PC - Skull Merchant can place drones in places Survivors can't access
As the title states, there are specific spots the Skull Merchant can deploy a drone that Survivors can't access under any circumstance, leading to an area being constantly covered unless the Skull Merchant were to recall the drone.
When testing out the different locations, the following perk and add-on was used to replicate these exploits:
- Play with your Food (Perk)
- Geographical Readout (Add-on)
The following maps were tested and found to have drone locations that are inaccessible to survivors (May vary depending on RNG):
- "Dead Dawg Saloon" with 1 location
- "Coal Tower" with 3 locations
- "Mother's Dwelling" with 1 location
- "Raccoon City Police Station East Wing" with 1 location
- "Midwich Elementary School" with 1 location
- "Blood Lodge" with 3 locations
- "Sanctum of Wrath" with 3 locations
- "Disturbed Ward" with 1 location
Most of these locations either obstruct loops completely or keep generators covered without any way of stopping the drones.
To replicate getting to these locations, it's a combination of the killer using the speed from the aforementioned perks and add-ons (though not always required) and having the killer lunge for the distance.
Though I haven't seen these unfair spots used in public matches, the chance of anyone running into this issue will lead to drawn-out matches and upset players. The fact that this is at all possible just makes it an inevitability that other players will find out and potentially begin exploiting these locations.
Attached are video examples of how these locations are gotten to and showing that they are inaccessible from a Survivor's perspective.
- To clarify, I didn't get footage of RPD's location as listed, but the killer can drop down through the hole leading into the East Offices, land on a desk and place a drone that can't be accessed.