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How do you feel about the new Flashlight timings?

Hey everybody, so it's been a little while since the changes to FL timing/the buffer was added and I'm curious to gauge opinions on it, since the reception I've seen so far seems pretty negative overall but I'm sure that's due to people who are in favour of the change aren't always as vocal as those who aren't

From my perspective, something about it feels like they've made it much easier to pull off than it used to be and I don't quite know if I think that's a good thing now that I've seen it in action.

Flashlights are still the most weak item in the game by far but something about Killers being blinded before the pickup animation is finished and then dropping just feels wrong to me. I'm not someone who struggles with FLs in my games, I don't even recommend using Lightborn because I feel like it's a waste of a slot.

Overall maybe the buffer is a bit too generous, It's not quite on the same level as a patch from many years ago where you could blind the killer at the start of a very long pickup animation and still get it, but it certainly feels like I'm seeing Killers being blinded before the animation is over and then dropping.