Why does Decisive Strike deactivate when the gates are powered?

Yams_the_7th

Since this is supposed to be an anti-tunneling perk, all this deactivation does is guarantee an unearned kill for the Killer once the gates are powered. I've played two games just today where I would have been able to escape if I still had DS, but instead, the Killer was able to plop me right back on the hook. Can anyone give me an idea of why this is the case? Thanks!

KaTo1337

Because if it would stay active there would be nothing the killer could do anymore to prevent the escape.

From Killers PoV you could argue the same like you do about the 10sec Base-BT+Haste after an unhook. Why can the survivor who gets unhooked have an escape for free?

On Killer-Side however, I dont get why No Way Out is still active after the killer closes the hatch.

Venusa

It was a free escape. As long as you had DS you were guaranteed to escape within those 60 seconds and the only thing Killer could do was watch you go.

sizzlingmario4

Because at the end of the game it was a free escape with nothing the killer could do to prevent it. It’s supposed to be an anti-tunnel perk, but it isn’t supposed to guarantee your survival, which is exactly what endgame DS did and thus it was changed to not do that anymore.

There is no such thing as tunneling once the exits are powered.

Viktor1853

So you don't get a free escape

dbdthegame

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/388651/why-does-decisive-strike-deactivate-when-the-gates-are-powered

Tunneling doesn't exist in endgame. You talk about the killer getting an "unearned" kill for downing you in endgame (where you get 10s of endurance off hook), why do you feel like you've "earned" the escape for equipping DS?

Seraphor

If you've made it to endgame, you haven't been tunnelled, you've played the game out, now you just have to not get caught.

DS during endgame was a certain escape, because the exits are probably powered or even open, and hitting the DS means you have a straight run out of the exit while the killer is stuck behind in a stun. And if the killer tries to avoid the DS by not picking you up, you can just crawl out. This would mean that anyone hooked during endgame, if it's not their death hook, is guaranteed an escape if they are unhooked.