier if they pop a hex
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Bots are good, but play the game the way you want to play, you by no means have to follow the survivor's rulebook for killers
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They shouldn't have to, but if you have ever played as a survivor when someone DC's, you know how crappy it is to play.
Regardless, the onus is on the person who DC's, ruining the game experience for all remaining players
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Firstly, love the username.
Second, I can see the idea behind that but destroying hexes is a game mechanic. Plus we know it'll be cleansed either way. 🙃
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I think the survivor should be replaced by a bot or a veto system if it’s within the minute of the game, it’s a lost cause if someone dcs early and no gens are done.
Dont think anyone should get punished other than the person that dcs really.
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when someone dcs straight away as killer ill just either go super easy on them or just end the game as quick as possible but anything in between is incredibly boring and long winded on the survivor side so i can see how some poeple could be annoyed but at the end of the day you can play how you want
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You're right, I'm just curious after reading some of the forum ideas. It's unfair sure, but as a killer it wouldn't be my fault. As a survivor It's not mine either unless I disconnected.
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Thanks, its what i do when i do play as him
It was a joke tbh, imo it depends on how early the dc was, if it was the first down then I'm still coming for my bbq stacks
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This is what I don't get. A vote system wouldn't inherently work. Plus a 3v1 isn't impossible, so it's not necessarily a lost cause I wouldn't say.
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When a survivor DCs, I feel a bit bad for those who remain, but I still want to play. Most of the time I'll back off a bit, if the DC came early.
But really it just make me really irritated with the surv who DC'ed, because at that point the match kind of becomes a farce (unless he DC is late). And the "you have to go easy after a DC" meta just fuels the problem, as people will feel less conflicted about DCing.
I think the best thing for it might be for killers to just go full bore regardless, to increase the pressure from other survs not to DC.
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I dont think killers have to go easier per say, but at the very least try and read the room. If the three left are good, continue as usual. But if they are bad in chase, no need to camp or tunnel if that’s your regular strategy- you’ll eventually kill all taking turns. Plus you’ll get more BP and Pip better.
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Speaking purely for myself, I will go into more of a farming mode if someone disconnects right away or proves to be a one-down wuss. This is as much for myself as others. It makes me feel I'm punishing the leaver by making sure the rest of the team walks away with a many points as can be managed.
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Depending on the when, I go easy on them. If it's right at the start, I'll 2-hook everyone first. If someone else suicides or dc's as well, the rest can go. At that point I just feel bad for them.
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There are 5 Gens that take 80 Seconds to repair and there are 4 Survivors. (5 x 80) / 4 = 100 Seconds of Repair Time from each Survivor.
What if total repair time was removed from all remaining gens when a survivor disconnected (minus the work they put in)?
If a survivor disconnects without touching a single gen and there are 5 gens remaining, 20 seconds are removed from every remaining gen, making it take 60 seconds to repair instead of 80. (100 seconds of their repair time spread across 5 remaining gens means 20 seconds removed from all 7 gens.)
If they worked on a gen for 37 seconds and disconnected with 3 gens remaining, 21 seconds are removed from every remaining gen. (100 - the 37 they already spent repairing = 63, spread across 3 remaining gens means 21 seconds removed from the 5 gens.)
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There is still the lack of survivors for unhooking, healing, cleansing, taking aggro. Maybe +25% slower hook progression, healing speed, cleansing speed..?
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The MMR is still broken
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But it's also fine if you do want to follow the survivor rulebook if you find it more fun
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Do survivors slow down gens or stop looping when the killer is struggling? Do they give the killer free kills if the game was easy?
They're not entitled to anything. If there's a DC then that's their own d*rn problem.
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I actually advocate for the opposite, kill me asap so I can get into a new game.
Had this happen tonight, luckily competent teammates, and we got 2 out.
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Some of us do, yes. If a Killer is clearly outmatched, I stop doing gens.
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You have no obligation to take it easy on a team with a DC. You also have no obligation to consider how fun, or not fun, the match may be for that team. I've farmed with a team after a DC, and I have also killed the team as quickly as possible so we can all queue into a real match next game.
