Raccoon City Police Station rework: Why East Wing works and West Wing doesn't?
Hello,
This is my personal feedback about experience with recent split-up and rework of RPD.
Let's get straight to it and start with maybe better version of this: East Wing.
The negatives: The balcony next to Library has a chance to feature a Generator which is essentially a "god Generator" aka Killers waste too much time trying to control that Generator due to how hard it is to access.
However, if Survivor goes down on the balcony and there's a Hook, the only entrance to that place can be body-blocked and essentially be guaranteed Kill if Killer desires so. Got hotfixed.
My idea is either to add stairs leading from room below or completely close the area.
The positives: Generally map is less safe even with addition of few good Pallets and is much easier to manage, despite the "god Gen". Even if there's a set-up that makes Killers waste insane amount of time. If Killer decides to break few Pallets, the set-up is completely gone and the individual safety of Pallets isn't high.
West Wing. Starting with better stuff.
Positives: They've nerfed Press Room. Nice. And removed West Bathroom's god Pallet. Cool.
Negatives (Oh man, this is gonna be a long one.):
Let's start with relative size. I understand why a good chunk of East Wing is open. (Btw, it's because of front outside and stairs on the end of it.) However, I feel like Arts' Room could be closed a bit, just so a Generator spawning there just no longer does that. Another little section that could be cut-off a bit is one behind Chief's Office. There's doorway right next to the entrance of the area that can serve similar purpose of connecting rooms. And additionally has a Gen spawn that is difficult to control. Changing that could be really welcome.
Both changes could allow for much more managable gameplay for Killer and give some thought for Survivor side because rest of Gen spread is more or less ok.
The safety. It's unironically disgusting.
Despite the aforementioned nerfs, we've got multiple buffs on the Pallets, both on individual strength and on ability to chain them.
Records' Room Pallet: Even though it didn't change, it is easier now to access from/to West Office.
Safety Deposit Room's Pallet: The opening is fine if you take the Pallet with itself but I will mention it with one of the next ones.
Library: overall, good changes but the vault on the staircase is an additional buff to other Pallet I will mention.
S. T. A. R. S. Office/Laundry Room area: With the opening on the side, the Pallet in Office got stronger because you no longer have to worry how you loop the Pallet. You can always go to next place. Even now Laundry's hallway Heck, you can chain it with Library.
West Outside: This Pallet got BUFFED. It become a literal god Pallet. Not just a "wall" god Pallet, almost true god Pallet.
First, you can always reach it on West Wing. From West Office or Records Room, through Safety Deposit Room or even Press Room, to it. Or from S. T. A. R. S. Office, take stairs to Evidence Room or through Library, take the vault into it. Always you can reach it.
Second, it's insanely safe. Just loop on the inside side, don't play on outside. If the Killer tries to mindgame you, they can lose Bloodlust and you can either sit in Deposit Room, leave towards stairs or West Office or just wait around corner and run the loop in other direction. Killer will probably lose Bloodlust.
If predropped and Killer does not break it, they will also lose Bloodlust by trying to loop around it. The chase will be broken.
Additionally this Pallet is rarely next to Gens, closest Gen to it might be in Press Room but that isn't even remotely guaranteed.
So yeah, Killer has to brute force it and also has to basically get out the way in order to try to break it.
It's so stupidly good, and even if it goes away, you can chain to West Office, Library, Safety Deposit Room or Main Hall.
Overall you can do some really nasty chaining from Laundry to S. T. A. R. S. Office, Library, West Outside, probably Records Room, West Office, Main Hall, East Office, Front Outside or Arts Room.
And he's a kicker, you can always go to Main Hall from pretty much any point in West Wing's side of chain.
I don't think there's anything close to this set-up on East Wing. Correct me if I'm wrong.
So yeah.... That's me and my experiences with West Wing RPD. Toodles.
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Neither of them work, revert back to the original version of the map, which, while terrible, wasn't as bad as either of the two new maps.
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This! I fully agree
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Where do they not work? Don't give me "It was made for RE" because that tells NOTHING. I've pointed out where West doesn't work, where East does and opposite side of coin.
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The new versions are much too small from a survivor perspective. A killer can easily patrol around the middle gens around the main hall or adjacent rooms and pretty much guarantee a win, especially if they can hook a survivor in that area and camp/tunnel while still being within patrol range of those close gens.
The added paths/openings into rooms are fine as is the new outside corridor. If they were to revert to old size while having more openings, it would be much better.
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Tbf, the map is meant to be played a bit like Azarov's Resting Place, Sanctum of Wrath and etc. It's just that now it's more indoor than outdoor.
But yeah, that's how it technically should play out. You may like it, hate it, but it's how it is.
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