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Items lost
Me and a duo just played a game where our items we equipped had suddenly just disappeared. There was no perks or add-ons for making survivors drop/lose items in anyway and we never dropped them ourselves, they were just gone. There was also no indicator that anyone in the trial (neither killer or survivors) used any cheats of some sorts.
In post game lobby our builds showed that we had brought items with us, and we also didn't get any "items lost/gained".
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