Just understand that the three players left behind after a DC feel that the match is even more out of their control than it was when they spawned in, and that being strong-armed into an unfun match with a DC and an unrelenting killer is the most unsavory feeling and can easily kill any motivation to play the game.
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Lmao wow.
My brain hurts trying to understand this one.
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If there is an early DC, the Killer basically won. As long as the Survivors are not significantly better, they will lose. Personally, I dont think a Killer needs to farm or anything. But at least not tunneling or camping should be possible (there is no need anymore to get one Survivor out of the game early).
But it is up to the Killer, but they should not expect that Survivors would like some tunneling in a 3v1.
Bots - totally against it. A Bot would only favor the Killer in a situation which is already beneficial for the Killer. Instead of a human player, there is a ressource to provide Pain Resonance-Triggers or PGTW-Activations...Nah, no need to give the Killer an advantage if a Survivor already DCed.
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Is joke
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But people dc to deny the activation of the perks, and to deny bbq stacks, so i think bots would be more fair in those cases
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Nah, not really.
It is already a 3v1. There is no need for a Bot who will most likely go down instantly and feeds the Killer Pain Resonance- and DMS-value.
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At the very least, a survivor dcing should trigger those perks
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I do those things :)
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I don't think anyone HAS to do anything. I think it is a personal code for each player. Personally, I grew up in an era where we were taught to jave a sense of fair play and good sportsmanship. If a survivor DCs and it's early in what is clearly a solo que group, I'll likely take it easy on the rest of them. Just to make sure they at least get decent BP.
I don't expect others to do the same. Just like I tend to take it easy when I realize a killer is seriously outclassed. I'll give em chases and may even let them kill me. I don't give up, but I let them win the chase after the door was opened
I don't expect others to do the same. It's a personal choice. My mentality is from a bygone era that will likely never return.
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Because it isn't really a game. There's no glory in beating them at that point.
I always give the round over and let them farm on a DC.
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Frankly, the more rounds I play as Survivor when one of my teammates disconnects the more I kind of wish the killer would just go into full sweat mode so we can just end the match and move on to the next one. I realize that's not a particularly popular opinion around here. I don't find "farming" fun. It feels like that bit in some multiplayer games where you screw around in the lobby before the actual game starts, which I've never really been a fan of. I would much rather if we don't have a chance because of multiple disconnects (as, depending on the killer and timing, 1 DC isn't always enough to lose the match) just end it quickly so I can move on to another match that I will have a chance to win and will therefore have a lot more fun in.
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Just get yourself killed then. Killer will know when you keep pointing at a hook. I get people like that on a DC farm.
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That's a very good idea. I'll have to start trying that, thank you very much.
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You can play however you want, but for me personally, I think it’s kind of sh**ty to keep tryharding against survivors if someone DC’s. When I play killer, what I do depends on how far along the game is. If there are still 4-5 gens left and survivors are hiding and not doing gens, I’ll try to kill two of them and give the last one hatch. If there are 1-3 gens left I usually let the survivors finish them and just farm with them. This doesn’t apply if I need the extra kills to complete a challenge or daily.
When I play survivor, I roll my eyes and just ask “why” when killers keep playing super sweaty and go for the 3K even after one of my teammates DCs.
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When one surv DC right as the game starts it kinda ruins the game for everyone else. I don't expect the killer to go easy on the rest of us but it's really fun when you see killers go really tryhard even when we are 1 person down from the beginning.
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Untill they add bots that replace DC'd survivors, its simply common courtesy/sportsmanship to go slightly easier. Survivors basically get rushed to what would have been a killer endgame without anything they can do. Your opponent loses easily 35% of pressure without anything to balance it out, they dont get any significant points for it, survivor repairspeed isnt increased to compensate either, while you gained an equal amount of pressure as if you facecamped someone out with all other survivors being afk during your facecamp.
