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Slug Race - make it a feature :>

Akumakaji
Akumakaji Member Posts: 5,487
in Feedback and Suggestions

No, for real, why shouldn't we make Slug Races at the exit gate into a full on feature? I don't know, if a slugged survivor arrives at the Exit gate, they can interact with it and get "ready". Once all survivors either crossed the line running or entered ready state, the EGC stops and the killer can then "Start" the race by swinging once inside the exit gate area. The survivors get skill checks while crawling, increasing their speed for 0.5s, while failed checks slow them down.

The first survivor who crosses the line earns the "win a slug race" achievment and all perticipants get a BP bonus, killer included. The killer gets one chance to mori the last slug, as the exit gates block for them for 10s or show mercy let them crawl out.

Alternatively the killer can find a new "Red Light, Green Light" doll as an offering, which modifies the slug race and everyone moving when the killer is turned gets moved back 1m, with a small cooldown, so that a mean spirited killer couldn't keep the game hostage by constantly looking.

Comments

  • smurf
    smurf Member Posts: 497

    I love red light, green light! And as Pig I start all my races with a roar!

  • Ohyakno
    Ohyakno Member Posts: 1,206

    It's better as a cute community culture thing.

  • Akumakaji
    Akumakaji Member Posts: 5,487
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3832761#Comment_3832761

    I understand your reasoning, and I completely appreciate the slug races we have now, but I sometimes wish that we somehow could have a real slugrace, ie were the winner isn't just the one who started crawling the first … but I now see what you might mean, I am already turning something cute competitive … dayum!

    Well, in the end my idea would interrupt normal gameplay minimaly and allow a bit more interaction between killers and survivors at the end of the game:

    1. Interacting with the entry point of the exit area, ie where the doors used to be, while slugged will put you in the start position and make you unable to move till the race starts. You can at any moment cancel this by pressing the interaction button again.
    2. Once all survivors either moved into the start position or ran out of the trial via the open exit gates, the killer can move to a place next to the exit gate line and start the race by swinging or using their power, so Pigs can roar or Wraith can bing-bong.
    3. Once the slug-race starts, the EGC timer will be stopped.
    4. Everyone participating will get a slug-race BP bonus. There will be an achievment for finishing first and for being the referee.
    5. While crawling, successful skill checks will speed you up while missed ones will slow you down.
    6. The last slug to reach the finish line will have the exit blocked for 8s during which the killer can mori them or wait out the timer for mercy.

    I think this is still within the spirit of the cultural thing, while also were kinda cute if BHVR acknowledged the timehoned tradition of the slug-race.

    BTW, we never saw actual statistics about slug-races, did we?