Like, why should a killer still rush a kill when they already got a freebie? Why should a killer sweat when they might finally have the oppertunity on a laid back game?
Must they? Ofcourse not, but they should out of basic sportsmanship.
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As a player you really aren't obligated to do anything for your opponent for any reason. That is all.
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Oh, you dont have to farm as a killer, but you can try going for 9 more hooks that game, rather than going for 3-4 hooks and optimally using your gen regression build. Farming can be nice from time to time, simply for the sake of bloodpoints(especially if everyone brought cakes during a bloodhunt weekend or smth), but that's not what people mean by a killer taking it slightly easier.
If my teammate DC'd very early in the game, I dont want to endure a facecamp, I dont want to be tunneled out too, I dont want the killer squeeze the most juice out of their scourge hooks and hexes. 3 survivors simply cannot fix 5 gens without running out of hooks. But being a bit more laidback does allow survivors to finish 3-4 gens before they run out of hooks, you can still be brutal in chase, just dont spam stuff like pain resonance and pop too.
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Because there are 3 other survivors so their fun matters more.
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The bad sportsmanship lies solely with the bad losing DC'er. Just play the game for BP and send a report.
It's no one else's fault and what killers decide is up to them.
Is all that matters is that you win lol
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I don't do it because it's expected, but because if there was a cancel match vote and it popped up after someone DC'd 10 seconds into the match I'd vote yes every time. A match like that is just more boring to play out, and I'm talking from my perspective as a killer here. There's a reason you see people tunnel 1 out then play "normally", -1 survivor early is an immense advantage that I don't find particularly fun to get for free because someone disconnected.
Doesn't mean I necessarily farm though. I just kinda turn my brain off and focus 100% on chases. I'll chase, hook, find someone else and repeat with very little thought put into any macro gameplay. If they want to die on hook (I do not blame them in the slightest if someone DC early) they can do so, if they want to stick around I'll chase them again later.
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If someone DC’s early i’m not gonna go easy on the survivors, maybe i’ll give someone hatch.
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It's just a courtesy. You don't have to if you don't want to.
Personally I play "nice" most games anyways. Sometimes I let the rest go, but most of the time I just let the last one go because usually I want to have some semblance of a normal match.
Funny story- I just played a match a few hours ago where someone DCed early. I carried on the match as usual and got the remaining 3 on death hook before killing any of them. When it was down to one I let him go and it happened to be someone from 2 years ago who I let get the left4dead trophy. It was a nice little reunion where they thanked me again.
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I'm sure a lot of survivors appreciate that but, for me, I'd rather just die/escape and move on to a real game instead of sitting around farming. If the killer starts farming with my other two teammates, I'll usually just sneak off and finish the gens and leave, if able. I appreciate the thought and all, but it's boring to me and I'd just rather move on to my next match. If I'm playing killer, I'll kill everyone asap for the same reason. The match has been ruined and I want to get to the next one.
I don't even get the "Don't tunnel or anything if there's a DC" Like...why? Do people want the now ruined match to last as long as possible? If it was up to me I'd just end the match.
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Killers aren't obligated to do anything if a survivor DC's. But from personal experience as a Solo queue survivor, it's bloody absurd to see the Killer still facecamp/camp/tunnel the next survivor they find after an early d/c. It's just bad sportsmanship imo.
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Not every DC happens because people DC on purpose, you know... I was repairing a gen with a Feng a couple of days ago, we were about to be done and I saw Feng, right next to me, sweating... something felt odd... then suddenly, a cold wind struck us and took the life out of Feng's body and BANG... DC.😰
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Play how you want, you don't NEED to go easy. Just don't be surprised or disappointed when the remaining survivors all decide its just better to throw the match by running straight to you.
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Yeah thats rare in my experience. It's blatant when they do it on purpose.
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I've always gone easy on survivors if they have an early D/C. That's just how I play. There is no challenge in bodying 2 survivors and a potato.
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Yeah, DC on hook or DC after being downed = %&$/%&$$%#
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They shouldn't, but some do
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